After two hard and difficult stages on Alps, the Tour shows the 13th day is not easy. One day 192.6 kilometers, with three mountains passing through the road, two on the 3rd and one on the 2nd, the latter being less than 40 kilometers from the finish line. A favorable day for stage hunters, for runners of non-leading teams who find themselves with the strength to seek a victory, always with the permission of sprinter teams, who can more difficult to surpass the three scoring climbs.
An attack on the Tour that ends with Saint-Etienne, a city that since 1950 has hosted 26 stage arrivals. The latter in 2019, when alaphilippe recovered the leader’s jersey after attacking 15 km from the finish line, but the most memorable image is the five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault in 1985 who crossed the finish line in a bloody yellow jersey after breaking his nose.
A day where there is a lot of cycling in different sections of the route, such as in the city of San Chamond where Roger Zannier launched the children’s clothing brand Z in 1962, which in 1989 sponsored the cycling group of the same name and won the Tour de France with Greg LeMond in 1990. The city also hosts Dauphiné Criterium on four occasions, the latter in 2021 with the stage won andn Saint-Vallier by Geraint Thomas.
Source: La Verdad
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