Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) lost ground in the GC lead for the second stage in a row at the Tour de France, which seemed to slightly frustrate the four-time race champion, but the only real scare he suffered in relation to winning a fifth yellow jersey came with a slight wobble and a near-crash.
Minutes after Remco Evenepoel’s Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Florian Lipowitz crashed out of stage 16 through a 90-degree right-hand bend on the latter flat section of the time trial course, Pogačar found himself in a spot of bother in the very same spot.