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2025-07-18T13:45:53.294Z
A promising time for Santiago Buitrago, who’s third fastest at the second check. He dropped out of GC contention after a crash early in the Tour, but seems to be recovering now.
2025-07-18T13:43:15.481Z
Einer Rubio has just finished, setting the fourth fastest time.
2025-07-18T13:42:42.001Z
Alaphilippe is also going for it, setting the third fastest time at the second check.
2025-07-18T13:41:29.627Z
Armirail is on course for a good time. He’s come through the first check third fastest, just two seconds slower than Plapp.
2025-07-18T13:38:51.541Z
The stunning backdrop at the top of the Peyragudes.
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2025-07-18T13:34:53.579Z
Bruno Armirail starts his ride, to a chorus of cheers from local fans recognising his French national champion’s jersey. Given how strong he looked in the break yesterday, he could set a competitive time.
2025-07-18T13:32:19.524Z
Van Aert is resting up – he’s in at the first check with only the 27th fastest time.
2025-07-18T13:30:53.414Z
Clément Champoussin has set a very good time at the finish – the third fastest in fact. He’s 59 seconds slower than Lenny Martinez in second, but 55 seconds faster than Lutsenko in fourth.
2025-07-18T13:23:52.978Z
A big name at the start list now – Wout van Aert. If he goes for it he could set a very good time, but might rest up with work to be done for Vingegaard in the stages ahead.
2025-07-18T13:19:52.991Z
Foss has finished, and he sped up as the climb went on – he posts the third fastest time of the day, 2:26 slower than Plapp.
2025-07-18T13:10:37.865Z
Fred Wright has posted the third best time, beating Lennert Van Eetvelt. But there’s lots of daylight between himself and the top two, with Plapp 2:42 quicker, and Martinez 2:19 quicker.
2025-07-18T13:05:23.563Z
Lenny Martinez finishing his ride.
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2025-07-18T12:59:08.710Z
Former time trial world champion Tobias Foss is on the road, but isn’t going hard, posting the 13th fastest time at the first check.
2025-07-18T12:55:10.589Z
Martinez falls short, 23 seconds slower than Plapp. That’s still good enough for second-best, for now.
2025-07-18T12:53:54.956Z
Lenny Martinez is giving his all as he nears the summit.
2025-07-18T12:51:35.225Z
Sivakov took his time up the final part of that climb, posting the 16th best time at the finish.
2025-07-18T12:49:39.070Z
Lenny Martinez has committed to his ride – he’s just nine seconds slower than Plapp at the second check. For the first time, Plapp is under pressure.
2025-07-18T12:43:41.638Z
Matis Louvel is giving us a demonstration of how steep the final gradients of the Peyragudes are. He’s weaving from side to side, trying to take a more bearable and less steep line.
2025-07-18T12:41:15.574Z
Sivakov hasn’t completely sat up, despite having work to do for teammate Pogačar. He’s set the third fastest time at the second check.
2025-07-18T12:39:28.360Z
Coquard reaches the finish, and waves to the crowd. It’s a wave of goodbye – he’s actually planning on leaving the race after today, to have his damaged hand operated on.
2025-07-18T12:37:46.988Z
Romeo is not going for it. He’s reached the time check with a time outside of the top 20 fastest.
2025-07-18T12:35:06.041Z
Plapp and Van Eetvelt remain first and second at the finish, but Vito Braet has joined them on the virtual podium with the third best time.
2025-07-18T12:31:17.210Z
The polka-dot jersey of Lenny Martinez has started his ride. He’ll need to produce one hell of a ride to finish high enough to add to his KOM tally today, and is already only wearing the jersey on behalf of Tadej Pogačar, who overtook him yesterday – and is likely to extend his lead today.
2025-07-18T12:26:00.276Z
Here’s Plapp finishing his ride, mouth open with the effort.
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2025-07-18T12:24:35.885Z
Girmay completes his ride in relaxed fashion, moving to the side of the road to give some high fives to a cluster of fans with Eritrean flags.
2025-07-18T12:20:36.214Z
Iván Romeo is off and running. He’s a rider who could post a strong time if he goes for it, as someone who can both climb and time trial.
2025-07-18T12:16:09.262Z
The Australian could be in the hotseat for a long time with a time like that.
2025-07-18T12:15:16.383Z
Unlike Van Eetvelt, who looked like he knocked off the pace, Plapp is clearly giving it his all – and it shows in the time. He’s gone a whole 2:51 quicker.
NEW FASTEST TIME – LUKE PLAP
2025-07-18T12:13:00.860Z
Plapp is under a kilometre from the finish – albeit the hardest kilometre of the course.
2025-07-18T12:06:43.656Z
Plapp is ineed going for it – he’s just put a whole minute into Van Eetvelt on the second time check.
2025-07-18T12:04:38.246Z
Coquard is starting his ride, despite a finger injury. He hurt it yesterday when trying to grab a musette. The Frenchman has had a rough Tour this year, ever since attracting blame and scrutiny for his role in the crash that saw Jasper Philipsen abandon in the first week.
2025-07-18T11:54:31.708Z
Van Eetvelt sets the new fastest time, by 57 seconds. He didn’t look to be totally committed on his ride though, especially considering how he looked at the start, and didn’t grow his advantage on the final section of the climb.
NEW FASTEST TIME – VAN EETVELT
2025-07-18T11:50:21.986Z
Now the Australian champion, Luke Plapp, begins. He is a rider who could be up there, given he can both time trial and climb.
2025-07-18T11:49:26.570Z
Grignard has set the new fastest time and will head to the hot seat. Not for long, though – Van Eetvelt will surely be replacing him soon.
2025-07-18T11:48:43.233Z
Eduardo Affini rolls after the start ramp, his European champion’s jersey showcasing his time trialling credentials. He’a another for whom the gradients will be too steep, however.
2025-07-18T11:46:27.603Z
Several riders have followed Vercher by reaching the finish, with Roel van Sintmaartensdijk the fastest among them so far with a time of 29:12.
2025-07-18T11:42:15.054Z
Van Eetvelt is through the second check, over a minute quicker than the previous best time set by Grignard.
2025-07-18T11:41:04.576Z
Vercher’s the first rider to arrive at the finish, and he’s enjoying the occasion, giving a wheelie to please the fans as he covers the horribly steep final gradients to the line. His time is 30:01.
2025-07-18T11:36:41.829Z
Durbridge and Benjamin Thomas have posted the third and fourth fastest times there. They’re both specialists against the clock, but not on an uphill time trial like this one.
2025-07-18T11:35:36.224Z
Van Eetvelt’s set the fastest time at the first time check, 20 seconds faster than Meeus.
2025-07-18T11:33:18.306Z
Our first jersey-wearer is on the road – Jonathan Milan, in green. He won’t be adding any points to his tally today, and will instead be looking on in fear as Tadej Pogačar is set to eat more into his lead in the points classification.
2025-07-18T11:31:29.873Z
Van Eetvelt looks like he’s on for a quick one. He’s already caught and passed his minute man.
2025-07-18T11:30:51.081Z
Of the riders to have reached the first checkpoint, Meeus is the fastest so far.
2025-07-18T11:26:26.889Z
We have a first proper climber on the road now – Lennert Van Eetvelt. The Belgian is well down on GC having crashed and lost lots of time, but he’s a very talented climber, and from the way he flew off the start ramp, looks like he’s going to go for a time today.
2025-07-18T11:24:50.198Z
Here’ the scene from the Peyragudes today.
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2025-07-18T11:19:46.968Z
The start of a time trial this deep into a Grand Tour is a chance to see riders you might have forgotten are at the race, and have been really struggling. Jordi Meeus is second-to-last on GC, having struggled to get involved in the sprints.
2025-07-18T11:15:43.187Z
Vercher has just finished the opening flatter part of the course and has started the climb to Peyregudes.
2025-07-18T11:11:08.497Z
Stage 13 starts
2025-07-18T11:08:09.238Z
Weather-wise, it looks to be a cooler day for the riders compared to yesterday’s searing heat on the Hautacam.
2025-07-18T10:59:15.411Z
An alteration to today’s stage that will surely please the less comfortable climbers at the Tour.
🇬🇧The time limit to complete the ITT will be extended to 40% of the winner’s time, instead of the initially planned 33%. For example, if the stage winner finishes in 26 minutes, the time limit will be 36’04”🇫🇷 Les délais du jour seront étendus à 40 % du temps du vainqueur,… pic.twitter.com/cjSTtsXekZJuly 18, 2025
2025-07-18T10:46:03.262Z
Here’s what Pogačar, his UAE team, Visma DS Grischa Niermann, Matteo Jorgenson, and Remco Evenepoel had to say about the first of this week’s three Pyrenean battles.
2025-07-18T10:41:45.072Z
Tadej Pogačar attacked early on the Hautacam’s slopes to win the stage and move back into the yellow jersey.
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2025-07-18T10:33:34.406Z
Just 40 minutes until the first rider of the day starts their effort.
2025-07-18T10:13:48.545Z
A closer look at the course profile for today.
⏱️ 2nd episode of the Pyrenean triptic with a short, intense TT and the terrible climb to the Peyragudes altiport to finish it off.⏱️ 2ème épisode du triptique pyrénéen avec un chrono court, intense et la terrible montée de l’altiport de Peyragudes pour en terminer.#TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/7dVBRq78XZJuly 18, 2025
2025-07-18T10:10:58.813Z
Here’s the key times for when the GC big hitters roll out later this afternoon:
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) 16:47Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) 16:53Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) 16:55Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) 16:57Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) 16:59Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) 17:01Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) 17:03Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 17:05
2025-07-18T09:50:24.133Z
Ever wondered how a team prepares for the chaos of a mountain time-trial, with equipment dilemmas and potential bike changes?
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2025-07-18T09:36:01.336Z
For more details on what today’s 10.9km uphill race against the clock entails, read our in-depth stage preview here.
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2025-07-18T09:25:29.874Z
Here’s a look at the profile of today’s individual time trial from Loudenvielle to the summit of Peyragudes.
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2025-07-18T09:14:04.133Z
There’s just under two hours to go before the first rider rolls down the start ramp for today’s mountainous individual time trial.
2025-07-03T13:22:44.181Z
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage for stage 13 of the 2025 Tour de France.