2021 Tour de France Stage 16 Results & Recap
Stage 16 of the 2021 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
Konrad wins stage 16
Patrick Konrad (Bora - Hansgrohe) took victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France, a 169km stage into Saint-Gaudens after a 37km solo ride. Sonny Colbrelli and Michael Matthews rounded out the podium, finishing almost a minute behind.
“This is my first win in the WorldTour and it comes at the world’s biggest cycling race," Konrad said. "I’m speechless. This one is for my family, for my friends, for all my believers, for Bora-Hansgrohe. The team always gave me trust. I fought for this win. It comes at the right moment as I’m in the Austrian champion’s jersey. I already made three breakaways at the Tour. Every time I was waiting for the finale and it was not always the best decision. I saw it when Matej Mohoric went early. The same happened with Bauke Mollema. I told myself that if it happened one more time, I’d be the guy to try early. I’m happy I had the legs to make it to the finish. The last kilometre was uphill and it was painful again but I had some time to celebrate. I believed in my win with 500 metres. I’m super happy. I can enjoy this moment.”
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) easily held onto his yellow jersey for another day at the tour. However, tomorrow's stage will be one of the most difficult of the race.
"It was a really hard day. We started with cold weather and a big group tried to break away. The first two hours were full-gas. Then we manage to ease up a bit, but afterwards the last kilometres were quite fast again. Actually, I don’t know what we were doing in that final acceleration. I was just following wheels. Anyway, it was a good warm-up for tomorrow. Tomorrow it’s the hardest day of the Tour, so let’s see. I did a reckon of [the routes of] tomorrow and the day after, so I know the climbs. It would be better if I hadn’t seen them! [laughs] I’m not worried about the climbs, but I know it will be a very hard day."\n
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