Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates winning the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) in the Pyrenees mountains with start in Loudenvielle and finish in Peyragudes, France, Friday, July 18, 2025. Credit: AP/Thibault Camus

Israel protestor at the Tour de France was in for a rude awakening when a security guard took matters into his own hands and leveled the man.

Quinn Simmons has ridden at the front of the peloton or in breakaways much of the race. The five Americans riding in the Tour de France this year are showing well with a little more than a week to go in the 21-day bike race.

So far we’ve seen a largely-imperious Tadej Pogačar, an aggressive Visma-Lease A Bike squad, a super-strong Ben Healy, a hyper-committed Mathieu van der Poel and myriad other storylines. All in all it’s been an enthralling edition of the Tour.

Stage 13 route and updates as GC favourites target mountainous time trial - Will Tadej Pogacar extend his advantage over his Tour de France rivals - or will his crash on stage 11 hamper him on today’s brutal time trial?

The world’s most famous bike race unveils a different route every year, but efforts to keep the details under wraps are hampered by the amateur sleuths hunting for clues.

Time trials and road races are set to be held on July 19 and July 23, meaning the 2028 Tour could be forced to take a far earlier start date in June

Ben Healy won stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie and his brilliant Tour continued with a third place on stage 10, from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy in the Massif Central, enough to secure the race lead at the expense of the world’s best rider and three-time champion.