The end of the beginning
This stage marks the halfway point of the Tour but the sprinters will have already past most of their winning opportunities. After today, the only two stages where they will be expecting to get a look-in are in Montpellier and 11 days down the line on the Champs-Elysées. Consequently, it will be a surprise if they allow this stage to elude them. That said, there will be many baroudeurs who have come up with a similar assessment of their own prospects, unless they are the kind of breakaway specialist who can stay the pace on seriously big climbs. A bunch finish… probably.
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Distance: 167.5 km
Highest point: 346m
Category: Flat
Bernhard Eisel says...
"The last stage before the Pyrenees and that always means breaks. For us, there's a balance to be struck because we'll have Tony Martin for GC. We'll want him to have an easy day if possible, so I'll be busy trying to enlist help from elsewhere."
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As it happened: GC showdown on the devastating Alto de l’Angliru at end of stage 13 of the Vuelta a España
Cabezón de la Sal to L'Angliru, 202km -
Vuelta a España stage 13: João Almeida holds off Jonas Vingegaard for win atop Agliru as duo battle on savagely-steep mountain
Jai Hindley accelerates in front of Sepp Kuss to grab third place -
Tour of Britain Men: Romain Grégoire shuts down uphill charge by Julian Alaphilippe to win stage 4
22-year-old Groupama-FDJ rider takes control of GC with slight edge over Brit Matthew Brennan -
Simac Ladies Tour stage 4: Lorena Wiebes continues clean sweep with stage 4 sprint win
Chiara Consonni second place as Shari Ossuyt third in closest sprint yet
