Tour de France 2023 stage 16 preview: Route map and profile of 22km time trial from Passy to Combloux



The weather could be a factor here. Pogacar does not particularly like racing in hot weather so the European heatwave could hurt him, although he has been working hard on heat adaptation training this year. It is also forecast to rain during the afternoon, and a slick surface will increase the jeopardy on a stage where the two giants of this race have everything on the line.

Stage 16 route map and profile

Stage 16 map

Stage 16 profile

Start time

The stage is set to begin at 12.05pm BST and Jonas Vingegaard will go off last at 4pm, with Pogacar begining two minutes earlier BST.

Prediction

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Pogacar and Vingegaard have so much more riding on every second than the rest, so I expect them to fill the top two spots here. In what order? Pogacar is naturally the favourite, but Vingegaard did look strong on stage 15 and I’m tipping him to win this time trial, by just a few seconds.

Caveat: if the weather scuppers the late starters, then how about Pogacar’s UAE Emirates teammate Mikkel Bjerg, a good time triallist who sets off three and a half hours earlier when the road may still be dry.

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