McEwen claims 3rd win in this year's Tour
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-16 15:46

Robbie McEwen surged on the line to win the 13th stage of Tour de France, a 173 km ride from Miramas to Montpellier, France on Friday.

It's the third win for the Australian champion in this year's race, his best ever harvest of stages in a Tour de France.

The Davitamon Lotto leader had already won two stages before this, the fifth in Montargis and the seventh in Karlrsruhe to match his hauls of 2002 and 2004 when he ended the Tour wearing the leading sprinter's green jersey.

Six-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, who rode near the front of the peloton for most of a torrid and flat stage, retained his yellow jersey, leading Dane Michael Rasmussen by 38 seconds and France's Christophe Moreau by 2:34 before the first stage in the Pyrenees mountains on Saturday.

Saturday's 14th stage takes the riders back to the mountains with a 220.5-km stage between Agde and the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines.

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