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Jasper Philipsen wins stage 13 in Pau after hefty late crash
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Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck won stage 13 of the Tour de France, a 165km flat ride from Agen to Pau, pipping Wout Van Aert to the line in a crash-marred sprint finale to win his second stage in four days.
Visma-Lease a Bike’s Van Aert had looked set for victory when he was led out by his teammate but Philipsen picked the right moment to attack and overtook his Belgian compatriot who also finished second on stage 12. Another Belgian sprinter, Arnaud De Lie, was also in the running but he saw his hopes of a sprint victory evaporate when he was involved in a crash in the final kilometre where several riders hit the deck. Pascal Ackerman was third while Biniam Girmay, who has won three stages so far, was fourth.
Tadej Pogacar, meanwhile, retained the yellow jersey and the UAE Team Emirates rider stays one minute and six seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel while Jonas Vingegaard is a further eight seconds behind. Pogacar is looking to become the first rider in 26 years to achieve the Giro d’Italia and Tour double.
Philipsen wins stage 13 into Pau: as it happened
Top ten in the general classification
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 52hrs 40mins 58secs
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) +1mins 6secs
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1mins 14secs
- Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +4mins 20secs
- Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 40secs
- Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quick Step) +5mins 38secs
- Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +6mins 59secs
- Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) +7mins 36secs
- Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) +7mins 54secs
- Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +9mins 18secs
Full results from stage 13
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3hrs 23mins 09 secs
- Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) Same time
- Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) “
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) “
- Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious) “
- Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) “
- Clément Russo (Groupama-FDJ) “
- Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) “
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) “
- Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) “
29km to go
Carapaz and Johannessen come over the top and still have 30 seconds on the peloton. Johannessen once again takes the one king of the mountains point like he did on the previous climb. It is still very unlikely that they will be able to stay out in front but you just never know, especially if there is any indecision in the peloton.
It does not look like Groenewegen will be in contention for a sprint finish as he is a minute down on the peloton and 90 seconds behind the lead duo.
35km to go
Carapaz and Johannessen have nearly 20 seconds on the peloton but that does not feel like it is anywhere near enough. We have another category four climb to come up Côte de Simacourbe.
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A couple of sprinters in Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) have dropped off the back of the peloton and are fighting to get back on.
55km to go
The top three in the general classification; Pogacar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel, are all in the front peloton and they are only now just over 10 seconds behind the lead quartet.
Mark Cavendish will likely not be contesting for the stage victory as he is in the back group along with the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Fernando Gaviria.
70km to go
The peloton have nearly caught the second group on the road, which is the remainder of the original breakaway, but there is still a small gap to close. Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) is not giving up and has attacked from that second group. Here are the top five from the intermediate sprint at Nogaro:
- Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ), 20pts
- Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), 17
- Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility), 15
- Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), 13
- Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny), 11
76km to go
The front quartet come to the intermediate sprint, with no-one massively interested in the points available in the green jersey competition. Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) is allowed to roll over the line first for the maximum 20 points with Julien Bernard second. The peloton are now just over a minute behind the leaders.
83km to go
We are approaching the intermediate sprint at Nogaro, which hosted the conclusion of stage four last year. That stage was won by Jasper Philipsen at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in a chaotic finish which involved some heavy crashes, including Fabio Jakobsen. He ended up abandoning the Tour last year ahead of stage 12 after that crash on stage four and his bad luck has continued this year as he failed to finish yesterday’s stage.
The front quartet have 44 seconds over the rest of the initial breakaway, with the peloton a further 40 seconds back.
101km to go
Meanwhile in Italy...
Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) has won stage six of the Giro d’Italia Women, the 159km long San Benedetto del Tronto-Chieti. Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health) and Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ) finished second and third respectively.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Liane Lippert said: “It’s amazing, I had such a hard start of the Giro and now this win makes it so special. I was dreaming the victory since the breakaway started but at the same time I had to be mentally strong and focused. I had a very bad injury, it was hard to come back but I believed it and now I feel so happy”.
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl - Trek) retains the Maglia Rosa.
104km to go
The main source of concern for the peloton is the presence of Adam Yates in the breakaway. He started the day seventh in the general classification, six minutes and 59 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar. He won the opening stage of last year’s Tour, beating his twin brother Simon in Bilbao to take the yellow jersey.
107km to go
A united front has been formed in the peloton as five teams are contributing to reduce this gap, which is now back down to 51 seconds. The Ineos Grenadiers riders are told over team radio to ask Visma-Lease a Bike and Soudal-Quick Step to contribute two riders to the front and so will they. Yesterday Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) secured his third stage victory at the Tour this year and will still be hoping he has a shot at four later. Here he is speaking ahead of today’s stage:
125km to go
Bad news for UAE Team Emirates as Juan Ayuso, who was in the top ten in the general classification, has just stepped off his bike and abandoned.
The Ineos Grenadiers riders have been told over their team radio to talk with Visma-Lease a Bike and Soudal-Quick Step about working together to close the gap as Adam Yates is in the breakaway.
137km to go
We were just mentioning those cross/headwinds and Visma-Lease a Bike have used that to their advantage as they have ripped the peloton apart. Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel are in this very exclusive group, which has five Visma-Lease a Bike riders in total. Pogacar has just one teammate in Joao Almeida and Evenepoel has no teammates. There are just 11 riders in this group now and they are closing the gap to the breakaway.
143km to go
Visma-Lease a Bike are the ones at the moment on the front of the peloton working hard to bring down the gap to the breakaway, which is currently just over 30 seconds. Visma-Lease a Bike do have a rider in the breakaway in the shape of Jan Tratnik. The riders are currently fighting against a cross/headwind.
148km to go
Here is the full list of the 22 riders in the breakaway:
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Davide Ballerini (Astana Qazaqstan), Magnus Cort, Jonas Abrahamsen (both Uno-X Mobility), Julien Bernard, Toms Skujins (both Lidl-Trek), Neilson Powless, Rui Costa, Marijn van den Berg (all EF Education-EasyPost), Frank van den Broek (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Jakob Fuglsang, Hugo Houle (both Israel-Premier Tech), Romain Gregoire, Kevin Geniets (both Groupama-FDJ), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike), Mathieu van der Poel, Axel Laurance (both Alpecin-Deceuninck), Brent Van Moer, Arnaud De Lie (both Lotto Dstny), Oier Lazkano (Movistar), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious).
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160km to go
A fairly sizeable breakaway has formed which the peloton may be keen to reel back in as they may not want that large a group to get away. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility, Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) and Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) are all in there in the breakaway. Yates is in the top ten of the general classification, just shy of seven minutes behind teammate and current leader Tadej Pogacar.
163km to go
It has been a frantic start to the stage as riders are trying to form a breakaway. We have the likes of Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), who is in possession of the polka dots jersey, trying to get away.
The TotalEnergies riders are told over their team radio that although it will take a lot of energy to get into the breakaway, it will be worth it.
History of Pau
Today’s stage finishes in Pau and it will be the 63rd time that a stage has finished in the city, which is the third most visited city in the history of the Tour de France, behind only Paris and Bordeaux. The last of those stage finishes in Pau was a 2019 time trial, which Julian Alaphilippe won in the yellow jersey.
Last year, Jai Hindley won stage five which began in Pau on his Tour debut to become the eighth Australian to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour.
Bad luck follows Roglic
After his crash yesterday, Primoz Roglic and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have decided that he will not start today’s stage. We can hear from their Sports Director Rolf Aldag, who has been spoking this morning about Roglic’s withdrawal:
The reigning Olympic time trial champion won’t be defending his title at Paris 2024 after opting out of the Slovenian national team. The Slovenian road race team consists of Tadej Pogacar, Matej Mohorič, Luka Mezgec and Jan Tratnik.
Stage 13 preview
Good morning and welcome to coverage of stage 13 of the 2024 Tour de France. Yesterday was yet another day at this year’s Tour for Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty). The Eritrean claimed his third victory at this year’s Tour beating out Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) in a sprint finish in Villeneuve-sur-Lot. So long as he stays on his bike and does not have to abandon the race, Girmay should claim the green jersey (points classification) in Nice in just over a week.
Whilst Girmay was enjoying another day of celebration, it was a bad day for Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). The Slovenian was involved in a crash with around 12km left and lost over two minutes to his general classification rivals despite the best efforts of his team to restrict the losses. He did not look comfortable after the crash and this morning his team have confirmed that he has abandoned the race. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe posted this statement on X this morning:
“Primož Roglič underwent careful examination by our medical team after yesterday’s stage and again this morning. The decision has been taken that he will not start today, to focus on upcoming goals. We wish you a speedy recovery Primož.”
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Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) stills leads the general classification, with just over a minute advantage over Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Today should be another day for the sprinters as we head 165.3km from Agen to Pau but could a breakaway steal the show?
Stay with us for all the action from stage 13.