2024 Tour de France Stage 13 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 13 of the 2024 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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In the 13th stage, the caravan moves from Agen to the base of the Pyrenees. The rolling route is 171 kilometres long and features some hills in the last hour of action.
Pau is the finishing venue on the Tour de France for the 63rd time. But, with 66 stage starts, the town in the foothills of the Pyrenees is even more experienced in that regard. Last year, the Tour left from Pau to finish in Laruns, where Jai Hindley took both the stage win and the yellow jersey.
The last time that Le Tour finished in Pau was in 2019. It was the heyday of Julian Alaphilippe. Dressed in yellow, the Frenchman stormed to an ITT triumph. In 2018, Pau was last included as a finish of a race in line. Arnaud Démare sprinted to victory ahead of Christophe Laporte and Alexander Kristoff.
Starting venue, Agen saw its last Tour de France peloton in 2000. The race went to Dax, and Paolo Bettini won the sprint. In 1980, the Tour featured a stage with the same start and finish as this time. Gerrie Knetemann bested Ludo Peeters in a sprint-à-deux at the end of a 194-kilometre race.
The route looks promising for the fast men this time, although they have to digest a series of hills in the last 40 kilometres before they can do what they do best: sprint.
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