Primoz Roglic pulls ahead in Tour de France as Sam Bennett stays in green jersey

Ireland's Dan Martin had his best performance of the Tour this year with an 11th place finish
Primoz Roglic pulls ahead in Tour de France as Sam Bennett stays in green jersey

Primoz Roglic was able to stretch his lead in yellow. Picture: Stephane Mahe/AP/PA

Primoz Roglic stretched his lead in the yellow jersey as Dani Martinez won stage 13 of the Tour de France.

The punishing gradients of the summit finish on the Puy Mary gave the general classification standings a major shake-up as defending champion Egan Bernal was distanced by Roglic, who now leads the Tour by 44 seconds from his close friend and fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.

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