How are the podium hopefuls faring?

No more superlatives for Tadej Pogacar, who won yet another stage and extended his lead over his rivals. He’s now more than four minutes clear of Vingegaard and no-one else is within seven minutes of him.

Vingegaard had a much better day and had the morale boost of catching his two-minute man, Remco Evenepoel, proving he’s clearly the best of the rest.

Evenepoel was the big victim of stage 13, never looking comfortable on the bike, unable to stay in his aero tuck, and baffled as to what went wrong. He lost 2’39” and is in danger of losing both his third place overall and the white jersey, with Lipowitz and Onley lurking six and 16 seconds behind him. Here’s hoping he can bounce back today.

(REUTERS)

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 10:19

Stage 13 report

Tadej Pogacar became the youngest rider to reach 21 Tour de France stage wins as he stretched his advantage in the yellow jersey to more than four minutes in Friday’s mountain time trial to Peyragudes.

It was a fourth stage win of this year’s Tour for the 26-year-old, who is now 14 shy of Mark Cavendish’s all-time record.

A day after he underlined his dominance so far with a solo win on the Hautacam, Pogacar extended his lead over Vingegaard to four minutes and seven seconds, and barring misfortune, it is hard to see how anyone can stop him winning a fourth title.

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 10:11

Stage 13 results

  1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 23’00”
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +36”
  3. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +1’20”
  4. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +1’56”
  5. Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), +1’58”
  6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +2’03”
  7. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) +2’06”
  8. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +2’15”
  9. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) +2’21”
  10. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +2’22”
(AFP via Getty Images)

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:57

Stage 13 recap

Tadej Pogacar was once again at his brilliant best on stage 13 of the Tour de France, becoming the youngest rider to ever record 21 stage wins at cycling’s biggest race as he hammered his rivals once more.

The Slovenian rode the 10.9km mountainous time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes in 23 minutes flat, extending his advantage over Jonas Vingegaard to more than four minutes, with the Dane second on the day, 36 seconds back.

Primoz Roglic rolled back the years with a vintage performance to finish third atop Peyragudes, while Remco Evenepoel had a torrid day, losing more than two and half minutes to Pogacar.

(AP)

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:50

Stage 14 start time

Stage 14 gets underway the earliest of all the stages so far, at 12pm local time (11am BST). The winner is expected to come in around 5.10pm local time (4.10pm BST).

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:45

Stage 14 route map and profile

Tour de France 2025 – stage 14 map
Tour de France 2025 – stage 14 map (letour)
Tour de France 2025 – stage 14 map
Tour de France 2025 – stage 14 map (letour)

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:40

Stage 14 preview

Perhaps the second-most brutal stage of this Tour (stage 18 is pure pain), featuring four famous Pyrenean climbs one after another over 182.6km of racing – the organisers’ schedule has an estimated five hours and 10 minutes in place, and that’s just for the winner.

Even the ‘flat’ opening section is a constant tilt uphill until the serious climbing begins: the Col du Tourmalet, Col d’Aspin, Col de Peyresourde before a summit finish at Luchon-Superbagneres.

The route is a tribute to Bernard Hinault, the last French winner, on the 40th anniversary of his fourth yellow jersey in 1985 – although it was a stage Greg LeMond won by nearly five minutes over his rival.

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:35

Good morning

Bonjour and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of stage 14 of the Tour de France!

It’s the third and final day in the Pyrenees, and arguably, it’s the toughest day of this year’s Tour; it should be a cracker.

(AFP via Getty Images)

Flo Clifford19 July 2025 09:30