Stage 13 Results

Stage 13 was 230km (143 miles) from Beziers to Montelimar. This was the longest stage of this years tour, and it was hot. The temperature coming off the road was more than 100 degrees. A lot of the riders complained that the stage was too long. This was a very interesting stage. The break away got over 29 minutes on the peloton. This does not happen very often. In the end Jens Voigt won the stage and Oscar Pereiro took the yellow jersey. It was the 7th different person to wear the yellow jersey this year.

The top five for this stage
1. VOIGT, Jens (GER, CSC) 05:24:36
2. PEREIRO SIO, Oscar (ESP, CEI) 00:00
3. CHAVANEL, Sylvain (FRA, COF) 00:40
4. QUINZIATO, Manuel (ITA, LIQ) 00:40
5. GRIVKO, Andriy (UKR, MRM) 06:24
6. MC EWEN, Robbie (AUS, DVL) 29:57

Overall standings (top 5)
1. PEREIRO SIO, Oscar (ESP, CEI) 59:50:34
2. LANDIS, Floyd (USA, PHO) 01:29
3. DESSEL, Cyril (FRA, A2R) 01:37
4. MENCHOV, Denis (RUS, RAB) 02:30
5. EVANS, Cadel (AUS, DVL) 02:46

Stage Map

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Stage Topography

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