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

Tour de France spectator causes huge crash by taking selfie

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:

Tour de France – stage 16 LIVE

• Jonas Vingegaard takes control of Tour de France with big time trial victory
• Tour de France spectator causes huge crash by taking selfie
• Jonas Vingegaard blows the field away and finishes 1’ 38” ahead of rival Tadej Pogacar to win stage 16!
• Wout van Aert goes fastest beating Cavagna by 15 seconds
• French time trial champion, Remi Cavagna, sets quickest time of 35’ 42” ahead of Mads Pederson
• Yellow jersey holder, Jonas Vingegaard, set off at 4pm

[18 July 2023 12:09 · Mike Jones]

Tour de France stage 16

Michael Morkov is the first rider out of the box for today’s time trial. The route is a touch over 22km with a couple of testing climbs and he reaching the first one after three and a half minutes on the bike.

His time will be the marker for the others to aim for throughout the afternoon we’ll see how they all shape up.

[18 July 2023 12:06 · Mike Jones]

Tour de France 2023 stage 16 preview: Route map and profile of 22km time trial from Passy to Combloux

The final week of the 2023 Tour de France begins with a 22.4km individual time trial from the small town of Passy up to the Alpine ski resort of Combloux.

Dubbed ‘the race of truth’, there is no hiding place in an ITT, and we will see Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard ride alone without their teammates or even each other for company.

Typically a time trial might be a big opportunity for two-time winner Pogacar to take time out of the reigning champion Vingegaard, who currently wears the yellow jersey with a slender lead of only 10 seconds after their battles in the high Alps.