TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 16
PASSY – COMBLOUX

1’38”: BIGGEST TT GAP SINCE 2014
It was a phenomenal performance for Jonas Vingegaard: he won with 1’38” over Tadej Pogacar (in 22,4 kms). It’s the biggest gap in a Time Trial since 2014, when Tony Martin distanced Tom Dumoulin by 1’39” in Perigueux (in 55 kms).

22-21: VINGEGAARD WINS THE TIE-BREAK
Jonas Vingegaard recorded his 22nd Maillot Jaune, leaving at 21 Tadej Pogacar.
This puts him level with Joop Zoetemelk, Laurent Fignon and Greg LeMond at the 19th all-time spot.
This is the 33rd time Tadej Pogacar occupies the second position of the overall standings, the same tally as Tour legend Bernard Hinault, who won the race five times.

22: IT’S 22 ALSO FOR POGACAR AND VAN AERT
If Vingegaard conquered 22 yellow jerseys, both Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert posted their 22nd stage podium today.
• Pogacar: 10 wins, 5 second places, 7 third places;
• Van Aert: 9 wins, 8 second places, 5 third place.

2019: VINGEGAARD LIKE ALAPHILIPPE
Jonas Vingegaard wins the Time Trial in the yellow jersey, the same feat of Julian Alaphilippe in Pau in 2019 and, before him, Chris Froome in Megeve in 2016.

8.8 – 81.9: VINGEGAARD HITS ALL SORTS OF SPEED
Jonas Vingegaard showed from the beginning he was ready to give everything with daring lines which saw him hit the fastest speed recorded by NTT Data: 81.9km/h on an early downhill section. As he faced the slopes up Côte de Domancy, gravity drastically slowed him down, with a slowest speed of 8.8km/h and an average of 24.8km/h on the ascent. Overall, he covered the stage at 41.2km/h.

2H12: A VERY HOT SEAT!
Remi Cavagna spent 2 hours and 12 minutes in the hotseat. At 16:55 the hope of having a reigning French TT champion win a Tour stage for the first time faded as Wout Van Aert set the provisional best time.
In this century, only 2 Frenchmen won a TT at the Tour:
• Christophe Moreau, Prologue, 2001
• Julian Alaphilippe, Pau, 2019.

6’31”: CICCONE TAKES THE POINTS BUT NOT THE KOM
Giulio Ciccone achieved his main goal of the day: be the fastest on the ascent of Côte de Domancy to take 5 points in the mountains’ classification. But the Italian didn’t manage to take the Strava KOM Sepp Kuss set on this segment (2.4km at 9%) when he attacked to win the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2020. The American did 6’24’’. According to NTT Data, Ciccone did 6’31’’. And Jonas Vingegaard did 6’37’’.

70: A ROUND NUMBER OF JERSEYS
70 white jerseys for Tadej Pogacar (out of 79 stages run, a ratio of 89%).
In today’s stage Pogacar almost caught the second in the Young riders’ standings, Carlos Rodriguez.

3: THE SAME THREE
For the third time Vingegaard, Pogacar and Van Aert shared a stage podium at the Tour after Hautacam 2022, when the finishing order was the same, and last year’s Rocamadour TT, when Van Aert won from Vingegaard and Pogacar.

71: JUMBO MOVES THE SCOREBOARD
71st win for team Jumbo at the Tour, the first in this edition and since Wout Van Aert last year won the 20th stage, the Rocamadour TT.