LE CAP D’AGDE (France), July 14: Germany’s Andre Greipel claimed his third victory of this year’s Tour de France as Bradley Wiggins of Britain held on to the yellow jersey at the end of the 13th stage.

Greipel, who rides for Lotto, finished just ahead of Slovakian sprint rival Peter Sagan (Liquigas) in a tight finish in which Wiggins had tried to set up Sky teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Norwegian Boasson Hagen could only finish third on the 217 km stage which began in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux.

Wiggins stayed out of danger during the windy ride into Cap d’Agde to retain his 2min 05sec lead over teammate Chris Froome.

Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) is still third at 2:23 while Australia’s defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) is fourth at 3:19.

Greipel won stages four and five in this year’s race and now has four in total, having claimed his maiden Tour stage in 2011.

Results: 1. Andre Greipel (Germany / Lotto) 4:57:59”; 2. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Liquigas) ST; 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway / Team Sky); 4. Sebastien Hinault (France / AG2R); 5. Daryl Impey (South Africa / Orica); 6. Julien Simon (France / Saur - Sojasun); 7. Marco Marcato (Italy / Vacansoleil); 8. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium / BMC Racing); 9. Peter Velits (Slovakia / Omega Pharma - Quick-Step); 10. Danilo Hondo (Germany / Lampre); 11. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas); 12. Bradley Wiggins (Britain / Team Sky); 13. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia / Astana); 14. Kevin De Weert (Belgium / Omega Pharma - Quick-Step); 15. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky); 16. Cadel Evans (Australia / BMC Racing); 17. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium / Lotto); 18. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / RadioShack); 19. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / AG2R); 20. Tejay Van Garderen (US / BMC Racing).—Agencies