2013 Tour de France events in the UCI World Tour, with riders from the ProTeams competing individually for points that contributed towards the rankings. Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in the general classification and to the top five finishers in each stage. The 587 points accrued by Chris Froome put him in to the lead of the individual ranking, with Peter Sagan dropping to second. retained their lead of the team ranking, ahead of second-placed . Spain remained as leaders of the nations ranking, with Great Britain second. 2013 Tour de France The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition
1977 Tour de France Hennie Kuiper in 2nd and Lucien Van Impe, who also won another mountains classification. Due to the relentless pace set by the top tier riders only 53 riders were able to finish the 1977 Tour de France. Never since have so few riders finished a Tour de France and the previous time fewer riders finished was the 1950 Tour de France when 51 riders finished. In years before and after this Tour riders like Merckx, Hinault, Zoetemelk, Van Impe, Thévenet, Luis Ocana and Laurent Fignon set such a high pace during mountain stages that as many as half the riders