Vincenzo Nibali extends Tour de France lead with another stage victory

Race leader wins solo atop hors catégorie Chamrousse mountain as Richie Porte falls from second overall.

Vincenzo Nibali wins Stage 13 of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Vincenzo Nibali's dominance of the Tour de France continued on the hors catégorie Chamrousse climb this afternoon as he soloed to win his third stage of this year's race.

Nibali attacked NetApp-Endura's Leopald König and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) 3.2 kilometres from the top of the climb to win by 0-10.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.