May 20, 2016 (Cividale del Friuli, ITA) – Mikel Nieve (Esp) delivered a win for Team Sky taking Stage 13 from Palmanova to Cividale del Friuli, 170km as Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team assumed the race lead and captured the maglia rosa from Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step who sits second overall. Amador is the first Costa Rican rider to don the fabled pink jersey. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo was 24th on the stage and dropped on spot to 14th on GC. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale finished 54th and Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge was 163rd working for their respective teams.

Results (brief)

1. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Team Sky 4:31:49
2. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:43
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:17
4. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
5. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
6. Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
7. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
8. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling
9. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale

24. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 2:33
59. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 21:47
163. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 32:43

GC after Stage 13
1. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team 54:05:50
2. Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:26
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:41
4. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:43
5. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 1:37
7. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 2:01
8. Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 2:19
9. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2:48
10. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 3:15

14. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 4:48
84. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 1:31:36
156. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:13:51