Summary

  • Stage 12 sees the race travel 168.8km from Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais

  • The lumpy terrain and downhill finish should favour the breakaway specialists

  • Jonas Vingegaard is the overall race leader and wears the yellow jersey

Live Reporting

Steve Sutcliffe

  1. Au revoir

    Ion Izagirre was the big winner on stage 12, with his first victory at the Tour since 2016, while Thibaut Pinot made some ground in the GC standings.

    You can get all the details in our report.

    Thanks for sticking with me. I'll see you all tomorrow at around 12:45 BST for what promises to be a cracker.

  2. Grand Colombier awaits

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    A short, brutal stage awaits on Bastille Day as the race enters the Jura mountains on Friday for a summit finish on the fearsome Grand Colombier.

    Former champion Egan Bernal cracked here in 2020 as Tadej Pogacar claimed victory on the way to the first of his two Tour triumphs.

    While a showdown between the Slovenian and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is to be expected, Thibaut Pinot, in his final season as a professional, and several other French riders will aim to delight home crowds on their national holiday.

  3. After pretty much 90km of solid full-throttle racing in the opening half and some (of the stage) Tadej Pogacar says "today was not too hard for me."

  4. 'I was confident in my strength'

    Stage 12 winner Ion Izagirre: “It’s incredible. For the whole Tour so far I tried to break away and it didn’t work out but today yes.

    "We were going well with Guillaume Martin all day. I attacked in the last climb from very far out and I could maintain the time difference to get the victory for myself.

    "I was confident in my strength. I knew that if I earned enough lead, my adversaries wouldn’t have me in sight and it would play in my favour. I felt strong in the last kilometres. Many things went through my mind. It’s all very emotional.

    "It’s a very Basque Tour de France. It started at home for us and we took two stage wins. I’m happy to follow the line drawn by Pello Bilbao.”

  5. Pinot climbs GC standings

    The one big mover in the top 10 of the GC standings is Thibaut Pinot, who climbs five places to move on to the coat tails of his teammate David Gaudu.

    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 50hrs 30mins 22secs

    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +17secs

    3. Jai Hindley (Aus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +2mins 40secs

    4. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 22secs

    5. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Bahrain Victorious) +4mins 34secs

    6. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +4mins 39secs

    7. Simon Yates (GB/Team Jayco-AlUla) +4mins 44secs

    8. Thomas Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +5mins 26secs

    9. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +6mins 01secs

    10.Thibaut Pinot (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +6mins 33secs

  6. Cofidis march on

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    What a Tour this is becoming for Cofidis. The French team have now won two stages in this edition having endured a 15-year drought.

  7. Stage 12 results

    1. Ion Izagirre (Spa/Cofidis) 3hrs 51mins 42secs

    2. Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra/TotalEnergies) +58secs

    3. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Movistar) Same time

    4. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) +1min 06secs

    5. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor/Uno-X) +1min 11secs

    6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +1min 13secs

    7. Guillaume Martin (Fra/Cofidis) Same time

    8. Dylan Teuns (Bel/Israel-Premier Tech) +1min 27secs

    9. Ruben Guerreiro (Por/Movistar) Same time

    10. Victor Campenaerts (Bel/Lotto Dstny) +3mins 02secs

  8. The yellow jersey group cross the line with Tadej Pogacar deciding to stretch his legs in the final 50m by opening up a sprint.

    Meanwhile, Mathieu van der Poel, who wins the combativity award is crawling towards the finish.

  9. Tiesj Benoot, Tobias Halland Johannessen and Thibaut Pinot cross the line in fourth, fifth and sixth.

  10. Burgaudeau crosses line in second

    Mathieu Burgaudeau edges Matteo Jorgenson in a sprint for second.

  11. Ion Izagirre wins stage 12

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    What a ride from the Spaniard, who claims his second stage at the Tour, some seven years after his first.

  12. Ion Izagirre is going to win another stage at a Grand Tour.

  13. Ion Izagirre still leads by a minute. He's got this surely.

    Back down the road Tiesj Benoot has put the hammer down in a bid to get a podium place.

  14. Mathieu Burgaudeau and Matteo Jorgenson finally break clear but barring a mechanical Ion Izagirre should not be caught from here.

  15. Ion Izagirre has Guillaume Martin neutralising the slightest whiff of an attack from behind. I suspect the Frenchman will deservedly get a hug from his teammate if he sees this through.

  16. Ion Izagirre is closing in on a famous victory here. The chasing group look resigned to the fact that they are not going to catch the Spaniard.

  17. The chasing group look to have given this up. Ion Izagirre has over a minute now.

  18. Matteo Jorgenson, saw his hopes of victory go up in smoke in the final 600m on the Puy de Dome a few days back puts in a burst but gets reeled straight back in.

  19. Ineos Grenadiers' Spanish climber Omar Fraile is a lucky man not to come off there as a fan waves a flag right in his face.

    Honestly.

  20. Guillaume Martin is causing chaos in this chasing group who hand back six seconds to Ion Izagirre.