Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 111th Tour de France 2024, Stage 7 a 25.3km individual time trial stage from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin. (Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Remco Evenepoel recovered from a scare to win a thrilling 25.3km stage seven time-trial at the Tour de France on Friday as Tadej Pogacar dug deep to keep the overall leader’s yellow jersey.
It was a first Tour de France stage win for the 24-year-old Belgian time-trial world champion who finished 12sec ahead of Pogacar, who was second on the day in the Burgundy vineyards.
Evenepoel was powering to a wider margin of victory but lost seconds after being startled by a sudden noise with three kilometres to go.
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