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Seixas third at the third checkpoint, nine seconds down on Skjelmose.
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Florian Lipowitz has crashed. He slide out on corner and collided with a kerb.
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Lipowitz second at the third check, three seconds behind Skjelmose.
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A look at Pogačar during today’s ride.
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Pogačar at the top of the climb, 14 seconds down on Evenepoel in second place.
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Ayuso a minute down there, still.
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Skjelmose quickest at the third checkpoint, too, 39 seconds up on Cattaneo.
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Evenepoel by far the quickest at the top of the climb.
A time of 15:42 puts him 56 seconds up on Skjelmose.
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Del Toro reaches the top of the climb matching Seixas’ time, 10 seconds down.
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Pidcock fourth at the third checkpoint.
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Seixas is third, 10 seconds down on Skjelmose, at the top of the climb.
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Lipowitz second, five seconds behind Skjelmose, at the top of the climb.
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Paul Seixas out on course.
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Ayuso a minute down on Skjelmose at the top of the climb.
Meanwhile, Pogačar is second at the first checkpoint, seven seconds behind Evenepoel.
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8:08 for Evenepoel at the first checkpoint, 22 seconds quicker than anyone else.
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Skjelmose quickest, 27 seconds quicker than Castrillo, at the top of the climb.
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Del Toro quickest at the first checkpoint, equal with Skjelmose.
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Seixas third at the first checkpoint, three seconds off Skjelmose.
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And Pidcock is second at the top of the climb, a second slower than Castrillo.
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Lipowitz second at the first checkpoint, three seconds behind Skjelmose.
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And now Tadej Pogačar starts with a five-minute cushion over Evenepoel.
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Ayuso seventh, 26 seconds down at the first checkpoint.
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The Belgian has 25 time trial wins in his career.
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World time trial champion Remco Evenepoel is off.
2026-07-21T15:12:42.614Z
Mattias Skjelmose beats Pidcock by 15 seconds at the first checkpoint!
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Isaac del Toro goes. He’s defending the white jersey.
2026-07-21T15:10:23.264Z
Just three riders left to start.
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Paul Seixas has started.
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Tom Pidcock goes quickest at the first checkpoint. That’s surprising. 8:45 for him, a second quicker than Großschartner.
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Florian Lipowitz next.
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Juan Ayuso the next to start.
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McNulty seventh at the top of the climb.
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After Pidcock, Lenny Martinez starts his ride.
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Castrillo comes to the line in fourth place, 17 seconds down on Cattaneo.
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Thymen Arensman misses Tour de France TT start time but still has an inspired performance
Netcompany Ineos rider left frustrated after starting 15 second late
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Thymen Arensman misses out on the top spot at the line by five seconds. He would’ve been quickest if he made the start on time.
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Jordan Jegat in 10th overall just set off.
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Tom Pidcock is about to start.
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Jorgenson sixth, half a second behind Großschartner.
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Großschartner crosses the line in fifth, 25 seconds down and only a second behind Ganna.
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Arensman out on course.
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Castrillo fifth at the third checkpoint, a further 10 seconds adrift.
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Arenman second there, a second behind Cattaneo.
2026-07-21T14:50:08.579Z
Matteo Jorgenson fifth at the third checkpoint as Adam Yates sets off.
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Großschartner four seconds down on Cattaneo at the third checkpoint.
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Spanish time trial champion Pablo Castrillo is flying so far.
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17:06 for Castrillo at the top, seven seconds up on Großschartner and 13 up on Arensman.
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Latest riders at the top of the climb: Pablo Castillo first, Thymen Arensman third, Derek Gee-West fourth
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Brandon McNulty starts his ride all OK after his earlier crash.
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Arensman fourth at the first checkpoint, Pablo Castrillo second there.
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Felix Großschartner top at the first two checkpoints. He’s a second up on Cattaneo at the top of the climb.
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Now we’re into the GC top 30 out on course.
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Cattaneo goes 13 seconds quicker at the finish with a time of 34:01.
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Mattia Cattaneo beats Bruno Armirail’s time at the line!
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He flies past Mathias Vacek into the final 1.5km.
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The Italian has won time trials at the Tour de Pologne and Tour of Luxembourg before.
2026-07-21T14:28:41.771Z
Cattaneo coming towards the final 3km now.
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Thymen Arensman sets off to start his ride later than scheduled.
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Cattaneo still top at the third checkpoint, eight seconds up on Armirail.
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KOM leader Valentin Paret-Peintre during his ride.
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And he crosses the line in eighth place as Kévin Vauquelin sets off.
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Aurélien Paret-Peintre fifth at the third checkpoint.
2026-07-21T14:15:55.406Z
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2026-07-21T14:15:30.473Z
Now Cattaneo goes quickest at the top of the climb, 10 seconds quicker than Armirail.
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Mattia Cattaneo has started out fast with a third place at the first checkpoint.
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Aurélien Paret-Peintre is fifth at the top of the climb.
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Ben Healy is the 100th rider to finish.
2026-07-21T14:07:19.158Z
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2026-07-21T14:03:19.302Z
Seventh with a time of 35:08 for Costiou at the finish.
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Valentin Paret-Peintre is eighth at the first checkpoint.
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Costiou and Damiano Caruso (10th at the third checkpoint) both going well at the moment.
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Ewen Costiou is having a good ride. He’s sixth, sixth, and seventh at the three checkpoints.
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Van der Poel and Campenaerts are closing in on the finish but neither are troubling the top of the standings.
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88 riders have finished their rides now with Nils Politt crossing the line in 17th.
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Bruno Armirail during his leaderboard-topping ride.
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Now it’s Armirail, Tarling, Ganna at the top of the standings.
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And he does it! Bruno Armirail goes quickest with a time of 34:14, seven seconds up on Tarling.
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Into the final kilometre…
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He has a six-second lead heading into the final 2km.
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He’s racing into the final 3km now.
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To date in his career, Armirail has three national title to his name plus a time trial at the 2023 Tour Poitou-Charentes.
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Can he beat Tarling at the line?
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He’s top at the third checkpoint, too, 14 seconds up on Tarling.
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Into the final 10km for the Frenchman.
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Here’s a look at Armirail.
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Armirail flying down the descent at over 90kph.
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A great ride for Armirail at the top of the climb. He beats Guernalec’s time into second place there to go top with a time of 17:24.
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Pedersen 20th at the top of the climb.
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2026-07-21T13:19:30.723Z
Van der Poel and Campenaerts have just set off.
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The Briton has been in the hot seat as leader for two hours now.
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Felix Engelhardt is ninth at the finish line with a time of 36:22, 2:01 down on Tarling.
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Third place for Bruno Armiral at the first checkpoint. His time of 9:01 is nine seconds off Tarling’s time there.
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German time trial champion Nils Politt has just started.
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Mathieu van der Poel and Victor Campenaerts will start their rides soon.
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Mads Pedersen 28th through the first checkpoint.
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Former triple French time trial champion Bruno Armirail is just setting off.
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Damien Howson’s 10th place at the top of the climb is the best of those out on course at the moment.
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Nobody troubling the top of the leaderboards currently.
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Kasper Asgreen and Luke Plapp among those starting out in recent minutes.
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Thomas in eighth is the last rider within two minutes of Tarling’s quickest time.
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55 riders have finished now.
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Eighth for Thomas at the finish with a time of 35:58, while Simone Velasco sets a time of 36:47 to go 10th.
2026-07-21T12:58:54.914Z
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Mads Pedersen is off. He’s favourite to win the green jersey, should he reach Paris unharmed.
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2026-07-21T12:56:30.885Z
UAE Team Emirates-XRG manger Mauro Gianetti confirmed that his rider Brandon McNulty crashed during recon earlier today.
He collided with a member of the public, who overtook him, Gianetti said. The American is unhurt and will race the stage, though, luckily.
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Benjamin Thomas will finish soon. He was seventh at the third checkpoint.
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Azparren finishes as seventh quickest with a time of 35:56.
2026-07-21T12:53:57.155Z
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44 seconds slower than Tarling after he was quickest on top of the climb.
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Guernalec crosses the line in fifth place with a time of 35:05.
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Now Guernalec races to the line.
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Mikel Azparren and Benjamin Thomas have both put in top-10 times at the first two checkpoints, but nothing challenging Tarling.
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It looks as though it will be tough for anyone to beat Tarling’s time before Remco Evenepoel heads out on course at 17:13 local time.
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Other big names to have finished so far include Biniam Girmay, Julian Alaphilippe, and Michał Kwiatkowski.
Green jersey Mads Pedersen will be heading off in 10 minutes.
2026-07-21T12:43:13.903Z
Guerlanec has fallen to fourth place at the third checkpoint. His time of 25:50 is 22 seconds off Tarling.
2026-07-21T12:42:14.755Z
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2026-07-21T12:41:08.324Z
Tarling is only fifth-quickest at the top of the climb.
Ganna, below, was second, just tenth of a second down on Guernalec.
2026-07-21T12:40:05.925Z
Thibault Guernalec has gone quickest at the second checkpoint! The French rider has set a time of 17:43 there, 10 seconds quicker than Tarling.
2026-07-21T12:38:50.089Z
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Only three riders under the 35-minutes barrier so far. Tarling and Ganna, as well as Huub Artz, who lies in third place with a time of 34:49.
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Tarling on his ride earlier.
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34:25 for Ganna at the finish to go second quickest.
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But the Italian time trial champion falls just short of going quickest.
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His Netcompany Ineos teammate Filippo Ganna is coming to the line now though!
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His time of 34:21 is top of the standings so far.
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Tarling is top of the standings at the moment.
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Van den Berg quickest over the climb with a time of 19:36.
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8km to go for Gradek, who will finish first today.
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Josh Tarling has just set off to start his ride. The British racer should be comfortably quickest of these early runners.
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Seven riders through the first checkpoint after 4.8km currently and Julius van den Berg is the quickest with a time of 10:18
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More sprinters, including Davide Ballerini, Phil Bauhaus, Milan Fretin are out.
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There are three checkpoints today, including at the top of the day’s climb, the Côte de Larringes, after 9.7km of racing.
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Josh Tarling is the first top time trial rider to start. He’ll head down the start ramp in 18 minutes.
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Several more riders on course now, including Cees Bol and Olav Kooij.
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Kamil Gradek has set off to start the stage.
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Here we go!
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13 minutes to go until the start of the stage.
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And a look at the results and GC,
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Here’s a look back at Sunday’s stage 15 which saw Tadej Pogačar extend his lead as Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of second overall.
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Under half an hour to go until the stage start now.
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World time trial champion Remco Evenepoel will be the top favourite for success today but could Mathieu van der Poel spring a surprise?
Is Mathieu van der Poel a time trial sleeping giant?
2026-07-21T10:18:41.311Z
Here’s our preview of the ‘technical and tricky’ stage 16 time trial which could see someone other than Tadej Pogačar actually win a GC stage today!
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The first rider down the start ramp to start the stage will be Kamil Gradek (Bahrain Victorious) at 13:00 local time.
Tadej Pogačar gets his effort underway at 17:15.
Here’s the full list of the stage 16 time trial start times
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Here’s a look at the day’s profile.
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Today’s stage gets underway at 13:00 local time, so that’s in an hour and 20 minutes.
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Check out the map of today’s stage.
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Today’s stage is the only individual time trial of this year’s Tour taking place on a 26.1km route between Evian-les-Bains and Thonon-les Bains.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 16 of the 2026 Tour de France!