Swiss rider Schmid cramps up but wins Tour de France stage 13
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid said that he had to overcome cramps before he beat Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-man sprint finish to win the 13th and longest stage of the Tour de France on Friday. Briton Tom Pidcock, who finished third two seconds back, was the big winner of the day as he climbed […] The post Swiss rider Schmid cramps up but wins Tour de France stage 13 appeared first on The Namibian .
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid said that he had to overcome cramps before he beat Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-man sprint finish to win the 13th and longest stage of the Tour de France on Friday.
Briton Tom Pidcock, who finished third two seconds back, was the big winner of the day as he climbed up the standings from 10th to fourth overall.
The Olympic mountain bike champion is now just 4min 15sec behind race leader Tadej Pogacar, and nine seconds off Remco Evenepoel in the final podium spot.
Jayco AlUla’s Schmid and Astana’s Tejada had broken clear of a 10-man group at the head of the race with 16km to ride and they held off their charging former breakaway companions to contest the sprint finish.
Tejada launched first, but Schmid dragged him back and pipped him to the line after 205km from Dole in the Jura to Belfort in the Vosges.
It was particularly satisfying for Schmid, who lost an almost identical finish to Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen in the 11th stage in Toulouse last year.
