Mark Cavendish wins, Alejandro Valverde loses on stage 13 of the Tour de France

Mark Cavendish wins stage, Tour de France 2013, stage 13

Mark Cavendish scored his second stage win of the 2013 Tour de France, outsprinting Peter Sagan, but the big news was the carnage caused by Omega Pharma in the crosswinds.

Pan flat and warm, this 173km stage between Tours and St Amand Montrond had bunch sprint stamped on it in the route book. Ah, but this is the Tour and there are no easy days and little in the way of predictability.

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