What a fantastic day of racing at the Tour de France! Breakaways and attacks, brutal climbs, and general classification shakeup were all part of today's Stage 13. Daniel Martínez and Lennard Kämna battled each other up the final climb, with Martínez prevailing in the final push to the finish line. Check out Martínez crossing the line with Kämna just 4 s behind.
Last year's winner, Egan Bernal, cracked on the final climb and lost his second-place general classification standing to Tadej Pogačar, who now sits 44 s behind fellow Slovenian Primož Roglič.
We had a pretty good prediction today.
- Stage 13: 5h 01' 47" (actual), 4h 53' 59" (prediction), 07' 48" fast (-2.58% error)
I'll definitely take under 3% on today's stage! It was brutal, but incredibly fun to watch. Check out the average speed for Martínez today.
- Stage 13: 10.58 m/s (38.07 kph or 23.66 mph)
My model had the stage about 1 kph faster. Not too bad! The last group to finish the stage today was more than 34 minutes slower than Martínez.
Tomorrow's 194-km (121-mi) Stage 14 will commence in Clermont-Ferrand and take riders east to Lyon. Climbers will dominate early with the category-2 climb up Col du Béal. The finish should be pretty fast with a mostly downhill ride into Lyon. Our prediction is given below.
- Stage 14: 4h 44' 25" (prediction)
I hope we're under 3% error again tomorrow!
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