2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 12, Thursday, July 14: 
Montpellier - Mont Ventoux

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Stage 12, Thursday, July 14: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux, 184 178 km

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Thomas de Gendt wins the Tour's 12th stage. ASO photo

Rated ascents:

• Km 131.5: Côte de Gordes, 3.3 km @ 4.8% - cat 4
• Km 135.5: Col des Trois Termes, 2.5 km @ 7.5% - cat 3
• Km 184.0: Mont Ventoux (1,912 m), 15.7 km @ 8.8% - cat H

Weather: At Mont Ventoux it is 17C (63F), cloudy and windy. At 2:25 PM local time the wind is 47 km/hr (29 mph) from the NW. No rain is forecast. Winds could gust to more than 65 km/hr (40 mph)

The Race: Because of high winds forecast at the top of Mont Ventoux, the race was shortened by six kilometers to finish at Chalet Reynard.

The official start was at 12:21 PM. Race leader Chris Froome now has 34 yellow jerseys, putting him in the Tour's top ten yellow jersey owners in Tour history. He now equals the great Louison Bobet and Ottavio Bottecchia.

A group of fifteen riders escaped shortly after the gun. The peloton was quite uninterested in bringing them back. After 85 kilometers of racing along the flat initial portion of the stage, the now 13 breakaways were more than 18 minutes ahead of the field.

Iljo Keisse won the intermediate sprint at km 102.5. The peloton has speeded up, led by Astana, Sky and Etixx-Quick Step. Several important riders were dropped in the acceleration including Peter Sagan, Rafal Majka, Warren Barguil and Thibaut Pinot. The gap from the main pack and the break is down to fifteen minutes.

With 60 kilometers to go, Etixx-Quick Step is at the front of the main group, pulling hard. The gap to the escapees is is down to little more than 12 minutes. The dropped group with Barguil and Sagan is about a minute behind and team cars have been allowed to go head of the Sagan group.

Thomas de Gendt was first over the 4th category Côte de Gordes (km 131.5). The main group with yellow jersey Chris Froome is chasing hard and is now 8min 50sec back. The Sagan-Pinot group is at 10min 25sec, roughly a minute and a half behind the peloton. The gap, which keeps growing slowly, between the Sagan and Froome groups shows how hard the day's racing has been.

De Gendt was also first over the third-category Col des Trois Termes (km 135.5). Next up, Mont Ventoux. On the descent of the Trois Termes with 35 km to go, the yellow jersey group had closed to within 7min 50sec of the break with the Sagan-Froome group a further 1min 45sec back. Sky (meaning Simon Gerrans) was doing the major portion of the work chasing the escapees.

While leading the yellow jersey group, Simon Gerrans crashed, taking down three Sky riders behind him. Froome asked the group to slow and allow him to wait for his teammates, a request the other riders granted. Froome and the rest of the Sky team were soon back with the peloton.

Indicative of the dangers this day poses and the wisdom of the race organizers in shortening the stage, Gerrans was going 56 km/hr when he fell and the wind was blowing at 45 km/hr with gusts up to 53. That did allow the break to grow its lead to 9min 15sec.

That slowing allowed the Sagan-Barguil group to catch the peloton.

With 16 kilometers to go, Bryan Coquard was dropped from the lead group and the peloton was nine minutes back. And them sprinter André Greipel took off from the break and soon had a ten-second gap.

As the Mt Ventoux ascent began Vincenzo Nibali had the worst possible luck, a flat tire. And, of course, Greipel was caught.

Half-way up the big mountain it finally happened, Nairo Quintana attacked. Sky quickly retrieved him. But Dan Martin was a casualty of the fireworks and Adam Yates was looking to be in difficulty. Up front it was Thomas de Gendt, Serge Pauwels and Daniel Navarro 6min 25sec ahead of the yellow-jersey group with just 4.5 km to go.

Near the top De Gendt attacked and Pauwels was quickly on his wheel, but Navarro couldn't match the effort.

Further back Froome attacked with 3.5 km to go. Richie Porte could go with him, but Quintana could not.

Thomas de Gendt won the stage with Pauwels second.

Wow! Richie Porte hit a TV motorbike, also taking down Froome and Bauke Mollema. As Froome went running up the road, calling for a new bike, riders were passing him. Froome did get a new bike, but it looks like he lost some real time.

Adam Yates became the new Yellow Jersey with Froome now sitting in 6th place, nearly a minute down.

And then....the officials gave Froome, who finished 25th, his time gap when he crashed. Now the official results show Froome in yellow.

Here's how the race organizer described the incident: In the yellow jersey group, Froome accelerated with 3.5km to go. Only Richie Porte managed to follow him. Nairo Quintana didn't but Bauke Mollema made it across. Porte, Mollema and Froome hit a motorbike. Mollema managed to go back on his bike quickly but Porte and Froome couldn't. Froome started running to the finish line, got a spare bike and a second spare bike to complete the course with a deficit of one and half minutes over his main rivals. Eventually the classification was reviewed so nobody was penalized by the incident.

Adam Yates showed his fine sporting character when he said this after the race: “Cycling is the only sport where people can be so close to the players. It has some risks. I was with Quintana and Valverde when Froome had a problem. I felt good but not good enough to follow Froome and Porte. Nobody would have wanted to take the yellow jersey like this so it's a good decision the jury has taken. Tomorrow it's a time trial. It's not my specialty. I hope to lose the less time possible.”

And after the race Chris Froome said, “The Ventoux is full of surprises. In the last kilometer, a motorbike broke in front of us and made us crash. Another motorbike came from behind and broke my bike. That's how I became a walker. I knew the car with my spare bike was five minutes behind. I'm very happy with the commissaires' decision. It's the correct one. Thanks to them and to the Tour de France organization.”

Complete Results:

Stage 12 photos |

178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.286 km/hr

1	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	4hr 31min 51sec
2	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	@ 2sec
3	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 00' 14''
4	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 40''
5	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
6	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 52''
7	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 13''
8	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 26''
9	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 23''
10	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 05' 05''
11	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 05' 24''
12	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
13	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
14	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
15	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
16	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 31''
17	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
18	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 05' 36''
19	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 05' 05''
20	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 30''
21	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
22	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
23	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	+ 06' 45''
25	FROOME Christopher	SKY	+ 05' 05''
26	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 06' 51''
27	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 07' 24''
28	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	s.t.
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
30	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 07' 27''
31	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 07' 54''
32	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
33	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 09' 30''
34	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 09' 35''
35	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
36	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
37	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
38	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
39	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
40	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
41	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 10' 05''
42	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 11' 41''
43	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 12' 13''
44	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 12' 29''
45	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 13' 40''
46	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 14' 11''
47	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
48	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 14' 33''
49	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
50	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
51	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
52	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
53	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 15' 25''
54	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 15' 27''
55	SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
56	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 16' 27''
57	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 18' 32''
58	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
59	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 19' 44''
60	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
61	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
62	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
63	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 21' 26''
64	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
66	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
67	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
68	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
69	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
70	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
71	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
72	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
74	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
75	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
76	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
77	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
78	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 22' 40''
79	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
80	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
81	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
82	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
83	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 23' 37''
84	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
85	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
86	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
87	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
88	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
89	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
90	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
91	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
92	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	s.t.
93	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	s.t.
95	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
97	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
98	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 24' 41''
99	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 25' 25''
100	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
101	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
102	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
103	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
104	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
105	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
106	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
107	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
108	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
110	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
111	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
112	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
113	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
114	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
115	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
116	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
118	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
119	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
120	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
121	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
122	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
123	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
124	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
125	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
126	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
127	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
128	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
129	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
130	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
131	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
132	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
134	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
135	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
136	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 25' 57''
137	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
138	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
139	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 26' 03''
140	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 27' 49''
141	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
142	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 28' 00''
143	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 28' 04''
144	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 28' 24''
145	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
146	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
147	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
148	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
149	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
150	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
151	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
152	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
153	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
154	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
155	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
156	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
157	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
158	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
159	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
160	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
161	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
162	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
163	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
164	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
165	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
166	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
167	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
168	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
169	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
170	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
171	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
172	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
173	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
174	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
175	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
176	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
177	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
178	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
179	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
180	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
181	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
182	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
183	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
184	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
185	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
186	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 29' 13''
187	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
188	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
189	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
190	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.

GC after Stage 12:

• GC leader: Christopher Froome (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Young rider classification leader: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)
• Team classification leader: BMC

2,313 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.442 km/hr

1	FROOME Christopher	SKY	57hr 11min 33sec
2	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	@ 47sec
3	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 56''
4	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 01''
5	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 15''
6	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 39''
7	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 01' 44''
8	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	+ 01' 54''
9	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 56''
10	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	+ 02' 11''
11	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 02' 22''
12	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02' 29''
13	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	+ 02' 36''
14	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 03' 14''
15	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 04' 28''
16	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 05' 51''
17	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 07' 35''
18	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	+ 08' 02''
19	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 11' 20''
20	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 14' 15''
21	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 14' 33''
22	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 21' 44''
23	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 23' 07''
24	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 25' 29''
25	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 26' 14''
26	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 27' 27''
27	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 28' 54''
28	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 33' 14''
29	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 36' 16''
30	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 38' 32''
31	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 38' 48''
32	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 40' 29''
33	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 55''
34	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 42' 54''
35	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 44' 43''
36	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 45' 06''
37	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 46' 18''
38	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 46' 38''
39	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 48' 21''
40	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 50' 53''
41	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 52' 01''
42	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 52' 29''
43	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 52' 42''
44	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	+ 53' 04''
45	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 54' 52''
46	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 55' 39''
47	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	+ 55' 52''
48	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 56' 34''
49	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 57' 21''
50	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 58' 47''
51	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 01h 00' 11''
52	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 00' 14''
53	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 00' 40''
54	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 01' 45''
55	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 02' 03''
56	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 05' 31''
57	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01h 05' 42''
58	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 01h 06' 26''
59	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 07' 23''
60	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 08' 43''
61	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	+ 01h 10' 19''
62	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 12' 05''
63	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 01h 14' 30''
64	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 17' 01''
65	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 20' 34''
66	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 01h 21' 15''
67	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	+ 01h 21' 28''
68	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 21' 32''
69	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 01h 22' 09''
70	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 01h 24' 26''
71	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 24' 43''
72	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 27' 35''
73	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 01h 28' 37''
74	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01h 29' 03''
75	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 29' 26''
76	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 29' 35''
77	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 30' 34''
78	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 32' 26''
79	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 32' 35''
80	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 32' 39''
81	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 01h 32' 43''
82	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 34' 37''
83	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 34' 56''
84	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 35' 43''
85	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 36' 18''
86	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 37' 00''
87	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 01h 37' 13''
88	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 38' 01''
89	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 38' 19''
90	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 40' 35''
91	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	+ 01h 41' 22''
92	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	+ 01h 41' 29''
93	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 42' 21''
94	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	+ 01h 42' 31''
95	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 43' 31''
96	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 01h 44' 09''
97	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 44' 46''
98	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 44' 53''
99	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 01h 45' 22''
100	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 46' 35''
101	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 46' 51''
102	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 46' 56''
103	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 47' 38''
104	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 01h 47' 47''
105	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 48' 05''
106	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 48' 27''
107	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 48' 30''
108	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 49' 35''
109	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 50' 45''
110	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 50' 49''
111	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 01h 51' 30''
112	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 52' 49''
113	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 54' 06''
114	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 54' 25''
115	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 55' 09''
116	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 55' 15''
117	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 55' 35''
118	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 55' 51''
119	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 55' 59''
120	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 56' 18''
121	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01h 57' 46''
122	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 58' 16''
123	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 58' 22''
124	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 59' 24''
125	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 59' 34''
126	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 01' 24''
127	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 01' 30''
128	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 01' 38''
129	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 02' 00''
130	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 02' 23''
131	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 02' 27''
132	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 02' 42''
133	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 03' 25''
134	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 03' 34''
135	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 02h 04' 45''
136	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 05' 10''
137	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	+ 02h 05' 42''
138	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	+ 02h 05' 45''
139	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 06' 30''
140	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 06' 44''
141	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 07' 13''
142	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 07' 57''
143	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 09' 13''
144	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 02h 09' 26''
145	BONNET William	FDJ	+ 02h 09' 35''
146	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 09' 35''
147	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 02h 09' 55''
148	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 02h 09' 57''
149	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 10' 38''
150	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 10' 53''
151	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 02h 10' 53''
152	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 12' 28''
153	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 12' 38''
154	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 12' 58''
155	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 13' 05''
156	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 13' 06''
157	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 13' 22''
158	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	+ 02h 13' 35''
159	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 13' 52''
160	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 02h 13' 53''
161	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 14' 01''
162	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 14' 05''
163	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 14' 53''
164	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 15' 55''
165	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 16' 20''
166	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 16' 30''
167	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 17' 22''
168	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 17' 59''
169	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 02h 18' 10''
170	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	+ 02h 18' 10''
171	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 02h 18' 11''
172	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 02h 18' 23''
173	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	+ 02h 18' 24''
174	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 19' 34''
175	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02h 19' 46''
176	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 20' 26''
177	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 20' 37''
178	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 20' 44''
179	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02h 21' 32''
180	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 02h 21' 56''
181	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 02h 22' 48''
182	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02h 23' 44''
183	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 24' 37''
184	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02h 24' 43''
185	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 25' 59''
186	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 29' 51''
187	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02h 29' 56''
188	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 34' 20''
189	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 02h 42' 50''
190	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 52' 34''

Stage 12 map and profile:

Stage 12 map

Stage 12 profile

Stage 12 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Mont Ventoux

A closer view of Mont Ventoux, but the stage ended a few kilometers short of the top.

André Griepel being led by another rider. Greipel had attacked at the base of the climb but was soon passed and dropped.

The crowds on the ascent to Chalet Reynard were incredible.

Daniel Martin climbing through the tifosi

Riders on the way up

Daniel Teklehaimanot

Alejandro Valverde

Chris Froome

Chris Froome (yellow) went down with Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema when a TV moto had to stop. Sky photo.

Froome running up the mountain after crashing while waiting for a bike. Sky photo

After the crash Sergio Henao leads Froome

Near the finish Thomas de Gendt looks back at Serge Pauwels, whom he has dropped.

Thomas de Gendt winning the stage

Richie Porte heads to the finish

A battered Chris Froome finishes the stage

Nairo Quintana tried to gain time on Froome today, but his big attack was instantly neutralized.

Stage winner Thomas de Gendt

Chris Froome will start tomorrow in yellow

Organizer's preview:

Due to the weather conditions forecasted by Météo France atop the Mont Ventoux with gusts of wind likely to exceed 100km/h, Tour de France organizers have decided to modify the finale of stage 12 in order to guarantee optimal safety conditions. Therefore, the stage finish will be located at Chalet-Reynard, 6 kilometres before the initially planned finishing line.

But it doesn't mean there'll be less racing. It might even be a more decisive stage since the head wind towards the end of the Mont Ventoux has sometimes forced the GC contenders to climb on a conservative mode. Race leader Chris Froome expects an even more intense battle uphill but also another crazy in the valley where the wind is expected to blow strongly.

It's another day for echelons to be formed way before having the giant of Provence in sight. Top favourites might not give it all though as they'll keep the demanding time trial of the day after at the back of their mind. The arrival at Chalet-Reynard remains a HC climb with the points being doubled up, so it'll be crucial for the King of the Mountains competition. It's Bastille Day, France expects polka dot jersey holder Thibaut Pinot to shine at the front.

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