Tadej Pogacar continued to claw again time on Jonas Vingegaard with a late, brutal uphill dash to drop the defending champion within the finale of thirteenth stage of the Tour de France on the high of the Col du Grand Colombier.
The Slovenian, Tour winner in 2020 and 2021, stood on the pedals contained in the final kilometre and launched a livid dash with Vingegaard holding his wheel earlier than dropping the slipstream and 4 seconds on the road.
Pogacar, who has now overwhelmed Vingegaard within the final three mountain levels, took third place on the day, 50 seconds behind Michal Kwiatkowski, the perfect of the breakaway riders.
It was former world champion Kwiatkowski’s second stage win on the Tour after 2020, the 12 months then defending champion and workforce mate Egan Bernal deserted with again ache on the identical climb to the Col du Grand Colombier.
Pogacar, who picked up 4 bonus seconds, trails Vingegaard by 9 seconds within the normal classification, preserving the Jumbo-Visma rider on his toes forward of two awe-inspiring levels within the Alps.
Saturday’s 14th stage is a gruelling Alpine effort over 152 kilometres ending in Morzine after a tough descent from the punishing Col de Joux Plane, a 11.6km ascent at 8.1%.
It will likely be adopted by one other attempting mountain trek on Sunday ending with an explosive climb to Saint Gervais (7km at 7.7%).
🏅Second Tour de France stage win for @kwiato, each from the breakaway! Relive the ultimate KM ⤵️
🏅2ème victoire d’étape sur le Tour de France pour @kwiato, toutes deux depuis l’échappée ! Revivez le dernier KM ⤵️#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/EgDSdpXbOm
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2023
