North American Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), who returned to the Tour de France breakaway group for the second time in four days and was in contention all day reading the moves, missed out on victory Friday due to a single miscalculation he made late in the race.

One of six riders who went into the final hour of Friday's transition stage to Saint-Etienne with a chance of victory, the Tour de France rookie ultimately finished fifth, but could not hide his disappointment at missing out on the win.

But even if he was unable to join the break on Saturday, the 23-year-old said he promised to be back in the Pyrenees.

After Hugo Uhl (Israel Premier Tech), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), and Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) ambushed the remainder of the six-man breakaway with 10km to go, Jorgenson's frustration was compounded at the finish when he failed to make the top three at the finish Not only was he unable to do so, but he had read the early stages of the day perfectly. And he couldn't stick to "break from break," as Movistar director Tsente Garcia Acosta named it, despite his later misgivings.

"It started with a downhill near the start, and normally the break doesn't go there until after the downhill, so I was near the front and got into a little uphill kicker," Jorgenson said of how the move began.

"I followed [breakaway leader] Filippo Ganna, and he had a ton of power. He had a ton of power."

"It was like the breakaway was just going to stretch its legs and whoever could stay on the wheels could get away and whoever couldn't, couldn't get away."

"Then we stayed super close, two minutes, all day long. I didn't think I could make it to the last 15 kilometers."

But then an error occurred. As Jorgenson said, his mistake was overshadowing Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers). But instead of bluffing that Ganna was marginal, the Italian was in fact telling the truth. By the time Jorgenson realized his mistake, he was in the group with Ganna and Stefan Kyun (Groupama-FDJ).

"I knew that Küng and Ganna would attack. When Pedersen went, I saw Stefan react and try to get on his wheels, but it didn't work out.

As the race moved away from him and the gap opened up, Jorgenson began to hope that the forward movement would break up. But it did not happen.

"I thought maybe they would buckle up and I would catch them at the end. But they were running with Pedersen, and I don't know why they were working with Pedersen.

Jorgenson's frustration over the crash was doubled by the fact that Saturday's stage to Mende was almost certain to end with a breakaway victory. But it will take time for him to regain his fitness and recover from the loss. In his words, "It's a shame not to be on the podium when you have the legs and form to get away with it." [Jorgenson, just minutes after his stage 13 loss, was searching for ways to ride better going forward.

"I think there is more to come and we have to recover from this. So it would be very disappointing if the tank was really empty. In the Pyrenees I want to recover and join the breakers."