Tadej Pogacar Crushes Stage 13 Mountain Time Trial
Samira Vishwas July 20, 2025 04:25 PM

Paris (France), July 20 (ANI): Slovenian Sensation Tadej Pogacar (UAE TEAM Emirates-XRG) Time trial at peyragudes.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lase a Bike) Caught the Olympic and World Time Trial Champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) on the Steep Final Ramp on Final Ramp on Friend First win or even come close to derailing the peerless pogacar pursuit of perfection.

The 26-year-old triple tour champion completes the 10.9km race of bus in a time of 23 minutes of 23 minutes of the nose-a whopping 36 seconds quicker than his nearest challenger, Vingegaard. It was pogacar fourth stage Victory of the race, as per a press release.

Pogacar now leads the dane by over four minutes in the overall standings, with Evenepoel slumping 723 in Arrears after Another Day to forget in the pyrenees for the belgian.

Riding without a radio and eschewing a time trial bike and other aerodynamic gismos for a regular climbing fared, pogacar land at each of the check points to deliver a cruel blow blow to visiting holds of bouncing. Into Contection.

Pogacar was four seconds down on Evenepoel after 4km with the Belgian fast out of the traps on the flatter section of the ride. But once the road headed up the lower slopes of the col de peeresourde, pogacar came into his element.

Twenty-three seconds quicker than Vingegaard at the second check point at 7.6km, pogacar claimed he knocked things off a little for fear of blowing up At Peyragudes.

It was on this infectional wall where an inspired Vingegaard shot past the fading Evenepoel, who had struggled with an earlier issue

What would have usually been a stage-winning performance merely earned Vingegaard the Shortest Possible Reign in the Hotseat, However, with Pogacar Making Light Work of the 16 Grandient to Knocker Perch and secure the latest win in this Increasing 112th Edition of the tour.

I am super happy. I wanted to do start to finish all out – to try to smash it as much as possible. I almost blew up in the end, but I saw the Timer on the top and it Gave me an extra push trust I saw that I was going to win, pogacar said.

I decide to go without a radio today, so I was just on the time checks at the time points. I saw that I was ahead in green at the first check.

The second one was a bit bigger, so I knew i was Doing a good time trial. I did not want to blow up, so I Reset for the Final Three Kilometres, I wanted to the come to the last steep part with good legs.

Good legs is an understentement. Alredy before the start of the stage, the gaps separating the top 10 riders in the classification was the largest in 24 years at this same point in the race in the race – and then gaps have only got bigger.

Pogacar Now Leads Vingegaard By 4:07 Ahead of Saturday Stage 14 to Superbagneres, with Tenth Place Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-lease a bike) A Massive 14:15 Down.

Victory Saw Pogacar Move Clear in the Polka Dot Jersey Standings while He is now just 28 points shy of the green jersey of jonathan milan (Lidl-Trek).

Evenepoel White Jersey, Meanwhile, is Under Serious Threat from Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), after the Young German Posted The Fourth Best Time at PEYRADES to Movie Justra Seconds behind the belgian place on the virtual podium.

It was a promising day, too, for lipowitz red bull team-mate primoz roglic, who showed some of the strong form of old to final and retain his seventheous place on gc.

Roglic Resurgence Ended Luke Plapp Long Reign in the Hotseat after the Australian Tt Champion from Jayco-Alula Set An Early Target Time that Remained The Remained The Remained Point For At LESTST two hours.

No Sooner Had Roglic Sored Into The Lead Than Evenepoel Started to Wobble-The 25-Old, A Convincing Winner of the flat time trial in stage 5 to cain, Evently Finishing Well Over Two-Aover Two-Avor Two-Half Mines Back in 12th place.

Evenepoel Suffered The Humiliation of Being Caught by Vingegaard Just Metres Before The Finish – Only for the Dane Time to Be Obliterated by Pogar, Who Poonched The Air with HeST FISTS 103rd win of his illustrious professional career.

Suddenly, Mark Cavendish Tour Record of 35 Stage Wins Not Look SECURE – At this rate, Pogacar will have been beaten it before he turns 30.

Besides Lipowitz Closing in on Evenepoel and Pogacar Stretching His Lead Over All and Sundry, The only significant change in the top 10 Saw Scotland Oscar Onley (Picnic Postnic Postnl) Move MOVE MOVE ATH Expense of France Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B & B Hotels).

Saturday 182.6km Stage 14 from Pau to Superbagneres Sees The Race Go Above 2,000m for the first time this July, with the riders tackling the mighty colger and ascents of the posin Before the Final Slog to Superbagneres, which makes its first appearance since 1989.

That was a year when just eight seconds separated the top two in paris. At this rate, egght minutes could separate pogacar and Vingegaard before we have even reacted the second rest day.

Pogacar looks set fair for a fourth tour de france triumph in paris next weekend. (Ani)

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