Remco Evenepoel survives late scare to win Tour de France stage seven time trial

Remco Evenepoel took his first Tour de France victory in stage seven’s time trial (Daniel Cole/AP)

Remco Evenepoel overcame a late scare to win the stage seven time trial on the Tour de France and eat into Tadej Pogacar’s lead in yellow as the front two put time into their other rivals.

Evenepoel’s first Tour stage win on his race debut came on his preferred territory, with the world time trial champion having enough in the bank to take the victory by 12 seconds despite thinking he had suffered a puncture inside the last three kilometres on the approach to Gevrey-Chambertin.