Europe 1 with AFP 5:53 p.m., July 15, 2022
Dane Mads Pedersen (Trek) won the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France on Friday in Saint-Étienne, after a hot day at almost 45 km / h.
The yellow jersey remained the property of his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo), who finished this stage in the peloton, a few minutes from the breakaway.
Dane Mads Pedersen (Trek) won the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France on Friday in Saint-Étienne, after a hot day at almost 45 km / h.
The yellow jersey remained the property of his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo), who finished this stage in the peloton, a few minutes from the breakaway.
Third Danish victory of the week
For the victory, Pedersen settled his last two breakaway companions in front of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, the lair of the "Greens".
Briton Fred Wright took second place ahead of Canadian Hugo Houle.
The 2019 world champion signed the third Danish victory of the week after Magnus Cort Nielsen and Vingegaard.
The peloton came out of the Alps at high speed despite the heat significantly above 30 degrees.
A breakaway of seven riders formed in two stages: Ganna, Küng and Jorgenson from the 30th km, then Houle, Pedersen, Simmons and Wright 21 km further.
2019 World Champion
The Lotto teams, until the fall of its Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan, and Alpecin devoted themselves to controlling the gap of around two minutes.
The pursuit stopped 47 kilometers from the finish before BikeExchange decided to relaunch the pace and then capitulated after 15 kilometers.
Up front, Pedersen brought the first attack twelve kilometers from the line and kept Wright and Houle with him.
In the sprint, the Dane clearly disposed of Wright to achieve his first victory in the Tour.
The Dane gleaned the 24th success of his career which includes a peak, the world title in 2019 in Harrogate, in the cold and the rain, quite the opposite of the conditions encountered on Friday in Saint-Étienne.