Tour '22, Stage 13: Sprinter Down!

Stage 13 wasn't looking like it was going to be a lucky stage for Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal).  As his teammates watching over him in the peloton, the lead rider missed the turn.  He also clipped Caleb's wheel sending the Australian sprinter down hard.  Of course this stage wasn't anywhere as unlucky as stage 3 of last year.  It could be argue that this was worse (not because of the injuries) because he had struggled through the Alps in hopes of being able to contest a sprint today.  Now that has gone out the window.  Last year he went out of the Tour.  He was able to get back on his bike and start riding again.

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TDF, Stage 13: Hurting

After yet another crash in the Tour de France that left guys tumbling down the embankment.  While Simon Yates (BikeExchange) didn't go over the edge, he did spend sometime in pain laying on the side of the road.  He did get up and back on the bike.  A little further up the road, he stopped and stretched out his back clearly in pain.  His soigneur came up with another bottle and some kind words before Yates got back up and started chasing the peloton.  Not long after I painted this, it was announced that he was leaving the Tour.  I hope he isn't too bad off and will recover quickly.  It is said that he is planning on competing in the Olympics in just over two weeks, hopefully this doesn't derail the plan.

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Giro Stage 13: Fast Twitch

Stage 13 turned out to be rather unlucky for a number of the GC contenders, and unbelievable lucky for others.  A crash just outside of the magical 3 kilometer point, meant that time gaps caused by the crash would not be neutralized.  Fabio Aru (Astana) and Rigoberto Aru (Etixx Quickstep) were not delayed, however Alberto Contador was held up for almost two minutes, and the continually unlucky Richie Porte (Sky) was held up even longer.  Porte was one of those who hit the ground.  Ironically, the crash happen on the one straight section of road in the last four kilometers.  Contador's delay meant that Aru has taken the Maglia Rosa and Contador now trails by 33 seconds.  That should make for an exciting individual time trial tomorrow.

At the finish, Lampre-Merida wrestled control of the remaining members of the peloton from Trek Factory Racing.  Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) reward his teammates effort by just holding off the charging Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Factory Racing).  Nizzolo had run out of lead out men and was forced to freelance his sprint.  Elia Viviani's (Sky) third place finish was enough for him to reclaim the Maglia Rosso, the Sprinter's Red Jersey.

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