Evenepoel pips Pogacar again as Tour de France night-time doping test row deepens

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Remco Evenepoel took back-to-back stage wins in the Tour de France, and eroded some of Tadej Pogacar’s overall lead, with victory in the stage 16 time trial from Evian to Thonon-les-Bains. The Olympic road and time trial champion, now second overall in the Tour, won on the Belgian national day from Pogacar by 28 seconds, to reduce the Slovenian’s advantage to just over four and a half minutes. It was the third Tour time trial win of his career. “It’s been a while since I’ve been on this level so it feels amazing to be in this good shape in the Tour,” Evenepoel said. The Belgian, who described Pogacar as…

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