Tadej Pogacar wins the 13th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, in the Pyrénées mountains of southwestern France, on July 18, 2025. © Loic Venance, AFP

Pogacar dominates Tour de France time trial to extend overall lead

· France 24

Tadej Pogacar continued his charge towards an anticipated fourth Tour de France title when he stretched his overall lead to over four minutes by winning the 13th stage, a lung-busting 10.9-km uphill time trial on Friday.

The defending champion dominated the eight-kilometre climb at 7.9 percent to clock 23 minutes and beat Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard by a massive 36 seconds, a day after leaving his closest rival shattered in the first major mountain stage in the Pyrenees.

Fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic took third place, 1:40 off the pace, while Belgian Remco Evenepoel hung on to third place overall by the skin of his teeth following a disappointing effort that saw him finish 2:39 behind Pogacar.

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After his fourth stage win in this year's race, UAE Team Emirates – XRG rider Pogacar leads Vingegaard by 4:07 and Evenepoel by 7:24.

German Florian Lipowitz showed great form again and trails Evenepoel by six seconds.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)