Tour de France: Alexander Vinokourov wins stage 13
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{{Tour de France 2007}}[[Image:Alexandre Vinokourov LBL2006 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Alexander Vinokourov in [[w:Liège|Liège]] for [[w:Liège-Bastogne-Liège|Liège-Bastogne-Liège]] in 2006 {{Image source|Jacques Renier}}]]
[[w:Alexander Vinokourov|Alexander Vinokourov]] of [[Kazakhstan]] has won stage 13 of the [[w:2007 Tour de France|2007 Tour de France]]. Vinokourov finished the 54 [[w:Kilometre|km]] individual time trial, centered around [[w:Albi|Albi]], in a time of 1h 12' 06".

[[w:Michael Rasmussen|Michael Rasmussen]] of [[Denmark]] held on to his overall lead, finishing 11th in the stage. [[w:Alejandro Valverde|Alejandro Valverde]] and [[w:Iban Mayo|Iban Mayo]] both lost ground in the overall. [[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]] gained ground on Rasmussen and is now just one minute behind.

This stage provided the first shake-up in the standings in days. Valverde and Mayo, who were previously second and third, have dropped out of the top ten. Pre-Tour favorite, Vinokourov, was able to use his stage victory to return to the top ten for the first time since stage 2.

Rasmussen did better than some expected. Afterwards he said: "I thought I had a fair chance, but from thinking to doing that can be a long way. I was a bit in trouble in the first 15 km, but in the last 30 km I did very well."

Just yesterday, Rasmussen was suspended by the [[w:Danish Cycling Federation|Danish Cycling Federation]] because of a warning from anti-doping authorities within the [[w:Union Cycliste Internationale|Union Cycliste Internationale]]. There has not been a positive test, but the warning was issued for not keeping UCI informed of his whereabouts.

"I do admit I committed an administrative error," said Rasmussen. "I have already received a warning from the UCI but I am very calm and very relaxed." He continued, "I know a lot of riders who have received warnings for not giving updated information to the UCI. I'm just one out of many and it's just that I happen to have the yellow jersey."

Tomorrow's stage will take the race into the [[w:Pyrenees|Pyrenees]]. This stage starts with a category 2 climb out of [[w:Mazamet|Mazamet]] and then follows a relatively calm route via [[w:Carcassonne|Carcassonne]], [[w:Limoux|Limoux]] and [[w:Quillan|Quillan]] before taking on the Port de Pailhères (17 km at 7.2%) and a very difficult finish at [[w:Plateau-de-Beille|Plateau-de-Beille]] (16 km at 7.9%).

==Stage 13 results==

{| class="prettytable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|'''[[w:Alexander Vinokourov|Alexander Vinokourov]]'''
|'''[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]'''
|align=right|    '''1h 06'34"'''
|-
|2
|[[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]]
|[[w:Predictor-Lotto|Predictor-Lotto]]
|align=right| +1'14"
|-
|3 
|[[w:Andreas Klöden|Andreas Klöden]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| +1'39"
|-
|4 
|[[w:Andrey Kashechkin|Andrey Kashechkin]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| +1'44"
|-
|5
|[[w:Bradley Wiggins|Bradley Wiggins]]
|[[w:Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|align=right| +2'14"
|-
|6
|[[w:Yaroslav Popovych|Yaroslav Popovych]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +2'16"
|-bgcolor=lightblue 
|7 
|[[w:Alberto Contador|Alberto Contador]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +2'18"
|-
|8
|[[w:Sylvain Chavanel|Sylvain Chavanel]]
|[[w:Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|align=right| +2'38"
|- 
|9
|[[w:Levi Leipheimer|Levi Leipheimer]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +2'39"
|-
|10 
|[[w:Mikel Astarloza|Mikel Astarloza]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +2'42"
|-

|}

==[[w:Yellow jersey|General classification]] after stage 13==

{| class="prettytable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|- bgcolor=yellow
|'''1'''
|'''[[w:Michael Rasmussen|Michael Rasmussen]]'''
|'''[[w:Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]'''
|align=right|    '''58h 46' 39"'''
|- 
|2
|[[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]]
|[[w:Predictor-Lotto|Predictor-Lotto]]
|align=right| +1' 00"
|-bgcolor=lightblue
|3 
|[[w:Alberto Contador|Alberto Contador]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +2' 31"
|- 
|4 
|[[w:Andreas Klöden|Andreas Klöden]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| +2' 34"
|-
|5
|[[w:Levi Leipheimer|Levi Leipheimer]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +3' 37"
|-
|6
|[[w:Andrey Kashechkin|Andrey Kashechkin]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| +4' 23"
|-
|7
|[[w:Carlos Sastre|Carlos Sastre]]
|[[w:Team CSC|Team CSC]]
|align=right| +4' 45"
|- 
|8 
|[[w:Mikel Astarloza|Mikel Astarloza]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +5' 07"
|-
|9 
|[[w:Alexander Vinokourov|Alexander Vinokourov]]
|[[w:Astana Team|Astana Team]]
|align=right| +5' 10"
|- 
|10 
|[[w:Kim Kirchen|Kim Kirchen]]
|[[w:T-Mobile Team|T-Mobile Team]]
|align=right| +5' 29"
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6909226.stm
|title=Vinokourov takes time-trial stage
|author=Charlie Henderson
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6910189.stm
|title=Vinokourov dominates time-trial
|author=
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/LIVE/us/1300/index.html
|title=stage 13 - Albi - Albi 54 km
|author=
|pub=Tour de France
|date=July 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6908238.stm
|title=Rasmussen calm over drug-test row
|author=
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 20, 2007}}

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Liège for Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2006 
Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won stage 13 of the 2007 Tour de France. Vinokourov finished the 54 km individual time trial, centered around Albi, in a time of 1h 12' 06".

Michael Rasmussen of Denmark held on to his overall lead, finishing 11th in the stage. Alejandro Valverde and Iban Mayo both lost ground in the overall. Cadel Evans gained ground on Rasmussen and is now just one minute behind.

This stage provided the first shake-up in the standings in days. Valverde and Mayo, who were previously second and third, have dropped out of the top ten. Pre-Tour favorite, Vinokourov, was able to use his stage victory to return to the top ten for the first time since stage 2.

Rasmussen did better than some expected. Afterwards he said: "I thought I had a fair chance, but from thinking to doing that can be a long way. I was a bit in trouble in the first 15 km, but in the last 30 km I did very well."

Just yesterday, Rasmussen was suspended by the Danish Cycling Federation because of a warning from anti-doping authorities within the Union Cycliste Internationale. There has not been a positive test, but the warning was issued for not keeping UCI informed of his whereabouts.

"I do admit I committed an administrative error," said Rasmussen. "I have already received a warning from the UCI but I am very calm and very relaxed." He continued, "I know a lot of riders who have received warnings for not giving updated information to the UCI. I'm just one out of many and it's just that I happen to have the yellow jersey."

Tomorrow's stage will take the race into the Pyrenees. This stage starts with a category 2 climb out of Mazamet and then follows a relatively calm route via Carcassonne, Limoux and Quillan before taking on the Port de Pailhères (17 km at 7.2%) and a very difficult finish at Plateau-de-Beille (16 km at 7.9%).

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