Michal Kwiatkowski Takes Stage 13 Victory at Tour de France with Impressive Solo Ride

2023-07-18 21:40:12

Polish Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos) won the 13th stage of the Tour de France by winning alone at the top of the Grand Colombier on Friday. Leaving with the breakaway of the day, the Pole flew 11 km from the summit to seek his second victory on the Grande Boucle. Attacked in the last meters by the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey.

Leaving with the breakaway of the day, the Ineos rider flew 11 km from the summit to seek his second victory on the Grande Boucle with 47 seconds ahead of the Belgian Maxim van Gils and 50 over Tadej Pogacar.

Attacking with 500 meters to go, Pogacar edged Danish rival Jonas Vingegaard by four seconds, as his UAE team led the field throughout the day. With the four bonus seconds reserved for the third of the stage, the Slovenian is nine seconds behind the Dane in the general classification, on the eve of the first alpine stage.

1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TJV) 53 h 48:50.

2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAD) at 9.

3. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOH) 2:51.

4. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP/IGD) 4:48.

5. Adam Yates (GBR/UAD) 5:03.

6. Simon Yates (GBR/JAY) 5:04.

7. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) 5:25.

8. Thomas Pidcock (GBR/IGD) 5:35.

9. David Gaudu (FRA/GFC) 6:52.

10. Sepp Kuss (USA/TJV) 7:11.

37. Bob Jungels (LUX/BOH) 1 h 08:48.

50. Kevin Geniets (LUX/GFC) 1:23:58.

114. Alex Kirsch (LUX/LTK) 2 h 35:20.

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