The breakaway led by Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), made up from km 51 of Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Mads Pedersen and Hugo Houle (Israel- Premier Tech ) which had 1'46 '' at 100 km from the finish resisted the desire to return from the sprinter teams Lotto-Soudal and Alpecin-Deceuninck, then Team BikeExchange this Friday, during the 13th stage of the Tour 2022.
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Pedersen, the Danish common thread
After Magnus Cort Nielsen (long polka dot jersey and winner in Megève) and Jonas Vingegaard (yellow jersey and winner at the Col de Granon), Mads Pedersen (Trek) was, this Friday between Bourg d'Oisans and Saint-Etienne, the symbol of Danish riders who, since the start in Copenhagen on July 1, never miss an opportunity to shine.
The coast of Saint-Romand-en-Gal (44 km from the finish) gave the breakaways the opportunity to definitively distance themselves from the peloton.
Rewarded with the combativeness prize, the 2019 world champion easily won in the sprint, beating Wright and Houle to clinch his first stage victory on the Tour.
Pedersen (6th in the 1st time trial stage in Copenhagen, 3rd in the 2nd sprint stage in Nyborg).
The borders, the pleasure of seeing the fans open
90 km from the finish, due to the side wind and the fatigue felt by the peloton after the two terrible stages experienced in the Alps, the edges drew three distinct groups.
A figure of speech that lasted the space of a few kilometers without doing any damage.
The episode could have had consequences at the start of the Tour.
Not after 12th stage and a well drawn general classification.
But still spectacular.
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Caleb Ewan, the unfortunate
The Australian sprinter, perhaps the victim of a careless mistake, surprised by a left turn taken too quickly could not recover or brake and went straight.
Falling, suffering from a knee, he courageously resumed the thread of the race.
The Australian tried to take advantage of the slipstream of the Alpecin team car, before being called to order several times by the marshals.
He finished very late (156;, at 20'05'').
His fall changed the scenario of the stage.
The sprinter teams could not count on their support from a team that had lost its trump card.
BikeExchange out of time
The Australian team, however endowed with Michael Matthews and Dylan Groenewegen woke up late.
43 km from the finish.
The breakaways were at 3'30'' although she had not taken part in the pursuit led jointly by Lotto and Alpecin.
A desperate action carried out against time prolonged for long kilometres.
In vain.
Fabio Jakobsen, a missed opportunity
The Dutch sprinter (winner of the 2nd stage in Nyborg) quickly became one of the riders having difficulty hanging on.
A missed opportunity (154th at 20'05'') because the sprinters do not have many cards on this Tour.