Josh Tarling set the fastest time early on in the Tour de France’s stage 16 time trial, but the Netcompany-Ineos rider’s chances of staying at the top of the results sheet come the end were hampered by his ongoing recovery from a broken collarbone and a fractured rib.
Tarling, 22, posted a time of 34:21 on the course from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains on a course that headed inland up a climb, then descended back towards the southern shores of Lake Geneva. He was five seconds faster than his teammate Filipoo Ganna.
