PEYRAGUDES, France — Tadej Pogačar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals by dominating an uphill time trial and reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday.

Shaved paint, no bar tape and 140mm rotors - UAE Team Emirates XRG went all in to make GC leader, Tadej Pogačar's Colnago Y1RS as light as possible for the 16% pitches of Stage 13

"I'm not here to make enemies, but this is the Tour de France ," Pogačar told reporters after he repeated his 2022 victory at Peyragudes against Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), albeit this time in a very different format of an uphill race against the clock, rather than a two-way sprint like three years ago.