{"id":2953,"date":"2025-07-18T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2953\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:13:12","slug":"tour-de-france-2025-live-stage-13-route-and-updates-today-on-monstrous-mountainous-time-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2953\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 13 route and updates today on monstrous mountainous time trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Stage 13 underway!<\/p>\n

Matteo Vercher is the current lanterne rouge and he rolls down the ramp first. This first section is rolling for the first three kilometres, with the next kilometre averaging 4.5%, before it then kicks up really steeply.<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 12:12<\/p>\n

<\/a>Romain Bardet previews stage 13<\/p>\n

Romain Bardet had a chat with TNT Sports yesterday about stage 13. Having won a mountain stage from Pau to Peyragudes in the 2017 Tour, he\u2019s a good man to ask. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe last wall could be a climb in itself. It\u2019s so steep, so wide also, due to the altiport, for the flights to take off. The guys will have to push before that more than 25 minutes over threshold, then you have to keep something in reserve for that last steep bit. Also you can never see the top, it keeps climbing and climbing, so it requires a lot of mental strength because you just have to keep going.\u201d Delightful. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt can mean winning or losing this time trial, the way you climb the last 300m,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 12:10<\/p>\n

<\/a>Prediction for stage 12<\/p>\n

Could Tadej Pogacar do the double? The Slovenian has already won three stages of this year\u2019s Tour, up to 20 career stages (watch out, Mark Cavendish) and looks in supreme form, even with that crash on stage 11. There\u2019s every possibility that it may hamper him more today than it did yesterday, but he still looks a cut above Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, who would otherwise be among the favourites for today.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel is of course the world and Olympic time-trial champion but the Belgian prefers a flatter, more specialist-friendly course and any aero benefits from his position on the bike will be rendered null by the climbing on the menu today. Vingegaard has serious time to make up on his rival but has had two bad days at this year\u2019s Tour, one in the previous time trial and one yesterday, so combining the Pyrenean climbs with a race against the clock doesn\u2019t seem likely to suit the Dane today. <\/p>\n

None of the peloton\u2019s other time-trial specialists, like Edoardo Affini, can climb as well as Pogacar; French national TT champion Bruno Armirail had a phenomenal day out yesterday but is not a pure climber and may well pay for those efforts. For all of those reasons, we are once again going with Tadej Pogacar.<\/p>\n

\"\"(AP)<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 12:02<\/p>\n

<\/a>Fallout from stage 12<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Matteo Jorgenson lost 10 minutes, severely hampering his own GC challenge and meaning that UAE can take any attacks of his in the next road stage – on Saturday – less seriously, as he doesn\u2019t represent a threat to Pogacar in yellow at the moment.<\/p>\n

Remco Evenepoel suffered on the climbs but managed to limit his losses and is still third overall, but is left looking over his shoulder at the likes of Florian Lipowitz, Kevin Vauquelin, and Oscar Onley, who all performed brilliantly today and are hot on his heels in the white jersey standings today.<\/p>\n

Lipowitz in particular was excellent, finishing third on the stage and moving up four places to third overall. He now sits two minutes ahead of his theoretical team leader Primoz Roglic. Will Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe now change tack, and go all-in for the German\u2019s podium chances? <\/p>\n

\"PrimozPrimoz Roglic had a tough day out (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:54<\/p>\n

<\/a>Fallout from stage 12<\/p>\n

Of course stage 12 cemented that Pogacar is the man to beat, if indeed he is beatable at all. But it also exposed Visma-Lease a Bike, who looked like the strongest team by far after UAE lost Joao Almeida to a crash and several domestiques appeared to struggle in the last few days. <\/p>\n

The tables were turned today and it was Jhonatan Narvaez, not, on paper, UAE\u2019s best climber, who delivered the astonishing turn of pace that forced the entire GC group to disintegrate and set up Pogacar\u2019s attack with 12km to go on Hautacam.<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:47<\/p>\n

<\/a>Tadej Pogacar dedicates Tour de France win to teenaged Italian cyclist who died in crash<\/p>\n

Privitera, 19, crashed during the opening stage of the Giro della Valle d\u2019Aosta in the Italian Alps. The Hagens Berman Jayco rider reportedly came off his bike during a descent, losing his helmet and colliding with a gate. He was taken to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis stage can go for Samuele, to all his family,\u201d Pogacar said. \u201cIt was really sad, it was the first thing I read in the morning, and I was thinking in the last kilometre about him and how tough this sport can be, and how much pain it can cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:41<\/p>\n

<\/a>Stage 12 report<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar<\/a> delivered a display of pure dominance on the first true mountain test of this year\u2019s Tour de France<\/a> to retake the yellow jersey with a solo win.<\/p>\n

On the Hautacam, where Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> left Pogacar behind in a decisive attack in his 2022 Tour win, the world champion exacted revenge, attacking 12 kilometres from the summit finish and putting two minutes 10 seconds into his rival, who finished second on the day.<\/p>\n

Pogacar’s third stage win of this Tour, the 20th of his career, put him a big step closer to what would be a fourth overall title as he leads by three minutes 31 seconds from Vingegaard, with both men putting time into third-placed Remco Evenepoel<\/a>, now four minutes 45 seconds down.<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:35<\/p>\n

<\/a>General classification after stage 12Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), in 45:22:51 Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +3\u201931\u201d Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +4’45\u201d Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +5\u201934\u201d Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels), +5’40\u201d Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +6\u201905\u201d Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +7\u201930\u201d Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +7\u201944\u201d Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), +9\u201921\u201d Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), +12’12\u201d \"TadejTadej Pogacar once again leads the Tour de France after stage 12 (REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Stage 12 resultsTadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), in 4:21:19 Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +2\u201910\u201d Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +2\u201923\u201d Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +3\u201900\u201d Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +3\u201900\u201d Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels), +3\u201933\u201d Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +3\u201935\u201d Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), +4\u201902\u201d Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +4\u201908\u201d Cristian Rodriguez (Arkea – B&B Hotels) +7\u201926\u201d \"PogacarPogacar blasted past all his rivals to win stage 12 and move back into the race lead (AP)<\/p>\n

Flo Clifford18 July 2025 11:25<\/p>\n

<\/a>Stage 12 recap<\/p>\n

The Slovenian went solo with 12km to go, teed up superbly by teammate Jhonatan Narvaez, and while initially Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> was the only rider who could stick with him, the Dane was quickly distanced and began rapidly shedding time.<\/p>\n

By the summit finish at Hautacam – the toughest climb of the race so far – Pogacar had once again emphasised his superiority and his rivals were left licking their wounds and taking stock of their losses. <\/a><\/p>\n

Vingegaard finished 2\u201910\u201d down, falling to 3\u201931\u201d behind Pogacar in the overall standings, while Remco Evenepoel<\/a> and Primoz Roglic<\/a> also suffered on the brutal slopes and in the punishing heat. <\/p>\n

\"VingegaardVingegaard slipped to 3’31” behind his rival in the overall standings (AP)<\/p>\n

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