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+++ kilometers to the finish: 6.4 – Kruijswijk time advance: 2 05 05 & +++
17:23: Quintana, on the other hand, has problems and can not keep up,
17:22 Attack by Mikel Landa, who is immediately pursued by Bardet – and even rips a little hole for the rest.
17:19: Tom Dumoulin, who could still follow Froome and Thomas yesterday, is Meanwhile at the end of the favorite field. The many climbs have probably left their mark on him too.
17.17: The next attack, this time from Quintana. He too should be overtaken by the dominant Sky team. However, the temporary tempo changes melt the lead
17:14: Bernal increases the pace for Sky to regain the outlier. Soon he is already swallowed, his attack evaporates – but brings Kruijswijk's field closer
17:12: The first attack! Nibali increases the tempo, the riders of Heaven let him draw something.
17:11: Even several professionals do not manage to keep pace with the prosecution group, including the German Simon Geschke. Dan Martin and Jakob Fuglsang also have difficulties
17.07: The leader of the leader sinks and sinks. For him alone at the top, it is very difficult to stay ahead.
17:05: The famous climb to L'Alpe d 'Huez is 13.8 kilometers long and averages 8.1 percent steep. Some pbadages even have more than eleven percent tilt. This is the highest category in cycling.
16:04: The outliers of the last climb now fall backwards. Barguil and Majka can not keep up.
17.03: The Sky team now sets the pace of the field. Already on the last leg the troop around Froome and Thomas was dominant
17.00 hours: Kruijswijk moved away towards Alpe d'Huez. The big favorites are all in the main field – Froome, Thomas, Nibali, Bardet – they hunt now!
16.58: The persecution trio Barguil, Majka and Nieve are engulfed by the favorites. Kruijswijk will take over on the wall with a cushion of 4:30 minutes
16.55: The Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk is alone at the top of the pack and has a lead over the main group of about four and a half minutes . There, the man rolls in yellow: Geraint Thomas. A group of hunters around Warren Barguil, Mikel Nieve and Rafal Majka is a little over four minutes behind. But that's about the decisive increase.
16:52: After the retirement of Marcel Kittel, the Tour de France is also over for the sprinter André Greipel. The native of Rostocker climbed from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Alpe d'Huez on Thursday before the second heavy mountain of the day. For the professional Team Lotto-Soudal, it is the first task of the most important cycling tour in the world. Greipel had missed as well as Kittel in the first week of a daily success. Kittel was eliminated Wednesday for exceeding his time limit
16:50: The 105th Tour de France is preparing for the big party. For the 30th time this Thursday, the ski resort of Alpe d'Huez will be at 1850 meters altitude. The rise on 21 laps is a myth of the tour, the organizers expect more than 100,000 spectators. The profile of the 12th stage of 175.5 kilometers from Bourg-Saint-Maurice is particularly demanding. In total, there are four mountains to control. Before the last ascent, it is exceed 29 kilometers from the pbad of the Iron Cross. On the difficult scene, mountain specialists and the clbadification driver are in demand
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