Belgian Jasper Philipsen took his second win of this year's Tour de France on Friday as a group of riders came down hard in the dash to the line at Pau.
Wout van Aert was second and Pascal Ackermann third, but Biniam Girmay kept the green sprint jersey and Tadej Pogacar stayed in the race leader's yellow after 13 stages.
The sprint was marred by a high-speed crash with 500m to go but Pogacar, who was just ahead, avoided it.
Alpecin rider Philipsen is regarded as the best sprinter in the peloton since taking the green jersey in 2023 but has had to watch the Eritrean Girmay win three stages to earn the limelight.
"I kept on believing because the feeling was good. I could start my sprint with confidence and I'm happy no one was able to pass," Philipsen said.
"This was my best feeling so far in the Tour de France, we didn't have the best start, also feeling wise, some bad luck, but I'm happy we could turn it around.
"Two stage wins is not a bad Tour."
Girmay now has 346 points to Philipsen's 271 with no real sprint stages remaining.
Pogacar got involved in the sprint and came ninth. "Why not, I had good legs, it was an easy day so this was a bit of fun," said the 25-year-old.
Slovenian veteran Primoz Roglic failed to appear at the start line Friday as his two falls in two days with the mountains looming this weekend combined to make his withdrawal inevitable.
Pogacar also took a hit when his chief climbing aide Juan Ayuso pulled out sick halfway through a stage with few great difficulties.
"Juan felt unwell during stage 12 and symptoms unfortunately worsened overnight," UAE Team Emirates doctors said.
He had been in the running for a top-five slot.
"It's not perfect, we lost a guy but we have a strong team, they are improving every day and are 100 percent committed," said Pogacar.
Pogacar leads Remco Evenepoel by 1min 06sec and Jonas Vingegaard, the winner the past two years, is third at 1min 14sec.
Portuguese Joao Almeida is fourth at 4min 10sec and Spain's Carlos Rodriguez is fifth, 10sec further behind.
Pogacar rode up and joined him approvingly as they created an echelon, dropping sprinters Mark Cavendish and Dylan Groenewegen.
They also caught the escape group of Ineos rider Michal Kwiatkowski, French pair Romain Gregoire and Julien Bernard and the Dane Magnus Cort, who collected the day's combativity award.
Saturday's stage takes the peloton up the feared Col du Tourmalet, 19km at an average climb of 7.5 gradient to 2,115m altitude.
Riders must then descend the Tourmalet and pedal up to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, an 11km stretch at 8 percent gradient leading to the finish line.
Sunday if anything is worse with 45km of climbing and almost as much descending, culminating at the magnificent Plateau de Beille where it could become clearer as to who might win this year's race.
Stage 13 results
1. Jasper Philipsen (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3hrs 23mins 09 secs
2. Wout van Aert (Bel/Visma-Lease a Bike) Same time
3. Pascal Ackermann (Ger/Israel-Premier Tech) "
4. Biniam Girmay (Eri/Intermarche-Wanty) "
5. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Bahrain Victorious) "
GC standings after stage 13
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 52hrs 40mins 58secs
2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +1min 06secs
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 14secs
4. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +4mins 20secs
5. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 40secs
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
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Killing of Qassem Suleimani
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Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
Winners
Best Men's Player of the Year: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Maradona Award for Best Goal Scorer of the Year: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
TikTok Fans’ Player of the Year: Robert Lewandowski
Top Goal Scorer of All Time: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Best Women's Player of the Year: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Best Men's Club of the Year: Chelsea
Best Women's Club of the Year: Barcelona
Best Defender of the Year: Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy)
Best Goalkeeper of the Year: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Italy)
Best Coach of the Year: Roberto Mancini (Italy)
Best National Team of the Year: Italy
Best Agent of the Year: Federico Pastorello
Best Sporting Director of the Year: Txiki Begiristain (Manchester City)
Player Career Award: Ronaldinho
Quick pearls of wisdom
Focus on gratitude: And do so deeply, he says. “Think of one to three things a day that you’re grateful for. It needs to be specific, too, don’t just say ‘air.’ Really think about it. If you’re grateful for, say, what your parents have done for you, that will motivate you to do more for the world.”
Know how to fight: Shetty married his wife, Radhi, three years ago (he met her in a meditation class before he went off and became a monk). He says they’ve had to learn to respect each other’s “fighting styles” – he’s a talk it-out-immediately person, while she needs space to think. “When you’re having an argument, remember, it’s not you against each other. It’s both of you against the problem. When you win, they lose. If you’re on a team you have to win together.”
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FINAL RECKONING
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg
Rating: 4/5
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Monster
Directed by: Anthony Mandler
Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., John David Washington
3/5
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1) Beware of cheques presented late on Thursday
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