Remco Evenepoel loses 24 minutes on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021

The young Belgian drops out of the top 10 in the overall standings going into the second rest day

Remco Evenepoel at the Giro d'Italia 2021
(Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Remco Evenepoel fell out of the overall contention after losing 24-minutes to race leader Egan Bernal on the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2021.

Evenepoel (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) had another tough day in the saddle in the Giro d'Italia and didn't have much support around him either with his team-mate, João Almeida getting into the breakaway early on.

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