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Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 12 on Thursday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

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Updated 13/07/2022 at 19:59 GMT

After a draining Stage 11 on Wednesday that saw Tadej Pogacar lose his yellow jersey to Jonas Vingegaard, it is another exacting set of climbs for the Tour de France. The Alpe d'Huez is an exhausting and exacting setting as the competition intensifies. So how can you watch this much-see spectacle? Read on...

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Cofidis' Spanish rider Ion Izaguirre Insausti cycles in a lone breakaway in the final ascent of the Col de la Croix Rosier during the 12th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 169 km between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais, in central-eastern France, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

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Bonjour and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 12 of the 2023 Tour de France.

After the quiet stage and then thrilling sprint finish and Jasper Philipsen’s fourth win in Moulins, we’re expecting a lot more attacks and perhaps even a GC battle today. 

The riders are currently signing on inside the Le Scarabée event venue. 

Ineos Grenadiers are on stage, with Egan Bernal getting a huge cheer. He could try to go in the attacks today.

Stage 12 takes the Tour through countryside dappled with vineyards that produce red and rosé wines. 

Roanne is to the west of the production of grapes that become Beaujolais, which hosted its only other occasion as a Tour stage start in 2008. 

That stage in the final week was won in a breakaway by Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel, and a breakaway could make its mark from Roanne again.

The rolling terrain across the 168.8 kilometres will cross climbs of the Col de la Croix Montmain and the Col de la Croix Rosier for a first-time finish for the Tour in Belleville-en-Beaujolais. 

Like stage 11, Paris-Nice has found a regular stop in this village on the banks of the Rhône River, last in 2014.

We expect attacks and breakaways to form on the  brutal stage 10 , with the hilly start meaning only those with great legs will make the move of the day. 

Expect  Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech)  to want retribution after falling just short on stage 10 and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) will surely want to try again.

Neilson Powless  and Magnus Cort could also both perform well on a stage like this for EF. T

he former will also want to chase the 19 King of Mountains points available to extend his stint in the polka-dot jersey before the Alps.

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)  sits 17 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).

Vingegaard admitted he is worried about early attacks from Pogacar and Vingegaard.

Logic suggests both will wait for the Grand Colombier (17.4km at 7.1%) summit finish on Friday but who knows in modern day 'Full-gas' racing.

After Jumbo-Visma, the last team to sign on is Alpecin-Deceuninck of stage winner Jasper Philipsen.  

Missing from the sign on is Fabio Jakobsen who decided not to start today due to his  crash injuries. 

Click below to read more about his abandon.

Fabio Jakobsen abandons Tour de France due to stage 4 crash injuries

Fabio Jakobsen crashed hard during the stage 4 sprint

The riders have gathered outside the modern Le Scarabée event hall. 

Roanne is a stage start for the second time after 2008. 

At the finish of that day in Montluçon, Sylvain Chavanel claimed his maiden Tour win, while Roanne was the setting for Wout van Aert's time trial win in the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, the day of Chris Froome’s horrific crash during training.

That day arguably marked the generational change in the sport, with the rise  of Tadej Pogacar, Van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Jonas Vingegaard and then Remco Evenepoel.    

The riders are lone-up at the start. The flag is about to drop. 

The riders face a 10.4km neutralised ride to the official stage start.   

On y va! It's time to race.  

The four jersey wearers are tucked tight  behind the race director car. 

Nobody want to lose position up front today. 

This was the atmosphere at the indoor sign-on. 

🇫🇷 #TDF2023Bonjour Roanne 👋 pic.twitter.com/H0RzDJ9o46 July 13, 2023

Radio Tour has confirmed that Fabio Jakobsen is the only non-starter today.

These are likely the only quiet moments of the stage.

🤔 Breakaway? Sprint? Who will win today in Belleville-en-Beaujolais? Today's stage is a very difficult one to predict!🤔 Echappée ? Sprint ? Qui s'imposera à Belleville-en-Beaujolais ? L'étape du jour est particulièrement difficile à préfire !#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/Oi2hxILfol July 13, 2023

3km to take off! 

Jonas Vingegaard and Jasper Philipsen lined-up at the start

1km to the drop of the flag but there is already a fight for position.  

Tom Pidcock is one of the GC riders up front.  

There's a slight headwind at the start. While a puncture for Gogl of Alpecin will delay the start for a moment.

Gogl gets a wheel change and he is given a tow by a race motorbike. 

Christian Prudhomme waves the flag and so the stage is underway! 

Allez! 

Boom! Mads Pedersen attacks and goes clear alone!  

But here come other riders. 

We have more riders on the move. 

Fred Wright, Mathieu van der Poel and Alberto Bettiol have joined Pedersen.

Other groups are forming behind them, as riders try to get away before the early climbs start.

Julian Alaphilippe and wout Van Aert are also part of a big group up front. 

The speed is high. 

The riders are trying to get in the right attack, without going too deep. It's a game of cat and mouse as riders chase each other like crazy. 

Now Mohoric takes off at speed but Van Aert closes him down.

Bernal and Skjelmose join them but here come the peloton.

The riders crest a minor climb but will soon start the Cat 3 Côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs. 

More attacks will surely come very soon.  

It's hard up front but at the back too. 

Caleb Ewan has been distanced and will have to fight to get back on. 

The Australian sprinter has yet to secure a win this year but has been close. However he faces four days of suffering as the Tour heads to the Alps.

MOULINS FRANCE JULY 12 LR Caleb Ewan of Australia and Pascal Eenkhoorn of The Netherlands and Team Lotto Dstny compete during the stage eleven of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1798km from ClermontFerrand to Moulins UCIWT on July 12 2023 in Moulins France Photo by David RamosGetty Images

Up front Mohoric lines out the peloton again as Peter Sagan suffers too. 

Victor Lafay sparks another surge and he is joined by Van Aert and Marc Soler, as the GC teams also position key riders.

Skjelmose pushes on as more sprinters are dropped.

The riders near the summit of the Côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs but the road keeps rolling. 

Dani Martinez of Ineos was first to the summit and pushes on with others.

The attacks and chases keep coming and coming.

Everyone wants to be in the move and is scared to miss the right attack. 

Gruppo compatto but the speed is really high. It could stay like this for a while as the riders race over a rolling plateau. 

Wow! The road rises and Van Aert does a massive turn on the front to try to split the peloton.

He has caused damage and split the peloton. 

Crash! 

A number of riders go down, including Quentin Pacher of Groupama.

David de la Cruz of Astana also went down hard. 

Van Aert is stilling surging at the front and has created a break.  

There are some big names in the move.

There are eight riders in the front group. 

Alaphilippe is also there, plus two riders from Lotto.

Mathieu van der Poel is there too as the peloton eases up. 

Suddenly the attack is up to 20+ but more riders are  coming across.  

Sadly David de la Cruz has abandoned the Tour after his crash. He was taken away by ambulance.

There is a chase group at just 30 seconds, with the peloton, including Philipsen, at 1:40.

Pogacar and Vingegaard are in the chase group ands closing the gap but Simon Yates, Powless and Gaudu are further back. 

They are 45 seconds down and need to react, while more attacks are going off the front.   

The riders are near the top of the Cat 3 Col des Écorbans climb. 

Near the front Pogacar and Vingegaard are marking each other but also playing games, making soft attacks. 

Ciccone edges away from another Van Aert to take the points at the top of the KOM.

Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) is still at 55 seconds. He was fifth overall and so other riders and teams will ride to keep him distanced. 

Surprisingly Adam Yates - Pogacar's teammate and key support, is also in the chase group with his twin brother. 

However this are fluid and ever changing. 

Simon Yates seems to be back in the front group but that was a worry for a moment.

Boom! Van Aert goes again! 

He clearly knows this is his last chance of a stage win before the Alps and he is going for it. 

Yet what does that mean for Vingegaard and protecting the yellow jersey?  

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Van Aert is solo! That's how strong he is. 

Meanwhile, Landa, O'Connor, Kuss and others are at 1:30.  

Neilson Powless is also in the chase group at 1:35. He is struggling to score KOM points today.

Van Aert is swept up but he has only inspired  more attacks. 

The riders have  raced over 50km. the early part in the hills, at an average speed of 46.7km/h. 

As Movistar describe it, Otro arranque a fuego - another firey start.

50 km sin escapada en la 12ª etapa de @letour_es | #TDF2023.Sesenta ciclistas en cabeza, con cuatro de Movistar Team: @Rguerreiro94, @MatteoJorg, @aranburualex y @Nelsoliveira89.Otro arranque a fuego 🔥🤯📸 @GettySport pic.twitter.com/17kk7Axum8 July 13, 2023

The next move comes from Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) 

There is a definite GC strategy at play here too. 

The attacks are chased down as the front group is reduced more and more. There are fewer Classics riders and more GC riders and their key domestiques.

After 65km raced, the riders will enjoy a descent into the valley. Then after 30km in the Beaujolais, the three nasty climbs feature.  

Mads Pedersen is on a great day and has joined Skjelmose and Kelderman. 

Lidl-Trek have 2 riders up front.

The attacks came thick and fast

The yellow jersey group is only 25 seconds down on the front attack, as other chase in between. 

The racing has been so fast and so aggressive that there are six riders off the front and then 12 riders in the yellow jersey group.   

The chase group including Bernal, Kuss and Powless is at 3:45, with the green jersey at 9:00 and Ewan struggling even further back. 

And  there are still 90km in the hills to race!

The attack is now bigger than the yellow jersey group. 

Even Thibaut Pinot has jumped across to the attack.

Wout Van Aert leads the attack

The yellow jersey group is the same size as the attack, with 12 riders in each, so the break is finally going away. 

Julian Alaphilippe and Jasper Stuyven are in no-man's land, trying to go across to the attack. Loulou doesn't want to miss this train and a chance to win the stage.

Ouch... Alaphilippe and Stuyven are at 30 seconds and so may have missed it.

The yellow jersey group has swollen to 39 riders as some stragglers get back on but everyone else is at 6:00. 

The break of 12 are joined by Alaphilippe and Stuyven, with the Vingegaard group at 2:00. 

The race has, after 95km of attacking, finally settled. But the climbs will soon start again.

The rider are in the Beaujolais hills and vineyards. Yet the three categorised climbs are still to come. 

So much could still happen today, in  the fight for the stage win and also in the GC battle. 

Jumbo-Visma are now leading the Vingegaard group. Van Aert, Laporte and Kelderman are taking turns at tempo, letting the gap extendtslowly.   

The Powless, Landa group is at 6:30 and we'll see if they can close it. 

The first of the three climbs start in 5km.  

There are three climbs in the final 60km of the stage:

The Col de la Casse Froide: 5.3km  at 6.1%

The Col de la Croix Montmain: 5.5km at 6.1%

Col de la Croix Rosie: 5.3km at 7.6%.

The last climb also offers Bonus Sprint seconds, all with 28.5km to go and a fast ride to the finish.  

😅 A summary of the race so far, provided by @rusty_woods.😅 Un résumé de l'étape, par @rusty_woods.#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/8YSmWidIiV July 13, 2023

Thibaut Pinot is in the front group and so targeting a stage win today. All of France and many watching around the world will be cheering for him. 

The riders are now on the Col de la Casse Froide. It climbs up through the fields and forests.

BELLEVILLEENBEAUJOLAIS FRANCE JULY 13 LR Mike Teunissen of The Netherlands and Team IntermarchCircusWanty Maxim Van Gils of Belgium and Team Lotto Dstny Juan Pedro Lopez of Spain and Team LidlTrek and Gregor Mhlberger of Austria and Movistar Team compete climbing to the Cte de ThizylesBourgs 633m during the stage twelve of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1688km stage from Roanne to Belleville en Beaujolais UCIWT on July 13 2023 in Belleville en Beaujolais France Photo by David RamosGetty Images

AG2R are leading the chase of the attack but are 3:00 down but the question is why. 

There only 18 riders in the group, with Fred Wright the latest to drop back.   

The break reaches the top of the Col de la Casse Froide. 

Their lead is down to 2:40 as some riders suffer in the group.  

Chute! 

A number of riders in the chase group go down, including Ciccone. 

He is okay but needs a new bike. Woods was also caught in the crash but was not hurt.

Ciccone has cuts and road rash on his arm and knee but rides on.

Van der Poel is off the front with Amador, perhaps trying to get ahead before the second climb of the finale. 

They lead by 15 seconds and will need that on the Col de la Croix Montmain: 5.5km at 6.1%.

The Col de la Croix Montmain is a real climb. It'll be interesting to see if it sparks other attacks. 

Vingegaard had to stay active and control Pogacar during the attacks but he's sat safely in the peloton now.  

Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey (R) cycles ahead of Jumbo-Visma's Dutch rider Wilco Kelderman (C) and UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best young rider's white jersey (L) during the 12th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 169 km between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais, in central-eastern France, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Up front Jorgenson has jumped across as Pedersen is dropped and so too is Alaphilippe. He made a big effort to go across to the move and is paying for it now. 

There is a real shake-out in the attack on the Col de la Croix Montmain. 

The shake-out is also out front, with van der Poel cruelly jumping away from Amador. 

Was he not working with the Dutchman. Whatever, the climbers are on the move on  the climb. 

MvdP said he was ill with some kind of cold and took it steady during stages 10 and 11. 

Today he's on the attack again.

This was MvdP's attack.  

💥 @mathieuvdpoel attacks at the front and drops @Andrey_Amador.💥 @mathieuvdpoel attaque et distance @Andrey_Amador.#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/70aggkS0hW July 13, 2023

Van der Poel takes a bidon of water from his father Adri on the side of ghe road.

Van der Poel crests the Col de la Croix Montmain, some 15 seconds ahead of the other attackers. 

There is still so much that can happen in the final 40km.

Behind AG2R are still chasing and leading the Vingegaard group, the gap is down to 2:50.

Van der Poel dives down the descent and tries to extends his lead on the chasers.

The chase starts, with Pinot going with Jorgenson on the descent. 

The quiet in the Vingegaard group has allowed some riders to get back on, including Mikel Landa.

Meanwhile the steeper Col de la Croix Rosie has started. 

Pinot and Jorgenson are close to catching MvdP.  

The chasers are at 35 seconds.

The riders come back together yet again, halfway up the climb.    

The race for the stage win is very tactical and could go lots of ways.

Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) goes solo and Van der Poel is dropped. 

Meanwhile... Behind, Ineos take control of the peloton. What are they cooking? 

Izagirre crests the Col de la Croix Rosie with a lead of just 8 seconds.

Jorgenson and Pinot lead the chase.

Wout van Aert has been dropped from the Vingegaard group. Let's hope his leader does not need him in the final 25km. 

Ion Izagirre is diving  down the descent to try to win the stage.

Ineos are perhaps riding to protect the GC placings of Pidock and Rodriguez and so chase Pinot They are perhaps just riding on the front to stay safe on the technical descent.  

Crash for Torstein Træen. That's his third  and he is already racing with a micro fracture in his elbow.

Ion Izagirre has pushed his lead out to 40 seconds. 

That could be enough for the flat race to the finish. 

Ion Izagirre is going all in to stay away. He could give Cofidis their second stage win of this year's Tour after Lafay's win in San Sebastian on stage 2.

Behind the chasers aren't strong enough and organised enough.

Ineos have five riders on the front, including Bernal as they try to limit the time that Pinot gains in the GC.

If Pinot gains 4:00, he could move past Pidcock in the GC and take 8th place. Of course he will surely pay for his big effort in the Alps.  

Here is Ion Izagirre as he goes full gas.

En vrai. Ion, s'il gagne, on voit tout de suite une vidéo ressortir 🕺🎶#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/ujsPjIfGFJ July 13, 2023

Cofidis also has Guillaume Martin in the break and he's doing what he can to slow the chase.

It's July 14 and Bastille Day tomorrow and so Cofidis will have plenty to celebrate.

Ion Izagirre won a stage in the Tour de France to Morzine in 2016. 

He also won a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 2012 and La Vuelta in 2020.

Jorgenson makes an acceleration but the other  jump on his wheel. 

Izagirre leads by a minute and so he's not going to be caught.

Jorgenson gets away with Mathieu Burgaudeau but it's too late.

Ion Izagirre is on his way to victory in Belleville-en-Beaujolais.

The last kilometre in Belleville-en-Beaujolais is a ride of celebration for the Basque rider.

Cofidis' Spanish rider Ion Izaguirre Insausti cycles in a lone breakaway in the final ascent of the Col de la Croix Rosier during the 12th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 169 km between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais, in central-eastern France, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Izagirre punches the air and celebrates his stage win in Belleville-en-Beaujolais.

Cofidis had to wait 15 years for a stage wi, now they have 2 in two weeks.

After 3:52 of full gas racing, Mathieu Burgaudeau takes second and Jorgenson is third. 

Tiesj Benoot is fourth a few seconds back, with Thibaut Pinot only sixth.

The GC group finishes 4:20 down on Izagirre but were all together. Vingegaard stays in the leader's yellow jersey. 

Here's the moment Ion Izagirre won alone. 

BELLEVILLEENBEAUJOLAIS FRANCE JULY 13 Ion Izagirre of Spain and Team Cofidis celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the stage twelve of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1688km stage from Roanne to Belleville en Beaujolais UCIWT on July 13 2023 in Belleville en Beaujolais France Photo by David RamosGetty Images

Simon Geschke invades the podium are to hug Izagirre. Everyone is overjoyed at Cofidis.

In the GC, Pogacar remains at 17 seconds, with Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) third at 2:40

On Friday the Tour climbs into the Alps with stage 13 to Grand Colombier and a 17.4km climb to the line at 7.1%. 

Here is Izagirre's victory celebration. 

It was a long time coming for Izagirre but he performed a master piece with a solo win from 30KM out. Relive the last KM ⤵️ Elle aura pris du temps, mais Ion Izagirre retrouve enfin la victoire sur le Tour, après un run solitaire spectaculaire ⤵️ #TDF2023 @continental_fr pic.twitter.com/DYYjouXe3l July 13, 2023

Here's the moment Izagirre won.

Cofidis' Spanish rider Ion Izaguirre Insausti cycles to the finish line to win the 12th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 169 km between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais, in central-eastern France, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Izagirre waves and smiles on the podium. It is a big day for him. Chapeau!

BELLEVILLEENBEAUJOLAIS FRANCE JULY 13 Ion Izagirre of Spain and Team Cofidis celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the stage twelve of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1688km stage from Roanne to Belleville en Beaujolais UCIWT on July 13 2023 in Belleville en Beaujolais France Photo by David RamosGetty Images

To read our stage report and see our growing photo gallery of all the action, click below. 

Tour de France: Ion Izagirre secures solo victory on frantic stage 12

Cofidis' Spanish rider Ion Izaguirre Insausti celebrates his victory on the podium after winning the 12th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 169 km between Roanne and Belleville-en-Beaujolais, in central-eastern France, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

It was a fast but controlled day for race leader Jonas Vingegaard. He will be hoping for a similar day on Friday.

BELLEVILLEENBEAUJOLAIS FRANCE JULY 13 Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team JumboVisma Yellow leader jersey reacts after the stage twelve of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1688km stage from Roanne to Belleville en Beaujolais UCIWT on July 13 2023 in Belleville en Beaujolais France Photo by Michael SteeleGetty Images

Thanks for joining us for full live coverage of stage 12. We'll be back on Friday, Bastille Day in France, for stage 13, to Grand Colombier in the Alps.

It's a 17.4km mountain finish and so a major GC day. Bring on Vingegaard and Pogacar!   

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Er du sindssyg, en start op ad den modsatte side af Galibier fra i går. Hvis rytterne er lidt mærket efter dén etape – og det er de jo – bliver det modbydeligt.

Den vil afgøre, om det bliver en sejr fra et udbrud, eller om favoritterne vil køre om sejren i dag. Derfor ser jeg de første 33,5 kilometer til toppen af Galibier som helt afgørende for etapens udfald.

Den er kategoriseret i 23 kilometer, men nu er jeg jo selv cykelrytter, og når vi kigger på den her profil, kan vi sagtens kigge på profilen og tænke, at stigningen altså er 33 kilometer. Så er man ligesom i gang.

Jeg har svært ved at forestille mig, at udbruddet holder hjem i dag. Alpe d´Huez har så stor prestige og historie, så løbets bedste klatrere vil gerne være i position til at køre med om sejren. Det betyder samtidig, at jeg forventer et forholdsvis låst løb og en defensivt kørt etape, hvor der bliver venteleg inden finalen op ad Alpe d’Huez. Det er nok desværre det mest sandsynlige scenarie. Til sidst bliver der naturligvis kørt fuld gas til toppen.

Det er virkelig en dag, hvor klassementsrytterne kan bruge deres hold og sende løjtnanter ud til at skabe ravage. Det kan godt være, at løjtnanterne ikke bliver brugt til at skabe afstand mellem de allerstørste favoritter, men de kan bruges til at føre ind mod Alpe d’Huez, hvis man har sat en eller to ryttere i top-10, for op til foden af den afsluttende stigning kan tingene godt gå i stå.

Betydning for klassementet

Dagen i går har også givet nogle svar. De klassementsryttere, der mangler lidt i forhold til de allerbedste, vil prøve at komme de bedste i forkøbet i dag.

Alpe d´Huez er som finalebjerg nemmere end Col du Granon, som de sluttede opad i går. Til gengæld står den på Col du Galibier og Col de la Croix de Fer inden stigningen med de 21 hårnålesving.

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De her monsterstore bjergetaper har jo desværre ry for at blive kørt defensivt, fordi de er så modbydelige. Klassementshold har det med at køre defensivt og sammen bare for at komme nogenlunde hen til bunden af Alpe d’Huez.

Jeg tror, Pogacar tager teten og vil vinde på Alpe d’Huez, for dén mangler han på sit flotte CV.

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For 70 år siden var Alpe d’Huez med i Tour de France for første gang. Det bliver selvfølgelig markeret. Der er så meget historie forbundet med bjerget, og i år laver de en tro kopi af Alpe d’Huez-etapen i 1986 – et af de mest episke slag – fra start til mål. Det gør bare Touren til noget helt specielt, og det udødeliggør sporten.

Dagen inden slaget i 1986 havde Greg Lemond endegyldigt detroniseret den femdobbelte mester Bernhard Hinault. På Alpe d’Huez kørte de to parløb op ad det mytiske bjerg, og så kørte Hinault først over målstregen – hånd i hånd med Lemond.

Feltet starter i udkanten af Briancon og begynder herfra Tourens længste opkørsel til toppen af Galibier, men i den modsatte retning af i går.

Det betyder, at feltet skal ned ad Galibier fra den side, de kørte op fra i går, og derfra en kort opkørsel til toppen af Telegraphe efterfulgt af nedkørsel til Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne.

Og der er mange nedkørsler. Alvoren af disse afhænger selvfølgelig af vejret. I tørvejr er der ikke megen fare på færde, men i dårligt vejr kan der sagtens komme huller og tidsforskelle. Også i klassementet. Nedkørsler bliver i det hele taget mere og mere brugt som en mulighed for angreb.

Her kører rytterne 15 kilometer i en let faldende dal mod bunden af Col de la Croix De Fer. Croix De Fer er et monster af en stigning på næsten 30 kilometer. Jeg har selv kørt den, og man tænker, at den ingen ende vil tage. Groft sagt er det bedste råd at tænke så lidt som muligt og bare træde. Det lyder klichéagtigt at tale om at tage én kilometer ad gangen, men det virkelig umuligt at overkomme bjerget, hvis du efter 1 kilometer har ondt i benene og tænker, at der er 29 kilometer tilbage.

I 2018 prøvede Kruijswijk at lave det helt store nummer på Croix de Fer. Hvis man har nogle forposter med løtjnanter, kan man forsøge at angribe og hente dem, så de kan føre dem til bunden af Alpe d’Huez. En mand eller to ude et udbrud kan gøre en kæmpe forskel.

Alpe d’Huez er som finalestigning et hårdt bjerg, men den er mere regulær end Col du Granon, som de kørte i går. Den er stejl, men det er langt fra det hårdeste bjerg i cykelsporten. Det er det mest kendte og har kæmpestor prestige og vil derfor være den mest prestigefyldte etape at vinde i år.

Læs alt om næste etape her:

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Points at finish, youth day classification, kom sprint (4) côte de saint-martin-terressus (104.5 km), kom sprint (4) côte d'eybouleuf (121.5 km), kom sprint (3) côte de la croix du pey (177.5 km), kom sprint (2) suc au may (192.5 km), team day classification, race information.

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  • Date: 10 September 2020
  • Start time: 12:00
  • Avg. speed winner: 42.36 km/h
  • Race category: ME - Men Elite
  • Distance: 218 km
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  • ProfileScore: 142
  • Vert. meters: 3389
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La saison 2 de Netflix sur le Tour passe le braquet supérieur

Avec des séquences bourrées d’émotion et de clashs, la saison 2 de Netflix consacrée au Tour de France 2023, « Au cœur du peloton », se révèle encore meilleure que la première.

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Une première étape pour voir. La suivante pour accélérer. La saison 2 de la série Netflix à l’intérieur du Tour de France et disponible à partir du 11 juin, était attendue au tournant. Contrairement aux coureurs qui ne savent plus comment gérer leur vitesse et foncent sans réfléchir en attendant les inéluctables chutes, la série a su trouver un nouveau rythme. Après le Tour 2022, raconté de l’intérieur avec une débauche de bruits et de belles images, la saison 2 consacrée au Tour 2023 mérite parfaitement son nom de « Au cœur du peloton ».

Certains des huit épisodes ressemblent à une plongée dans un peloton de sentiments mêlés. Presque comme sur un divan de psychiatre, il est question de deuil, de peur, de colère, de trahison et d’orgueil. Bien sûr, la grande nouveauté par rapport à l’an dernier, c’est que l’équipe UAE de Tadej Pogacar a, cette fois, ouvert ses portes. Et cela permet de mieux retranscrire le duel avec Jonas Vingegaard , d’abord âpre puis terminé dans la sidération, voire la suspicion. Mais, de façon inattendue, ce n’est pas cette bagarre de cadors qui est la plus marquante.

Ça va faire très mal. Tour de France : Au cœur du peloton saison 2, le 11 juin. pic.twitter.com/6bzW3qtawj — Netflix France (@NetflixFR) May 16, 2024

Car la série touche d’entrée au cœur avec une séquence chargée d’émotion dans le premier épisode. Alors qu’il est en stage dans les Alpes, Ben O’Connor, l’Australien d’AG2R-Citroën, est prévenu d’un accident dans une descente du Tour de Suisse impliquant Gino Mäder, qui fut son coéquipier en 2020. Quelques minutes plus tard, son entraîneur se gare et s’avance vers lui pour lui apprendre le décès de Mäder. O’Connor se liquéfie littéralement. « Cette mort a réveillé notre fragilité », glisse-t-il.

Après la minute de silence imposée à tous les coureurs avant le départ par le patron de l’épreuve Christian Prudhomme, Julian Alaphilippe , le visage beaucoup plus fermé qu’à l’accoutumée, confie: « Nous ne sommes rien sur Terre et encore moins sur un vélo. Rien que d’évoquer Gino me met des frissons partout. »

O’Connor, qui n’est pourtant pas le coureur le plus charismatique du peloton, offre malgré lui d’autres scènes fortes à la série. On le voit furieux contre ses propres patrons, coupables selon lui d’avoir aidé son compatriote de Bora-Hansgrohe, Jai Hindley dans sa quête du maillot jaune. « Je me sens trahi », lâche-t-il sans mesurer la force de ses mots. Vincent Lavenu, le patron d’AG2R, se montre assez agacé de ce qui lui apparaît comme un caprice mal placé. D’ailleurs dans un autre épisode, Lavenu, d’habitude assez posé, est pris en flagrant délit de colère alors qu’O’Connor, largué pour le classement général, se met à hurler dans son micro. « Il fait chier Ben, lâche Lavenu. Il est négatif et se laisse emporter par ses émotions. » Mais comme dans un conte, la fin est plus heureuse, avec un O’Connor qui accepte de se mettre au service d’un de ses coéquipiers.

L’ambiance se révèle aussi électrique chez les Anglais d’Ineos. Tom Pidcock, vainqueur l’année précédente à l’Alpe-d’Huez, pérore face caméra sur ses nouvelles ambitions. Mais lentement, il se voit dépasser au général par son coéquipier espagnol Carlos Rodriguez. Ses dirigeants, bien embêtés, décident de changer de leader et tentent de le lui expliquer. D’un bruyant « Coupez les caméras », Pidcock montre sa fureur. Le lendemain, sur l’étape du Grand Colombier, il ne respecte pas les consignes et attaque Rodriguez. La crise et la tension sont alors totales chez Ineos. Seule la défaillance, quelques jours plus tard, de Pidcock éteint l’incendie. Mais il est inédit de pouvoir contempler de l’intérieur une telle tension dans une équipe.

On ne pourra pas non plus reprocher à Netflix de mettre la poussière sous le tapis du tracé. Le malaise qui avait pris le Tour à la gorge après le survol du contre-la-montre de Combloux par Vingegaard est largement évoqué. Des visages ahuris par l’immense chrono du Danois, des questions sur le dopage qui n’appellent que des moues dubitatives mais qui ont le mérite d’être posées. « À un moment, la vérité surgit. Je vous ai répondu », tacle Marc Madiot. Les yeux dans la caméra, Vingegaard semble lui répondre « Je suis clean. Même dans cent ans, on ne trouvera rien dans mes échantillons. »

Son patron Richard Plugge, se révèle plus manipulateur. Il finit par avouer le motif de sa sortie publique sur l’équipe Groupama-FDJ qui boit des bières au lieu de travailler. Laquelle avait fait hurler Marc Madiot de rage. « On a détourné l’attention des gens avec cette histoire alors qu’on ne parlait que de Jonas », justifie, plein de morgue, Plugge.

Cette saison 2 plus forte que la première n’aurait pas été complète sans de nouvelles attaques de Patrick Lefevere, le manager de Quick Step, contre son coureur Julian Alaphilippe. Sur la fin de la série, ce dernier confesse: « Vous voulez la vérité ? J’ai été nul à chier sur ce Tour. » Mais juste avant, il s’était offert la meilleure réplique de la série. « Combien je suis payé ? Un peu trop pour Patrick je crois ! »

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From the desolation of Pogačar to the frat boy bromance between Philipsen and MVDP: Season 2 of 'Unchained' packs some spicy insights on the peloton's lead protagonists.

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Tantrums, tears, and tension.

Dramas, disasters, and disgrace.

The second season of the Netflix Tour de France: Unchained docuseries has got everything you could wish for from a binge-watch box set.

Set for public release Monday June 11 and titled in French Au Cœur du Peloton,  the follow-up to the wildly popular debut charts all the plots and subplots underlying the 2023 Tour de France .

“Talking heads” interviews with the likes of Tadej Pogačar , Mark Cavendish , and Patrick Lefevere give the eight-episode series more juicy soundbites that any crack squad of scriptwriters could conjure.

“Fly on the wall” footage captures massage-table meltdowns, team bus bust-ups, and riders grappling with despair, doubt, and disaster.

There are more juicy revelations and surprising insights in the six hours of Unchained than could be captured in this one overview.

But some stand out: the desolation of Pog, the wrath and redemption of Ben O’Connor, and the frat boy bully bromance between Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel in particular.

Of course, everything we see is the product of the Quadbox- Box to Box production company’s quest for quick-hitting, hard-impact TV.

Directorial decisions can emphasize or diminish any detail, and plots can be stitched together from a patchwork of otherwise innocuous incidents.

There are occasions where the cycling geeks among us may detect some directorial over-drive in the second series of Unchained . But all that aside, this must-watch Netflix show brings loads of wild new insights from behind the doors of team buses, hotel rooms, and luxury apartments.

Here are a few of the can’t-miss revelations from Netflix’s Tour de France: Unchained , season 2:

Frat boy bromances and scourges of the sprint: Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel

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“F**k them or be f***ed,” Jasper Philipsen says to Mathieu van der Poel midway through episode 3.

That’s pretty much the attitude painted onto green jersey-winner and undisputed 2023 sprint alpha Philipsen in this second series of Unchained .

Titled No Mercy , the third episode puts full focus on Philipsen and his henchman Van der Poel.

They are without doubt this season’s “villains,” reprising the role Wout van Aert was burdened with in series 1.

Philipsen and Van der Poel are made into the frat boy bullies of a teen movie.

There’s a touchy-feely bromance between them that’s overloaded with testosterone and fueled by their overwhelming superiority in the 2023 Tour’s mass sprints. They’re troublemakers, risk-takers, bunch sprint bad-boys.

In fact, the whole Alpecin-Deceuninck squad, including management duo Christoph and Philip Roodhooft, are a mob of marauding troublemakers.

“The DNA of Alpecin-Dececinink is not waiting. Attacking with positively aggressive racing style, creating opportunities for ourselves,” says Christoph Roodhooft, threatening music playing behind. “We’re always in races with that mentality.”

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It’s no Netflix scoop that Philipsen and Van der Poel were the scourges of the 2023 sprints.

The Belgian speedster was cited for line deviations, caught bully-boy “blocking” an attack by Pascal Eenkhoorn, and outed by rivals as a mindless menace.

Likewise, Van der Poel was relegated after he got all argy-bargy on Biniam Girmay in stage 4.

Of course, Netflix hypes that to 11. Replays of sprint crashes are regularly cut into the Alpecin-Deceuninck episode, and the Gino Mäder tragedy regularly overshadows the show.

How much of Alpecin-Deceuninck’s villainy is a reality?

Netflix blurs the lines. But it makes for a great watch.

The rage and redemption of Ben O’Connor

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Thought Ben O’Connor was the peloton’s happy-go-lucky, always affable GC guy?

Not all the time.

O’Connor becomes one of the standout characters of Unchained . He’s the central figure of episode 2 and followed throughout the series as he tracks a narrative arc befitting a Bafta-winning script.

After his fourth-place finish in 2021, the Aussie climber became the center of the Ag2r-Citroën universe at the 2023 Tour de France.

But the wheels came off spectacularly, both on and off the road.

O’Connor lost time early and was never close to being in contention.

Embedded Netflix cameras capture tantrums, tirades, and terse meetings with management that reveal an all-new side of BO’C as the axle breaks beneath him.

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The typically mild-mannered Aussie is vulnerable and volatile; riddled with self-doubt in training, brimming with rage on the team bus.

And at times, it seems his Ag2r staffers don’t know what to do, or say, next.

“Ben is the first to be disappointed when things don’t got well. Ben is an emotional, appreciative kid who is anxious like all top-level athletes,” says sport manager Vincent Lavenu in the understatement of the second episode.

“Racehorses are never calm, are they?”

But O’Connor isn’t just a bundle of wrath.

After he unravels spectacularly in the first half of the Tour, he drags himself back together to help pull teammate Felix Gall to his marquee win on the Col de la Loze.

O’Connor’s redemption is portrayed perfectly in a vintage “coming of age” story. He starts the series an angsty teenager, but ends it a gracious young gentleman.

The desolation of Tadej Pogačar

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UAE Emirates opted out of appearing in the first series of Unchained , and the absence of Tadej Pogačar, the undoubted protagonist of the peloton, meant the show felt a touch hollow.

Not this time around.

UAE Emirates is in, and Pogačar is turned up to maximum volume in this second series of Unchained .

The Slovenian’s devastating defeat by Jonas Vingegaard is at the center of the show, and viewers are treated to a version of “Pogi” altogether different from the 2024-dominating, social media-trolling wild-child we’ve become used to.

Footage of Pogačar at home with his partner Urška Žigart reveal his nerves and self-doubt after he lost training time to injuries sustained at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Poignant scenes of the sensation of the current season with his teammates, soigneurs, and osteopath after his race explodes on the Col de la Loze show “Pogi” is human after all.

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The “I’m gone, I’m dead” message Pogačar sent across team radio when he was dropped by Jumbo-Visma [ now Visma-Lease a Bike – ed ] in the high mountains of stage 17 has become a meme.

A handful more iconic scenes are captured in episode 6, Domination , which focuses on the Tour’s kingmaker stage through the Alps.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” a desolate Pogačar wails as he collapses into the arms of teammates and staff at the finish line of stage 17, stunned at losing six minutes on the Col de la Loze.

He’s childlike and vulnerable, the show’s tragic hero.

Footage from behind the podium after that unforgettable day captures Pogačar isolated and inconsolable, deep in the tangle of his spectacular unravelling.

“This climb, there’s no mercy,” Pogačar later says of the Col de la Loze, before he looks to the floor pensively.

Pogačar’s humble humanity is depicted in direct opposition to a ruthless, robotic rendition of Jumbo-Visma throughout the second series of Unchained .

The Dutch team’s top staffers Richard Plugge and Grischa Niermann seem vicious and vindictive. Vingegaard is cold and calculating.

Of course, much of that is a play of the producers.

But Netflix and Box to Box do bring out a new side to Pogačar.

Strip away the Cannibalesque hunger on the bike and social prankstering off of it, and “Pogi” is just as fallible as you and me.

Ineos Grenadiers and its Tom Pidcock problem

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Tom Pidcock got a lot of airtime in the debut series of Unchained with an episode that focused on his daredevil descending and stage-winning exploits on the Alpe d’Huez.

He was the cheeky Yorkshire terrier of the Ineos Grenadiers team bus, a wild new talent that might inspire his team out of the doldrums.

This time around, Pidcock is back, and his ever-escalating ambition seems to have gotten the better of him — or the better of his team, at least.

The episode titled The Enemy Within is an intriguing dissection of a squad regarded as the pinnacle of the sports’ scientific, lazer-guided approach, and a character assassination of a racer painted [perhaps unfairly] with aloof arrogance.

One confrontation between Pidcock and team director Steve Cummings shows the rider as an unruly rogue atom in the Ineos Grenadiers universe.

Breakout climber Carlos Rodríguez has risen above Pidcock in the GC pecking order, and DS Cummings has to deliver the bad news to the young Brit.

“I guess the logical thing is I ride for Carlos, but I’m not riding on a flat bit, killing myself and getting dropped,” Pidcock huffs, face down on a massage table. “There’s a long way to Paris, and I’ve only got better.”

Cummings scratches his head anxiously before he presses his point.

Pidcock’s time losses makes Rodríguez Ineos Grenadiers’ new leader.

“I’m not sure I agree to be honest,” Pidcock grumbles, before insisting the watching camera crew is escorted out of the room.

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Intriguingly, Ineos Grenadiers doesn’t seem to be able, or willing, to give Pidcock his orders.

Cummings and team principal Rod Ellingworth bend to Pidcock’s ambition, and seem to shrug it off when he doesn’t work with Rodríguez on stage 14.

“Tom is obsessed with winning, he’s a winner, you need that ruthless streak. It’s just about how we as a team manage that,” a powerless-seeming Cummings says.

Rodríguez quietly gets on with scoring a stage-win and finishing fifth overall in the face of Pidcock’s anti-team ethos.

How the two coalesce at the 2024 Tour de France will give insight into just how “Unchained” Pidcock truly is from the rest of his team.

Lastly, a few other highlights:

  • Pello Bilbao and the emotion of the stage-win he tributes to lost friend Gino Mäder.
  • The simmering tension between the old-school leaders governing Groupama FDJ and the “evil overlords” scientists that steer Visma-Lease a Bike.
  • Thibaut Pinot’s last dance in his final Tour de France mountain stage before retirement.
  • Julian Alaphilippe and his quest to refind his best in the face of ongoing pressure from boss Patrick Lefevere.

And a few things that would have been nice to see more of:

  • More Cav! Mark Cavendish is a one-man drama machine. Sadly, his crash and abandon on stage 8 means his screen time is limited.
  • More Pogi! It would have been interesting to see more of Tadej Pogačar’s comeback from the wrist injury he sustained at Liège-Bastone-Liège, and a little more depth on the fallout from the Col de la Loze. But after UAE Emirates’ no-show on season 1, what we get is sure better than no Pogi at all.

Tour de France: Unchained , season 2 is due for public release via Netflix on June 11.

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