Evenepoel wins ‘special’ Tour de France individual time trial
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel stormed to victory in Tuesday’s 26.1km individual time-trial at the Tour de France to shave valuable seconds off Tadej Pogacar’s overall lead. Belgian Evenepoel, 26, blasted over the stage 16 course along the shores of Lake Geneva 28 seconds quicker than reigning champion Pogacar in second. Everyone else finished more than […] The post Evenepoel wins ‘special’ Tour de France individual time trial appeared first on The Namibian .
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel stormed to victory in Tuesday’s 26.1km individual time-trial at the Tour de France to shave valuable seconds off Tadej Pogacar’s overall lead.
Belgian Evenepoel, 26, blasted over the stage 16 course along the shores of Lake Geneva 28 seconds quicker than reigning champion Pogacar in second.
Everyone else finished more than a minute back, with Dane Mattias Skjelmose taking third at 1min 04sec.
That performance by the world and Olympic time-trial champion — on Belgium’s national holiday — cut four-time Tour winner Pogacar’s overall lead to 4min 32sec.
“It’s amazing, it was a very nice TT (time-trial), a lot of people on the side of the road,” said Evenepoel.
“My whole family from both sides being here, my parents came just today. My wife is here with her parents and the siblings as well.
