Key Takeaways: Tour de France Stage 13

Breaking down how an incredibly skilled rider expertly worked over the competition for an impressive stage win

Mads Pedersen surged to win a textbook transition stage into Saint-Étienne out of a power-laden breakaway ahead of a hapless peloton, with Fred Weight and Hugo Houle rounding out the stage podium. While at times it looked like the race was headed for a bunch sprint, a mid-stage crash combined with difficult parcours took top sprinters like Caleb Ewan an…