The final climb of stage 13 of the Tour de France was not the longest climb of the event, but the steep climb to Puy Marie Cantal was decisive, bringing gaps to nearly every GC contender.

While some time gaps were only a few seconds, the Slovenian duo of Primoš Roglic (Jumbo Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) proved they were a notch or two better than their rivals.

While Daniel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) danced his way up the Puy Marie Cantal to a well-deserved stage win, the battle between Jumbo Visma and Team Ineos played out more than six minutes further down the road.

It was the British team that set the pace on the final Neronne pass, with Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) the biggest casualties.

Martin entered the stage in third place overall. Badeh crashed with 86km to go, taking Bauke Mollema out of the race and also leaving him 1:30 behind Roglic and Pogachar.

But Martin had an even worse day, losing nearly two minutes and his chances of a podium finish in tatters. Bardet was 11th in 3:00, while Martín was one place back in 3:14.

At the foot of the final climb, the GC group was full of talented riders, including Tom Dumoulin, Zep Kus, Roglic (Jumbo Visma), Richard Calapaz, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), and Nairo Quintana (Alcare Sumsic), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First), Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates), Adam Yates (Mitchelton Scott), Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana ProTeam), Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren), Richie Porte ( Trek Segafredo) remained.

When Pogachar launched two massive attacks, only Roglic was able to go with him as a group including Porte, Landa, and Lopez formed right behind them. This was because a group including Porte, Landa, and Lopez had formed behind them. Bernal and Uran fought to limit their losses, but at the finish the defending champion conceded 38 seconds to the yellow jersey.

As a result, Bernal dropped to third overall, 59 seconds behind Roglic. Uran moved up two places to fourth place despite being delayed on the climb, while Nairo Quintana remains in fifth place but is now 1:12 back.

Lopez moved up three places to sixth, followed by two Slovenians and four Colombians. The British rider is now in seventh place. Landa moved up 1:55 from the yellow jersey to 8th place.

Richie Porte rode a strong race to finish in the top 10 for the first time in the competition. Movistar's Enric Mas rounded out the top 10 after Bardet and Martin dropped out.

Outside the top 10, Dumoulin and Calapaz worked for their respective leaders before Pogachar's acceleration, limiting their losses on the final climb.EF Pro Cycling showed overall strength in the three-rider break of the day, taking the overall team lead from Movistar The team's overall lead from Movistar stood at