A time trial that brought many answers… and tainted the suspense. Only 22.4 kilometers separated Passy from Combloux. It was enough for Jonas Vingegaard to hit hard and knock out this Tour de France 2023.
From the first pedal strokes, the overall leader impressed and never let up on his lead. He won with 1 minute and 38 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar, also author of a stratospheric time. Third, Wout van Aert is relegated to almost three minutes behind his leader. “I am the best of normal people,” joked the Belgian champion in the specialty.
Discover the general classification at the end of this 16th stage which turned the race upside down.
General classification of the Tour de France after the 16th stage:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TJV) 63 h 06:53.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAD) at 1:48.
3. Adam Yates (GBR/UAD) 8:52.
4. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP/IGD) 8:57.
5. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOH) 11:15.
6. Sepp Kuss (USA/TJV) 12:56.
7. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) 13:06.
8. Simon Yates (GBR/JAY) 13:46.
9. David Gaudu (FRA/GFC) 17:38.
10. Felix Gall (AUT/ACT) 18:19.
11. Guillaume Martin (FRA/COF) 19:56.
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13. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/GFC) 25:21.
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20. Valentin Madouas (FRA/GFC) 1 h 06:08.
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22. Clément Berthet (FRA/ACT) 1 h 08:06.
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25. Warren Barguil (FRA/ARK) 1 h 22:48.
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27. Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA/TEN) 1 h 26:29.
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34. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/SOQ) 1 h 50:09.
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50. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA/ACT) 2 h 26:14.
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156. Michael Morkov (DEN/SOQ) 4 h 52:41.
