Photo Gallery: 2017 Tour de France, Stage 13

Frenchman Warren Barguil (Sunweb) was victorious on Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday, out-sprinting Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) on a technical finale out of a breakaway group of four riders that also included Team Sky’s Mikel Landa.

The finish in Foix came at the conclusion of a short but difficult day — only 100 kilometers, but with three Category 1 climbs. The finish came after the descent of the final climb, the Mur de Péguère, and a 10km flat run-in. The final kilometer delivered multiple corners, requiring the winner of the day be not only strong, but technically astute.

Behind the breakway, white jersey Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) and Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors) battled to maintain a narrow gap over a chase group of GC contenders. After a combative final descent off the Mur de Péguère, the duo crossed the line 1:39 behind the Barguil group but nine seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group containing Fabio Aru (Astana), Chris Froome and Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky), Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac), Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Louis Meintjes (UAE Team Emirates).

Landa moved up a position on the general classification for his efforts on Stage 13, now just 1:09 behind Aru, while Quintana moved into eighth overall, 2:07 down. Aru retains yellow, with six seconds over Froome.

Dane Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), winner of the Criterium du Dauphine in June and a critical domestique for Aru, was forced to abandon after a Stage 11 crash resulted in a fractured wrist and elbow.

: Warren Barguil (Sunweb) prepared for what would be an intense but brief stage in the mountains. The leaders finished in just over 2:30.

: Yet another day with incredible views in the mountains.

: Alberto Contador was awarded most aggressive rider on the 100 kilometer stage for his breakaway instigation with Mikel Landa (Sky).

: The breakaway undertook a stretch of road in the absence of spectators.

: The main field, already culled down by the difficult parcours and pace.

: A focused Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data).

: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) up the Mur de Péguère.

: The yellow jersey group.

: There were many one-lane roads on the way to Foix.

: There was a lot of looking around within the GC group on Stage 13 from Saint-Girons to Foix.

: The loyal domestique Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) led the yellow jersey group.

: Sprinter Dan McLay (Fortuneo-Oscaro) has has been having a good outing at his first Tour de France.

: The polka dots worn by Barguil, followed by Nairo Quintana of Movistar.

: George Bennett (Lotto NL-Jumbo) suffered, losing 2:20 to the main GC group, dropping to 11th overall.

: Barguil began his sprint but already had a gap on Contador due to his cornering skill.

: The first French win on Bastille Day since 1995.

winkybiker

Team Sky getting a couple of guys up the road to ensure there was assistance (if necessary) on the Peguere was pretty smart. The road is too narrow for effective support (team cars go around) so having a teammate there to swap bikes in the event of a mechanical is useful.
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The finish came after the descent off the final climb of the Mur de Péguère,

It’s ‘of’ ffs
- Michele
  
  Sentences also finish with a period/full stop and not a comma.
  
  BTW – you can descend off the final climb.
  
  So the error isn’t necessarily with the off/of.
  
  This would be correct:
  
  The finish came after the descent off the the final climb, the Mur de Péguére.
  
  Brilliant photos though. I hope you could see past this FFS error and enjoy them.
Robert Merkel

Great photos.

Geez there’s some goat tracks in the Pyrenees!

Photo Gallery: 2017 Tour de France, Stage 13

Saint-Girons to Foix :: Photography by Cor Vos, Kristof Ramon, and Gruber Images

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