Tour De France 2016: Stage 13 Winner, Highlights, Updated Standings and Schedule

Favourite Tom Dumoulin of Giant-Alpecin won Stage 13 of the 2016 Tour de France on Friday, an individual time trial, while Team Sky's Chris Froome took a big step toward winning the general classification.

The man in yellow distanced main rivals Nairo Quintana from Movistar and Adam Yates from Orica-BikeExchange and now has a hefty lead going into the final mountain stages. 

Here's a look at the stage results, per the Inner Ring:

Here are the current standings:

For the full Tour de France schedule, visit CyclingNews.com.

Recap

The tour's first individual time trial was expected to shake up the general classification significantly, although the windy conditions and somewhat hilly profile of the course levelled out the playing field. Unlike most time trials, the traditional specialists weren't automatically seen as favourites to grab the win.

Etixx-Quick-Step's Tony Martin only clocked the sixth time at the first split, and Der Panzerwagen never came close to the top time on the board. Fabian Cancellara had similar issues, and he took to Twitter to explain:

The crash Cancellara saw was of Edward Theuns, who was taken to the hospital and later abandoned the race, per cycling writer Jose Been. FDJ's Thibaut Pinot also dropped out of the race.

Dumoulin was the favourite to take the stage win thanks to his climbing and time-trial expertise, and the Dutchman didn't disappoint with his ride. The Dutch time-trial champion set the fastest time by 10 seconds at the first split and kept on pushing, eventually taking the lead by more than 90 seconds.

Eurosport's Felix Lowe was impressed:

The GC contenders still had to start their stage at that point, and out of that group, only Froome was seen as a real threat to Dumoulin. 

KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/Getty Images

BMC's Richie Porte smartly opted for a traditional front wheel as opposed to a three-spoke variant, with riders struggling just to stay upright when using the latter in combination with a disc wheel. The Aussie started the day trailing team-mate Tejay van Garderen by 50 seconds, but he quickly started to gain on the American.

Porte also appeared to be involved in another incident with a fan, although Lowe wasn't sure whether it was just the wind playing tricks:

The crosswinds did even more damage, as Romain Bardet of AG2R was nearly swept off the road at one point.

KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/Getty Images

Quintana was expected to lose time on Froome on Friday, but few will have predicted his nightmare start. The Colombian lost 40 seconds on Porte's time at the first split, a disastrous effort, while Froome lost just seven seconds. 

But Porte completely fell apart in the second half of the stage, finishing more than three minutes behind Dumoulin. Quintana also continued to struggle, while Froome was going well, per cycling writer Michael Hutchinson:

Bauke Mollema of Trek-Segafredo overtook Quintana and Yates in the standings, with the latter beating the former by seven seconds. Froome took second place, one minute behind Dumoulin but well ahead of his main competitors.

Saturday's ride to the bird park at Villars-les-Dombes should provide the more adventurous riders with the perfect opportunity to organise a break that could last until the finish line. It's a long transition stage that could finish in a bunched sprint, but a handful of hills could ruins things for the sprinters.

The GC contenders won't show their face and will instead wait until Stage 15, yet another gruelling day in the high mountains.