2023-07-14 15:19:12
The 13th stage of the Tour de France with arrival at the top of the Col du Grand Colombier saw the victory of Michal Kwiatkowski alone. Tadej Pogacar for his part attacked the yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard 450m from the finish line to take 8 seconds from him and thus approach only 9 seconds in the general classification.
Leaving with the breakaway of the day, the Ineos rider flew 11 km from the summit to seek his 2nd victory on the Grande Boucle with 47 seconds ahead of the Belgian Maxim van Gils and 50 over Tadej Pogacar. Last year, the July 14 stage had already been won by an Ineos rider, the Briton Tom Pidcock, in Alpe d’Huez.
Kwiatkowski and the twenty other breakaways had a lead of nearly 4 minutes at the foot of the Grand Colombier, a non-category pass in the Jura which represents one of the most difficult climbs in France with its 17.4 km at 7.1% on average.
“It was a completely crazy experience. Without the public I would not have won. He pushed me to the top,” commented the 2014 world champion who had already won the Tour in 2020, in La Roche-sur-Foron, ahead of his teammate Richard Carapaz. “I was able to savor this time“, he added.
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Abandonment of Caleb Ewan
Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan dropped out of the Tour de France during stage 13. Distanced more than a quarter of an hour from the leading men with his teammate Frederik Frison, the five-time stage winner ended up throwing in the towel regarding twenty kilometers from the finish, placed at the top of the Grand Colombier.
The “Pocket Rocket”, following the first convincing sprints at the start of the Big Loop in Bayonne (3rd) then Nogaro (2nd), was no longer able to get involved in the fight with Jasper Philipsen followingwards.
13th stage: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier (138 km)
Tour de France 2023, the program
15.07 – 14th stage
Annemasse – Morzine The Portes du Soleil (152 km)
16.07 – 15th stage
Les Gets The Portes du Soleil – Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc (179 km)
17.07 – Rest at Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc
18.07 – 16th stage
Passy – Combloux (individual time trial), 22.4 km
19.07 – 17th stage
Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc – Courchevel (166 km)
20.07 – 18th stage
Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse (185 km)
21.07 – 19th stage
Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny (173 km)
22.07 – 20th stage
Belfort – Le Markstein (133.5 km)
23.07 – 21st stage
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées (115.5 km)
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