[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-evenepoel-time-trial-stage-16-tour-de-france-pogacar":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-evenepoel-time-trial-stage-16-tour-de-france-pogacar":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Evenepoel Chips Away at Pogacar With Stage 16 Time-Trial Masterclass","evenepoel-time-trial-stage-16-tour-de-france-pogacar","long-reads","Long Reads: F1","Sarah Martinez","Remco Evenepoel slashes 28 seconds off Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France lead with a commanding time-trial victory.","2026-07-21 17:36:00","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fevenepoel-time-trial-stage-16-tour-de-france-pogacar.webp",[93,94,95],"Tour de France","Cycling","Grand Tour","Remco Evenepoel won the Tour de France stage 16 time trial and cut **28 seconds** from Tadej Pogacar's general classification lead. The world time-trial champion rode with the discipline to budget every watt to the line and the intent to take the stage. He managed both.\n\nPogacar still wears yellow. His lead, built through mountain dominance across the first two weeks, remains the largest in the race. But the gap now changes how both teams approach the final week.\n\n## Evenepoel's discipline, not Pogacar's\n\nTime trialling strips away drafting, team tactics, and shelter in the bunch. Aerodynamic efficiency and sustained power output decide the result. Evenepoel entered this Tour as the reigning world champion in the event, and stage 16 confirmed it.\n\nPogacar's superiority in the mountains has looked absolute in this race. On a summit finish, Evenepoel has not matched the Slovenian's explosive accelerations. The TT offered terrain where raw sustained output matters more than punch, and Evenepoel delivered.\n\n## What 28 seconds buys Soudal-QuickStep\n\nUAE Team Emirates now has to factor in a rival who proved he can take meaningful time in specific conditions. Soudal-QuickStep has evidence the gap is not untouchable. The remaining mountain stages will determine whether Evenepoel can chip away further on climbs where Pogacar has dismantled every other contender.\n\nThe time trial was Evenepoel's best opportunity to make a dent, and he converted it. Sustaining that pressure on high-altitude finishes against Pogacar is a harder ask. 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