Stage 13 is now among the top ten fastest in the history of the race, after bunch averages 48.8km/h.

Crosswinds hit the Tour de France Friday afternoon, just 20 kilometers from the start of the stage which travelled to Pau. The city, located in the heart of Béarn, made its first appearance at the race in 1930, and now returned after five years, the previous stage finish it had hosted being the stage 13 individual time trial of the 2019 edition, which Julian Alaphilippe won with the yellow jersey on his shoulders after an amazing ride.

The bunch rolled out of Agen, and it took just a couple of minutes for the crosswinds to split it into small groups, just as a breakaway was taking shape. Remco Evenepoel immediately booked a place in that move, which put some pressure on the chasers, who had to chase hard and spend a lot of energy in order to make the catch.

The white jersey and his Soudal Quick-Step teammates remained vigilant, so when new echelons formed in the last 60 kilometers of the day – as soon as the peloton exited a sheltered point – they were well placed at the front. Evenepoel and Mikel Landa were among our four riders in the main group, who pushed an insane pace, sweeping the escapees and opening an insurmountable gap in the chasers. Remco did some big turns at the head of the reduced bunch, who had to deal with the numerous attacks coming from those hoping to avoid a mass gallop in Pau.

All these moves were brought back and the day came down to a messy sprint, won by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). A crash that occurred in the closing kilometer blocked Remco Evenepoel, but the Belgian got the same time as the rest of the riders and will go into the first Pyrenean stage sitting in second overall.

 

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Race details

1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
3:23:09
2 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
3 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
4 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
5 Nikias Arndt
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
6 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
0:00
7 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
8 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
0:00
9 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
10 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
55 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
56 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
64 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
70 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
155 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
13:29
157 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
13:29
159 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
14:12
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
52:40:58
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
1:06
3 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:14
4 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
4:20
5 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
4:40
6 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
5:38
7 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
6:59
8 Giulio Ciccone
Lidl - Trek
7:36
9 Derek Gee
Israel - Premier Tech
7:54
10 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
8:56
25 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
33:16
53 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
1:16:57
71 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
1:37:12
123 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
2:08:01
134 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
2:17:58
1 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
346 pt
2 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
271 pt
3 Anthony Turgis
TotalEnergies
141 pt
4 Jonas Abrahamsen
Uno-X Mobility
133 pt
5 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
127 pt
6 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
125 pt
7 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
114 pt
8 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
102 pt
9 Fernando Gaviria Rendon
Movistar Team
100 pt
10 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
96 pt
12 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
82 pt
51 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
20 pt
79 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
8 pt
80 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
7 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
36 pt
2 Jonas Abrahamsen
Uno-X Mobility
36 pt
3 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
28 pt
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
18 pt
5 Valentin Madouas
Groupama - FDJ
16 pt
6 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
7 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
10 pt
8 Frank van den Broek
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
9 pt
9 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
6 pt
10 Ben Healy
EF Education - EasyPost
5 pt
15 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
1 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
52:42:04
2 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
3:34
3 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
7:50
4 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
8:35
5 Ben Healy
EF Education - EasyPost
11:02
6 Javier Romo
Movistar Team
14:35
7 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
32:10
8 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
54:29
9 Frank van den Broek
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
1:03:45
10 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
1:04:26
1 UAE Team Emirates 158:12:09
2 Soudal Quick-Step 21:03
3 INEOS Grenadiers 22:22
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 24:14
5 Bahrain - Victorious 43:55
6 Lidl - Trek 54:39
7 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 57:16
8 Movistar Team 1:00:32
9 EF Education - EasyPost 1:06:37
10 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:31:29

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