{"id":274141,"date":"2025-07-19T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274141\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:30:14","slug":"who-is-leading-the-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey-and-general-classification-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274141\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is leading the Tour de France? Yellow jersey and general classification standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 huxBsk\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tadej-pogacar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadej Pogacar<\/a> has stamped his authority on the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tour-de-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a>, wrestling back the yellow jersey from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/ben-healy-yellow-jersey-tour-de-france-2025-b2789106.html\" title=\"Who is Ben Healy? The master tactician with an explosive kick leading the Tour de France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous leader Ben Healy<\/a> and demolishing all his rivals on stage 12 of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 12 saw the first real mountain test of the Tour and Pogacar &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/tadej-pogacar-crash-tour-de-france-stage-11-b2790272.html\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m a bit beaten up\u2019: Tadej Pogacar caught out in late crash as Jonas Abrahamsen wins stage 11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">despite suffering a late crash in the closing kilometres of stage 11<\/a> &#8211; passed with flying colours, powering away from his rivals on the lower slopes of the infamous hors-categorie Hautacam. <\/p>\n<p>He put even more time into closest challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jonas-vingegaard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonas Vingegaard<\/a>, who was further weakened by his key mountain lieutenants Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/simon-yates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Yates<\/a> all enduring bad days at the office in the opening Pyrenean stage. <\/p>\n<p>Pogacar won his third stage of this Tour &#8211; having already won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/tadej-pogacar-tour-de-france-stage-4-mathieu-van-der-poel-b2784982.html\" title=\"Tadej Pogacar seals century of wins with thrilling sprint victory on stage four of the Tour de France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stages four<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/tour-de-france-tadej-pogacar-jonas-vingegaard-stage-seven-b2787453.html\" title=\"Tadej Pogacar outsprints Jonas Vingegaard to win stage seven and reclaim Tour de France lead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven<\/a> &#8211; at the summit finish and moved back into yellow after spending spells in the race lead during the opening week. <\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s Healy, who moved into the race lead with an audacious breakaway raid on stage 10, was dropped early on stage 12 and fell to 11th overall. <\/p>\n<p>And Pogacar continued his masterclass with back-to-back stage wins as he won stage 13\u2019s mountainous time trial, extending his gap over Vingegaard to more than four minutes despite a better performance from the Dane. The defending champion became the youngest rider to reach 21 Tour de France stage wins with his victory atop the Peyragudes category-one climb, and looks set to continue smashing records and his rivals all the way to Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is how the riders stand in each classification after stage 13 of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tour-de-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tour de France<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752910214_335_SEI259306001.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pogacar dedicated his stage 12 win to 19-year-old cyclist Samuele Privitera, who died after a fall in a race on Wednesday\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/>Pogacar dedicated his stage 12 win to 19-year-old cyclist Samuele Privitera, who died after a fall in a race on Wednesday (AP)<\/p>\n<p>Stage 13 results<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tadej-pogacar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 23\u201900\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +36\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +1\u201920\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +1\u201956\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), +1&#8217;58\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +2\u201903\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) +2\u201906\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +2\u201915\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) +2\u201921\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +2\u201922\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>General classification<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tadej-pogacar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadej Pogacar<\/a> (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), in 45:45:51<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jonas-vingegaard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike), +4\u201907\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/remco-evenepoel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remco Evenepoel<\/a> (Soudal Quick-Step), +7&#8217;24\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +7\u201930\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +8\u201911\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&amp;B Hotels), +8&#8217;15\u201d <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/primoz-roglic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primoz Roglic<\/a> (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +8\u201950\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +10\u201936\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), +11\u201943\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), +14&#8217;15\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Points classification<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jonathan\u202fMilan (Lidl\u2011Trek) 231 pts<\/li>\n<li>Tadej\u202fPogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 203<\/li>\n<li>Mathieu\u202fvan\u202fder\u202fPoel (Alpecin\u2011Deceuninck) 173<\/li>\n<li>Biniam\u202fGirmay (Intermarch\u00e9\u2011Wanty) 154<\/li>\n<li>Tim\u202fMerlier (Soudal Quick\u2011Step) 150<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>King of the mountains (KOM) classification<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tadej\u202fPogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 37 pts <\/li>\n<li>Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) 27 pts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jonas-vingegaard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike) 27 pts<\/li>\n<li>Michael Woods (Israel-PremierTech) 22 pts<\/li>\n<li>Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) 16 pts <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Young riders\u2019 classification<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/remco-evenepoel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remco Evenepoel<\/a> (Soudal Quick-Step) in 45:53:15<\/li>\n<li>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +6\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) +47\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&amp;B Hotels) +51\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) +9\u201933\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, 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