Mauro Schmid wins Stage 13 as Pidcock jumps to fourth overall

Swiss rider Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla) sprinted past Colombia's Harold Tejada to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France in Belfort, securing his first career Grand Tour victory Source: elnacionalve. The 205.8 km stage from Dole featured a massive breakaway that at one point included 57 riders, with the peloton finishing 7 minutes and 33 seconds behind Source: mileniomx.

The decisive move

On the Ballon d'Alsace, a historic first-category climb, the breakaway was whittled to nine survivors Source: elmundoes. Schmid and Tejada attacked 16 km from the finish and held off the chasers; Schmid timed his sprint perfectly to beat Tejada by a bike length Source: elespanol. Behind them, Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) finished third and made the day's biggest move in the general classification.

General classification shake-up

Pidcock jumped from 10th to 4th overall, now just 4:15 behind leader Tadej Pogacar Source: lavanguardia. The top three remain Pogacar (UAE), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma) at 3:36, and Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora) at 4:06. Mexican rider Isaac del Toro dropped to 8th, now 5:08 off the lead Source: excelsiormx.

What's next

The Tour faces two punishing mountain stages this weekend: Saturday's stage 14 finishes at Le Markstein with 3,800 meters of vertical gain, followed by Sunday's summit finish at Plateau de Solaison Source: diariolibree. Pogacar's UAE team, which rested during stage 13, is expected to control the race as the overall contenders battle for position.