Arthur Vichot during the 3rd stage of the Tour de Romandie 2010. Photo by Fanny Schertzer.

During the individual time trials of Stage 13 of the 2016 Tour de France, Arthur Vichot of FDJ did well enough to land in the fulcrum position. He was 94th of the 187 riders still in the tour and becomes the third rider of this year’s tour to hold the Point d’Appui.

Vichot, who won the French National Road Championship earlier this year, has raced in the Tour de France four previous times, finishing as high as 66th in the general classification and as low as 103rd. He had to withdraw from the race in 2014. He has also twice won the Tour du Haut Var, a two-day race in the early season run through the region in which the tour is currently passing.

Alexey Lutsenko, who has been on the cusp during the last two stages moved up one place above Vichot and remains in strong contention for the fulcrum.

Three riders abandoned the race Friday. Neither Thibaut Pinot of FDJ nor Simon Gerrans of Orica-BikeExchange started the stage, and Edward Theuns of Trek-Segafredo was unable to finish the 37-kilometer time trial.

Mikel Nieve of Team Sky finished as the Point d’Appui of the time trial. Teammate Wouter Poels was just a second behind him.

Tom Dumoulin of Team Giant-Alpecin won the stage by more than a minute over the second-place rider on the day, Christopher Froome of Sky. Froome looks unbeatable for the overall yellow jersey this year, excelling in the mountains, on the flats and now in the time trial.

Froome remains the overall leader and gained almost a minute over his top rivals. Meanwhile, Sam Bennett still retains the Lanterne Rouge, but finished 160th on the stage, showing that he is on the mend.