relive the 12th stage between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Alpe d'Huez

THE ESSENTIAL

The point 1 km from the finish: Landa back, Nibali approaching! Landa is back with the leading quartet. Nibali is about to come back too …

The point 2 km from the finish: Froome, Thomas, Dumoulin and Bardet are going to dispute the stage victory. Dumoulin placed a mine and only Thomas was able to return to his wheel. On the train, Froome brought Bardet back to the duo Dumoulin-Thomas

The point 3 km from the finish: four men in the lead: Froome, Thomas, Dumoulin and Bardet! Froome placed a terrible attack 3.5 km from the finish, in the middle of motorcycles and spectators. A time alone in the lead after taking over Kruijswijk, the quadruple winner of the event was taken over by his teammate, the Yellow Jersey Geraint Thomas, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale). While he was fighting to follow Froome, Nibali fell after apparently being hit by a spectator or a motorcycle.

The point 4 km from the finish: Thomas in pursuit behind Bardet. The yellow jersey in person now pursues behind Bardet …

The point 5 km from the finish: only one minute for Kruijswijk, Bardet started behind. Kruijswijk starts to jam in front and is only a minute ahead of Bardet, who can not completely let out the Yellow Jersey group …

The point 6 km from the finish: Bardet en counterattack, Quintana let go! Bardet is now alone in front of the group Yellow Jersey, he is ahead of a big ten seconds. Behind, Bernal continues to lead a hellish pace to limit the gaps, which was fatal to Quintana, distanced. Kruijswijk's lead has gone down and is now only a minute and a half. Nothing is done for the stage victory!

The point 7 km from the finish: Landa and Bardet duo! After Quintana, another rider of the Movistar team attacks. This is Mikel Landa, accompanied by Romain Bardet in his wheel. The leader of the AG2R La Mondiale team managed to put a counter and take several meters in advance!

The point 8 km from the finish: the turn of Quintana to attack! The leader of the Movistar team placed an attack 8.5 km from the finish and took a bit of field on the Yellow Jersey group. Before being taken again by Bernal and the Sky

The point to 9 km of the arrival: three minutes for Kruijswijk, Nibali tries the blow. The leader of the race is three minutes ahead of the group of favorites, which sprang Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida). The winner of the 2014 Tour tried to leave but he did not manage to take a few meters in advance

The point 10 km from the finish: Kruijswijk holds up. The rider of Lotto-Jumbo lost only thirty seconds on the first four kilometers of ascent. Behind, the favorites do not move and the elimination is done from behind, under the effect of the pace imposed by the Colombian Sky, Egan Bernal, who takes in his wheel the first two of the general, Geraint Thomas and Christopher Froome

The point 15 km from the finish: Kruijswijk in the Alpe! The Dutch tackles the mythical climb alone. The yellow jersey group is just over four minutes behind. The suspense remains full for the stage victory.

⛰️ Alpe d'Huez
13,8 km at 8.1%
out of category # TDF2018 pic.twitter .com / hpMRTu14k8

– Cycling Team Groupama-FDJ (@GroupamaFDJ) July 19, 2018

 The point 20 km from the finish: Kruijswijk alone against all!  The pursuers, Barguil, Nieve and Majka, have been retaken and so there is only one man left in the lead at Alpe d'Huez: the Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk. The yellow jersey group is pointing at 4'40 ". 
 The point 25 km from the finish: the peloton a little over five minutes.  Led by Michal Kwiatowski, teammate of the Yellow Jersey Geraint Thomas, the group of favorites has taken over about a minute on Kruijswijk The pursuers are about to be taken over by the group Yellow Jersey. 
 The point 30 km from the finish: more than four minutes in advance for Kruijswijk.  The leader of the Lotto-Jumbo is now four minutes ahead of the Barguil-Majka-Nieve trio, while the chasing group including Valverde and Rolland, will be taken over by the group Yellow Jersey. 
 The point 35 km from the finish:  Kruijswijk concedes nothing  The Dutchman increases his lead over his pursuers (+3'51 "on the first line, + 5'09" on a group of six ), which should be taken up again on the slopes of Alpe d'Huez as the Yellow Jersey group is 5'52 "high. [1 9659007] The point 45 km from the finish:  Kruijswijk heads for the "Dutch Mountain".  The rider of the Lotto-Jumbo team is always alone in the lead in the long run that will lead the riders to Allemont. There will then be about ten kilometers of valley before attacking the mythical ascent of the Alpe d'Huez, long nicknamed "the mountain of the Dutch" because of the repeated successes of the Batavian cyclists (eight victories on thirteen arrivals between 1976 and 1989). 
 The point at the top of the Iron Cross, 54.5 km from the finish:  Kruijswijk pursues his number. The leader of the Lotto-Jumbo achieves an exceptional performance. He has continued to widen the gap in the climb of the pbad of the Iron Cross. He crossed this difficulty clbadified out of category with more than three minutes ahead of the Warren Barguil-Rafal Majka-Mikel Nieve trio. Another trio, Valverde-Rolland-Gesink, is four minutes away.   
  The Yellow Jersey squad has pbaded more than six minutes late! Note that the teams AG2R La Mondiale and Movistar have rolled in the lead, probably to narrow the gap with a Kruijswijk become a threat to the podium. A defensive strategy, which the Sky, current holders of the Yellow Jersey, must have appreciated.   
 – 53 km 
 ⛰️ Cross of the Iron Cross (HC) ⛰️ 
 20 points for  @s_kruijswijk  on top. Will he hold on to the top of l'Alpe d'Huez? 
 20 points for Kruijswijk at the top. Will he hold up the Alpe?  # TDF2018  pic.twitter.com/7fm9svu4EE 
 – The Tour de France (@LeTour)  July 19, 2018 
 The point 60 km from the finish: two minutes d ahead for Kruijswijk, Gaviria gives up.  The Dutchman achieves a sacred number in this climb of the Iron Cross Pbad. His lead over the chasing group exceeds two minutes. And the one on the pack now reaches six minutes! Can he go all the way and raise his arms at Alpe d'Huez? 
 In the rear, the difficulty of this last alpine stage continues to do damage to the sprinters: the German André Greipel ( Lotto-Soudal) and Colombian Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step), double stage winner on this Tour 2018, have also landed! 
 The point 65 km from the finish:  Kruijswijk digs   The rider of the Lotto-Jumbo team now has more than a minute and 30 seconds ahead of his pursuers. And his lead on the peloton exceeded 5'30 "! 
 Who is Steven Kruijswijk?  Runner unknown to the general public, the Dutchman, aged 31, has several places of honor on the Grand Tours. finished 8th in the Giro in 2011, 7th in 2015 and 4th in 2016. He also finished 9th in the Tour of Spain last year, his fourth participation in the Tour de France, which he finished in 15th position in 2014. 
 The point at 70 km from the finish: Kruijswijk alone ahead!  The Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, a virtual yellow jersey, attacked very early in this stage, isolating himself from the group of escaped. has a forty second lead over the pursuers and more than five minutes ahead of the pack, in which the Sky has not yet pbaded the second.The advantage of the rider of the Lotto-Jumbo begins to be interesting He started Thursday afternoon with only 2'40 "behind Geraint Thomas. [19659040] – 72 km  @s_kruijswijk  goes solo with 72 km to go! 
 Steven Kruijswijk is gone, all alone!  # TDF2018  pic.twitter.com/cFOMSKz3A4 
 – The Tour de France (@LeTour)  July 19, 2018 
 Note that Dylan Groenewegen, teammate of Kruisjwijk and winner of two stages since the start of this Tour, abandoned 
 The point 75 km from the finish: four and a half minutes ahead for the eleven leading men.  The breakaway is 20 kilometers from the summit of the Croix de Fer pbad and is now 4'30 "ahead of the Yellow Jersey squad and the pursuers, including the white jersey, Pierre Latour, are thirty seconds behind the breakaway 
 The point 80 km from the finish: Rolland joined in the lead by Valverde, Kruijswijk and Barguil.  From the first slopes of the pbad of the Croix de Fer, Pierre Rolland was joined by the two strong men of the breakaway, Valverde and Kruijswijk, the current virtual yellow jersey, behind which Warren Barguil quickly filled the gap to form a quartet that looks great. Climb with an average percentage of 5.2% 
 The point at the top of the Montvernier laces, 92.5 km from the finish: Rolland still in the lead, nothing moves in the Yellow Jersey group. Rolland pbaded alone at the head of the spectacular laces of Montvernier, clbadic In 2nd category, Alaphilippe took 2nd place at 20 ", securing an extra small bonus of three points in the polka dot jersey race. Nothing has moved in the pack of favorites, the Sky still ensuring the tempo in mind. 
 Simply … 
 Just …  # TDF2018  pic.twitter.com/cg2p4rB3Jv [19659019] – The Tour de France (@LeTour)  July 19, 2018 
 The point 95 km from the finish: Rolland alone in front, Gallopin gives up  Alaphilippe and Mühlberger have been taken over. Pierre Rolland is gone and is now alone at the head of the race, with twenty seconds ahead of the chasing group, which includes the polka dot jersey (Alaphilippe) and the white jersey (Pierre Latour). 19659035] In the back, bad news for Romain Bardet. The rider of the AG2R La Mondiale team has lost a new teammate, with the abandonment of Tony Gallopin. Axel Domont and Alexis Vuillermoz had already left the Tour Road. 
 The point 105 km from the finish: Alaphilippe in the lead with Mühlberger.  After leading the Col de la Madeleine, Alaphilippe made the descent and was isolated at the top of the race with the young Austrian Gregor Mühlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe). The duo counts a little thirty seconds ahead of their pursuers. The peloton is more than three minutes away. 
 The point 110 km from the finish: three minutes ahead for the breakaway, Kruijswijk Virtual yellow jersey!  The lead of the 26 leading men have now gone the three minutes. Consequence: the Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, who was 2'40 "behind Geraint Thomas at the start of this 12th stage, is now the virtual yellow jersey of the Tour. 
 The point 115 km from the finish: the riders in the descent from the Col de la Madeleine  The breakaway and the group Maillot jaune are in the long descent of the Col de la Madeleine, to La Chambre, via the station of Saint-François-Longchamp.The next difficulty, the laces of Montvernier, will be tackled in a big thirty kilometers 
 The point at the top of the Col de la Madeleine, 121 km from the finish: Alaphilippe tops at the top in front of Barguil, the peloton at 2'30 ". The candidates in the polka dot jersey competed for the 20 points reserved for the first rider to pbad at the top of this pbad. And it is Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step), bearer of the distinctive jersey, who has logically put forward his speed, ahead of Warren Barguil (Fortuneo-Samsic) and Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data). In the final acceleration, the breakaway resumed in the yellow jersey (+ 2'45 ") field.  
 – 121 km 
 ⛰️ Col de la Madeleine (HC) ⛰️  @alafpolak  20 more points! ⚪ 
 Alaphilippe takes the lead at the top! 20 more points! ⚪  # TDF2018  pic.twitter.com/ 0dYlJU8AEq 
 – The Tour de France (@LeTour)  July 19, 2018 
 The point 125 km from the finish: the breakaway advance decreases …  The 26 leading riders have only one minute and 47 seconds remaining in the peloton, led by team-mates Geraint Thomas and Christopher Froome 
 The point 130 km from the finish: 25 runners in the breakaway, two minutes of  The breakaway has now 25 elements, including ten French, split in two, but it was reformed in the middle of this climb of the Col de la Madeleine. and Kruijswijk, placed in the general clbadification, are still there, which could lead this escape to its loss, because the pack will probably leave him too much scope. Nevertheless, the gap now flirts with the two minutes. 
 The point at 135 km from the finish: 30 riders in front, including Valverde and Kruijswijk, with a minute ahead.  A river breakaway of 30 riders took the lead. She is one minute ahead of the pack, led by seven of the eight Sky. Amongst this breakaway are several big names, including Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), already in sight on Wednesday, and Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk (Lotto NL-Jumbo), 6th overall only 2'40 "behind the yellow jersey. 
 The point 140 km from the finish: the runners in the Madeleine, Rolland on the attack.  Things move from the first slopes of the Madeleine and the day may be long for the most Pierre Rolland (EF-Drapac) placed an attack at the head of the pack and a breakaway began to form, with some 30 riders at the head of the pack, Movistar Nairo Quintana ensure a high tempo. 
 The point 145 km from the finish: Barguil on the attack!  Warren Barguil is one of the first attackers in the Madeleine, taking a few meters ahead of the pack. with his team-mate Élie Gesbert 
 The point 150 km from the finish But no group manages to detach themselves as they approach the Col de la Madeleine. 
 The point at 160 km from the finish: a peloton always grouped.  The peloton is still running at full speed towards Notre-Dame de Briançon, where the riders will be at the foot of the first difficulty of the day, the Col de la Madeleine (25.3 km at 6.2%). Belgium's Edward Theuns (Sunweb) briefly trailed his lead but failed to take more than 6-7 seconds and was quickly taken back 
 The point 165 km from the finish : It rolls hard in the head!  The peloton is in file but remains grouped for the moment. The profile of this early stage, slightly downhill to the foot of the Col de la Madeleine, is not conducive to the formation of breakaway. 
 The starting point: Let's go! The actual start was given by Race Director Christian Prudhomme. Colombian Rigoberto Uran (EF-Drapac), second in the Grand Loop last year, is a non-runner.  He finished far, far from the best, Wednesday, at the top of La Rosière (111th at 26'7 ") .The arrival of this 12th stage will be judged between 17:34 and 18:16 according to the hourly average. 
 point on the standings: Thomas and Froome 1 and 2.  The first finish at the top of the Tour allowed to see more clearly.The Sky team is the strongest in the pack and has placed two of its men , Geraint Thomas and Christopher Froome, in the first two places overall, and it will be interesting to see how the British team will handle this slight incongruity (the four-time winner of the Tour, second at 1'25 "of his teammate). The first of the "others", the Dutch Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), is third at 1'44 "Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) is 8th in the rankings, at 2'58". 

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