US EditionPogačar Crushes Rivals in Brutal Uphill Time Trial and Solidifies Tour Lead
OCCITANIE, FRANCE, JUL 17 – Pogacar won Stage 13, a 10.9km mountain time trial, extending his lead by 2 minutes 10 seconds over Vingegaard in a decisive Pyrenees test, race officials said.
- On Friday, Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar dominated an uphill time trial at the 2025 Tour de France, held during Stage 13 in the Pyrenees.
- Pogačar reclaimed the yellow jersey after previously crashing on Wednesday and overcoming strong rivalry from Jonas Vingegaard, who could not keep pace.
- He completed the 180.6-kilometer course in 4 hours, 21 minutes and 19 seconds, finishing the 8-kilometer climb to Peyragudes with a 36-second lead over Vingegaard.
- Pogačar said, "So far, so good," acknowledging the long race ahead, while Vingegaard called yesterday his worst and today his best performance.
- Pogačar extended his lead in the overall standings to more than four minutes, solidifying his position as the top contender to claim the leader’s jersey by the time the event concludes in Paris on July 27.
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Tadej Pogacar took the next step to successfully defend the title at the Tour de France. The overall winner of 2020, 2021 and 2024 decided on Friday the mountain time trial from Loudenvielle up to Peyragudes 36 seconds before Danes Jonas Vingegaard and 1:20 minutes before the Slovenian Primoz Roglic. With his second stage win in a row Pogacar expanded his overall lead. Felix Gall ended up in tenth place.On the 13th stage there was a difference i…
Tour de France: Pogačar crushes uphill time trial to extend lead
PEYRAGUDES, France — Tadej Pogačar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals by dominating an uphill time trial and reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday. The brutal effort in the Pyrenees mountains was all about strength and stamina. It was just a painful experience offering no respite after already 12 grueling stages of racing. Riders first covered 1.8 miles to reach the bottom of the climb to Peyragudes, a d…
Tadej Pogacar is also the measure of all things when riding mountain time in the Pyrenees. Florian Lipowitz becomes the fourth day, defeats the time-trial Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and shortens his gap to the total podium to six seconds.
Tadej Pogačar remains the measure of all things at the Tour de France. The Slovenian favourite also dominated mountain time skiing. Florian Lipowitz also convinced again.
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