Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo continued his dream Tour de France with victory in the 13th stage from Pau to Lourdes on Friday. Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar, retained the race leader's yellow jersey after arriving with the main peloton and all the favourites seven and a half minutes later.
On the second of three consecutive days in the Pyrenees there were no changes to the overall standings. Luxembourg's Frank Schleck is second overall at 1min 49sec, Cadel Evans of Australia is third at 2:06 and Andy Schleck is fourth at 2:17. Spain's three-time and defending champion Alberto Contador is still seventh at four minutes in arrears just behind Italian Ivan Basso in fifth and sixth-placed compatriot Damiano Cunego. Hushovd, who wore the race leader's yellow jersey for a week, now has nine individual stage wins on the world's premier cycling event and becomes the first rider since Spain's Oscar Freire to win a stage as reigning world champion.
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