Girmay won the twelfth stage which was marked by the fall of Roglic in a sprint

Calm aims to reach the Tour de France in twelfth episode, Nothing could be further from the truth. It was a flat day 203.6 kilometers which was favorable for the sprinters and saw how they did not miss their chance. Biniam Girmay (Interarché-Wanty) won the sprint finish after a day where Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) maintained his 1:06 difference with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and 1:14 with respect to Jonas Vingegaard.

However, the day was marked by downfall. Especially, suffered by Primoz Roglic eleven kilometers from the end of the stage which left him unlucky from the group of favorites and also caused him to waste time. In particular, 2:27 about other candidates towards final victory. Also Tadej Pogacar He suffered a fall without consequences for himself in the early stages, but his compatriots were the most affected.

They were just a few kilometers into the stage when a group of cyclists, with them Pogacar, had to save the moment of tension. About 180 kilometers from the finish, the peloton experienced a crash that led to a massive crash. The leader of the race is involved in it, although a priori there is no difficulty other than getting up to continue the race.

By then he had left, a few minutes ago, a Fabio Jakobsen who fell outside the platoon. Astana’s Michael Morkov is also absent after retiring due to the coronavirus before the start of the stage. They tried to give it high speed Thomas Gachinard (TotalEnergies), Louis Meintjes (Interarché-Wanty) and Kevin Genietz (Groupama-FDJ), but immediately chased them.

Just a few minutes before that cmany aidas resolved without complications and that resulted in the formation of the flight of the sun. Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility, fighting for the mountain jersey with Pogacar), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) opened a few seconds of distance taking advantage of the climbs in the fourth category port of Autoire (2.7 kilometers at 5.9%) and Rocamadour (2 kilometers at 5.8%). The feet did not go with him Pello Bilbaowho suffered his way up the peloton and ended up joining the abandonment list of testing for a virus.

He controlled the breakaway peloton in under two minutes and caught up just over forty kilometers from the finish line. The final part of the group race began, with the men’s sprinters teams and the men’s general team looking for a good position in the group. Fighting for position, the kilometers progressed very quickly towards the final stretch.

Eleven kilometers from the end of the stage Astana Harold Tejada ran on an island which is in the middle of the road. This caused him to fall in the middle of the pack and drag some runners. Theirs, Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa), Jarrad Drizners (Lotto-Dstny) or Brent van Moer (Lotto-Dstny)as well as the a Primoz Roglic who was one of the most affected. The leader of BORA fell to the ground with visible signs of pain, he was cut and had to be helped by his colleagues to reach the finish line.

He did it two minutes behind the peloton, which included Pogacar, Evenepoel and Vingegaard and the sprinters to play for victory. Theirs, Girmay accelerated to pass Wout van Aert, Arnaud Démare and Pascal Ackermann through acceleration and add his third stage victory on the Tour, all in this edition, and the sixteenth as a professional in his career.

enter from behind Roglic, who was 2:27 ahead of Pogacar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel. The Slovenian, who started the day fourth overall, 2:45 behind the leader, now drops to sixth place, 4:42 behind Pogacar, who despite the initial scare saved the day as Remco (still 1:06) and that Dane from Visma-Lease a Bike (at 1:14). This Friday, the thirteenth stage, a flat 165.3 kilometers, but no one is exempt from risks.

Classifications after the twelfth stage of the Tour de France

12th stage, from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot
1. Biniam Girmay (Eritrea/Interarché-Wanty) 4h 17’15” (10″ bonus)
2. Wout van Aert (Belgium/Visma-Lease a Bike) id. (6″ bonus)
3. Arnaud Démare (Francai/Arkéa-B&B Hotels) id. (4″ bonus)
4. Pascal Ackermann (Germany/Israel-Premier Tech) id.
5. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain/Astana Qazaqstan) id.
6. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium/Alpecin-Deceuninck) id.
7. Arnaud de Lie (Belgium/Lotto Dstny) id.
8. Alexander Kristoff (Norway/Uno-X Mobility) id.
9. Phil Bauhaus (Germany/Bahrain Victorious) id.
10. Bryan Coquard (France/Cofidis) id.
General
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia/UAE Emirates) 49h 17’49”
2. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium/Soudal Quick-Step) at 1’06”
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark/Visma-Lease a Bike) at 1’14”
4. Joao Almeida (Portugal/UAE Emirates) at 4’20”
5. Carlos Rodríguez (Spain/Ineos Grenadiers) at 4’40”
6. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) at 4’42”
7. Mikel Landa (Spain/Soudal Quick-Step) at 5’38”
8. Adam Yates (Great Britain/UAE Emirates) at 6’59”
9. Juan Ayuso (Spain/UAE Emirates) at 7’09”
10. Giulio Ciccone (Italy/Lidl-Trek) at 7’36”.