After a rest day on Monday, the Tour de France starts again today (21 July) with the stage 16 time trial from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains.
The 26.1km course is the only individual time trial of this year’s Tour de France and it combines a climb, a descent and a flat finish along Lake Geneva.
Race director Christian Prudhomme described the course as an “explosive cocktail” that would provide those who lost time in the Vosges the opportunity to regain some of it before the race heads for the Alps.
As the reigning world and Olympic champion, Remco Evenepoel is also the favourite for the stage win. After Jonas Vingegaard abandoned the race on Sunday’s stage 15, Evenepoel will also want to cement his second place in the general classification, where he’s 58 seconds ahead of Isaac Del Toro in third.
Only 25 seconds separates Florian Lipowitz in fifth from Paul Seixas in fourth, so there could be further jostling among the top five.
Whatever happens, Tadej Pogacar will likely remain untroubled in yellow with his lead of five minutes over Evenepoel. The defending champion may have ambitions to extend his total stage wins further to 26, unless he wants to play it safe on the stage’s winding descent.
The time trial is a big opportunity for Netcompany-Ineos, who have had an underwhelming Tour so far. Filippo Ganna is the most likely to trouble Evenepoel for the stage win, and this will be Brit Josh Tarling’s biggest opportunity for victory.
As usual, the riders will start in reverse order of the general classification. That means Bahrain Victorious’ Kamil Gradek will be the first to roll down the start ramp at 1pm CET (12pm BST).
Tarling will start at 1.25.30pm CET (12.25.30pm BST) and Ganna will start at 1.58.30pm CET (12.58.30pm BST).
It will be several hours before the top riders in the general classification begin their rides. TotalEnergie’s Jordan Jegat is 10th overall and will start at 4.57pm CET (3.57pm BST). Evenepoel will start at 5.13pm CET (4.13pm BST) and Pogačar, the last rider of the day, will begin at 5.15pm CET (4.15pm BST).
Tour de France stage 16 start times and start order
| Order | Time (CET) | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13:00:00 | Kamil Gradek | TBV |
| 2 | 13:01:30 | Lewis Askey | NSN |
| 3 | 13:03:00 | Cees Bol | DCT |
| 4 | 13:04:30 | Matis Louvel | NSN |
| 5 | 13:06:00 | Olav Kooij | DCT |
| 6 | 13:07:30 | Phil Bauhaus | TBV |
| 7 | 13:09:00 | Julius Van den Berg | TPP |
| 8 | 13:10:30 | Piet Allegaert | COF |
| 9 | 13:12:00 | Baptiste Veistroffer | LOI |
| 10 | 13:13:30 | Milan Fretin | COF |
| 11 | 13:15:00 | Davide Ballerini | XAT |
| 12 | 13:16:30 | Jake Stewart | NSN |
| 13 | 13:18:00 | John Degenkolb | TPP |
| 14 | 13:19:30 | Jenthe Biermans | COF |
| 15 | 13:21:00 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | SOQ |
| 16 | 13:22:30 | Marco Haller | TUD |
| 17 | 13:24:00 | Pascal Ackermann | JAY |
| 18 | 13:25:30 | Joshua Tarling | NCI |
| 19 | 13:27:00 | Jasper Philipsen | APT |
| 20 | 13:28:30 | Silvan Dillier | APT |
| 21 | 13:30:00 | Max Kanter | XAT |
| 22 | 13:31:30 | Niklas Märkl | TPP |
| 23 | 13:33:00 | Huub Artz | LOI |
| 24 | 13:34:30 | Pavel Bittner | TPP |
| 25 | 13:36:00 | Søren Wærenskjold | UXM |
| 26 | 13:37:30 | Edoardo Affini | TVL |
| 27 | 13:39:00 | Biniam Girmay | NSN |
| 28 | 13:40:30 | Tim Marsman | APT |
| 29 | 13:42:00 | Krists Neilands | NSN |
| 30 | 13:43:30 | Daan Hoole | DCT |
| 31 | 13:45:00 | Dylan van Baarle | SOQ |
| 32 | 13:46:30 | Joel Nicolau | CJR |
| 33 | 13:48:00 | Robbe Dhondt | TPP |
| 34 | 13:49:30 | Julian Alaphilippe | TUD |
| 35 | 13:51:00 | Liam Slock | LOI |
| 36 | 13:52:30 | Dorian Godon | NCI |
| 37 | 13:54:00 | Aaron Gate | XAT |
| 38 | 13:55:30 | Hugo Page | COF |
| 39 | 13:57:00 | Michał Kwiatkowski | NCI |
| 40 | 13:58:30 | Filippo Ganna | NCI |
| 41 | 14:00:00 | Stefano Oldani | CJR |
| 42 | 14:01:30 | Mike Teunissen | XAT |
| 43 | 14:03:00 | Jakub Otruba | CJR |
| 44 | 14:04:30 | Alex Kirsch | COF |
| 45 | 14:06:00 | Fred Wright | PQT |
| 46 | 14:07:30 | Anthony Turgis | TEN |
| 47 | 14:09:00 | Florian Vermeersch | UEX |
| 48 | 14:10:30 | Jonas Rickaert | APT |
| 49 | 14:12:00 | Edward Planckaert | APT |
| 50 | 14:13:30 | Georg Steinhauser | EFE |
| 51 | 14:15:00 | Thibault Guernalec | TEN |
| 52 | 14:16:30 | Xabier Azparren | PQT |
| 53 | 14:18:00 | Luke Durbridge | JAY |
| 54 | 14:19:30 | Benjamin Thomas | COF |
| 55 | 14:21:00 | Simone Velasco | XAT |
| 56 | 14:22:30 | Robert Stannard | TBV |
| 57 | 14:24:00 | Michel Heßmann | MOV |
| 58 | 14:25:30 | Tim van Dijke | RBH |
| 59 | 14:27:00 | Frank van den Broek | TPP |
| 60 | 14:28:30 | Max Walker | EFE |
| 61 | 14:30:00 | Per Strand Hagenes | TVL |
| 62 | 14:31:30 | Warren Barguil | TPP |
| 63 | 14:33:00 | Michael Storer | TUD |
| 64 | 14:34:30 | Nico Denz | RBH |
| 65 | 14:36:00 | Sebastian Berwick | CJR |
| 66 | 14:37:30 | Felix Engelhardt | JAY |
| 67 | 14:39:00 | Emiel Verstrynge | APT |
| 68 | 14:40:30 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | UXM |
| 69 | 14:42:00 | Damien Howson | PQT |
| 70 | 14:43:30 | Marco Frigo | NSN |
| 71 | 14:45:00 | Nicolya Vinokurov | XAT |
| 72 | 14:46:30 | Brent Van Moer | PQT |
| 73 | 14:48:00 | Toms Skujiņš | LTK |
| 74 | 14:49:30 | Georg Zimmermann | LOI |
| 75 | 14:51:00 | Jan Tratnik | RBH |
| 76 | 14:52:30 | Jonas Abrahamsen | UXM |
| 77 | 14:54:00 | Mads Pedersen | LTK |
| 78 | 14:55:30 | Mathis Le Berre | TEN |
| 79 | 14:57:00 | Jefferson Cepeda | MOV |
| 80 | 14:58:30 | Kasper Asgreen | EFE |
| 81 | 15:00:00 | Matej Mohorič | TBV |
| 82 | 15:01:30 | Luke Plapp | JAY |
| 83 | 15:03:00 | Matteo Vercher | TEN |
| 84 | 15:04:30 | George Bennett | NSN |
| 85 | 15:06:00 | Bruno Armirail | TVL |
| 86 | 15:07:30 | Vlad Van Mechelen | TBV |
| 87 | 15:09:00 | Clément Russo | GFC |
| 88 | 15:10:30 | Nils Politt | UEX |
| 89 | 15:12:00 | Rick Pluimers | TUD |
| 90 | 15:13:30 | Jasper Stuyven | SOQ |
| 91 | 15:15:00 | Nelson Oliveira | MOV |
| 92 | 15:16:30 | Lorenzo Germani | GFC |
| 93 | 15:18:00 | Mathieu van der Poel | APT |
| 94 | 15:19:30 | Victor Campenaerts | TVL |
| 95 | 15:21:00 | Louis Vervaeke | SOQ |
| 96 | 15:22:30 | Alex Aranburu | COF |
| 97 | 15:24:00 | Anders Johannessen | UXM |
| 98 | 15:25:30 | Ewen Costiou | GFC |
| 99 | 15:27:00 | Quentin Pacher | GFC |
| 100 | 15:28:30 | Ben Healy | EFE |
| 101 | 15:30:00 | Damiano Caruso | TBV |
| 102 | 15:31:30 | Alexandre Delettre | TEN |
| 103 | 15:33:00 | Michael Matthews | JAY |
| 104 | 15:34:30 | Javier Romo | MOV |
| 105 | 15:36:00 | Lars Craps | LOI |
| 106 | 15:37:30 | Anders Skaarseth | UXM |
| 107 | 15:39:00 | Michael Valgren | EFE |
| 108 | 15:40:30 | Romain Grégoire | GFC |
| 109 | 15:42:00 | Joris Delbove | TEN |
| 110 | 15:43:30 | Nicolas Breuillard | TEN |
| 111 | 15:45:00 | Xandro Meurisse | PQT |
| 112 | 15:46:30 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | DCT |
| 113 | 15:48:00 | Clément Braz Afonso | GFC |
| 114 | 15:49:30 | Abel Balderstone | CJR |
| 115 | 15:51:00 | Tim Wellens | UEX |
| 116 | 15:52:30 | Marc Hirschi | TUD |
| 117 | 15:54:00 | Mathias Vacek | LTK |
| 118 | 15:55:30 | Mauro Schmid | JAY |
| 119 | 15:57:00 | Mattia Cattaneo | RBH |
| 120 | 15:58:30 | Sergio Higuita | XAT |
| 121 | 16:00:00 | Ion Izagirre | COF |
| 122 | 16:01:30 | Alex Baudin | EFE |
| 123 | 16:03:00 | Jose Felix Parra | CJR |
| 124 | 16:04:30 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | SOQ |
| 125 | 16:06:00 | Tobias Foss | NCI |
| 126 | 16:07:30 | Ben O'Connor | JAY |
| 127 | 16:09:00 | Raúl García | MOV |
| 128 | 16:10:30 | Harold Tejada | XAT |
| 129 | 16:12:00 | Matthew Riccitello | DCT |
| 130 | 16:13:30 | Quinten Hermans | PQT |
| 131 | 16:15:00 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | GFC |
| 132 | 16:16:30 | Antonio Tiberi | TBV |
| 133 | 16:18:00 | Maxim Van Gils | RBH |
| 134 | 16:19:30 | Felix Großschartner | UEX |
| 135 | 16:21:00 | Matteo Jorgenson | TVL |
| 136 | 16:22:30 | Kévin Vauquelin | NCI |
| 137 | 16:24:00 | Derek Gee | LTK |
| 138 | 16:25:30 | Thymen Arensman | NCI |
| 139 | 16:27:00 | Pablo Castrillo | MOV |
| 140 | 16:28:30 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | LOI |
| 141 | 16:30:00 | Einer Rubio | MOV |
| 142 | 16:31:30 | Quinn Simmons | LTK |
| 143 | 16:33:00 | Carlos Verona | LTK |
| 144 | 16:34:30 | Jai Hindley | RBH |
| 145 | 16:36:00 | Tiesj Benoot | DCT |
| 146 | 16:37:30 | Nicolas Prodhomme | DCT |
| 147 | 16:39:00 | Sean Quinn | EFE |
| 148 | 16:40:30 | Brandon McNulty | UEX |
| 149 | 16:42:00 | Tobias Johannessen | UXM |
| 150 | 16:43:30 | Sepp Kuss | TVL |
| 151 | 16:45:00 | Egan Bernal | NCI |
| 152 | 16:47:00 | Davide Piganzoli | TVL |
| 153 | 16:49:00 | Adam Yates | UEX |
| 154 | 16:51:00 | Ilan Van Wilder | SOQ |
| 155 | 16:53:00 | Richard Carapaz | EFE |
| 156 | 16:55:00 | Yannis Voisard | TUD |
| 157 | 16:57:00 | Jordan Jegat | TEN |
| 158 | 16:59:00 | Tom Pidcock | PQT |
| 159 | 17:01:00 | Lenny Martinez | TBV |
| 160 | 17:03:00 | Mattias Skjelmose | LTK |
| 161 | 17:05:00 | Juan Ayuso | LTK |
| 162 | 17:07:00 | Florian Lipowitz | RBH |
| 163 | 17:09:00 | Paul Seixas | DCT |
| 164 | 17:11:00 | Isaac del Toro | UEX |
| 165 | 17:13:00 | Remco Evenepoel | RBH |
| 166 | 17:15:00 | Tadej Pogacar | UEX |
