SAINT\u002DETIENNE, France — Canadian rider Hugo Houle finished third in Stage 13 of the Tour de France, narrowly missing Canada’s first stage victory in 34 years.
The Israel-Premier Tech cyclist from Sainte-Perpetue, Que., was in the lead group of three riders that broke away from the pack with 20 kilometres to go in the stage.
Houle’s result moved him up eight places in the overall classification to 35th, 1:06.09 behind race leader Jonas Vingegaard. Houle’s previous best Tour de France stage result was a seventh-place finish in Stage 12 of the 2020 race.Advertisement 4Bauer is the sporting director at Israel-Premier Tech. Pedersen was crowned world champion in 2019. He also won Gent-Wevelgem two years ago but had never tasted victory in a Grand Tour.
Their battle is expected to resume next week in the thin air of the Pyrenees mountains before the race ends in Paris in nine days. They opened a gap of about two minutes as the peloton of main contenders looked happy to let them go after a frenetic opening hour of racing.
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