2019 Tour de France Stage 13 Results & Recap
Stage 13 of the 2019 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Alaphilippe wins in Pau\nBy Clara Beard
Julian Alaphilippe stormed to a surprise win at the individual time trial in Pau, extending his lead in the yellow jersey competition on the 100 years celebration of its inclusion in the Tour de France. The Frenchman bested defending champion Geraint Thomas by fourteen seconds on the 27.2 kilometre test.
“It’s incredible,” Alaphilippe said. “I’m really happy. Without being pretentious, I knew I could do a good performance on such a course, I told my cousin Franck this morning that I’d do something good but I didn’t think I could win the stage, especially with such a big gap against Geraint Thomas. The first part suited me but I surprised myself in the second part of the race. I pushed my limits. With the help of the public, I gave everything until the line. I heard that even in my team car they all cried.”
In a race full of surprises, Thomas De Gendt set the provisional best time and was the one to beat for almost two hours. When the GC contenders started Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) came close to unseating the Belgian but missed out by less than a second. With a fantastic ride, Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo Visma) moved up to third overall and is now sitting 2:12 behind Alaphilippe. Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) also had a blistering performance which moved him up two places to fourth overall and into the best young rider jersey.
“I’m very happy because of my result today, and also because of Julian’s [Alaphilippe],” Mas said. “I’m pretty happy about the white jersey: from now on, it will be a war between Egan Bernal and me for the white jersey. At Deceuninck-Quick-Step, we can play different cards from now on. It is a big advantage to have two guys in the top 5 of the GC. As for the yellow jersey, our aim is to defend it for as long as possible. I think Julian can keep the yellow jersey until Paris. He has lost it once and taken it back. That shows how good he is on this Tour de France. It is a dream come true to wear the white jersey on my first Tour de France. Making it to the top 10 in Paris is my goal. For now, we are in a very good position and I’m very happy about our race.”\n
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