Van Aert fifth in 16th stage Tour de France
The third week of the Tour de France got underway in Gruissan. 189 kilometres later, the sprinters prepared for a final sprint opportunity in Nîmes. It was another long wait for a breakaway attempt. Only Frenchman Thomas Gachignard tried solo, but his attempt was reeled in far from the finish line.
The run-up to the sprint was chaotic. The accumulation of roundabouts in the closing kilometres caused nervousness in the peloton. Van Aert and lead-out Christophe Laporte reached the final kilometre unscathed, but the Belgian had to launch his sprint from too far away.
“I was well placed in Christophe’s wheel in the final kilometres, but the roundabouts at the end were tricky”, Van Aert commented afterwards. “With the fight for positions one kilometre from the line, both Christophe and I lost momentum. At that point I was no longer in his wheel either. I started to sprint from far, but I didn’t have the legs to have a chance of winning.”
“I didn’t feel fantastic in this heat”, he added. “Racing in high temperatures normally suits me, but not today. “The next two stages offer chances for me, but it will be two tough days. In any case, I will keep trying. The most important thing today was that everyone in the team reached the finish line safely.”
/
🇫🇷 #TDF2024 A hot day in the south. ♨️ pic.twitter.com/JMfuvdWMwg— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) July 16, 2024
Tour de France
Stage 16
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin – Deceuninck
04:11:27
2
Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain – Victorious
+00:00:00
3
Alexander Kristoff
Uno-X Mobility
+00:00:00
5
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
32
Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
76
Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
80
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
92
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
126
Jan Tratnik
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:55
129
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:02:00
133
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:02:00
Rankings
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
66:07:51
2
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:09
3
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
+00:05:19
12
Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:20:15
22
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+01:03:55
46
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:11:09
55
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:31:38
69
Jan Tratnik
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+02:46:41
89
Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+03:04:16
90
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+03:04:48
Powered by Pro Cycling Stats
Subjects
Cycling – World Tour men
Wout van Aert
1
Tour de France
