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Tour de France 2011: Stage 13

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We🐼lcome back 🍷to the Tour de France's stage 13, on which the riders will make a pilgrimage from Pau to Lourdes. With one big obstacle in the way: the legendary Col d'Aubisque, before a 40km downhill run to the finish. Perfect for bold breakaways looking for redemption!

Or as BMC's Manuel Quinziato put it in his tweet this morning: "Short but intense stage! I predict a painful start with about 120 riders who want to b༒e in the break!"

Today's stage will likely take off very fast with many riders trying to escape. The day's profile is perfect for good all-rounders to make it through to the finish, as the only real climb today is located too far away from the line to see the any of the GC favourites dare to make a move.
 

The neutral start is due in f꧋ive minutes. All riders have gathered at th eline and are re𝕴ady to take off.

One rider of the bunch did not sign up for the stage today: Gert Steegmans of Quick Step. The Belgian was involved in a crash in stage five, and only found out yesterday that he actually fractured the scaphoid bone of his wrist. Steegmans is the 23rd rider to abandon the race so far.
 

The r🌠iders are now on their way following the race director's car through downtown Pau, cheered on by a mass of spectators. True racing will 🌠begin at 1.30pm local time!

Good news on the weather: Forecasts today predict nothing but sunshine, only a few hazy clouds, and mild temperatures reaching about 25°C in the finish town of Lourdes this afternoon.
 

Another non-sta🧜rter this morning was Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha❀). He finished outside the time limit yesterday, 59'21" behind winner Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel) and is therefore excluded from the race...

There are three summits c♕ounting for KOM points today. Two small climbs will serve ♕as appetizers before the main course:

Indeed, Gilbert could today take the green back from Cavendish if he wins the intermed💜iate sprint as well as the stage... in theory.

"The profile of this stage reminds me of the one to Pau last year, where Pierrick Fédrigo won and Sandy Casar got second," FDJ director Thierry Bricaud told letour.fr. The French team will be looking to Casar to attack a💞gain today, as well as Arthur Vichot, both excellent descenders.

And they're off: 174 riders have started!

The first 40 kilometres are almost flat, and as expected the race is immediately on wit𓄧h riders looking to escape early.

150km remaining from 156km

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They have ten seconds. Trying to identify.

The racing is so fast that the first riders have been dropped at the back of the b𓆏unch - notably Andreas Klöden (RadioS🎃hack)! The German wasn't lucky with his second crash in yesterday's stage, and apparently hasn't recovered from it yet.

The attack has grown to 7 riders, and Philippe Gilbert is one of them. But the bunch is still on their heels, with mo🌞re riders trying to bridge up.

143km remaining from 156km

Stéphane Heulot, manager of Saur-Sojasun, tips J&e♏acute;rôme Pineau or Sylvain Chavanel for today's stage win. "To win today, you have to be a good descender but also a good rouleur, because there are 15km of flat after the descent," he told letour.fr.

137km remaining from 156km

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Klöden still has problems with the early pace averaging 51 km/h, he is riding somewhere back🎃 in the car caravan.

Sebastian Lang of Omega Pharma-Lotto crashed. but he continues the race and is now at the back of the bu🍨nch.

128km remaining from 156km

The 15-𝐆rider group is caught. Three riders are still leading.

Klöden🔯 ♍still hasn't reintegrated the bunch. He's currently being paced by a HTC car.

Christophe Riblon (AG2R) and Markel🥀 Irizar (RadioShack) crashed, but both got back into the saddle.

The bunch is all together again. The speed is very high and Klöden seems like he's suffering a lotℱ, even if he's protected by a team car.

Here we go agai🥃n: Chavanel is again at the front together witꦛh eight other riders. They are doing 60 km/h.

122km remaining from 156km

That's it for Klöden.🙈 He's abandoning the race.

116km remaining from 156km

RadioShack only has five riders left in the race now, after already losing Brajkovic, Horner and Popovych. No༒t a good year for the American team.

109km remaining from 156km

Jelle Vandenert (Omega) sprints to take the points atop the 🌄Cat. 3 cliꦡmb.

107km remaining from 156km

Voeckler is in the first groꦕup⛎, but the second one is catching up again.

The race is now on narrow, winding roads through the vineyards. It's extremely fast. Jérémy Roy (FDJ) now tries his luck 💛- he'☂s been on the attack almost every day at this Tour!

102km remaining from 156km

Gilbert is in the second group counting six riders, with another group just behind abo♒ut to be swallowed by the bunch, totally strung out.

99km remaining from 156km

Rojas (Movistar) is also in the Gilbert group. He doesn"t intend to let the Belgi💛an get more sprint points without him taking some, too.

But a new front group has formed now, with Thor Hushovd (Garmin) leading it out. They are eight riderཧs.

Gusev is with Hushovd, as well as Petacchi.

95km remaining from 156km

They are tackling the foot of the next climb. The bunch is ♛si🐈tting up.

Meanwhile, Boom is getting off 🐬his bike, into the team car. T🌼hat's it for him.

90km remaining from 156km

Europ𒊎car riders are controlling the pace now and everybody takes their time to eat and drink after such a fast race start.

Sorry, we forgot Vladimitr Gusev (Katusha) amongst the break. He's actually the best-placed rider on GC, 28th at 11'13" of yell🌳ow jersey wearer Thomas Voeckler.

2010 polkadot jersey winner Anthony Chꦜarteau is working for his Europcar teammate Voeckler at the front of the bunch now.

87km remaining from 156km

Johnny Hoogerland ⛄(Vaca💙nsoleil) just got some treatment from the race doctor.

Fr🐎enchman Roy could take over the plokadot jersey today. On HC climb Col d'Aubisque, there will be 20-16-12-8-4-2 points up for grabs.

Roy, who completed a degree in engin🔥eering before starting a professional cycling career, also writes a 🐲daily colmumn in L'Equipe and has been in five breakaways so far in the race.

78km remaining from 156km

The break🎃away riders enter the 𓆏feed zone. Bak gets his bag.

75km remaining from 156km

Voigt has gotten off his bike, he has a mechanical of sorts. Changing bik♎es now.

The German had a musette entagled in his front wheel. Got a🃏🐼 bit upset - but he's now back catching up.

68km remaining from 156km

Here🌄 comes the bunch.... Rojas takes the remainder of points in front of Cavendish, who shows him his anger - but Rojas did🐻n't deviate from his line at all.

Gilbert has dropped back to the race director Jean François Pescheux, discussing sometಌhing with him. The Belgian was sprinting earlier, a bit before the intermediate sprint, before sitting up - perhaps he misjudged the distances to the hot spot sprint?

64km remaining from 156km

The Aubisque is 16.4 km long, averaging 7.1 percent. And the world 📖champion attacks! He wants🍎 to do this on his own...

56km remaining from 156km

FDJ's Delage has count൲er-attacked from the peloton, with an AG2R and a Rabobank rider also setting out in chase.

Hushovd 🅠is being closely followed by Roy at six seconds. The Frenchman is bridging up.

Roy want♊s to win on the 🧔HC summit to take over the polkadot jersey.

Hushovd and Roy are now teaming up in front.

Out o🦂f the bunch, FDJ's Mickael Delage has been joined by Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) and Maxime Bouet (AG2R). They have about 20 seconds over the bunch controlled by Europcar.

52km remaining from 156km

Cavendish is beiꦜng dropped and paced up the climb by Bernie Eisel.

Tyler Far♛rar has now also decided to drop back.♏ Time for the gruppetto!

In a tunnel, Roy has managed to accelerate and get rid of Hushovd. The world 💎champ is managing his efforts in the hope of a good desc💝ent later on, as Roy is going for the polkadot - and perhaps the stage win?

Cancellara, Greipel and Hoogerland are also reported out of the ba🥃ck by Radio To🌃ur.

48km remaining from 156km

Roy is still 20 seconds ahead of Moncoutié, 🐎ဣwith Hushovd ten seconds behind the Cofidis rider.

Five clicks to the summit. Moncoutié is just 100 metres behind Roy but both will need toꦺ distance Hushovd further if they want to stand a chance for the stage win.

The bunch has been well reduced by this mountain, as riders are feeling the effe💝cts of ten days of hard racing and the second high mountain stage. Sky's Geraint Thomas has🦂 also been dropped.

46km remaining from 156km

Roy is just unbeli🐼evable, grinding his way up the climb without easing up. Moncout🔯ié can't catch him even if he's close behind.

French champ Sylvain Chavanel now also eases his pace and drops baღck from the bunch.

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Roy i🐎s getting lots of cheers from the roadside spectators as he winds of the pass. Two kilometre🎃s to the summit. It's a bit chilly up here...

43km remaining from 156km

Roy has croosed t൩he summit and is hitting the descent, in the cloud♈s. Moncoutié follows.

40km remaining from 156km

Roy is out of the haze and s𝓀peeding down to the valley. The road is slightly slippery, though, to be handled with care.

The bun🐓ch cathꦑces Bouet from AG2R just before the crossing the summit.

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🥂Roy is now back on a short uphill stretch as Marc Madi꧅ot hands him a bottle. "Allez!"

Some Norwegians are encouraging Hushovd, horns on helmets. There have been some scary situations with spectators up here, who don't leave enough space for rid🃏ers to pass through.

32km remaining from 156km

Voeckler is back in the string of riders w🍸inding down the mountainside, protected by his teammates. They hit🐼 the small portion of climbing now.

In between Hushovd and the bunch are st🐽ill Pineau, Boasson Hagen and Bak. But we don't exactly know how much time they have on the peloton.

25km remaining from 156km

Gilbert takes off the front of the bunch! Perhaps he wants to get some points at the finish for the grꦅeen jersey, as Cavendish and Rojas are dropped.

21km remaining from 156km

Roy has already 200 kms of breakaway in his legs from yesterday, and he still 🐎manages to get out of the saddle to accelerate. Amazing!

But the gap is melting, now down to 1.07 according to Radio ꦏTour.

Roy must be getting the award for most combative rider tod💎ay, no doubt, even if he do🎃esn't win the stage. And he's got the polkadot.

Gilbert has one minute on the bunch now, and caught Bauke Mollema. Heᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ will definietly still score some sprint points at the finish.

Gilbe💞rt, if he gets ninth of this stage, will score ﷽seven points in the classification.

Roy only has 20 seconds l💞eft over Hushovd and Moncoutié, who still takes turns with the world champion.

10km remaining from 156km

Romain Zingle from Cofidis ꦚhas apparently crashed in the descent of the Aubisque, but we haven't received further information yet. Hoping everything is OK...

6km remaining from 156km

Moncoutié can't b🍷e balmed. If he wants to stand any chance he has to spare his energy now. Big Thor is not amused...

3km remaining from 156km

Hushovd cathces ꦑRoy. What a shame for the Frenchman.

Moncoutié also catches up - but Hushovd at🃏tack🅷s again!

The world champion bited his teeth as Moncou♊tiéꦜ passes Roy, who just cannot give anything more.

Huhsovd on a small descent in dowtown Lourdes. ꦜRoy (the king) is beaten by a world champion... who did an outstanding descent off the Aubisque to make🐲 up the time he needed.

Hushovd celebrates as he passes the line. Moncoutié⛎; follows, then Roy, who will now discover the the extent of the pain in his legs.

Roy is crying in the finish, he 🥂is very disappointed for not having won the stage. But he'll have the polkadot  as a consolation prize.

Boasson Hagne Pineau, Bak and Gusev come in.

In that order.

Tjallingii and Pet🅠acchi make the finish next, followed♏ by Gilbert and Mollema. Gilbert gets tenth.

Rojas ♛wants to take 12th place, so there is a sprint of the bunch. Done.

The provisional top ten of the stage:

Voeckler remains in the race overall lead.

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