Cycling: Gregor Mühlberger (Bora – hansgrohe) just missed a stage win in the Tour de France. The Austrian lost in the sprint of a group of three against day winners Simon Yates (Mitchelton - Scott) and Pello Bilbao (Astana).
40 drivers escape
The professionals of the Tour de France had to cover 209,5 kilometers on today's twelfth stage. On the way, from Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre, three mountain classifications had to be mastered. While the ascent to the Côte de Montoulieu-Saint-Bernard was relatively easy in the first third of the race, the Col de Peyresourde and the Hourquette d'Ancizan demanded a lot from the drivers. A total of 40 riders wanted to tackle these difficulties ahead of the peloton and formed the leading group of the day. Among others, there were Peter Sagan, Gregor Mühlberger, Daniel Oss and Maximilian Schachmann from Team Bora – hansgrohe, as well Michael Matthews, Nikias Arndt, Ces Bol and Nicholas Roche from the Sunweb team, Matthew Frank by AG2R La Mondiale and Roger Kluge by Lotto-Soudal.
Dennis, Nizzolo & Philipsen give up
With the exception of three teams, all were represented in the top group. Only Ineos, Groupama - FDJ and Katusha - Alpecin were missing. Although Deceuninck - Quick-Step personified by Michael Morkov sent someone to the front, the blue and white team tried to do the follow-up work. Logically, because after all, you really wanted to wear the yellow jersey again today Julian Alaphilippe defend. This was also successful, because nothing should happen today among the favorites. But in the leading group it was all about the day's victory. They also dreamed of a stage win in the Tour de France this year Rohan Dennis (Bahrain – Merida), James Nizzolo (Dimension Data) and Jasper Phillipsen (UAE Team Emirates). But they shouldn't see today's finish line. All three got out during the stage or even before the start in Toulouse.
A trio fights for the day's victory
The Col de Peyresourde began shortly after the sprint classification in Bagnères-de-Luchon. As expected, the leading group promptly disintegrated. The highest score could be in person of Tim Wellens (Lotto – Soudal) the current wearer of the mountain jersey. First up the uncomfortable Hourquette d'Ancizan simon clarke (EF Education First) as a soloist. But the Australian couldn't keep the pace. Something similar happened later European champions Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott). The Italian – actually better known as a sprinter – perfectly prepared the attack for his teammate Simon yates before. The Brit set this about four kilometers before the summit and only pulled the Austrian Gregor Muehlberger (Bora – hansgrohe) with you. bilbao hair (Astana) was only able to reconnect on the descent. A group formed behind them, including with Maximilian schachmann and Matthew Frank.
Simon Yates just too mellow
The leading trio could no longer be caught. At the same time, neither could distance his two companions. So it came to the decisive triple sprint in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. There turned out to be the favored one Simon yates not only as stronger, but also as braver and maybe a little more mellow. The Brit let his two competitors ride in the wind and started just before the last left-hand bend. Gregor Muehlberger and bilbao hair had nothing to oppose. The chasing group finished 1:28 minutes behind the trio. The spectators had to wait a few more minutes for the main draw. There were no changes in the overall standings.
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