Chris Froome lost about a minute off his lead in Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday, but he retained the yellow jacket for the sixth stage in a row and still holds a 2 1/2-minute lead with eight stages to go.
Tour de France 2013 standings: Froome loses ground but retains lead
After building his biggest lead of the Tour in Stage 12, the pack caught up a bit to Chris Froome.
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Froome finished the 173-kilometer Stage 13, a flat stage from Tours to Saint-Amand-Montrond, in three hours, 41 minutes and 17 seconds, one minute and nine seconds off the pace. Mark Cavendish won the stage in 3 hours, 40 minutes and eight seconds.
Bauke Mollema climbed one spot in the overall classification to second place, coming in at Stage 13 less than a second behind Cavendish. With six cyclists in the top 15, Team Saxo-Tinkoff took the team lead away from Movistar, which had held the lead for the past five stages.
The race resumes Saturday with Stage 14, a 191-kilometer medium-mountain stage from Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule to Lyon.
Here are the top-10 standings for the 2013 Tour de France. You can find the full classification here.
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1. | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 51h 00' 30'' | |
| 2. | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling | 51h 02' 58'' | + 02' 28'' |
| 3. | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 51h 03' 15'' | + 02' 45'' |
| 4. | Roman Kreuziger | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 51h 03' 18'' | + 02' 48'' |
| 5. | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling | 51h 03' 31'' | + 03' 01'' |
| 6. | Jakob Fuglsang | Astana Pro Team | 51h 05' 09'' | + 04' 39'' |
| 7. | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 51h 05' 14'' | + 04' 44'' |
| 8. | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas | Movistar Team | 51h 05' 48'' | + 05' 18'' |
| 9. | Jean-Christophe Péraud | AG2R La Mondiale | 51h 06' 09'' | + 05' 39'' |
| 10. | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Katusha Team | 51h 06' 18'' | + 05' 48'' |
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