Evenepoel eyes time trial triumph to cement runner-up spot

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, July 20 : Belgian Remco Evenepoel's status as a three-time individual time trial (ITT) world champion makes him the favourite to win stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday and solidify his position as runner-up to Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar.Evenepoel capitalised on Jonas Vingegaard's withdrawal from the race on Sunday, after the Dane broke his collarbone in a crash, and eventually claimed a stage win at the Plateau de Solaison to move up to second in the general classification.While the Belgian is trailing yellow jersey holder Pogacar by five minutes, he has a 58-second lead over Mexico's Isaac del Toro, racing for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who sits in third.With his reputation as the world's best time-trialist, the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider is expected to extend