BREAKING | Serious crash in Tour de France time trial: Florian Lipowitz's race looks over
CyclingTuesday, 21 July 2026 at 17:38
Scary moment at the Tour de France: Florian Lipowitz suffered a heavy crash in the individual time trial of stage 16. The German hopeful missed a corner on the technically demanding descent, was catapulted over his bike, and slammed hard onto the asphalt.
After somersaulting, Lipowitz apparently landed with full force on his shoulder. The Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe rider initially remained lying on the road. How seriously he was injured was not immediately known after the accident.
Lipowitz was on a strong run
The crash is particularly bitter because Lipowitz had been delivering a strong time trial up to that point. At the first checkpoint, he was only two seconds behind the then-best time set by Mattias Skjelmose. He was also among the fastest riders on the Côte de Larringes.
In the general classification, Lipowitz is fighting for a top result in this Tour. The time trial was primarily meant to help him limit losses to specialists like Remco Evenepoel and defend his position in the standings.
Instead, his ride ended on the descent with a violent impact. The images initially raised serious concerns.
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Concern for the German Tour star
While Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar continued to battle for the stage win, the sporting result faded into the background for Lipowitz. What matters now is whether the 25-year-old can continue and what consequences the crash will have for the rest of his Tour.
Further information about his condition was initially unavailable. This article will be updated as soon as there are any developments.
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- They will probably get him, they are in the bidding and it makes sense for him to go there where he could have a year or two to develop.awp21-07-2026
- Ineos don’t deserve a rider like that. In it for the wrong reasons.Mistermaumau21-07-2026
- What are you on about? I was taking about UCI fines not fines given to the general public?? Where is the outlay not being worth it when a rider for instance is fined 500 CHF for not presenting a bike in time for inspection. Then a further 500 CHF for that riders DS for the same offence.Alex Baudin was fined 500 CHF for taking a feed on foot outside the designated feeding zone. His sports director, Charles Wegelius, was also fined 500 CHF. Easy money I would say for minimal outlay!Cyclingsbestfan21-07-2026
- So a Dutch guy says something in not his native language, and people jump in as hard as they can to slaughter him! If everything that comes out of our mouths is dissected like this, we’d all constantly be looking like idiots. I’d be pretty certain he’s not claiming or imagining they were in control of the winning of the race, and I’d just cut him some slack!AndrewK21-07-2026
- Considering the level of superstardom he has achieved he remains remarkably down to earth and comes across as an all round pretty good person.mobk21-07-2026
- What a terrible crash. May he recover quickly and well. He’s been racing very well, and Remco was going to need him in the coming mountain stages.RidesHills21-07-2026
- OK, this is my take: Jonas didn't want to crash and break his collar bone... BUT ... at this moment Jonas, despite his injury, looks like he's in a good mood. Do you all know why? Because he knew, his team knew, they will never beat Pogačar...NEVER !!! Jonas is thinkig; "Thank god, it's over. My suffering against Pogi is over. Officially I didn't lose TdF, because I didn't finish." There will always be some people who will say "Maybe Jonas would have won if he hadn't crashed, you never know." We all see what BS is coming out of Marc Reef's mouth: "We had the race in our hands, and we were ready to give it a shot with him." ... He's trying to tell us between the lines: "Pogi is lucky, that Jonas crashed, he would have beaten him in week three, and won TdF." What a clown!!!mus-musculuspeedypogigonzales21-07-2026
- Terrible news of Florian Lipowitz crashing out. Wish him speedy recovery. It just reinforces the fact that victory is never certain until a rider crosses the finish line in Paris. I think the top 3 podium spots are going to be fought between Pogacar, Remco, Del Toro and Seixas barring any accidents.
PogiFan2Day21-07-2026 - If Paul rides within himself and only nears red on the final three mountain stages he will be on the podium. I said before the Tour started I didn't expect anything from him this Tour and that a top five, even a top ten would be an absolute success beyond imagination, being this is his first GT, if he podiums he needs to take a deal with Ineos immediately and he needs to run that team like Wiggins and Froome did.awp21-07-2026
- They didn't have the race in hand, they had the podium in hand.awp21-07-2026
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