Tour de France – Stage 13

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Stage 13 lucky for Greg van Avermaet as he denies Peter Sagan whilst Froome holds onto Yellow as the weather cooks the riders

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Tour de France – Stage 13

Stage 13 looked set in the stone for Peter Sagan to win atop the hill of the avenue de Saint-Pierre in Rodez. It was a spectacular finish but the Slovakian champion who hasn’t claimed a stage of the Tour de France since two years ago, was second again as he lost the final sprint to Greg van Avermaet (BMC).

The Belgian, third in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix this year, is also known for often making the top three but seldom winning. He finally took a well deserved victory.

A peloton of 175 riders started stage 13 in Muret. Four of them rode away from the gun: Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo). They were joined at km 5 by Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin) and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Bretagne-Séché Environnement).

Sky had their work made easier as Giant-Alpecin team took command of the peloton to prevent the time gap from increasing significantly. Firstly, they didn’t allow Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar) and Andriy Grivko (Astana) to bridge the gap to the six leaders.

The maximum difference before the intermediate sprint at Laboutarié (km 92.5) was 3.40 where the sprint of the peloton was won by André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) who virtually moved back into the lead of the points classification.

Serious crash for Péraud
The advantage of Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin) and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) went up to 4.45 with 84km to go. Giant-Alpecin continued to set the pace of the bunch for 110km, after which Tinkoff-Saxo took over when they hit the hills over the remaining 70 kilometres.

Crosswinds and tension in the bunch created some splits whilst Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R-La Mondiale) sustained a serious crash at km 137 but courageously restarted and made his way back to the peloton after 15km of chasing.

As the bunch, led by Tinkoff-Saxo and occasionally MTN-Qhubeka and Orica-GreenEdge, Aussie Haas attacked with 24km to go. The double winner of the Japan Cup remained alone in the lead for six kilometres.

Kelderman, Gautier and De Gendt then made a leading trio 14km before the finish and were caught with only 300 metres to go in the uphill finish. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) followed the right wheel when Greg van Avermaet (BMC) distanced the other sprinters, John Degenkolb and co, but in the last violent effort, the Belgian made the winning jump.

Chris Froome (Sky), sixth on the line, retained the yellow jersey.

Yellow Jersey: Chris Froome
Green Jersey: Peter Sagan
KoM Jersey: Christopher Froome
White Jersey: Nairo Quintana

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Greg van Avermaet: “This victory means a lot to me. It’s a big one. Finally I’ve made it after missing out on several occasions, especially at the classics. I came to the Tour to win a stage. I targeted the first week. Then I survived the Pyrenees with today’s stage in mind and I’ve succeeded. At 200 metres to go, I felt someone was on my wheel but I didn’t know who it was”.

“When I realized it was Peter Sagan, I was hoping that he wouldn’t come around me. The last one hundred metres was very long but I’m happy that I stayed away. I certainly don’t have any advice for Sagan as I have the same problems as him. It’s difficult to win at this level. The only advice is too keep trying. Sagan remains one of the hardest riders to beat.”

“I have a big respect for him. It’s nice for cycling to have a rider like him. I’m maybe not the guy who wins twenty races a year but I’m always aiming at six or seven victories every season. I’m at four this year and there’s still a long season ahead. I could have done better. The classics will always be my number one goal. The level of my win today will give me the confidence I need for the future.”

Peter Sagan: “I was waiting for too long! It’s my mistake. I have to thank my team for the good job done before the sprint but my mistake was to sit down behind him [Greg van Avermaet] instead of passing him straight away and continue my effort till the finishing line. I’ve increased my lead in the green jersey classification but that wasn’t my priority today. I also want victories.”

Chris Froome: It could have been an easier day but it was a mad dash in the last 40km as sprinters’ teams panicked when they realized they might not catch the breakaway. I’ve seen very tired legs in the bunch, given the last three stages we’ve just done. Many people were hoping for an easy day but it didn’t happen. The heat was close to 40°.”

“We were asking for bidons and there wasn’t enough. In a day like this, I’d like to feel safe at the 3km to go mark and then give way to the sprinters but in the finale, everyone wanted to be at the front: lead out men for their sprinter, team-mates of GC riders, then it was chaos at the bottom of the final climb”.

“All you need is one GC guy to go to the front and everyone has to go up there as well. Typical sprinters want more opportunities but I don’t have any complain about the route. Seeing that even today some riders have tried to attack me in a short climb like this, it means they’ll try more tomorrow. Mende is a 3-km climb where big gaps can be expected.”

Nairo Quintana: “It was another day of terrible heat, with lots of small climbs, some points where winds blew hard… the day wasn’t really easy. That makes a harder impact as we’re still suffering from the Pyrenees. Our objective during the next few days will be recovering as much as we can and find the Alps in order to attack, but we’re conscious that there are no easy days and there could be some battle tomorrow.”

“Difficult finishes are still to come before the rest day, with roundabouts, descents… and likely crashes force us to keep entirely focused and at the front. We’ll all keep working to avoid any troubles and, if necessary, surely Alejandro will help me out to leave Froome alone into the last week. But there’s much remaining before that.”

Tejay van Garderen: “The plan was to watch dangerous breaks and to stay safe and then Greg had a free role in the sprint,” van Garderen said. “It’s incredible. We are really on a roll this Tour with the team time trial win and Rohan Dennis winning the individual time trial and now Greg taking our third stage. I think we are on our way to a successful tour.”

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STAGE 13
1 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM 04h 43′ 42″
2 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF-SAXO @ 00′ 00″
3 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 00′ 03″
4 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 00′ 07″
5 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 00′ 07″
6 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY @ 00′ 07″
7 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 07″
8 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF-SAXO @ 00′ 07″
9 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 07″
10 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM @ 00′ 07″
11 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 00′ 07″
12 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 07″
13 GESINK Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 00′ 07″
14 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY @ 00′ 07″
15 STYBAR Zdenek ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 00′ 17″
16 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 00′ 17″
17 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA GREENEDGE @ 00′ 17″
18 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING @ 00′ 17″
19 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR @ 00′ 17″
20 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 00′ 24″
21 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 28″
22 FONSECA Armindo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 00′ 28″
23 HERRADA LOPEZ José MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 28″
24 PAUWELS Serge MTN-QHUBEKA @ 00′ 28″
25 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 00′ 28″
26 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 00′ 28″
27 SANCHEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM @ 00′ 28″
28 GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR @ 00′ 37″
29 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 00′ 37″
30 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald MTN-QHUBEKA @ 00′ 37″
31 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 00′ 42″
32 PINOT Thibaut FDJ @ 00′ 42″
33 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM CYCLING @ 00′ 45″
34 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA @ 00′ 45″
35 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ @ 00′ 47″
36 SCARPONI Michele ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 57″
37 CAVENDISH Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 00′ 58″
38 POZZATO Filippo LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 00′ 58″
39 SEPULVEDA Eduardo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 00′ 07″
40 OLIVEIRA Nelson LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 00′ 58″
41 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 00′ 58″
42 BAK Lars LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 00′ 58″
43 KOREN Kristijan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 01′ 13″
44 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 01′ 16″
45 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY @ 01′ 16″
46 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ @ 01′ 18″
47 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING @ 01′ 23″
48 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt MTN-QHUBEKA @ 01′ 25″
49 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 01′ 26″
50 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 01′ 28″
51 ROY Jérémy FDJ @ 01′ 28″
52 MALORI Adriano MOVISTAR TEAM @ 01′ 33″
53 GOLAS Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 01′ 58″
54 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM CYCLING @ 01′ 58″
55 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18 @ 01′ 58″
56 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 01′ 58″
57 MACHADO Tiago TEAM KATUSHA @ 01′ 58″
58 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM @ 01′ 58″
59 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar TREK FACTORY RACING @ 01′ 58″
60 MORABITO Steve FDJ @ 01′ 58″
61 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING @ 01′ 58″
62 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 01′ 58″
63 JUNGELS Bob TREK FACTORY RACING @ 01′ 58″
64 YATES Adam ORICA GREENEDGE @ 01′ 58″
65 TULIK ANGÉLO TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 14″
66 WESTRA Lieuwe ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 02′ 19″
67 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF-SAXO @ 02′ 19″
68 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN-QHUBEKA @ 02′ 19″
69 TANKINK Bram TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 02′ 19″
70 TRENTIN Matteo ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 02′ 22″
71 COQUARD Bryan TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 24″
72 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM @ 02′ 24″
73 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA @ 02′ 24″
74 WYSS Marcel IAM CYCLING @ 02′ 27″
75 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING @ 02′ 27″
76 URAN URAN Rigoberto ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 02′ 27″
77 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM @ 02′ 32″
78 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan MOVISTAR TEAM @ 02′ 32″
79 UCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18 @ 02′ 41″
80 SICARD Romain TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 49″
81 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel MTN-QHUBEKA @ 02′ 52″
82 FEDRIGO Pierrick BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 03′ 04″
83 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques MTN-QHUBEKA @ 03′ 09″
84 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 03′ 16″
85 GENIEZ Alexandre FDJ @ 03′ 36″
86 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FDJ @ 03′ 36″
87 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto TEAM KATUSHA @ 03′ 41″
88 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK FACTORY RACING @ 00′ 07″
89 QUEMENEUR Perrig TEAM EUROPCAR @ 04′ 00″
90 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 04′ 26″
91 VALLS FERRI Rafael LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 04′ 26″
92 PERICHON Pierre-Luc BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 04′ 53″
93 VOECKLER Thomas TEAM EUROPCAR @ 05′ 03″
94 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 05′ 21″
95 WEENING Pieter ORICA GREENEDGE @ 05′ 31″
96 PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 05′ 44″
97 HAAS Nathan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 05′ 44″
98 IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel TREK FACTORY RACING @ 05′ 55″
99 FEILLU Brice BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 05′ 55″
100 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING @ 05′ 55″
101 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY @ 05′ 59″
102 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 06′ 07″
103 YATES Simon ORICA GREENEDGE @ 06′ 50″
104 PIMANTA COSTA MENDES José Joao BORA-ARGON 18 @ 07′ 44″
105 SIMON Julien COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 08′ 11″
106 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM @ 08′ 13″
107 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 08′ 28″
108 SERPA SANTANDER José LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 08′ 28″
109 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM @ 08′ 28″
110 WYSS Danilo BMC RACING TEAM @ 08′ 28″
111 DELAPLACE Anthony BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 08′ 28″
112 VACHON Florian BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 08′ 28″
113 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 08′ 28″
114 GENE Yohann TEAM EUROPCAR @ 08′ 28″
115 KONIG Leopold TEAM SKY @ 08′ 54″
116 DE KORT Koen TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 09′ 43″
117 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY @ 09′ 43″
118 CARUSO Gianpaolo TEAM KATUSHA @ 09′ 43″
119 PORTE Richie TEAM SKY @ 09′ 43″
120 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 09′ 43″
121 HESJEDAL Ryder TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 09′ 43″
122 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim TEAM KATUSHA @ 09′ 43″
123 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi MTN-QHUBEKA @ 09′ 43″
124 SENECHAL Florian COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 09′ 43″
125 MEINTJES Louis MTN-QHUBEKA @ 09′ 43″
126 ROGERS Michael TINKOFF-SAXO @ 09′ 43″
127 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA @ 10′ 03″
128 OSS Daniel BMC RACING TEAM @ 10′ 03″
129 GRUZDEV Dmitriy ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 10′ 03″
130 QUINZIATO Manuel BMC RACING TEAM @ 11′ 22″
131 GERARD Arnaud BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 11′ 22″
132 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18 @ 11′ 24″
133 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF-SAXO @ 11′ 24″
134 RAST Gregory TREK FACTORY RACING @ 11′ 24″
135 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA GREENEDGE @ 11′ 24″
136 TUFT Svein ORICA GREENEDGE @ 11′ 24″
137 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY @ 11′ 26″
138 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF-SAXO @ 11′ 26″
139 KWIATKOWSKI Michal ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 11′ 26″
140 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18 @ 11′ 26″
141 GAUDIN Damien AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 11′ 26″
142 KENNAUGH Peter TEAM SKY @ 12′ 03″
143 VAN BAARLE Dylan TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 12′ 10″
144 VAN EMDEN Jos TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 12′ 10″
145 HANSEN Adam LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 12′ 10″
146 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 12′ 10″
147 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 12′ 10″
148 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 12′ 10″
149 BRUN Fréderic BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 12′ 10″
150 DEVOLDER Stijn TREK FACTORY RACING @ 12′ 10″
151 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 12′ 10″
152 BRÄNDLE Matthias IAM CYCLING @ 12′ 10″
153 RENSHAW Mark ETIXX-QUICK STEP @ 12′ 10″
154 CHAVANEL Sébastien FDJ @ 12′ 10″
155 FARRAR Tyler MTN-QHUBEKA @ 12′ 10″
156 ANDERSEN Michael Valgren TINKOFF-SAXO @ 12′ 10″
157 DIDIER Laurent TREK FACTORY RACING @ 12′ 10″
158 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian TREK FACTORY RACING @ 12′ 10″
159 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 12′ 10″
160 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 12′ 10″
161 GREIPEL André LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 12′ 10″
162 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 12′ 10″
163 LEEZER Thomas TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 12′ 10″
164 RIBLON Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 12′ 10″
165 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 12′ 17″
166 WELLENS Tim LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 12′ 34″
167 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 12′ 39″
168 NAULLEAU BRYAN TEAM EUROPCAR @ 21′ 25″
169 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 21′ 25″
170 ERVITI OLLO Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM @ 21′ 25″
171 VANBILSEN KENNETH COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 21′ 25″
172 LANGEVELD Sebastian TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 21′ 25″
173 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 21′ 25″
174 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 21′ 37″
175 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18 @ 21′ 37″

OVERALL
1 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY 51h 34′ 21″
2 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM @ 02′ 52″
3 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM @ 03′ 09″
4 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM @ 03′ 58″
5 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY @ 04′ 03″
6 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF-SAXO @ 04′ 04″
7 GESINK Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 05′ 32″
8 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO-SOUDAL @ 07′ 32″
9 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 07′ 47″
10 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK FACTORY RACING @ 08′ 02″
11 ABARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN @ 09′ 53″
12 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING @ 12′ 35″
13 SANCHEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM @ 13′ 14″
14 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR @ 14′ 07″
15 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 17′ 26″
16 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN @ 20′ 07″
17 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim TEAM KATUSHA @ 23′ 21″
18 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 25′ 36″
19 SEPULVEDA Eduardo BRETAGNE – SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT @ 28′ 19″
20 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM @ 29′ 22″
21 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 31′ 07″
22 PINOT Thibaut FDJ @ 35′ 16″
23 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF-SAXO @ 35′ 31″
24 PAUWELS Serge MTN-QHUBEKA @ 36′ 53″
25 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM CYCLING @ 37′ 49″

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