Chambéry, July 22, 2026
Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel has won the individual time trial of Stage 16 of the Tour de France, while his German teammate Florian Lipowitz had to abandon after a serious crash with a broken collarbone.
Evenepoel needed a good 32 minutes for the approximately 26.1-kilometer course and finished 28 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Denmark's Mattias Skjelmose took third place on the stage. For the Belgian, it was the fourth stage victory at this Tour de France, further solidifying his strong prospects of a podium finish in Paris.
In the general classification, Evenepoel sits in second place, 4:32 minutes behind leader Tadej Pogačar. The Tour ends next Sunday in Paris. Evenepoel shared the captaincy role with Lipowitz at Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.
The race went very differently for Lipowitz, who had drawn attention to himself last year as third in the general classification and had started this edition with great expectations. As team boss Ralph Denk reported, the 25-year-old suffered a broken collarbone, abrasions, and a shoulder injury in a crash in a right-hand curve not far from Lake Geneva.
Lipowitz's Crash and Injuries
Denk explained before the start of Stage 17 in Chambéry: "Das Schlüsselbein ist gebrochen, und er wurde operativ behandelt, gestern Nacht noch." Lipowitz must expect a break of at least six weeks and will likely remain in hospital in France until Thursday.
