Pogacar Fired up by Losing Twice to Evenepoel at Tour De France
Remco Evenepoel seeks a second straight stage win as the Tour’s only individual time trial offers him a chance to strengthen his overall position.
- On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the 113th Tour de France features its only individual time trial, a 26.1km route from Evian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains, with three-time world champion Remco Evenepoel favored to win.
- Evenepoel won stage 15 on Sunday and moved to second in the general classification after Jonas Vingegaard abandoned the race following a crash. The Belgian has established himself as his Red Bull team's undisputed leader.
- The stage features an immediate 9.7-kilometer climb suited to Evenepoel's relentless rhythm. He has not lost a time trial to overall leader Tadej Pogacar since the 2024 Tour's final stage in Nice.
- Following Vingegaard's withdrawal, Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar holds the general classification lead. Pogacar trails Evenepoel by 2 minutes 37 seconds in time trial performance, making stage 16 critical for both contenders.
- Six stages remain in the 113th Tour de France before concluding on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, July 26. Three grueling mountain stages in the final four days will determine the overall title.
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Tadej Pogacar has escaped the rest of the cycling world miles away. Also in the Tour de France the Dominator is clearly on course overall victory. But just before the worst Alpine days, what should not have happened happened.
Pogacar fired up by losing twice to Evenepoel at Tour de France
There was no surprise the Slovenian lost to the world and Olympic time-trial champion in a race against the clock, but Tuesday's stage 16 defeat came two days after the Belgian surprisingly beat Pogacar on a mountain-top finish. With three mountain stages left in the 113th edition of the Grande Boucle, including two that finish on the iconic Alpe d'Huez, Pogacar said he wanted to restore the Tour's hierarchy. "Obviously, I always race to win and…
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After the last day of rest, the peloton met on Tuesday with an individual timed exercise between Evian-les-Bains and Thonon-les-Bains, the only one in this Grande Boucle.
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