2020 Tour de France Stage 16 Results & Recap
Stage 16 of the 2020 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Kämna takes first TDF victory at Villard-de-Lans
Lennard Kämna claimed his first Tour de France win on stage 16 at Villard-de-Lans. The German soloed to victory after attacking the breakaway with 18km to go. 2019 Giro winner Richard Carapaz finished second and Swiss national champion Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) was third.
"I'm feeling great," Kamna said. "It has been an absolutely awesome day for me out there. I knew I had to make it to the finish alone in order to win. On the climb, I saw Carapaz was losing speed after his attacks and I understood it was my moment to have a go. This victory is a big relief for the team. As for me, I couldn’t imagine I was able to pull out a victory like this one."
Primoz Roglic retained in yellow and will start tomorrow's queen stage 40 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar (UAE).
"It was a good day for us, again in yellow," Roglic said. "The start of the stage was very fast and we had to keep our focus on [so the race didn’t get out of control]. There are some big days to come. The team is doing a really good job so far, so we are ready and looking forward to the final days of the Tour de France. Tomorrow is this year’s queen stage. The final climb is the highest point of the route, and its last kilometres are very hard ones, as we have to ride a steep bike path. We’ve reckoned the climb - and I’ve also gone to the other side, the ski jumping hills in Courchevel. With 15 days on the legs, the terrain doesn’t matter that much. Flat, uphill - it’s the same. It’s about having the legs, and I hope to have them and do well tomorrow."
At the start in La Tour-du-Pin 25 riders rode away in the first 10 kilometres, including Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos-Grenadier).
However, when the breakaway finally settled in at 22km, it ended up being:\nAndrey Amador (Ineos-Grenadier), Kämna, Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First), Winner Anacona, Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Imanol Erviti, Carlos Verona (Movistar Team), Matteo Trentin (CCC Team), Chris Juul Jensen (Mitchelton-Scott), Roche (Sunweb), Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept).
Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept), Tiesj Benoot and Casper Pedersen (Sunweb) bridged across at km 56.
Rolland made his quest for the polka dot jersey known when he crested the col de Porte, then the côte de Revel first, tieing the Frenchman in points with Benoit Cosnefroy.
By the time the break reached the St-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (cat. 1), the gap to the peloton was 12 minutes. Pacher was the first to attack the break, which sparked more attacks from the front group. Reichenbach, Carapaz, Kämna and Alaphilippe joined the Frenchman making a group of five before Kämna made his winning move 18 km to the finish. \n
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