Tour de France
World champion Remco Evenepoel has won the first individual time trial of the 111th Tour de France. The young Belgian star took the win on Friday on the 25.3-kilometer course from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin ahead of Tadej Pogacar, who successfully defended the yellow jersey as overall winner. Evenepoel crossed the finish line twelve seconds ahead of Pogacar in his first Tour stage win. His Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic (+0:34) came in third.
05.07.2024 18.12
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Jonas Vingegaard, the great triumphant rider in the time trial last year, was 37 seconds slower than Evenepoel in fourth place on the seventh stage and thus lost more time in the overall ranking. Overall, Pogacar is now 33 seconds ahead of Evenepoel and 1:36 minutes ahead of defending champion Vingegaard, whose start was shaky until a few weeks before the Tour due to a serious fall. Roglic is fourth overall, 2:16 minutes behind.
Things didn’t go so well in the time trial for the Austrian Felix Gall, who lost almost three minutes in 50th place and slipped to 18th place in the overall ranking (6:06). Pogacar’s helper Gregor Mühlberger is in 85th place, 57:47 minutes behind, while Marco Haller, who supports his Red Bull Bora captain Roglic, is 113th overall (1:11:23).
AP/Jerome Delay Evenepoel celebrated his first stage win at the Tour de France
On Saturday, the breakaway riders can hope for their chances. On the eighth stage over 183.4 kilometers between Semur-en-Auxois and Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, two climbs of the third category and three mountains of the fourth category have to be overcome. But if the sprinter teams get serious in the last third of the stage, there could be another mass finish.
111. Tour de France
Seventh stage
Nuits-Saints-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin (25,3 km/EZF) 1. Remco Evenepoel BEL 28:52 2. Tadej Pogacar SLO + 0:12 3. Primoz Roglic SLO 0:34 4. Jonas Vingegaard DEN 0:37 5. Victor Campenaerts BEL 0:52 6. Kevin Vauquelin FRA -“- 7. Matteo Jorgenson USA 0:54 8. Joao Almeida POR 0:57 9. Ben Healy IRL 0:59 10. Stefan Küng SUI 1:00 50.
Felix Gall
AUT
2:57
110.
Marco Haller
AUT
4:15
134.
Gregor Mühlberger
AUT
4:39
Overall ranking
Standings after 21 rounds: 1. Tadej Pogacar SLO 27:16:23 2. Remco Evenepoel BEL + 0:33 3. Jonas Vingegaard DEN 1:15 4. Primoz Roglic SLO 1:36 5. Juan Ayuso ESP 2:16 6. Joao Almeida POR 2:17 7. Carlos Rodriguez ESP 2:31 8. Mikel Landa ESP 3:35 9. Matteo Jorgenson USA 4:03 10. Alexander Wlasow RUS 4:36 18.
Felix Gall
AUT
6:06
85.
Gregor Mühlberger
AUT
57:47
113.
Marco Haller
AUT 1:11:23 Graphics: APA/ORF
Stage plan:
29.06. 1. Stage Florence – Rimini (ITA, 206 km) 30.06. 2. Stage Cesenatico – Bologna (ITA, 200 km) 01.07. 3. Stage Piacenza – Turin (ITA, 229 km) 02.07. 4. Stage Pinerolo (ITA) – Valloire (138 km) 03.07. 5. Stage Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas (177 km) 04.07. 6. Stage Macon – Dijon (163 km) 05.07. 7. Stage Nuits-Saint-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin (25 km/EZF) 06.07. 8. Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises stage (176 km) 07.07. 9. Troyes – Troyes stage (199 km) 08.07. Ruhetaday 09.07. 10. Orleans – Saint-Amand-Montrond stage (187 km) 10.07. 11. Evraux-les-Bains – Le Lioran stage (211 km) 11.07. 12. Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot stage (204 km) 12.07. 13. Agen – Pau stage (171 km) 13.07. 14. Pau – Saint-Lary-Soulan stage (152 km/BAK) 14.07. 15. Stage Loudenvielle – Plateau de Beille (198 km/BAK) 15.07. Ruhetag 16.07. 16. Stage Gruissan – Nimes (187 km) 17.07. 17. Stage Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux – Superdevoluy (178 km) 18.07. 18. Stage Gap – Barcelonette (179 km) 19.07. 19. Stage Embrun – Isola 2000 (145 km/BAK) 20.07. 20. Stage Nizza – Col de la Couillole (133 km/BAK) 21.07. 21. Stage Monaco – Nizza (34 km/EZF)
BAK = Joint
EZF = Individual Time Trial
Total length: 3,492 km
