Tour de France, Stage 16 live: Vingegaard Pogacar time trial battle for yellow

Now through the second barrier – 22:08.

Again, the rear wheel slides forward as he turns it and slides out.

Nils Ekhov takes off…and goes down the first corner too!

Zingle is 52 seconds above everyone else at the first checkpoint for the time being.

Adrien Petit was involved in the wars in this Tour de France, battling back after falling hard in the mass crash on Stage 14. He managed to avoid further disaster at the first corner.

Reynard’s teammate Axel Zengel was now quickest in the first check, setting a time of 11 minutes.

It’s another fall that doesn’t seem very serious in terms of injury.

Cofidis’ Alexis Renard also crashed into the first corner! Is it the white lines or is there some oil?

12:03 for Mørkøv at the first checkpoint.

7.1 km is the first checkpoint. Further checks come at 16.1km and 18.9km before finishing at 22.4km.

Degenkolb crashes heading into the first corner! The rear wheel slips, but he quickly gets back up and running.

One after another three dsm-firmenich men set out – Edmondson, Welsford, Degenkolb.

Riders like Yevgeny Fedorov, Sam Wellsford, Jordi Meus, Dylan Groenewegen and Adrian Petty leave early.

Screw almost from the start today. Nobody at the bottom of the standings goes early…

Actually, Michael Murkoff is the one who goes first – sorry for that mistake earlier. Dane starts now and then sis paul.

Here’s a look at today’s finale, why everyone is debating the merits of the bike changes.

It’s not a hard decision—not a big mountain to finish the day with, but it’s tough enough to pop the question.

Knights of Ineos and Bahrain will not switch. No confirmation from the UAE or Jumbo of course.

Ex-pro Adam Blyth says on Eurosport that changing bikes would be “pointless” today because the aerodynamic advantage would outweigh the weight saved by changing to a climbing bike, plus the time lost in switching.

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Here’s Rod Illingworth Vice President of Ineos Grenadiers on today’s podium and their podium contender Carlos Rodriguez.

“We don’t make changes to the bike but the cadence of that is going to be really crucial and the heat too – that’s one of the biggest factors, honestly. The final climb is about 6km, right with the first 2.5km at 10%. If they get it wrong you can make a big difference in the few kilometres. past.

“We’re more focused on Carlos than anyone else at the moment. He’s so relaxed that sometimes he’s a little laid back. He’s mature enough to say he’s not focused on the podium as such, just on doing his job and doing the best he can.

“He knows the time trial is always a challenge for him, but he did some good things as we saw in the heat at the Vuelta last year. He’s as prepared as he can be and from what I could see last night, he’s absolutely ready for it.”

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Looking back two stages to the mass meltdown in the peloton that saw Fan defeat Sepp Kuss and cause a huge pileup in the peloton, Jumbo-Visma may take action…

Jumbo-Visma is ready to sue the fans who caused the Tour de France to crash – Reuters reports that French police have identified the fan who caused the accident during stage 15

Tadej Pogačar reportedly made the swap while on his scouting tour yesterday. Today he checked his road bike before climbing aboard his TT…

One of the big questions today is whether the riders will switch to a road bike for the stage finish, which includes a Category 2 climb on the Côte de Domancée (2.5km up 9.4%) and a 3.5km uphill course to the finish. Line.

156 riders are scheduled to start today.

Matteo Jorgenson will not be among them. Movistar confirmed that he was out of the race with a torn quadriceps muscle.

Mathieu Jorgenson abandons the Tour de France before stage 16

35 minutes to go until Cece Paul started the stage.

16:58 and 17:00 start times for the big two, so some time to go until we see them roll down the starting ramp.

Tour de France stage starts with 16 time trial starts

Only 10 seconds between Vingegaard and Pogačar heading into the day. What will be the gap this evening?

And there is a lot to fight for below them in the standings, including third place on the podium…

Check out our preview of Stage 16 here…

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The hills time trial offers a tiebreaker in the Tour de France for Vingaard and Boujard ahead of the Col de la Luz

and the stage map, convoluted from Passy to Combloux. It is only 22.4 km long but it packs a lot of power.

Here’s a look at the official profile. It’s tough.

About 40 minutes remain until the decisive trial begins.

Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of Stage 16 of the 2023 Tour de France!