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The mountains are once again on hand to try to move the favorites and shake up Tadej Pogacar. First, the riders will climb the Col du Bac, third category, and after the intermediate sprint in Lavelanet, come three passes in the next 40 kilometers: the climb to the Col de Montségur and the Col de la Croix des Morts, both second category, and the Côte de Galinagues, third category. The last mountain difficulty will be the second category Col de Saint-Louis, which also delivers a bonus and is located 17 kilometers from the finish.
🔟👥 Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the teams:
| Teams Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bahrain Victorious | 158h 16'53" |
| 2 | AG2R Citroën | + 10'01" |
| 3 | EF Education - Nippo | + 15'47" |
| 4 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 17'27" |
| 5 | Bora - Hansgrohe | + 29'31" |
| 6 | Jumbo Visma | + 29'47" |
| 7 | Movistar | + 38'22" |
| 8 | Astana - Premier Tech | + 42'58" |
| 9 | Trek Segafredo | + 44'51" |
| 10 | UAE Team Emirates | + 54'11" |
🔟⬜ Youth's Ranking
This is how the youth's ranking is going:
| Youth's Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (País / Equipo) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 52h 27'12" | |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 3 | Aurélien Paret Peintre (France / AG2R Citroën) | + 24'44" | |
| 4 | David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 30'51" | |
| 5 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 54'59" | |
| 6 | Mark Donovan (Great Bretain / Team DSM) | + 01h 24'38" | |
| 7 | Valentin Madouas (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 01h 24'57" | |
| 8 | Jonas Rutschh (Germany / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 30'51" | |
| 9 | Brent Van Moer (Belgium / Lotto Soudal) | + 01h 30'59" | |
| 10 | Neilson Powless (United States / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 30'51" | |
🔟⬜🟥 Mountain ranking
This is how the mountain classification is going:
| Mountain Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Arkéa - Samsic) | 50 | |
| 2 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 44 | |
| 3 | Michael Woods (Canada / Israel Start-Up Nation) | 42 | |
| 4 | Wouter Poels (Netherlands / Bahrain Victorious) | 39 | |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek Segafredo) | 36 | |
| 6 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | 27 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 26 | |
| 8 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | 24 | |
| 9 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education Nippo) | 22 | |
| 10 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 20 | |
🔟🟩 Points Ranking
This is how the general classification by points is going:
| Points Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (Great Britain / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 279 | |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | 178 | |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin Fenix) | 171 | |
| 4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious) | 151 | |
| 5 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 131 | |
| 6 | Nacer Bouhanni (France / Arkea Samsic) | 126 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 103 | |
| 8 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 100 | |
| 9 | Michael Mørkøv (Denmark / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 95 | |
| 10 | Nils Politt (Germany / Bora - Hansgrohe) | 70 | |
🔟🟨 General classification
This how the general classification is going:
| General classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country/Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 52h 27'12" | |
| 2 | Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 05'18" | |
| 3 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 4 | Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Ineos Grenadiers) | + 05'33" | |
| 5 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | + 05'58" | |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe) | + 06'16" | |
| 7 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 06'30" | |
| 8 | Enric Mas (Spain / Movistar) | + 07'11" | |
| 9 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | + 09'29" | |
| 10 | Peio Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious) | + 10'28" | |
🔟🏁 Top 10 of the stage
This is how the stage was today:
| Top 10 of the stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (Great Bretain / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 05h 04'29" | |
| 2 | Michael Mørkøv (Denmark / Deceunink - Quick Step) | + 00'00" | |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin Fenix) | + 00'00" | |
| 4 | Iván García (Spain / Movistar) | + 00'00" | |
| 5 | Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) | + 00'00" | |
| 6 | Alex Aranburu (Spain / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 00'00" | |
| 7 | Christophe Laporte (France / Cofidis) | + 00'00" | |
| 8 | André Greipel (Germany / Israel Start-Up Nation) | + 00'00" | |
| 9 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark / EF Education - Nippo) | + 00'00" | |
| 10 | Jasper Stuyven (Belgium / Trek Segafredo) | + 00'00" | |
🥇 MARK CAVENDISH WINS!
MARK CAVENDISH DID IT AGAIN! Victory for the Briton who came through the center when it looked like victory for one of the Movistar team who had attacked. HISTORIC TRIUMPH! EDDY MERCKX'S RECORD HAS BEEN REACHED!
🏁 1 km to go
Last kilometer of the stage! The trains have left, the pack is coming!
🏁 2 km to go
The teams are still working. Last 2,000 meters of the stage, will Cavendish equal Eddy Merckx's record today?
🏁 5 km to go
Last five kilometers of the stage. The Alpecin Fenix and Deceunink - Quick Step riders move to the front to work.
🏁 10 km to go
Last 10 kilometers of the day. The peloton continues to ride at a strong pace.
🏁 17 km to go
The work of the Ineos Grenadiers taking advantage of the crosswind caused havoc among those at the back of the peloton. A part of the group was cut off, including Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunink - Quick Step).
🏁 19 km to go
Another breakaway is over! The peloton neutralizes Quentin Pacher. Ineos Grenadiers is working ahead.
🏁 23 km to go
Another crash in the peloton, this time with minor consequences. Sergio Luis Henao was involved, but there were no major injuries, apparently.
🏁 25 km to go
The peloton has neutralized Jan Bakelants and is now 40 seconds behind Quentin Pacher.
🅿 Intermediate sprint - Fontès
This is how the positions were at the intermediate sprint of the day:
1- Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation) - 20 pts
2- Sean Bennett (Qhubeka-NextHash) - 17 pts
3- Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) - 15 pts
4- Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) - 13 pts
5- Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) - 11 pts
6- Michael Morkov (Deceuninck-Quick Step) - 10 pts
7- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) - 9 pts
8- Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step) - 8 pts
9- Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) - 7 pts
10- Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) - 6 pts
11- Luka Mezgec (BikeExchange) - 5 pts
12- Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) - 4 pts
13- Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) - 3 pts
14- Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) - 2 pts
15- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) - 1 pt
⛰️ Côte du Pic Saint-Loup - Mountain (3rd category)
Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) was the first to cross the day's only contested pass and added a point to the classification. Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) will remain leader of the mountains.
🏁 33 km to go
Quentin Pacher is already 01'30" ahead of the peloton. Jan Bakelants (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux) has set off to try to catch him.
🏁 36 km to go
Mark Cavendish (Deceunink - Quick Step) had to stop to change bikes. He will have to pedal hard to get back into the peloton.
❌ Abandonments
Britain's Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) had to abandon the race after being one of the most affected in the crash with 62 kilometers to go. Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) was also reported to have retired for the same reason. Michael Gogl (Qhubeka NextHash) did not start today.
🏁 42 km to go
Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels) went solo, right now opening up a gap and taking almost 30 seconds off the peloton.
🏁 46 km to go
The breakaway was neutralized a while ago and the group is now riding calmly, with Pogacar, Cavendish and Quintana ahead.
Carreer status now
There are 60 kilometers to go to the finish. The breakaway of the day has been formed by two riders. A few moments ago there was a fall in the peloton that affected several riders. Both the mountain pass and the intermediate sprint have already been disputed.
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Route of the stage 13
Here comes another of the days over 200 kilometers long in this Tour de France, favorable for the sprinters.... Or perhaps for the breakaway. Only one pass, the fourth-category Côte du Pic Saint-Loup, will be the most demanding of the stage, which ends in Carcassone.
👕 Jersey wearers
This is how the jerseys distinguishing the different leaders of the classifications are distributed:
🟡 Leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).
🟢 Points: Mark Cavendish (Deceunink - Quick Step)
⭕ Mountain: Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic)
⚪ Youth's: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) - Leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
🔟👥 Teams Ranking
This is how the teams ranking is going:
| Teams Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bahrain Victorious | 143h 03'26" |
| 2 | AG2R Citroën | + 10'01" |
| 3 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 12'47" |
| 4 | EF Education - Nippo | + 15'47" |
| 5 | Bora - Hansgrohe | + 29'31" |
| 6 | Jumbo Visma | + 29'47" |
| 7 | Movistar | + 38'22" |
| 8 | Astana - Premier Tech | + 41'45" |
| 9 | Trek Segafredo | + 44'51" |
| 10 | UAE Team Emirates | + 53'00" |
🔟⬜ Youth's Ranking
This is how the youth's ranking is going:
| Youth's Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (País / Equipo) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 47h 22'43" | |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 3 | Aurélien Paret Peintre (France / AG2R Citroën) | + 24'44" | |
| 4 | David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 30'51" | |
| 5 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 54'41" | |
| 6 | Mark Donovan (Great Bretain / Team DSM) | + 01h 18'23" | |
| 7 | Valentin Madouas (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 01h 24'57" | |
| 8 | Brent Van Moer (Belgium / Lotto Soudal) | + 01h 29'48" | |
| 9 | Lucas Hamilton (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | + 01h 30'21" | |
| 10 | Jonas Rutschh (Germany / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 30'51" | |
🔟⬜🟥 Mountain ranking
This is how the mountain classification is going:
| Mountain Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Arkéa - Samsic) | 50 | |
| 2 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 44 | |
| 3 | Michael Woods (Canada / Israel Start-Up Nation) | 42 | |
| 4 | Wouter Poels (Netherlands / Bahrain Victorious) | 39 | |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek Segafredo) | 36 | |
| 6 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | 27 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 26 | |
| 8 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | 24 | |
| 9 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education Nippo) | 22 | |
| 10 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 20 | |
🔟🟩 Points ranking
This is how the general classification by points is going:
| Points Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (Great Britain / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 221 | |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | 162 | |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin Fenix) | 142 | |
| 4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious) | 138 | |
| 5 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 131 | |
| 6 | Nacer Bouhanni (France / Arkea Samsic) | 113 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 102 | |
| 8 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 98 | |
| 9 | Nils Politt (Germany / Bora - Hansgrohe) | 70 | |
| 10 | Stefan Küng (Switzerland / Groupama FDJ) | 64 | |
🔟🟨 General classification
This how the general classification is going:
| General classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country/Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 47h 22'43" | |
| 2 | Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 05'18" | |
| 3 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 4 | Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Ineos Grenadiers) | + 05'33" | |
| 5 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | + 05'58" | |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe) | + 06'16" | |
| 7 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 06'30" | |
| 8 | Enric Mas (Spain / Movistar) | + 07'11" | |
| 9 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | + 09'29" | |
| 10 | Peio Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious) | + 10'28" | |
Stage 12 summary
155 riders took the start of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. One of the most notable casualties was Peter Sagan (Bora - Hansgrohe), who dropped out due to knee problems. A breakaway of 13 riders was established, including Edward Theuns, Julian Alaphilippe, Nils Politt, among others.
Politt was first up the Côte du belvédère de Tharaux (3rd category). UAE Team Emirates set a steady pace, which allowed the lead to grow gradually to almost 16 minutes. It would be an attack by Harry Sweeny with 40 kilometers to go that would break the harmony of the breakaway with an attack that saw Stefan Küng, Imanol Erviti and Nils Politt, who went first in the intermediate sprint.
However, on a climb 15 kilometers from the finish, Sweeny tried to unhook Küng without success and Politt tried his defining attack with 13 kilometers to go, to which Erviti and Sweeny were unable to respond. In the end it was victory for the German and for Bora - Hansgrohe, seeking to enhance the mood after the abandonment of its leader. In the general classification there were no changes and Tadej Pogacar remains in the yellow jersey.
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