LOUDENVIELLE, France :Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 10.9 km individual time trial up to Peyragudes, to extend his overall lead on Friday.The defending champion beat main rival Jonas Vingegaard by 36 seconds, with another Slovenian, Primoz Roglic, taking third place 1:20 o

Tadej Pogacar reasserts his dominance of the Tour de France by claiming his fourth stage win of this year's Tour on Friday.

Tadej Pogacar powered to victory in an uphill time trial on stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday to stretch his lead in the race to more than four minutes. Jonas Vingegard and Remco Evenepoel clung on to their places in the overall top three, but this 10.9km…

Tadej Pogacar claimed a commanding victory in Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday, winning the 10.9km time trial and extending his overall lead to four minutes and seven seconds. The defending champion's…

PEYRAGUDES, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals by dominating an uphill time trial and reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday.The brutal effort in the Pyrenees mountains was all about strength and stamina. It was just a painful experience offering no respite after already 12 grueling stages of racing. Riders first covered 2.9 kilometers to reach the bottom of the climb to Peyragudes, a daunting eight-kilometer ramp with a steep gradient.On that brutal terrain, Pogacar reigned supreme and killed any suspense. He increased his lead in the general classification to more than four minutes.“I really wanted to go all out from start to finish, smashing the pedals as much as possible,” he said. “I almost blew out in the end but I saw the time on the finish arch and it gave me an extra push because I saw I was going to win.”It was Pogacar's 21st stage win at cycling's biggest race. Setting off last, the three-time Tour champion was faster than everyone…

PEYRAGUDES, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals, dominating an uphill time trial and killing off any remaining suspense while reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday.The brutal effort in the Pyrenees mountains was all about strength and stamina. It was just a painful experience offering no respite after already 12 grueling stages of racing. Riders first covered 2.9 km (1.8-mile) to reach the bottom of the climb to Peyragudes, a daunting 8-kilometer (5-mile) ramp with a steep gradient.On that brutal terrain, Pogacar reigned supreme, increasing his lead in the general classification to more than four minutes.It was Pogacar's 21st stage win at cycling's biggest race. Setting off last from the starting ramp, the three-time Tour champion was faster than everyone else on the flat section, putting five seconds into time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel, with Jonas Vingegard eight seconds off the pace through the first time check.Pogacar was even…