Nairo Quintana comes out ‘harmed’ on a day of winds and falls on the Tour

Mads Pedersen won stage 13 of the Tour de France, disputed this Friday between Bourg d’Oisans and Saint Etienne, 192 kilometers long, in which Jonas Vingegaard remains the leader and Nairo Quintana is sixth overall.

As usual, since the flag was lowered there was a battle to break away, but the main men of the general put their teams to work and prevented the runners from leaving.

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Filippo Ganna, Matteo Jorgenson, Fred Wright, Stefan Kung, Mads Pedersen, Quinn Simmons, and Hugo Houlewho took advantage of the authorization of the main group and left.

They did not have much advantage, the maximum managed to pass the two minutes, but the large group always had them referenced.

The Packers’ teams struggled, not just to chase, but to keep their leaders on the theme of the mass arrival.

Urán, harmed

Fabio Jakobsen struggled, as did Caleb Ewanwho did not have a good day. The Australian was in one of the falls of the day, which brought danger to the leaders of the classifications.

About 70 km from the finish there were some fan attempts, thanks to the crosswinds, but the gaps were closed.

When the finish line was 46 km away, the difference was around 2 min 40 seconds, which made it predictable that it was not very clear that the winner would be defined by packing.

Some of the sprinters who remain alive in the peloton had to work in order to try to close the gap. One of them, Dylan Groenewegen, He got his fellow BikeEchangers up to speed.

Rigobeto Urán has not had a good Tour. The Colombian suffers the consequences of several falls in the first stages in Denmark and 32 km from the finish he loses a minute with respect to the leader, due to the action of a cut due to the strong wind.

In the end, the fastest was Pedersen in the breakaway, winner of the stage. There were no big changes in the batch.

The Tour de France will face section 14 this Saturday, between Saint Etienne and Mende, 192 kilometers long, with four mountain prizes, but without a high finish.

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