Tour de France: Mauro Schmid outduels Harold Tejada in two-rider matchup at the line on stage 13

BELFORT, FRANCE - JULY 17: Mauro Schmid of Switzerland and Team Jayco AlUla celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 113th Tour de France 2026, Stage 13 a 205.8km stage from Dole to Belfort / #UCIWT / on July 17, 2026 in Belfort, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Tour de France: Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) out-sprints Harold Tejada to win stage 13 from breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mauro Schmid gave Jayco-AlUla their first success of the 2026 Tour de France, out-sprinting Harold Tejada (XDS Astana) in the race's longest stage from Dole to Belfort from the day's successful breakaway.

"I can't believe it at the moment," Schmid said after finishing the stage in just over four hours and averaging over 51kph. "It was an incredibly hard day from the start. We were keen with the whole team to be there to be in the breakaway. We tried many times already these last couple of days, and so far it didn't really go as planned.

"I felt really good from the start, but it was just full gas from the first minute. Then also the boys came from the back, so I could just sit on, so it was pretty much perfect."

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