DIRECT. Tour de France: the 7 men at the front resist the teams of sprinters… Follow the 13th stage

The gap stabilizes just above 2 minutes for the breakaways, while Caleb Ewan must still close 50 seconds to rejoin the peloton.

According to France Bleu Isère, a child was hit by a vehicle from the Tour de France caravan around 12:30 p.m. His life is not in danger but he was treated at Grenoble hospital.

Funny scene at the back of the peloton. The Alpecin-Deceuninck car got in front of Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) to try to bring him back so that his formation would help them at the front of the pack. But bringing a rider back in this way is forbidden and the marshals are not fooled. They noted the maneuver well and sanctions could be taken at the end of the stage.

4 team members will finally wait for Caleb Ewan, who is 2 minutes late, while the Alpecin-Deceuninck have therefore taken over at the head of the peloton. They are also helped by the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl who still believe in a sprint from Fabio Jakobsen.

Caleb Ewan finally gets back on his bike while the Lotto-Soudal at the head of the peloton do not get up. The Australian leaves with an injured knee and alone to return to the peloton. He took a long time to recover after crashing at almost 50km/h.

The Australian sprinter missed a turn and went straight. He fell with several of his teammates. The runner does not seem to be able to start again for the moment.

The gap has just gone back above 2 minutes. Decidedly, the breakaway does not want to let the peloton come back and is picking up gear in the small unlisted climbs. There is even a 2’30” lead now for the 7 leading men!

The peloton is gradually regrouping after these breaks, but several riders are now left behind. Benjamin Thomas, Victor Lafay and Peter Sagan are struggling to come back to the back of the peloton, just like Fabio Jakobsen is definitely struggling.

Two teams take turns at the head of the peloton to try to bring it back to the breakaway. So far, the Alpecin-Deceuninck formation has carried out 58% of the relays against 42% at Lotto-Soudal. The gap has increased to 1’40”.

The heat continues to weigh on the organisms. And the wind is coming back too! The peloton is now riding in single file and fails to create several small groups. It is done ! There are now three groups formed. But don’t worry about the favorites of the peloton a priori.

The gap stabilizes at around 1’20”. The showdown continues!

For 8th place in this intermediate sprint, Wout van Aert is at the head of the peloton to offer himself 8 more points, without a direct opponent. The Belgian, undisputed green jersey, disgusts the competition with his lead of more than 160 points in the points classification.

No sprint at Côte-Saint-André for the breakaway, and Mads Pedersen took the lead ahead of Stefan Küng and Matteo Jorgenson.

Mattia Cattaneo got up to wait and bring his sprinter back into the peloton.

More than 1’30” ahead for the 7 men in the breakaway who seem to be in the management of the gap; the peloton not managing to stop this delay definitively.

While his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team is not riding at the head of the peloton, the sprinter already victorious on this Tour does not look the best. He is currently lagging behind the peloton. As a reminder, Fabio Jakobsen had a lot of trouble getting out of the Alps, finishing two days in a row among the last three of the stage.

While the riders will switch in the second part of the race in a short time, the gap between the 7 leading men and the peloton has fallen under 2 minutes.

The side wind split the peloton into three. Nothing serious for the moment and we can’t really talk about an edge yet, but the situation is to be watched.

7 riders are being dropped due to a strong side wind. Among them, we find once again Peter Sagan and Victor Lafay.

The ascent of Col de Parménie may have validated the breakaway of the day, which offered itself an additional 1 minute reprieve. The gap with the peloton, which continues to try to come back under the impetus of Lotto-Soudal and Alpecin-Deceuninck, is now 2’30”.

No sprint at the top of this 2nd category pass. Mads Pedersen moved into the lead and took 5 points in the mountain standings.

Thanks to the hard work of Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), the breakaway went over 2 minutes.

Teammate of Mads Pedersen, the youngest of the Tour Quinn Simmons climbs the Col de Parménie (cat 2) at full speed to distance himself from the peloton again. Result: about thirty seconds gained so far.

As a reminder, here is the identity of the 7 breakaways who are 1’56” from the peloton: Quinn Simmons, Hugo Houle, Matteo Jorgenson, Filippo Ganna, Stefan Küng, Fred Wright and Mads Pedersen.

Despite his climbing profile, Aurélien Paret Peintre (AG2R Citroën) dropped a few meters at the back of the peloton at the start of the climb. It must be said that the Frenchman is a little sick and that he did not necessarily have a good experience of his time in the Alps.