July 15: Stage 13 - Positive thoughts

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A shortish, flat, transition stage greeted the riders today. The race should have been an easy stage before the onslaught in the Pyrenees. However, the heat, and the accumulated fatigue that the majority of riders will be feeling, in what is currently the fastest-ever Tour will have made the stage much harder than it should have been.

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