It was a stunning display of power from Michael Matthews (BikeExchange–Jayco) who attacked with a long range effort at 52km. The final climb saw the Australian joust with Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost) but it was Matthews who eventually stormed to victory.
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The 122.6km route from Bourg d’Oisans to Saint-Etienne threw up a fascinating Stage 13 of the Tour de France as Mads Pedersen stormed to victory from a three-way sprint finish. There was real drama earlier on in the day’s racing too as Caleb Ewan and the entire Lotto-Soudal team crashed at a seemingly innocuous corner. Fortunately, the Australian and his team-mates were able to continue.
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Tom Pidcock claimed an epic Tour de France stage victory on debut after combining outrageous descending skills with impressive legs going uphill. Geraint Thomas rose to third in the standings and Chris Froome took third on the stage as Pidcock became the youngest ever winner on the legendary Alpe d’Huez. Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard kept Tadej Pogacar on a tight leash to keep yellow.
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Jonas Vingegaard bulldozered into the yellow jersey after cracking Tadej Pogacar in spectacular fashion on the Col du Granon to take a maiden stage win on the Tour de France. After being subjected to a flurry of attacks all day from Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team, two-time champion Pogacar lost almost three minutes on the final climb to drop to third in the standings in Stage 11.
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Frenchman Arnaud Demare rewarded his Groupama-FDJ team for all their hard work with a third win on the Giro d’Italia after the breakaway was caught inside the final kilometre of Stage 13 to Cuneo. Demare strengthened his grip on the maglia ciclamino after holding off Phil Bauhaus, Mark Cavendish and Fernando Gaviria on a day pink jersey candidate Romain Bardet abandoned through illness.
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