After yesterday’s brutal Pyrenean test the Tour de France gets even tougher, with the riders set to tackle a short but definitely not sweet mountainous time trial.Stage 13 is only 10.9km long but hits gradients of 16% as the riders climb steadily from a flatter opening section in Loudenvielle all the way up to the altiport at Peyragudes in the Pyrenees.

Five Americans are competing in the Tour de France this year. Matteo Jorgenson sits 10th overall with a little more than a week left in the race. Quinn Simmons has ridden at the front of the peloton or in breakaways much of the race.

Expanding the already large 33% time cut only minutes before the time trial start spared a number of top sprinters from expulsion

The 112th Tour will take place entirely within France and features a late twist when the peloton finally arrives in Paris after a gruelling route through the Pyrenees and the Alps

The riders at the Tour de France face an uphill test as riders tackle a rare mountain time trial in the Pyrénées