Tour de France LIVE: Jonas Vingegaard blows away Tadej Pogacar to win stage 16 time trial
The yellow jersey holder extended his lead to 1’ 48” in the GC standings
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Jonas Vingegaard took a huge leap towards clinching a second Tour de France triumph in as many years with a barnstorming performance in the individual time trial on Stage 16. The 22km route from Passy to Combloux proved no trouble for the yellow jersey holder who flew out of the blocks and never let up.
Earlier in the day, France’s Remi Cavagna set the pace and led the way for most of the afternoon before being pipped by Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert.
When the two general classification rivals, Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, heading out for their runs it was clear they were miles ahead of the rest of the field. Pogacar decided to switch from a time trial bike to a road one with 56km and a steep climb to go which cost him vital seconds.
It made no difference in the end though due to Vingegaard’s display. He finished 1’ 38” ahead of Pogacar and is now almost two minutes ahead in the GC standings with five days of the Tour left to go.
Relive all the latest from today’s stage 16 below:
Jonas Vingegaard takes control of Tour de France with big time trial victory
Jonas Vingegaard seized control of the Tour de France with a huge victory in the stage 16 time trial.
The defending champion began the day just 10 seconds ahead of two-time winner Tadej Pogacar after two mountain stages over the weekend failed to find any meaningful difference between the two men who have won the previous three Tours.
But in the only race against the clock this year, Vingegaard blew away the entire field over the 22.4 kilometres between Passy and Combloux, putting 98 seconds into Pogacar to open up a significant lead with only two mountain stages remaining.
Jonas Vingegaard takes control of Tour de France with big time trial victory
Vingegaard blew away the entire field over the 22.4 kilometres between Passy and Combloux.
Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!
“I was feeling great today,” says Jonas Vingegaard after his victory today. “I think it’s the best time trial I have ever done. I’m really proud of what I did today and I’m really happy about the victory.
“Today I even surprised myself with the time trial I did. I didn’t expect to do so well.”
When asked if the time difference for his victory means the Tour de France is over he added: “No, there’s still a lot of hard stages to come so we have to keep fighting the next days and we’re looking forward to it.
“I’m really, really happy with the victory today and I’m really proud of it. It’s my first time trial victory in the Tour de France.”
Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!
Here’s how the top of the General Classification standings look after Jonas Vingegaard’s wonderful win:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 63hr 06min 53sec
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +1min 48sec
3. Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +8min 52sec
4. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +8min 57sec
5. Jai Hindley (Bohra-Hansgrohe) +11min 15sec
Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!
Here’s the top five results in today’s time trial:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 32min 36sec
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +1min 38sec
3. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) +2min 51sec
4. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) +2min 55sec
5. Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla) + 2min 58sec
Remy Cavagna, Adam Yates, Mattias Skjelmose, Mads Pederson and David Gaudu make up the rest of the top 10.
Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!
That performance is unbelievable. The Yellow Jersey holder takes the victory in this individual time trial. He flew out of the blocks and did not stop.
There was no bike change, no let up and Jonas Vingegaard blows everyone elase out of the water. He finishes in 32 minutes and 36 seconds.
That’s an extra 1’ 38” added on to his existing lead over Tadej Pogacar in the GC. Vingegaard is on the way to back-to-back Tour de France victories!
Tour de France stage 16
Tadej Pogacar goes quicker than Wout van Aert with a time of 34 minutes 14 seconds. It’s not going to be enough...
Tour de France stage 16
Oh my word! Jonas Vingegaard is 1minute and 5seconds faster that Tadej Pogacar. That’s a huge amount of time and will give him one hand on the 2023 Tour de France title.
There’s 3km to go for the yellow jersey holder.
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