Join Barry Glendenning for live updates from stage 12 of the Tour de France on more testing terrain
It could be a very long afternoon for Fabio Jakobsen who has already been dropped by the peloton and is currently riding solo 1min 45sec behind it.Quentin Pacher tries to jump across from the bunch to join his teammate Geniets and his current travelling companion, Gachignard.Thomas Gachingard has joined Geniets and the duo have opened a gap of 22 seconds on the bunch.
Race director Christian Prudhomme semaphores the signal to start racing with his yellow flag and Groupama-FDJ rider Kevin Geniets immediately attacks off the front of the bunch. Nobody else goes with him.The peloton is 167 riders strong, after losing another two racers overnight.
The lumpy profile will suit a Tour newbie: such as 22-year-old Belgian Arnaud de Lie. “The bull” comes from the Ardennes, can get over a climb, and has won classics such as the GP de Québec and the Tro-Bro Léon.
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