That's us done - there is never a dull day on the Tour, as we just saw. A shame we didn't get another British stage winner but Mads Pedersen definitely deserved his triumph. Here's the report of how he did it...

Shall we do it all again tomorrow? Join me for the 192.5k trek from Saint Etienne to Mende, with plenty of climbing and a good chance of another breakaway win.

Bye for now...

No movement in the battle for the yellow jersey, although you would not exactly describe today as a day off for the big hitters.

General classification after stage 13:

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 50hrs 47mins 34secs

2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 22secs

3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 26secs

4. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +2mins 35secs

5. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 44secs

6. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) +3mins 58secs

7. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +4mins 07secs

8. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +7mins 39secs

9. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +9mins 32secs

10. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Bora-hansgrohe) +10mins 06secs

1. Mads Pedersen (Den/Trek-Segafredo) 4hrs 13mins 03secs

2. Fred Wright (GB/Bahrain Victorious) Same time

3. Hugo Houle (Can/Israel-Premier Tech)

4. Stefan Kung (Swi/Groupama - FDJ) +30secs

5. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Movistar Team) Same time

6. Filippo Ganna (ITA/Ineos Grenadiers) +32secs

7. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) +5mins 45secs

8. Florian Senechal (Fra/Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl) Same time

9. Luca Mozzato (Ita/B&B Hotels-KTM)

10. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux)

Danish rider Mads Pedersen is a former World Road Race champion, but this is his first stage win at the Tour de France, and indeed any Grand Tour.

“It’s incredible to finally take a win," he said. "I knew the shape was really good and I definitely missed out on the opportunities in the first week.

"In the last two weeks of this race there’s not a lot of chances for a guy like me. So to take the chance today and get the reward is really nice, not only for me but for the whole team. We came here with riders only for stages and now we have one so it’s such a relief.”

Britain's Fred Wright took second place today, and he admits he was unsure how to deal with Mads Pedersen's sprinting prowess at the end of stage 13.

Asked what his tactics were in the final 1km, the 22-year-old Londoner said: "Surprise him, make him think that... well, I don't know to be honest... I was just going to try to surprise him."

Mads Pedersen was favourite for the final sprint but he still had to get his tactics right, and he did that twice - first by splitting the six escapees in half with 12km to go, and then with his burst for the line with 250m to go.

Image source, Reuters

Wout van Aert - of course - is near the front of the peloton, looking for seventh place on the stage - and more green jersey points.

He gets them too, turning on the burners and leading the yellow jersey bunch over the line.

No fireworks on the General Classification today, and the peloton is rolling towards the finish line at a less ferocious pace than usual.

Mads Pedersen just jumped away there, producing the power when it mattered inside the final 200m. There was nothing Fred Wright or Hugo Houle could do about that.

He got his tactics spot on there. Fred Wright was second over the line...

Pedersen has got this...

They are all looking at each other... here goes Pedersen!

Wright v Pedersen for this I think.

Here we go then, who has got what left in their legs?

Pedersen is just waiting for the right time to go for the line. What can Fred Wright do?

Pedersen is at the back of the trio, watching the other two. The pace has dropped a bit.

It feels like Pedersen is controlling this.

Pedersen follows him, Houle is gapped briefly. All back together now.

Cat and mouse stuff continues. No-one is making their move....