Tour de France: Vingegaard defeats Pogacar and isolates himself at the top of the general rankings after the 16th stage

2023-07-20 01:40:39

Crushing winner of the time trial, Jonas Vingegaard still dominates the general classification but has offered himself a significant advantage in view of the last five stages, with in particular the one leading to the Col de la Loze on Wednesday. Tadej Pogacar, second in time, is still his runner-up but is 1′48″ behind. Adam Yates, 7th on Tuesday, took advantage of Carlos Rodriguez’s poor result to take his place on the podium. But he is still 8′52″ from the yellow jersey, a sign of the extreme domination of the two ogres.

David Gaudu, tenth in this time trial, consolidates his place in the top 10, now being 9th, 17′38″ from the leader. Guillaume Martin, 11th, and Thibaut Pinot, 13th, complete the French podium.

No change in the mountain classification and in the points classification. Polka dot jersey Giulio Ciccone, who focused solely on the ascent of the Côte de Domancy, widened the gap with Neilson Powless. He is now five points ahead of the American. Jasper Philipsen, green jersey, is still well ahead and should not worry too much about his tunic.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) a 63h06′53″

2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Emirates) at 1′48″

3. Adam Yates (UAE-Emirates) at 8′52″

4. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos-Grenadiers) at 8’57″

5. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 11′15″

6. Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) at 12′56″

7. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) at 13′06″

8. Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) at 13′46″

9. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) at 17′38″

10. Félix Gall (AG2R-Citroën) at 18′19″

11. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) at 19′56″

12. Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers) at 22′32″

13. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) at 25′21″

14. Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) at 28′18″

15. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 37′24″

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20. Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) at 1h06′08″

22. Clément Berthet (AG2R-Citroën) at 1h08′06″

25. Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) at 1h22′42″

27. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) at 1h26′29″

THE MOUNTAIN CLASSIFICATION

1. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) 63 points

2. Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easypost) 58 points

3. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 57 points

4. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) 49 points

5. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 47 points

THE POINTS CLASSIFICATION

1. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 323 points

2. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 186 points

3. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) 178 points

4. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 154 points

5. Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Emirates) 146 points