After the final rest day of the 2022 Tour de France, the field heads towards the Pyrenees on stage 16. At first it starts slowly. After 113 kilometers, however, the picture changes abruptly – the Pyrenees are waiting for the drivers.
Although there is no mountain finish in Foix following 178.5 kilometers, this section should be very important for the fight for the yellow jersey. Because: The last climb to the Mur de Péguère around 30 kilometers before the finish is incredibly steep.
There, defending champion Tadej Pogacar is expected to attack overall leader Jonas Vingegaard, who is missing important helpers following Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk were eliminated.
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118 km:
127 km: Gougeard back in the 29 man group
Alexis Gougeard is caught. We now have 29 leaders with a slightly decreasing lead over the main field for the first time: 5:57 minutes are still on the clock.
136 km: Matthews and Simmons in the peloton
Michael Matthews and Quinn Simmons are back in the peloton. This puts Gougeard up one minute ahead of 28 pursuers and 6:20 minutes ahead of the peloton.
142 km: Bissegger also steals the point at the second mountain prize
Behind Gougeard, Stefan Bissegger is the first in the chasing group to cross the line at the Col de l’Espinas, the second mountain prize of the day. This time Simon Geschke didn’t even try to fight.
145 km: Gougeard pulls through alone
Alexis Gougeard is now all alone in the lead because Mathieu Bourgaudeau has also dropped behind. Gougeard remains 55 seconds clear of the other breakaways and is now more than six minutes ahead of the peloton. Simmons and Matthews are five minutes behind the lead. The two will surely soon realize that what they are doing doesn’t make any sense.
153 km: Jorgenson waits for the others
Burgaudeau and Gougeard are only two in front, because Movistar probably noticed that the three once morest the 25-man group behind them didn’t make much sense. The duo may be 55 seconds ahead of the others, but they still have a long way to go to Port de Lers. That’s a complete waste of energy up there.
160 km: Control Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers
After the Bergpreis, three men broke away from the front group: Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM), Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) and Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) are now leading the race in three, 35 seconds ahead of the rest of the large breakaway.
The peloton, in which Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers determine the action, is almost five minutes behind. Simmons is 2:45 minutes behind the lead – together with Matthews, by the way, who probably found motivation once more by accompanying the American.
165 km: Bissegger takes Geschke’s first mountain point away
Simon Geschke quickly drives up the first mountain prize in the 4th category on the Cote de Saint-Hilaire, but Stefan Bissegger sits on the Freiburger’s rear wheel for EF. The Swiss then starts to sprint out of the top and Geschke immediately gives up. Since he has no chance once morest the Swiss powerhouse.
A mountain point for Bissegger, but that wasn’t the point. He stole the point from Geschke so Neilson Powless didn’t have to waste power and still didn’t lose ground to Geschke in the mountain jersey fight.
166 km: Matthews and Zimmermann give up the chase but Simmons doesn’t
Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco) has realized he won’t make it to the big front group on his own and is putting his feet up. Behind them, however, someone else has also tried to advance: Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo).
The American is now seriously trying to gain two minutes alone. At first Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert) was with him. But the German then recognized the pointlessness of the project and is back in the main draw.
170 km: 2 minutes for a group of regarding 30 people
Almost 30 drivers are now leading the race by two minutes. In between, 35 seconds behind the leaders, is the stage winner of Mende on Saturday, Michael Matthews, as a soloist.
The German Simon Geschke (Cofidis) in mountain jersey, the Swiss Stefan Bissegger (EF Education – EasyPost), the Austrian Felix Großschartner and also his Bora-hansgrohe teammate are in the top group Aleksandr Vlasov. The Russian is by far the most interesting man, 10:32 minutes behind Yellow for the overall standings up there. Wout Van Aert is in front for Jumbo-Visma, for UAE Team Emirates Brandon McNulty and for Ineos Grenadiers Daniel Felipe Martinez.
175 km to drive: Large group rolls away
And suddenly we have a breakaway. A few riders attacked over a small crest and then broke away into the descent. The back of the field is now driven wide and no one can move up. It looks like the group of the day will be up very quickly without much of a fight!
12:42: Kilometer 0 – let’s go!
Christian Prudhomme lowers the starting flag and the race is on. Are there instant attacks? No, not today for once – surprise!
12:30 p.m.: The peloton rolls out of Carcassonne
As always: The official start has taken place, but until we are properly out of Carcassonne, it goes there neutralized. That’s almost five kilometers today.
12:25 p.m .: Kämna, Walscheid, Fuglsang, Cherel and Paret-Peintre are no longer there
Four men will be missing at the start of stage 16 in Carcassonne today: Mikael Cherel and Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Ag2r Citroen) have to say goodbye to the peloton due to positive corona tests. Jakob Fuglsang (Israel – Premier Tech) is unable to continue following a crash on stage 15 due to injury.
Hello and welcome
Hello and welcome to the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2022: After the third and final day of rest, the Tour heads towards the Pyrenees. At first it’s a leisurely start, but following 113 kilometers the picture of this stage changes abruptly – and the Pyrenees greet the riders: the 16th stage from Carcassonne to Foix over 178.5 km starts at 12:40 p.m. We are here with the complete stage in full length for you in the live ticker!
The profile of stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France.
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