Denmark’s Mats Pedersen, the Trek-Segafredo rider, won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, which linked Le Bourg d’Ausanne-Saint-Etienne over a distance of 192.6 km, ahead of the final speed over Britain’s Fred Wright, Bahrain’s Victorious Team rider, and Canadian Hugo Hall.
The Danish rider completed the race in 4 hours, 13 minutes and 3 seconds, and was able to take advantage of the slip of a group of competitors from the race constellation, which included all the strong ones.
The stage did not witness a struggle between the strong candidates who crossed the finish line by 5 minutes and 45 seconds over the winner of the stage.
Denmark’s Jonas Weingard, rider of the Jumbo Visma team, maintained the lead in the general classification of the circumnavigation and the yellow jersey, with a difference of two minutes and 22 seconds over the Slovenian Tadi Bogacher, rider of the Emirates team, who wore the white shirt for the best young rider.
Britain’s Green Thomas of Team Ineos is third, two minutes and 26 seconds behind.
Following is the general standings of the Tour de France after stage 13:
1. Denmark’s Jonas Vingaard (Jumbo Visma): 50 hours, 47 minutes and 34 seconds.
2 – Slovenian Tade Bogacher (UAE): two minutes and 22 seconds behind.
3- Britain’s Green Thomas (Ineos): a difference of two minutes and 26 seconds.
4 – Frenchman Romain Bardet (DCM): two minutes and 35 seconds behind.
5 – Britain’s Adam Yates (Ineos): 3 minutes 44 seconds.
6 – Colombian Nero Quintana (Arkia Samsik): 3 minutes 58 seconds.
7- French David Godot (VDG): 4 minutes 7 seconds.
8- Britain’s Tom Bidcock (Ineos): 7 minutes 39 seconds.
9- Spanish Enrique Mas (Movistar): 9 minutes and 32 seconds behind.
10- Russian Alexander Vlasov (Bora): 10 minutes and 6 seconds behind.