Swiss cyclist Mauro Schmid won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, while Slovenian Tadej Pogačar retained the yellow jersey as the leader in the overall standings.
Team driver Džejko Alula completed the 205,8-kilometer stage from Dol to Belfort, the longest in this year's race, in four hours, six minutes and 58 seconds.
He won in the final stretch after a sprint with Colombian Harold Tejada from Astana.
Briton Tom Pidcock of Pinarello, Belgian Maxime Van Gils of Bora and American Brandon McNulty of the Emirates team crossed the finish line two seconds behind.
The leading riders in the general classification finished the stage seven and a half minutes behind. Tadej Pogačar retained the yellow jersey, with his current time being 47:18,31 hours.
Dane Jonas Vingegor of Visma is second, three minutes and 36 seconds behind, Belgian Remko Evenepoel of Bora is third, four minutes and six seconds behind, and Pidcock is fourth, four minutes and 15 seconds behind.
The next 14th stage will be on Saturday from Mulhouse to Le Markstein, 155,3 kilometers long.
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