Live: Virtual Kruijswijk in yellow

Rolland jumps from the leading group

During the second climb of the day, a pass of the second category, Pierre Rolland jumps from his teammates. The head of the pack goes around four minutes. This is favorable for Kruijswijk who now has – virtually – a one – minute lead over Geraint Thomas in the overall standings.

Erik Breukink is the last Dutchman to have raced on the yellow jersey in 1989. He has been waiting for his successor for 29 years. Breukink won the prologue and wore the 1-step jersey.

Photo Stéphane Mahe / Reuters

Photo Stéphane Mahe / Reuters

Speed ​​on the Madeleine

With nearly 20 kilometers to the hour, Alaphilippe, first of the race, boarded the Madeleine. One kilometer an hour faster than the squad led by Sky. And, unsurprisingly, well ahead of the "bus" with the sprinters, including Dylan Groenewegen. They must take care not to arrive too late.

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Another 100 kilometers

100 km – After a 75-kilometer race, the breakaway has a lead of more than 3 minutes on the pack. The leading group is led by Frenchman Alaphilippe and Austrian Mühlberger, who led downhill by their attacking colleagues. Steven Kruijswijk still leads virtually in the yellow jersey. In the leading group, three Dutchmen with Robert Gesink, Laurens ten Dam and Marco Minnaard

The Frenchman Tony Gallopin, winner of a stage of the Tour in 2014, abandoned the game.

Virtual Kruijswijk in yellow

Steven Kruijswijk is participating in the leading group. The advance of the group on the peloton rose to more than three minutes in the descent of the Col de la Madeleine. As a result, Steven Kruijswijk virtually owns the yellow jersey, as his delay on Geraint Thomas in the overall standings is 2 minutes and 40 seconds. The question is how long Team Sky will let the Dutch go from the front.

The scene in sight

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wears the white jersey, the youth standings, Pierre Latour and the most offensive driver of the race on Wednesday, Alejandro Valverde.

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Kruijswijk along, conduct regularly

With another 2.5 kilometers on the first jersey in the outdoor category, the Col de la Madeleine, the leader of the breakout has stabilized in just two minutes. The Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome geletruidrager Sky train the peloton as always.

Steven Kruijswijk joins the leading group. The runner of Lotto-Jumbo is sixth in the standings after the stage Wednesday, two minutes and 40 seconds behind Thomas.

First group with four Dutch

With eight more kilometers to climb, the first group of about 25 riders has a two-minute advance on the bunch. In the leading group, of course, the French bear polka dot jersey Julian Alaphilippe, but also four Dutch. Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk and Laurens ten Dam lead the way. Marco Minnaard is suspended between the peloton and the leading pack.

Wout Poels, who was to unload at the bottom of the climb, joined the pack at Sky.

Geraint Thomas in the yellow jersey

Britain's Geraint Thomas won the eleventh stage on Tuesday. The Sky pilot, normally Chris Froome 's assistant, will start in yellow with this stage win today.

The Brit Geraint Thomas rolls in yellow. He won the eleventh stage on Tuesday. Photo by Philippe Lopez / AFP

Mollema on the run

Bauke Mollema is in the lead group. Yesterday, he had to let the other riders classify leaving soon and finally arrived at 11 minutes of the winner Geraint Thomas. The legs did not feel as he hoped, but today they look better

Problems at Wout Poels

Wout Poels, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas' most important assistant to Team Sky, must already make the first kilometers to solve No good sign for the Dutchman, who is usually his (her) leader (s) until the last part of the special.

A first leading group seems to have made a hole. Thirty or so men, including Robert Gesink and Laurens ten Dam, take 20 seconds on the pack, where Sky has put a slimmer train in the lead.

Also the leader of the Trek, Bauke Mollema, who lost a lot of time on Tuesday, tries the leading group.

No escape

Because of the first 30 kilometers, the peloton has already started the first jersey in the outdoor category. Attackers attack to escape, but because of the high speed that has not yet succeeded. Sprinters, including Groenewegen, have to unload at the back of the pack.

The Col de la Madeleine was recorded for the 25th time in a stage of the Tour. The Profile of the Climb:

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Profile Step 12

For the sake of completeness, profile the twelfth step. For the sprinters it will still survive, for the class racers once again the chance to gain time on the competitors.

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Dropouts after Stage 11

The Tuesday mountain stage has its victims. The Rafal Majka (Bora) and British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) have lost a lot of time while Colombians and Colombian Rigoberto Uran (EF) are no longer leaving today. Uran, winner of the Tour stage last year, fell hard during the paved race at Roubaix on Sunday.

With Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel, two sprinters also started at the eleventh stage. Dylan Groenewegen, who has also fallen on stage in Roubaix, has returned to the hour and will still ride today.

Start of the twelfth stage

The twelfth stage of the Tour de France is the latest in a series of three mountain walks in the second Tourweek. In the 175.5 kilometers of Bourg-Saint-Maurice at the finish line at the top of Alpe d'Huez – the Dutch mountain – the peloton has only three Alpine passes. the outdoor category.

Before boarding Alpe d'Huez, the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Croix de Fer are on the program.

For the peloton it is the second finish on this Tour, after the finish in La Rosière on Wednesday. This stage brought Sky Geraint Thomas's rider the yellow jersey. He won the stage, for Tom Dumoulin who showed his good legs. Chris Froome was third.

The general standings look like this before the twelfth stage, with two Dutchmen in the top ten:

? This is the new GC after the 11th stage! @ GeraintThomas86 is the new ] @MaillotjauneLCL ! ?
? Here is the new overall standings after step 11! Geraint Thomas is the new @MaillotjauneLCL ! ? # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/iEyrX4SfSb

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