2025 TdF Stage 13 Uphill TT 10.5km with 8km @7.9% (650m elevation gain)

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The TdF Uphill TT is on 18 July. Coming into the stage the riders raced on Hautecam where Tadej put 2:10 on Jonas and 3:35 on Remco. But this was almost 1000m of climbing in 13.5km

Here were historical times:

Hautacam fastest times

Year Winner Time
1994 Luc Leblanc 35:20
1996 Bjarne Riis 34:40
2000 Lance Armstrong 36:19
2008 Leonardo Piepoli, Juan Jose Cobo 37:28
2014 Vincenzo Nibali 37:21
2022 Jonas Vingegaard 36:34
2025 Tadej Pogačar 35:08

This is Lance catching Basso his 2 minute man in the Alpe d’Huez uphill TT but that was on 13.5 km at 8% so roughly the same stats as Hautecam

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The Stage 13 TT is 10.5km climbing 650m but the meat is 8 km at 7.9% so roughly 8/13th the difficult of Hautecam and ADH

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So can anyone catch their minute man (Jonas close on Remco, Tadej close on both)? Or is the distance and elevation not enough?

I guess we will find out. I assume everyone rides road bikes right at the 6.8kilo limit and lighter aero road helmets?

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Today it was 2 minutes over 13ish Km, so I don’t think Tadej will close the 2 minutes tomorrow on Jonas, but it’s going to be a good carrot to have. I say he will close 1:20-1:30 at the top.

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I bet jonas is on a tt bike, and tadej is probably on a v5rs with aero extensions. I bet they’re both ~7.1kg or so. Don’t discredit how fast these guys go uphill, and there’s some flat road to start. The extra weight has a minimal impaft.

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I think Jonas wins tomorrow and some inflammation or whatever else from Pogi’s crash the other day leads to a bad day for him (and he finishes 2nd). It won’t be much time in Jonas’ favor, but we’ll all get some hope that maybe the rest of the TdF will be competitive (which it won’t be).

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LOLZ. Pog is taking another 30-60s.

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this will be interesting to see. I think most guys will be on road bikes.

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If “winning” means crossing the finish line first, yes, that could happen, but don’t forget the 2’ headstart :grin:

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I was wondering if Pog gave it a go 1 day after crash to avoid the 2 day after crash effect on the TT day and build a buffer. Jonas looked spent finishing on Hautecam and was around 40 seconds slower than 2022 Jonas. Also if Jonas is on the TT bike is he going with a 1x or 2x with tighter gear spacings (by the way was he on 1x or 2x on Hautecam.

I also wonder if any sprinters are in jeopardy of the time cut today? I assume not, but you never know. I can’t recall sprinters missing time cuts on previous uphill TTs. The grupetto always looks pathetic on uphill stages, but then you look at their times and compare to amateur times and they are leagues ahead.

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Jonathan Milan is just under 14 min at just under halfway (distance), but he is only 2 km into the real climbing

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I see it is a cooler day at Peyragudes than the 30C cooker on Hautecam yesterday. Projected weather for GC favourites is around 19C.

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New hotseat. They are saying it should be sub 25 for the top guys (meaning Pogi taking his 21st stage). I think he goes sub 24.

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Aussie TT champ Luke Plapp on road bike with disc wheel

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Jonas was on 2x yesterday.
And it indeed looks like he (and Remco, Roglic) will be riding a TT bike.

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Have they said what Pog will ride?

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There were some spyshots earlier in the tour from a V5RS with custom road handlebars that had TT extensions. But not sure if this is what he’ll ride.

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Here is Milan’s time at the finish for cut off banter (if applicable)

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Luke Plapp’s time was 24.58. Anyone want to bet on Tadej’s

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Roglic is the current leader, his average speed was 16.7 mph. Surprised that he used a TT bike, I thought if overall speeds are that slow it would make more sense to be on a road bike. Not sure if they allow clipons?

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23:00

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I wonder what Bjarne Riis would have pulled off.

Real mix of gear. Tadej full roadies, Primoz aero, Jonas Aero and Tadej smoked both at the first time check