| 2013 UCI World Tour, race 14 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 23–28 April 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 758.65 km (471.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 24' 51" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Tour de Romandie was the 67th running of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race. The race consisted of six stages, beginning with a prologue stage in Le Châble on 23 April and concluded with another individual time trial, in Geneva, on 28 April. It was the fourteenth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Great Britain's Chris Froome of Team Sky,[1] who led the race from start to finish – the first time that a Team Sky rider had led from start-to-finish[2] – after winning the opening prologue in Le Châble, extending his advantage towards the end of the race. Ultimately, Froome won the general classification by 54 seconds over runner-up Simon Špilak (Team Katusha),[3] who was the winner of the race's queen stage – the fourth stage – to Les Diablerets, ahead of Froome.[4] The podium was completed by Rui Costa of the Movistar Team, who finished third for the second year in a row.[5] Costa finished 55 seconds behind Špilak, and one minute 49 seconds behind Froome.
In the race's other classifications, Blanco Pro Cycling's Wilco Kelderman was the winner of the white jersey for the young rider classification as he was the highest placed rider born in 1988 or later, finishing in fifth place overall after taking the jersey from FDJ's Thibaut Pinot during the final time trial. Matthias Brändle of IAM Cycling won the green jersey for the most points gained in intermediate sprints, while the pink jersey for the King of the Mountains classification went to Marcus Burghardt of the BMC Racing Team.[6] The teams classification was won by Team Sky for the second year in a row, after placing Richie Porte inside the top ten overall as well as Froome.[2]
- ^ "Chris Froome wins Tour de Romandie for Team Sky". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Froome seals Romandie victory". Team Sky. BSkyB. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Chris Froome boosts Tour de France prospects with Romandie win". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Reuters. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (27 April 2013). "Simon Spilak wins Tour de Romandie stage four as Chris Froome extends lead". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Infallible at 'race of the truth'". Movistar Team. Movistar. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "BMC Racing Team's Burghardt Is Romandie's Mountain King". BMC Racing Team. BMC Trading. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.