Tour de France 2025 – Stage 13 Recap – Loudenvielle → Peyragudes ITT |

🇫🇷 Tour de France 2025 – Stage 13 Recap

📍 Loudenvielle → Peyragudes ITT | 📏 10.9 km | 🧗 Mountain time trial | 📆 18 July 2025

🏆 Stage 13 Top Headlines

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates‑XRG) crushed the climb in **23:00**, claiming his **21st career Tour stage victory** (fourth of this year) with a **36 s** lead over Vingegaard.
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) rebounded from Stage 12’s setback—putting in one of his best efforts, yet still fell 36 s behind, now **4 m 07 s** down on GC.
• Primož Roglič took **third on the stage**, **1 m 20 s** off the pace, and climbed into **third overall**, pushing Evenepoel off the podium.
• Florian Lipowitz delivered another strong ride, finishing fourth on the stage and now sits a narrow **6 s** behind Roglič in **fourth GC**.

🟨 General Classification After Stage 13

📊 Pogačar now holds a commanding **4‑minute** lead and seems firmly on track for a fourth Tour title.

🔧 Race Tactics & Key Moments

• An uphill time trial to Peyragudes with brutal gradients, peaking at **16%**, favored pure hill climbers.
• Pogačar chose an aerodynamically efficient road bike (not a traditional TT bike), rode **without radio guidance**, and executed a perfectly paced effort to hold off Vingegaard
• Vingegaard fought back impressively, overtaking Evenepoel and sealing second place, but couldn’t stay with Pogačar :
• Evenepoel was overtaken mid-course and dropped time, finishing off the podium, trailing by **2 m 39 s** on the day and **7 m 24 s** overall

🔮 What This Means for the Tour

• Pogačar’s dominance continues: Four stage wins and a +4:07 lead suggest his fourth yellow jersey is within reach.
• Vingegaard responds: His mountain TT performance was strong, but he’s still chasing—will need support and a big Stage 14.
• Roglič resurfaces: Third in GC and stage podium puts him back in contention—could shape the battle for the podium.
• Evenepoel in damage control: Needs a rebound, with Lipowitz, Onley, and Vauquelin breathing down his back.
• Team dynamics intensify: UAE Team Emirates look invincible; Visma may consider shifting tactics to support Vingegaard.

🔜 What’s Next?

🚵‍♂️ Stage 14 on **19 July** climbs over four major Pyrenean passes including the legendary **Tourmalet**, with a summit finish at Luchon‑Superbagnères. Expect more fireworks as Vingegaard and Roglič go full throttle to chip away at—or reinforce—those GC gaps.