Van Aert second in the sprint, retirements by Roglic and Ayuso
Jasper Philipsen won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, from Agen to Pau, 165.3km. Second again, in the sprint, Wout Van Aert.
The stage was windy in the first km: Adam Yates found himself in the breakaway together with 21 other men, including Van der Poel and De Lie, gaining a minute on the group. But the Brit is scary in the general classification, so the action fades after a further attempt by Gregoire, Cort, Bernard and Kwiatkowski which fails to score.
Another final sprint which, this time, sees Philipsen triumph, with his second success of the stage. Some riders including Bol and Capiot fell a few meters from the finish line with De Lie miraculously remaining standing.
After the withdrawal of Primoz Roglic, who did not start this morning after yesterday's fall, the stop also came for Juan Ayuso, positive for Covid, who had already dropped out in the first km of the race.
Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey awaiting the two stages in the Pyrenees scheduled for the weekend.
Arrival order:
1 PHILIPSEN Jasper Alpecin - Deceuninck 3:23:09
2 VAN AERT Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,
3 ACKERMANN Pascal Israel - Premier Tech ,,
4 GIRMAY Biniam Intermarché - Wanty ,,
5 ARNDT Nikias Bahrain - Victorious,,
6 WELLENS Tim UAE Team Emirates ,,
7 RUSSO Clément Groupama - FDJ,,
8 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis ,,
9 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates ,,
10 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren Uno-X Mobility ,,
General ranking:
1 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 52:40:58
2 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal Quick-Step 1:06
3 VINGEGAARD Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1:14
4 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 4:20
5 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 4:40
6 LANDA Mikel Soudal Quick-Step 5:38
7 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 6:59
8 CICCONE Giulio Lidl - Trek 7:36
9 GEE Derek Israel - Premier Tech 7:54
10 GALL Felix Decathlon AG2R The World Team 9:18
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