Tour de France, Stage 13 – Live Blog

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Rodez to Revel – 196 km

Tour de France Stage 13 Profile

10:35 AM EDT

Today’s stage started at 12:48 PM CUT | 6:48 AM EDT.

Here’s where we are now:

10:50

This morning before the stage began letour.fr officials did a survey of the teams. They asked all ‘directeurs de sportifs’, “Which two riders from your team do you think will be in an escape today?”

Garmin-Transitions:

What two riders from your team do you think will be in a breakaway today?

Interesting.

Yesterday I published this, on that.

11:03

Today’s breakaway includes 3 riders, right now only 16 second ahead at the foot of the Category 3 Côte de Saint-Ferréol 7.5 degree 1.9 km climb – they will be eaten shortly.

For the record here are the names of ‘the dead’

Flecha
Chavanel
Fedrigo

They are no more, the Peloton is of the one.

11:05

Peloton eats breakaway - now at one with the commons

11:11

Vinokourov and Veockler are attempting to leave the commons! Now they have left each other, Vinokourov is going for the line all by himself! It still very close, only 16 seconds separates the leader and the Peloton – 2.6 km to go!

11:12

Alexandre Vinokourov has pulled it off, he’s going to win – now 18 second to the pack inside the last km!!

11:15

Alexandre Vinokourov is in Yellow!

The Finish

Tour de France, Stage 13 - Top 7 Riders

34. Ryder Hesjedal + 00:13
53. Michaël Barry + 00′ 13″

General Classification

Tour de France General Classification after Stage 13 - First 30 of 176

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