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Evenepoel Dominates Time Trial but Pogacar Keeps Yellow

Evenepoel's dominant 26.1 km time trial cut his deficit to the race leader while the yellow jersey stays with Pogacar ahead of the decisive Alpine block.

Overview

  • Remco Evenepoel won the 26.1 km individual time trial in 32:19, finishing 28 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar and showing clear superiority against the clock.
  • The stage left the overall standings with Tadej Pogacar in first, Evenepoel second at 4 minutes 32 seconds back, and Isaac del Toro third at 6 minutes 51 seconds.
  • Isaac del Toro rode to fifth on the stage and retained his spot on the podium and the white jersey as best young rider despite small losses to rivals.
  • German rider Florian Lipowitz crashed in the final part of the time trial, abandoned the race and is receiving medical assessment with his condition being treated as a developing matter.
  • The peloton moves immediately into a sequence of high Alpine stages that are widely expected to decide the final general classification and will test whether Evenepoel can close the remaining gap to Pogacar.