Tour de France: Remco Evenepoel Dominates Individual Time Trial

On July 21, 2026, Remco Evenepoel decisively won the 26-kilometer individual time trial between Evian and Thonon-les-Bains. The Belgian cyclist had previously triumphed at the summit of the plateau of Solaison on July 19, beating Tadej Pogacar and Issac Del Toro. On this occasion, Tadej Pogacar secured second place, finishing 28 seconds behind Evenepoel. The Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose completed the podium, while the French cyclist Paul Seixas finished fourth.

As the leader of the Red Bull Bora team and in second place overall, Evenepoel narrowed his deficit in the general classification to Pogacar, now standing at 4:32 behind the yellow jersey. Notably, the German cyclist Florian Lipowitz abandoned the race following a severe fall in a corner. He had held fifth place provisionally this year, 6:48 behind the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar, and had finished third in the 2025 Tour de France.

The seventeenth stage of the Tour de France on July 22 between Chambéry and Voiron will provide the peloton with one last day of transition, favorable for breakaway riders and sprinters, before three challenging mountain stages ensue.