Road cycling news

Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 8:06 am

Brandon McNulty had a bad experience with a driver before the time trial.

In short:

An American cyclist was hit by a car on his way to a race.

He did not get hurt badly.

The leader of the race, Tadej Pogačar, almost fell off his bike.

An American cyclist was in a road rage incident before a big race.

The cyclist, Brandon McNulty, was riding to the start when a car passed him and stopped.

The car's driver was angry and stopped in front of McNulty, who then crashed into the car.

A team manager said the driver was furious and stopped after passing McNulty.

The manager said McNulty crashed into the car, but he is okay.

The time trial world champion won the stage.

Remco Evenepoel won the 16th stage of the Tour de France.

Evenepoel finished the time trial in 32 minutes and 19 seconds.

He was more than a minute faster than the next best rider.

This is the third year in a row that Evenepoel has won a time trial.

His family was there to see him win on Belgium's national holiday.

Evenepoel's teammate, Florian Lipowitz, crashed and got hurt.

Lipowitz slipped on a turn and fell, hitting his shoulder.

Evenepoel said he was sad about his teammate's crash.

The team director had mixed feelings about the stage.

The director was happy about the win, but sad about the crash.

Pogačar had a close call on the same turn where Lipowitz crashed.

Pogačar wobbled but did not fall off his bike.

He is still leading the race with five stages left.

Evenepoel said Pogačar is on his way to winning the Tour de France.

Pogačar could win his fifth Tour de France title.

Evenepoel thinks it is amazing to be close to Pogačar in the race.

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