Stage seven report
Summary
Remco Evenepoel overcame a late scare to win the stage seven time trial on and eat into Tadej Pogacar’s lead in yellow as the front two put time into their other rivals.
Evenepoel’s first Tour stage win on his race debut came on his preferred territory, with the world time trial champion having enough in the bank to take the victory by 12 seconds despite thinking he had suffered a late puncture, cutting the overall gap to Pogacar to 33 seconds.
“It’s crazy,” the Belgian said. “I was on a good day. The climb was pretty tough. Then the descent when you’re on the limit was pretty technical and fast. But I enjoyed every metre of this time trial and coming out with the win was simply amazing.”
The top two pulled further clear of Primoz Roglic and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard who finished third and fourth on the day respectively. Vingegaard is 75 seconds off yellow in third, with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Roglic another 21 seconds back. PA Media
