![Mitch Seavey leaves Willow at the start of the 2013 Iditarod. Photo by Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mitch-Seavey.jpg)
Mitch Seavey has won the 2013 Iditarod, crossing the finish line at 10:39 p.m. Tuesday.
After racing neck and neck with Aliy Zirkle through the last few checkpoints, he widened the gap after both mushers left White Mountain about 15 minutes apart, not taking a minute over their mandatory 8-hour layover.
Zirkle claimed the runner-up spot for the second year in a row.
Jeff King is currently in third.