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Tour de France stage 13 LIVE - Can Pogačar cement GC lead on mountain time trial?

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The second and final race against the clock at this year’s Tour de France will be a mountain time trial on the climb to Peyragudes

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A big name at the start list now - Wout van Aert. If he goes for it he could set a very good time, but might rest up with work to be done for Vingegaard in the stages ahead.

Foss has finished, and he sped up as the climb went on - he posts the third fastest time of the day, 2:26 slower than Plapp.

Fred Wright has posted the third best time, beating Lennert Van Eetvelt. But there’s lots of daylight between himself and the top two, with Plapp 2:42 quicker, and Martinez 2:19 quicker.

Lenny Martinez finishing his ride.

Former time trial world champion Tobias Foss is on the road, but isn’t going hard, posting the 13th fastest time at the first check.

Martinez falls short, 23 seconds slower than Plapp. That's still good enough for second-best, for now.

Lenny Martinez is giving his all as he nears the summit.

Sivakov took his time up the final part of that climb, posting the 16th best time at the finish.

Lenny Martinez has committed to his ride - he’s just nine seconds slower than Plapp at the second check. For the first time, Plapp is under pressure.

Matis Louvel is giving us a demonstration of how steep the final gradients of the Peyragudes are. He’s weaving from side to side, trying to take a more bearable and less steep line.

Sivakov hasn’t completely sat up, despite having work to do for teammate Pogačar. He’s set the third fastest time at the second check.

Coquard reaches the finish, and waves to the crowd. It's a wave of goodbye - he's actually planning on leaving the race after today, to have his damaged hand operated on.

Romeo is not going for it. He's reached the time check with a time outside of the top 20 fastest.

Plapp and Van Eetvelt remain first and second at the finish, but Vito Braet has joined them on the virtual podium with the third best time.

The polka-dot jersey of Lenny Martinez has started his ride. He’ll need to produce one hell of a ride to finish high enough to add to his KOM tally today, and is already only wearing the jersey on behalf of Tadej Pogačar, who overtook him yesterday - and is likely to extend his lead today.

Here's Plapp finishing his ride, mouth open with the effort.

Girmay completes his ride in relaxed fashion, moving to the side of the road to give some high fives to a cluster of fans with Eritrean flags.

Iván Romeo is off and running. He's a rider who could post a strong time if he goes for it, as someone who can both climb and time trial.

The Australian could be in the hotseat for a long time with a time like that.

Unlike Van Eetvelt, who looked like he knocked off the pace, Plapp is clearly giving it his all - and it shows in the time. He’s gone a whole 2:51 quicker.

Plapp is under a kilometre from the finish - albeit the hardest kilometre of the course.

Plapp is ineed going for it - he's just put a whole minute into Van Eetvelt on the second time check.

Coquard is starting his ride, despite a finger injury. He hurt it yesterday when trying to grab a musette. The Frenchman has had a rough Tour this year, ever since attracting blame and scrutiny for his role in the crash that saw Jasper Philipsen abandon in the first week.

Van Eetvelt sets the new fastest time, by 57 seconds. He didn’t look to be totally committed on his ride though, especially considering how he looked at the start, and didn’t grow his advantage on the final section of the climb.

Now the Australian champion, Luke Plapp, begins. He is a rider who could be up there, given he can both time trial and climb.

Grignard has set the new fastest time and will head to the hot seat. Not for long, though - Van Eetvelt will surely be replacing him soon.

Eduardo Affini rolls after the start ramp, his European champion's jersey showcasing his time trialling credentials. He’a another for whom the gradients will be too steep, however.

Several riders have followed Vercher by reaching the finish, with Roel van Sintmaartensdijk the fastest among them so far with a time of 29:12.

Van Eetvelt is through the second check, over a minute quicker than the previous best time set by Grignard.

Vercher’s the first rider to arrive at the finish, and he’s enjoying the occasion, giving a wheelie to please the fans as he covers the horribly steep final gradients to the line. His time is 30:01.

Durbridge and Benjamin Thomas have posted the third and fourth fastest times there. They’re both specialists against the clock, but not on an uphill time trial like this one.

Van Eetvelt's set the fastest time at the first time check, 20 seconds faster than Meeus.

Our first jersey-wearer is on the road - Jonathan Milan, in green. He won’t be adding any points to his tally today, and will instead be looking on in fear as Tadej Pogačar is set to eat more into his lead in the points classification.

Van Eetvelt looks like he's on for a quick one. He's already caught and passed his minute man.

Of the riders to have reached the first checkpoint, Meeus is the fastest so far.

We have a first proper climber on the road now - Lennert Van Eetvelt. The Belgian is well down on GC having crashed and lost lots of time, but he’s a very talented climber, and from the way he flew off the start ramp, looks like he’s going to go for a time today.

Here' the scene from the Peyragudes today.

The start of a time trial this deep into a Grand Tour is a chance to see riders you might have forgotten are at the race, and have been really struggling. Jordi Meeus is second-to-last on GC, having struggled to get involved in the sprints.

Vercher has just finished the opening flatter part of the course and has started the climb to Peyregudes.

Stage 13 starts

Weather-wise, it looks to be a cooler day for the riders compared to yesterday's searing heat on the Hautacam.

An alteration to today's stage that will surely please the less comfortable climbers at the Tour.

Here's what Pogačar, his UAE team, Visma DS Grischa Niermann, Matteo Jorgenson, and Remco Evenepoel had to say about the first of this week's three Pyrenean battles.

Tadej Pogačar attacked early on the Hautacam's slopes to win the stage and move back into the yellow jersey.

Just 40 minutes until the first rider of the day starts their effort.

A closer look at the course profile for today.

Here's the key times for when the GC big hitters roll out later this afternoon:

Ever wondered how a team prepares for the chaos of a mountain time-trial, with equipment dilemmas and potential bike changes?

For more details on what today's 10.9km uphill race against the clock entails, read our in-depth stage preview here.

Here's a look at the profile of today's individual time trial from Loudenvielle to the summit of Peyragudes.

There's just under two hours to go before the first rider rolls down the start ramp for today's mountainous individual time trial.

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage for stage 13 of the 2025 Tour de France.

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