Stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France saw an exciting sprint finish that ended with Andre Greipel beating out Peter Sagan by a matter of inches. Alexandre Vinokourov and Michael Albasini had led the race until the final 10 kilometers or so, but eventually the peloton caught up with them. Luis Leon Sanchez made an attack to pull ahead of the lead group with about 2.5 kilometers to go, but eventually race leader Bradley Wiggins emerged out in front.
Still, Greipel, Sagan and Hagen were the three riders in the lead down the final meters and Greipel edged out a victory.
In the race leads, Wiggins still leads the general classification by +2:05, Peter Sagan holds the points lead (296 points) and Tejay Van Garderen is the race's best young rider.
Here is how the top 15 finished on Stage 13 (full standings here):
| Pos. | Rider | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Andre Greipel | 04h 57' 59'' | |
| 2 | Peter Sagan | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 4 | Sébastien Hinault | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 5 | Daryl Impey | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 6 | Julien Simon | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 7 | Marco Marcato | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 8 | Philippe Gilbert | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 9 | Peter Velits | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 10 | Danilo Hondo | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 11 | Vincenzo Nibali | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 12 | Bradley Wiggins | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 13 | Janez Brajkovic | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 14 | Kevin De Weert | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
| 15 | Christopher Froome | 04h 57' 59'' | + 00' 00'' |
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