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Tadej Pogacar delivered a display of pure dominance on the first true mountain test of this year’s Tour de France to retake the yellow jersey with a solo win.

On the Hautacam, where Jonas Vingegaard 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.

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, now four minutes 45 seconds down.

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), in 45:22:51
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +3’31”
3. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +4’45”
4. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +5’34”
5. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels), +5’40”
6. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +6’05”
7. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +7’30”
8. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +7’44”
9. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), +9’21”
10. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), +12’12”

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), in 4:21:19
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +2’10”
3. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +2’23”
4. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +3’00”
5. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +3’00”
6. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels), +3’33”
7. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +3’35”
8. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), +4’02”
9. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +4’08”
10. Cristian Rodriguez (Arkea – B&B Hotels) +7’26”

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

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.

Vingegaard finished 2’10” down, falling to 3’31” behind Pogacar in the overall standings, while Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic also suffered on the brutal slopes and in the punishing heat.

The 2025 Tour de France is broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK, in what is the last year of free-to-air coverage of the race before it is exclusively shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

Viewers can also stream the race online via ITVX app and website, and subscribers can watch the action on the TNT Sports and Discovery+ apps.

Each stage is packaged into hourly highlights shows on ITV4, typically starting at around 7pm BST. The highlights can be streamed on ITVX with the website and app.

The first rider down the ramp on stage 13 will set off at 1.10pm local time (12.10pm BST) and the stage is expected to finish at 5.30pm local time (4.30pm BST).

While stage 12 was a long and brutal day in the saddle, stage 13 is the shortest stage of this year’s race, a 10.9km time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes. The race stays in the Pyrenees for yet more climbing, as while the stage is short, it may prove even tougher than yesterday’s effort.

After a rolling first three kilometres the road suddenly and sharply kicks uphill, with the 8km climb to the finish line at the altiport in Peyragudes averaging 7.9% and kicking up to 16% on its toughest upper slopes.

The final kilometre ramps up to the line at an average of 13%, making this a beast of a day that only gets more intense the further it goes on.

Bonjour and welcome back to le Tour! Follow along here for our live coverage of stage 13 of the Tour de France.

Stage 12 really set the race alight; stage 13 is likely to be similar, as Tadej Pogacar hopes to put even more time into his rivals – and they frantically chase to keep their podium hopes alive.