2020 Tour de France Stage 13 Results & Recap
Stage 13 of the 2020 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
Martinez climbs to stage 13 win
Dani Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) clinched stage victory on the 13th day of the Tour de France, out climbing Max Schachmann and Lennard Kämna (Bora Hansgrohe) on the final climb of the day, the Category 1 Puy Mary. Kamna finished in second a few seconds behind, and Schachmann rode into the finish for third place, and the award for most combative.
"I'm very happy," Martinez said. "The truth is this victory is very special for me. It's something very good to come back to France and win [after the Critérium du Dauphiné]. I dedicate this stage to my son who will turn two in a few days. It's been a really difficult beginning of the Tour for me. After the crash, I was a bit bitter. But mentally, I was well. I knew I was able to win a stage because physically, I felt good. I'm happy that I won today. With 5km missing, when we reached the last climb, I told myself: 'Normally Schachmann goes faster than me in the downhill and on the flat.' I thought I'd be fighting for the second place. But I didn't surrender and I ended up catching him. I've realized that Schachmann didn't have much strength left after all the efforts he produced. I was confident to beat Kämna in the sprint and it happened like this. It's incredible to win a Tour de France stage."
Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) gained more valuable seconds to his overall lead in the GC battle, as did Slovenian countryman Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates), who moved into second overall and the best young rider jersey after Egan Bernal faltered under pressure.
"Primoz and I were fighting up a final steep hill, it was like at the Machucos during La Vuelta last year," Pogacar said. "It was a tough battle. We weren't friends in the last 2km. I gained time on everyone except Roglic. I'm very happy. The team remained calm and did a good job with David [De La Cruz] in the breakaway. For sure, you'll see more attacking next week."\nAt the start in Châtel-Guyon. Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation) \nwas the first to attack taking Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie), Simon Geschke (CCC), Nils Politt (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Tejay van Garderen (EF) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) along.
The pace was high, with multiple attacks coming from the peloton in hopes to get into the move. In the end, it was Rémi Cavagna and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Simon Geschke (CCC), Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Marc Soler (Movistar) who lasted as the shuffle calmed and they began their first climb of the day - cat. 1 col de Ceyssat (km 36).
The lead changed hands at the col de Guéry, when 17 riders formed in the front. This time it was Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers), Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Hugh Carthy, Daniel Martínez and Neilson Powless (EF Education First), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates), Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept), Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Romain Sicard (Total Direct Energie) and Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ). They jumped across to the original leaders.
With 112km go, Carthy and Madouas attacked and quickly Madouas found himself alone on the col de la Stèle. He rode solo for a while before returning to the safety of the 16 rider group behind.
The gap was almost 11 minutes to the peloton when the leaders saw the 50km to go marker, dictating two separate battles emerging: the stage win and overall.
Powless attempted a move with 40km to go, and Schachmann responded. The duo rode at the front with a 50 second advantage, but Powless cracked on the penultimate climb.
Schachmann was on the hunt for the solo win, but Soler, Martinez and Kamna were in pursuit. Soler couldn't keep pace and fell back a few metres, while Martinez and Kamna caught the German with less than two km to go.
The two Bora riders tried to exchange attacks to wear down Martinez, but Schachmann didn't have the legs and left his teammate, Kamna to ride the rest of the way with the Colombian. They went blow for blow, neither capable of shaking the other before the inevitable uphill sprint to the finish, where Martinez had enough left in the tank to dig deep and take the win. \n
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