Tour de France: Mixed fortunes for Katusha in first test against the clock

The stage 13 Tour de France time trial proved to be a mixed bag for Joaquim 'Purito' Rodríguez and Katusha with the Spaniard suffering in the wind affected parcours to finish 3:43 minutes down on yellow jersey Chris Froome and 4:46 minutes on stage winner Tom Dumoulin. The result dropped the 37-year-old from tenth to 13th while teammate Ilnur Zakarin improved from 37th to 33rd having finished in 19th place.

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