The sprinters will get pleasure from one other flat day on the Tour de France because the peloton heads into Pau.
Biniam Girmay sealed his third dash win on the day before today’s stage 12 run-in to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, whereas additionally successful in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises on stage 8 and into Torino on stage 3.
He additionally has a stronghold within the inexperienced jersey competitors with 328 factors. Also in competition for the inexperienced jersey is Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who has 221 factors, and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), who has 141.
While Girmay would be the rider to beat on stage 13, three are a few riders who is perhaps in search of redemption after being relegated from the stage 12 dash.
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) and Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) had been each relegated from the highest 5 to the again of the bunch because of irregular sprinting, and whereas Démare would like to suppose positively and stay up for the following alternative, Cavendish was disenchanted within the ruling and felt that it was unfair.
Whatever their respective positions on the matter, each will wish to safe the win in Pau.
Démare can have fond reminiscences of sprinting in Pay, as in 2018, he took the win forward of Christophe Laporte in Pau in a bunch dash, delivering a French 1-2 end on the Tour for the primary time in 40 years.
Cavendish, then again, has had an impressive Tour de France, attaining a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win on the French Grand Tour on stage 5 into Saint Vulbas. He will undoubtedly be in search of win quantity 36 on the Tour de France.
But there are different sprinters to look out for, too; Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla), will likely be wanting so as to add one other stage win at this occasion, and riders like Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny), Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) will wish to flip their podium locations into stage victories.
Stage 13 info
Starting in Agen, stage 13 will take the peloton within the Pyrénées with a end in Pau. The considerably flat terrain ought to ship one other bunch dash with the sprinters’ groups carefully monitoring the day’s break.
However, the hilly terrain within the last 40 kilometres, with the ascents of Côte de Blachon (1.5km at 6.9%) and Côte de Simacourbe (1.8km at 6.4%) might pose an issue for these quick males who don’t really feel comfy within the hills.
Stage 13 Sprints
- Intermediate dash, km 88.5
Stage 13 Mountains
- Côte de Blachon (1.5km at 6.9%), cat. 4, km 127
- Côte de Simacourbe (1.8km at 6.4%), cat. 4, km 136.3