Alpe d’Huez, July 14, 2022 – La stage 12 of Tour de France 2022 on the hardest ramps ofAlpe d’Huez re-proposes the duel between Jonas Vingegaard e Tadej Pogacar: this time it is the Slovenian, now second in the overall standings at the expense of Romain Bardet, shooting repeatedly, with the new yellow jersey that always replicates without too many problems. After yesterday’s fireworks, this time little changes at the top of the ranking: the most important answer, however, is given to himself Pogacar, which returns competitive after the ‘doll’ that cost him the symbol of primacy. If the Slovenian does not find the company, the same cannot be said of Tom Pidcockwho at the dawn of the final climb greets his former escape companions (among whom were Giulio Ciccone e Chris Froome) and goes on to conquer a prestigious success which confirms his crystalline talent so far glimpsed more on the mud than on the street. He takes a breath (perhaps) in the stage 13the The Bourg d’Oisans-Saint-Etienne from 192,6 km: there are to climb 3 GPMone of which in the second category, but all far from a finish line that could reserve a jolt to the fast wheels left in the group or to some attack from a distance.
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The fugitives of the day are Louis Meintjes, Kobe Goossens (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materials), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Anthony Perez (you trust) Sebastian Schonberger (B&B Hotels-KTM), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) e Chris Froome (Israel-First Tech). He Col de la Croix de Fer (29 km with an average slope of 5,2%) skims the squad of attackers: they remain in front Froome, Pidcock, Meintjes, Powless e Ciccone, which goes down first. The quintet approaches the initial ramps of theAlpe d’Huez (13,8 km with an average slope of8,1%) before a click of Pidcock break the harmony. In the meantime, the forcing of the Jumbo-Visma reap the first illustrious victims: they break away Nairo Quintana (Team Arkéa-Samsic), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Romain Bardet (Team DSM) e Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers). No problem today for Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), which clicks but always finds the prompt reply of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): this couple are hardly hooked Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Sep kiss (Jumbo-Visma) ed Enric Mas (Movistar Team), but this time he takes all the headlines Pidcockwhich at its prime Tour conquers one of the most prestigious stages.
Order of arrival stage 12 Tour de France 2022
1) Tom Pidcock (IGD) in 4h55’24”
2) Louis Meintjes (IWG) +48 ”
3) Chris Froome (IPT) +2’06”
4) Neilson Powless (EFE) +2’29”
5) Tadej Pogacar (UAD) +3’23”
6) Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) +3’23”
7) Geraint Thomas (IGD) +3’23”
8) Enric Mas (MOV) + 3’26 ”
9) Sepp Kuss (TJV) +3’26”
10) Giulio Ciccone (TFS) + 3’32 ”
Tour de France 2022 general classification
1) Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) in 46h28’46”
2) Tadej Pogacar (UAD) +2’22”
3) Geraint Thomas (IGD) +2’26”
4) Romain Bardet (DSM) +2’35”
5) Adam Yates (IGD) +3’44”
6) Nairo Quintana (ARK) +3’58”
7) David Gaudu (GFC) +4’07”
8) Tom Pidcock (IGD) +7’39”
9) Enric Mas (MOV) + 9’32 ”
10) Aleksandr Vlasov (BOH) +10’06”
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