The race was 5,287 km long divided into 15 stages. It was held between 29 June and 27 July 1913.
The Belgian Philippe Thys triumphed at the end, he also won Stage 6 ( Bayonne to Luchon) which included Tourmalet. This was the race when the fork of the extreme unlucky Eugene Christophe’s bike broke, and he had to repair it himself.
After several editions (1905-1912) used a point system to manage the general classification, in 1913 (and from then on), the Tour used elapsed time to calculate the standings.