2023 Giro d'Italia Stage 13 Results & Recap
Stage 13 of the 2023 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Rubio wins stage 13
Einer Rubio (MOV) played his cards right in the mountainous finale of stage 13 ahead of a motivated Thibaut Pinot (GFC) and Jefferson Cepeda (EFE) after an abbreviated stage due to adverse weather conditions.
"Finally, my big day. I was looking for it. I worked really hard for this," Rubio said. "I really wanted to prepare for this Giro. I had problems the other day because of the weather, it was really hard. I knew I couldn't give up, I wanted to keep looking for opportunities. Thankfully my dream came true today. I knew that Pinot was really strong, Cepeda as well," Rubio said. "I had to let them play their games, and that was the strategy."
Geraint Thomas (IGD) still leads the maglia rosa competition ahead of Primož Roglič (TJV).
"I think the shorter days are more intense - the way we started up that climb was super tough. Then the final climb was quite a headwind most of the time. That may have put a few of the guys off attacking. I'm happy to keep the jersey," Thomas said. "I think the wind put people off, but with Roglič, he's happy to wait til the final week. He's happy to leave me in the jersey and do all this, and he can go to the bus and chill and not have his team control the race. He's looking good, also Almeida - a lot of the guys are looking strong. I think it's building to a big crescendo next week."
Get our full coverage of the Giro d'Italia and every race we cover with our mobile app! The apps have over 100 additional exclusive features, including our award-winning Time Machine feature that lets you pause/rewind/replay the entire app to sync with delayed race video, integrated Fantasy Cycling, push notifications, an integrated news feed, live GPS tracking, world-class commentary, and our animated interactive maps and profiles.
