Be the first at the finish: The Belgian Greg Van Avermaet. Behind him runs the Slovakian Peter Sagan.
With gaping jersey John Degenkolb fought doggedly to the port, but every effort was in the heat of Rodez in vain. Hunting is designed for a stage win at the Tour de France in a never-ending story for this year’s classic King. Also on the 13th stage remained Degenkolb with the fourth place, the happy ending denied in Rodez were missing at the end of seven seconds. Instead, the Belgian Greg Van Avermaet him stole the show. The BMC-professional triumphed on Friday after 198.5 kilometers from Muret to Rodez before the Slovaks Peter Sagan and the Belgian country husband Jan Bakelants. Directly behind Degenkolb was the Rostock Paul Martens fifth.
The superior leader Christopher Froome turned even in the final sprint with one and was sixth. From a breather for the man in yellow anyway could be no question at temperatures greater than 35 degrees. The Briton is thus in the overall classification significantly ahead of American Tejay Van Garderen (2:52 minutes behind) and Nairo Quintana of Colombia (3:09).
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The decisive factor was the 600 meters long climb with an average of eight per cent slope just before the finish. Degenkolb brought up in the short climb though good in position, but shortly before the finish, he had to be demolished. He missed again the culmination of his dream-2015, after he had triumphed in the spring when the classics Milan-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix.
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on the redemptive victory. In the sprints, the German team played much of a role without the folks back home Marcel Kittel. In addition, time driver Tom Dumoulin had been heading home after his heavy crash on the third stage (dislocated shoulder and broken in the shoulder joint).
For Froome and his Sky team it was a rather stressful day despite the heat. The British team, leaving the pursuit of the six-man breakaway group Giant Alpecin and other sprinters' teams. Anyway Froome has currently more effort to parry the persistent suspicions than the previously harmless attacks of his opponents. The Brit responded with great annoyance on comments former pro cyclist Laurent Jalabert and Cedric Vasseur, who work as TV experts now. These are a bit much, said Froome: "I'm really disappointed because a lot of people and fans still look up to them and they then present a driver, a clean driver and a clean team in doubt ask," Froome said
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Jalabert had Froomes performance with its superior winning the first Pyrenean stage as "unpleasant to look at" rated. The statements made by the former world champion not do without a certain piquancy. Only two years ago came out with follow-the Tour de France 1998 that the Frenchman had hurried along with the blood doping agent EPO.
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