2018 Tour de France, stage 12

STAGE 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs to Alpe d'Huez

Thursday, July 19, 6:25 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. ET

Featuring the Col de la Madeleine (2,000 meters), the Montvernier hairpins, the Croix de Fer (2,067 meters), and Alpe d’Huez (1,850 meters), stage 12 has a legendary profile. No matter how it’s raced, the “queen” stage between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Alpe d’Huez will be a significant test. There are 72 kilometers of climbing on the menu, totaling 5,000 meters of vertical gain. Needless to say, it will be a playground for the climbers.

Although there have been stages of this type in the Pyrenees in recent editions of the race, notably the Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon stage in 2016 that went over the Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, and Peyresourde passes, you have to go back to 2013 for the last comparable one in the Alps. That year, a stage between Bourg d’Oisans and Le Grand-Bornand won by Rui Costa crossed the Croix de Fer, Madeleine, Forclaz, and Croix Fry passes. The year before that the Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles stage, won by Pierre Rolland, began with the same two opening passes before tackling the Mollard and the final ascent. In other words, this year’s 12th stage is both testing and classic, a day that can deliver the stuff of legends.

“We’re going back to cycling’s roots with this stage,” says race director Thierry Gouvenou. “It’s a very classic test. Cycling is changing and the trend is to serve up more and more short stages, but we want to retain those days that made the Tour legendary. It used to be the tradition that the riders would spend many hours on the bike!”

From the start in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the riders will head towards Moutiers and then tackle the 25.3-kilometer climb of the Madeleine. The descent to La Chambre will lead onto the Montvernier hairpins.

“We’ve included the Montvernier hairpins both for their aesthetic qualities but also to boost the amount of climbing,” Gouvenou says. “Their inclusion will also cut the distance in the valley and the riders will feel it. It will break their rhythm, it twists and turns, and there’s no shelter at all.”

After the descent to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, the riders will climb the 28.8-kilometer ascent of the Croix de Fer via its toughest flank, which averages 5.1 percent. The most complicated section for the climbers will come at the bottom of the descent, on the 10 kilometers of flat road between Allemont and Bourg d’Oisans. This will really test their mental strength. The favorites will hope to use this section to their advantage before tackling the final climb to Alpe d’Huez.

“This is, of course, an important stage,” says Julien Pinot, brother of Thibaut and coach of the Groupama-FDJ team. “The riders will have to take into account the previous day’s summit finish and their need for recuperation. Ultimately, the 12th stage will be ideal for pure climbers who can repeat efforts at maximum threshold several times. A rouleur who is aiming to limit his losses in the mountains can do a 30- to 40-minute effort once, but not twice. The pure climbers can recover better during a stage like this.”

Consequently, if there is a big battle between the favorites, it won’t suit riders like Tom Dumoulin. That’s why it will be in the interest of pure climbers to race flat out.

“This is an important stage, one that can really benefit the climbers if they race hard from a long way out,” says Warren Barguil, winner of the polka dot jersey at the 2017 Tour. “It’s in our interest to take the initiative and attack because the time trial specialists who climb well can’t control the race over four climbs, even if their teams set the tempo.”

Stage 12: Thomas takes two, wins on Alpe d'Huez

The boos rained down on Geraint Thomas, but that didn’t stop him from winning his second Tour de France stage in a row on Alpe d’Huez Thursday, extending his yellow jersey lead.

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) was second in the sprint, ahead of Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) in third at the end of stage 12.

The crowd’s ire was likely directed at Thomas’s Sky teammate Chris Froome, who ended the day fourth and is now second overall, 1:38 behind. Dumoulin stayed close on GC, 1:50 back.

“Honestly I’m speechless. I don’t know what to say … Not a chance in hell I was going to win today,” Thomas said. “Don’t know what to say. It’s just unbelievable.”

Although the 175.5km day was a GC showdown atop Alpe d’Huez, it was animated by Steven Kruijswijk.

The LottoNL-Jumbo rider took a flyer early in the race, joining at 30-man breakaway going into the day’s first categorized climb, Col de la Madeleine.

That early escape had a number of notable riders in the mix, including Pierre Rolland (EF Education First-Drapac), a former winner atop Alpe d’Huez, Wednesday’s animator Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step), leader of the king of the mountains classification.

Alaphilippe mopped up maximum points atop the hors categorie Madeleine as well as the Cat. 2 climb up Lacets de Montvernier.

However, the real drama began at the base of the Croix de Fer, with 18 kilometers to ride to the summit of the hors categorie monster. Kruijswijk crept off the front of the 11-man leading group and proceeded to ride alone to the base of Alpe d’Huez.

Steven Kruijswijk left his breakaway companions behind and went on a long solo attack.. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Coming into the finish climb, the Dutchman had a promising 4:20 lead over the yellow jersey group, which by that point had collected all of the other breakaway riders.

After Michal Kwiatkowski did his turn, Team Sky put its young Colombian star Egan Bernal on the front of the bunch.

For several kilometers, Bernal churned out a blistering tempo. Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) was first dropped from the GC group with more than 10 kilometers to go.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) tested the water first with an attack. Then it was Nairo Quintana’s turn to accelerate out of the yellow jersey group. On both occasions, Bernal shut down the moves in short order.

Next, Mikel Landa (Movistar) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) attacked as Bernal’s time at the front came to an end.

Thomas took up the chase and clawed back the move. Meanwhile, Nibali got tangled with a race moto and crashed, losing touch with the GC group.

Throughout the climb, fans alternated between cheering Bardet’s attacks and booing the Sky duo that closed down the attacks. Reportedly, one fan even tried to punch Froome as he passed by.

Undeterred, Froome tried an attack with about three kilometers to go and quickly caught and passed Kruijswijk.

Romain Bardet put in a few serious attacks but was reeled back in. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

However, Dumoulin was not about to let the race get away from him and clawed his way back up to the defending champion, bringing Thomas and Bardet along with him. After the catch, the four eased up, riding side-by-side into the final two kilometers. This opened the door for Landa to rejoin the group. The Spaniard tried one desperate attack with about 600 meters to go, but he couldn’t break the elastic.

Thomas led the five into the final left-hand corner. Dumoulin sprinted up the inside from the fifth wheel but was too far back to challenge the yellow jersey for the win.

It was Thomas’s third Tour stage win but perhaps his most famous given the history of Alpe d’Huez.

“I did say yesterday this race is made for me, you know. Today, that’s it — I can be happy for sure now,” Thomas added.

When asked about how long he’ll wear yellow he said, “Maybe the next few days, but look, this race is so hard and you never know how the body reacts. Like I said yesterday, I’m still riding for Froomey. Froomey’s still our man. He knows how to ride for three weeks.”

On Friday, the race for GC will subside as stage 13 will be a flat 169.5km run from Bourg d’Oisans to Valence.

Tour de France Stage 12 Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	THOMAS Geraint	Team Sky	5:18:37
2	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	0:02
3	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	0:03
4	FROOME Christopher	Team Sky	0:04
5	LANDA Mikel	Movistar Team	0:07
6	ROGLIC Primoz	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:13
7	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
8	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana Pro Team	0:42
9	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	0:47
10	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:53
11	BERNAL Egan Arley	Team Sky	1:41
12	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	1:45
13	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	3:09
14	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	4:29
15	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha - Alpecin	,,
16	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	4:35
17	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	4:37
18	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	4:40
19	KANGERT Tanel	Astana Pro Team	5:41
20	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	6:52
21	GESINK Robert	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	8:24
22	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	8:58
23	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	9:33
24	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	9:57
25	ROLLAND Pierre	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	10:59
26	BARGUIL Warren	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
27	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	15:09
28	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	15:39
29	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale	22:21
30	BOUET Maxime	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
31	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama - FDJ	,,
32	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	,,
33	SCHÄR Michael	BMC Racing Team	,,
34	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
35	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha - Alpecin	,,
36	VALGREN Michael	Astana Pro Team	,,
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC Racing Team	,,
38	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	,,
39	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek - Segafredo	,,
40	POELS Wout	Team Sky	,,
41	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
42	CRADDOCK Lawson	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	23:39
43	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	23:52
44	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC Racing Team	24:25
45	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	,,
46	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
47	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	25:20
48	PAUWELS Serge	Team Dimension Data	25:55
49	HANSEN Jesper	Astana Pro Team	26:22
50	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team Sky	26:30
51	VERMOTE Julien	Team Dimension Data	,,
52	KÜNG Stefan	BMC Racing Team	,,
53	BERNARD Julien	Trek - Segafredo	26:39
54	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	,,
55	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	26:41
56	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
57	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	27:05
58	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	,,
59	CARUSO Damiano	BMC Racing Team	,,
60	MARTENS Paul	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	,,
61	VANMARCKE Sep	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	27:09
62	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto Soudal	27:11
63	DE KORT Koen	Trek - Segafredo	27:52
64	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	,,
65	JANSEN Amund Grondahl	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	,,
66	ĐURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
67	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	28:54
68	PICHON Laurent	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
69	SMITH Dion	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	,,
70	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	,,
71	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
72	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Team Sky	,,
73	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	,,
74	ROWE Luke	Team Sky	,,
75	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
76	BEVIN Patrick	BMC Racing Team	,,
77	MOSCON Gianni	Team Sky	,,
78	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	,,
79	GERRANS Simon	BMC Racing Team	,,
80	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Team Dimension Data	,,
81	ERVITI Imañol	Movistar Team	,,
82	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
83	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
84	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	,,
85	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
86	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
87	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
88	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	,,
89	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	,,
90	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek - Segafredo	,,
91	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	,,
92	GESBERT Elie	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
93	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	,,
94	MOINARD Amaël	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
95	BOSWELL Ian	Team Katusha - Alpecin	,,
96	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	,,
97	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
98	SIMON Julien	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
99	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	,,
100	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	29:11
101	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	29:55
102	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	31:19
103	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
104	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	,,
105	CORT Magnus	Astana Pro Team	,,
106	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	,,
107	BURGHARDT Marcus	BORA - hansgrohe	31:29
108	OSS Daniel	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
109	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
110	CLARKE Simon	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	,,
111	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar Team	31:33
112	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	31:37
113	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
114	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	31:45
115	PHINNEY Taylor	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	,,
116	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
117	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	,,
118	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
119	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
120	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	,,
121	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	32:02
122	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	32:19
123	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	32:27
124	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	32:41
125	DEGENKOLB John	Trek - Segafredo	,,
126	SCULLY Thomas	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	32:48
127	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	32:54
128	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	,,
129	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	33:02
130	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
131	VACHON Florian	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	,,
132	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
133	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
134	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	,,
135	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	33:32
136	POLITT Nils	Team Katusha - Alpecin	33:56
137	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	34:10
138	TERPSTRA Niki	Quick-Step Floors	34:29
139	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	34:44
140	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ	34:58
141	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	,,
142	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	35:05
143	ROOSEN Timo	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	35:08
144	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	35:35
145	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	36:22
146	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	36:24
147	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	36:52
148	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	37:10
149	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama - FDJ	37:36
150	HARDY Romain	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	37:53
151	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama - FDJ	38:03
152	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	38:19
153	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	39:27

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	THOMAS Geraint	Team Sky	49:24:43
2	FROOME Christopher	Team Sky	1:39
3	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	1:50
4	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	2:37
5	ROGLIC Primoz	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	2:46
6	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	3:07
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar Team	3:13
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	3:43
9	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	4:13
10	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	5:11
11	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana Pro Team	5:45
12	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	9:07
13	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	9:09
14	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha - Alpecin	9:37
15	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	15:28
16	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	16:41
17	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	18:39
18	KANGERT Tanel	Astana Pro Team	20:41
19	BERNAL Egan Arley	Team Sky	21:22
20	BARGUIL Warren	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	23:55
21	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	28:38
22	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	34:55
23	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek - Segafredo	36:16
24	PAUWELS Serge	Team Dimension Data	36:35
25	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	36:48
26	CARUSO Damiano	BMC Racing Team	37:16
27	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	39:48
28	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC Racing Team	44:46
29	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	46:23
30	ROLLAND Pierre	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	48:17
31	GESINK Robert	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	51:12
32	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	51:38
33	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC Racing Team	52:03
34	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	52:40
35	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	57:37
36	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama - FDJ	58:22
37	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	59:24
38	BOUET Maxime	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:02:37
39	MOINARD Amaël	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:02:56
40	BERNARD Julien	Trek - Segafredo	1:03:23
41	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	1:04:05
42	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	1:04:56
43	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	1:07:20
44	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha - Alpecin	1:08:29
45	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	1:09:24
46	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	1:09:48
47	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	1:10:44
48	ĐURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:11:53
49	KÜNG Stefan	BMC Racing Team	1:11:57
50	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	1:12:46
51	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1:12:49
52	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	1:16:15
53	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	1:16:21
54	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	1:17:01
55	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale	1:17:17
56	VALGREN Michael	Astana Pro Team	1:17:33
57	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	1:18:32
58	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1:18:44
59	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Team Sky	1:18:59
60	POELS Wout	Team Sky	1:21:15
61	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:21:40
62	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	1:22:30
63	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	1:23:27
64	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	1:23:49
65	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	1:24:32
66	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	,,
67	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1:24:35
68	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	1:26:37
69	DE KORT Koen	Trek - Segafredo	1:26:54
70	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:27:45
71	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Team Dimension Data	1:28:28
72	CORT Magnus	Astana Pro Team	1:29:02
73	BURGHARDT Marcus	BORA - hansgrohe	1:29:17
74	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	1:29:45
75	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	1:30:22
76	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:31:01
77	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	1:31:13
78	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	1:32:50
79	GESBERT Elie	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:34:13
80	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:34:17
81	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek - Segafredo	1:34:29
82	HANSEN Jesper	Astana Pro Team	1:34:45
83	BOSWELL Ian	Team Katusha - Alpecin	1:35:03
84	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	1:35:14
85	MARTENS Paul	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	1:35:29
86	SIMON Julien	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1:35:31
87	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	1:38:40
88	POLITT Nils	Team Katusha - Alpecin	1:39:09
89	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	1:39:30
90	ERVITI Imañol	Movistar Team	1:39:38
91	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:39:44
92	DEGENKOLB John	Trek - Segafredo	1:39:54
93	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	1:40:33
94	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	1:40:45
95	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	1:40:50
96	VANMARCKE Sep	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	1:41:44
97	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	1:41:52
98	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	1:42:02
99	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	1:42:18
100	OSS Daniel	BORA - hansgrohe	1:43:13
101	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA - hansgrohe	1:43:25
102	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	1:43:56
103	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team Sky	1:44:35
104	SCHÄR Michael	BMC Racing Team	1:44:54
105	SMITH Dion	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:46:53
106	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	1:47:13
107	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	1:47:38
108	PICHON Laurent	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:47:40
109	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1:47:49
110	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto Soudal	1:47:54
111	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	1:48:18
112	VACHON Florian	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:48:47
113	CLARKE Simon	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	1:50:08
114	MOSCON Gianni	Team Sky	1:51:30
115	VERMOTE Julien	Team Dimension Data	1:52:16
116	BEVIN Patrick	BMC Racing Team	1:52:49
117	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	1:53:03
118	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	1:54:09
119	HARDY Romain	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:54:24
120	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	1:54:30
121	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	1:55:54
122	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	1:56:14
123	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:56:25
124	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1:56:47
125	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe	1:57:01
126	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:57:09
127	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	1:57:11
128	GERRANS Simon	BMC Racing Team	1:57:55
129	SCULLY Thomas	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	2:00:10
130	ROWE Luke	Team Sky	2:02:20
131	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ	2:02:42
132	PHINNEY Taylor	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	2:03:19
133	TERPSTRA Niki	Quick-Step Floors	2:03:42
134	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama - FDJ	2:04:41
135	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
136	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	2:05:36
137	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar Team	2:06:57
138	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:07:03
139	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	2:07:22
140	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	2:07:52
141	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	2:08:06
142	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:08:50
143	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:09:09
144	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	2:09:19
145	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	2:11:02
146	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	2:13:59
147	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:18:23
148	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	2:20:20
149	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama - FDJ	2:20:39
150	JANSEN Amund Grondahl	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	2:24:36
151	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	2:26:03
152	ROOSEN Timo	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	2:27:37
153	CRADDOCK Lawson	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	2:33:51

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	84
2	BARGUIL Warren	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	70
3	PAUWELS Serge	Team Dimension Data	63
4	THOMAS Geraint	Team Sky	30
5	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	25
6	ROLLAND Pierre	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	23
7	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	23
8	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	22
9	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	20
10	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	19
11	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	18
12	FROOME Christopher	Team Sky	16
13	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC Racing Team	15
14	GESBERT Elie	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	14
15	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	13
16	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	12
17	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	12
18	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	12
19	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	11
20	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	10
21	CARUSO Damiano	BMC Racing Team	10
22	GESINK Robert	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	10
23	LANDA Mikel	Movistar Team	8
24	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek - Segafredo	6
25	ROGLIC Primoz	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	6
26	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	6
27	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	6
28	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	4
29	SMITH Dion	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	4
30	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	4
31	KANGERT Tanel	Astana Pro Team	4
32	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	3
33	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	2
34	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana Pro Team	2
35	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha - Alpecin	2
36	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	2
37	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	2
38	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	2
39	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1
40	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1
41	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1
42	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	1
43	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	339
2	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	129
3	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ	106
4	DEGENKOLB John	Trek - Segafredo	100
5	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	82
6	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	78
7	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	70
8	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC Racing Team	69
9	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	68
10	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	64
11	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	64
12	THOMAS Geraint	Team Sky	63
13	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	50
14	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	45
15	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	43
16	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	42
17	PICHON Laurent	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	40
18	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	40
19	OSS Daniel	BORA - hansgrohe	38
20	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	35
21	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	34
22	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	34
23	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	34
24	PAUWELS Serge	Team Dimension Data	33
25	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	33
26	FROOME Christopher	Team Sky	32
27	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	32
28	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	32
29	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	31
30	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	31
31	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	31
32	ROGLIC Primoz	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	30
33	CARUSO Damiano	BMC Racing Team	30
34	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	28
35	GESBERT Elie	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	28
36	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	28
37	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	26
38	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	24
39	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	23
40	SMITH Dion	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	23
41	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	22
42	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	21
43	ROLLAND Pierre	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	20
44	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana Pro Team	20
45	BARGUIL Warren	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	20
46	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	20
47	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	20
48	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	18
49	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	18
50	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	18
51	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	17
52	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	17
53	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe	17
54	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	17
55	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	17
56	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	17
57	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	16
58	VERMOTE Julien	Team Dimension Data	16
59	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	15
60	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	15
61	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	15
62	LANDA Mikel	Movistar Team	14
63	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Team Dimension Data	14
64	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek - Segafredo	13
65	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	12
66	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	11
67	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	11
68	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	11
69	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	10
70	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	10
71	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	10
72	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	9
73	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek - Segafredo	9
74	BEVIN Patrick	BMC Racing Team	9
75	TERPSTRA Niki	Quick-Step Floors	9
76	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	8
77	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	8
78	BERNAL Egan Arley	Team Sky	7
79	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	7
80	BOUET Maxime	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	7
81	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama - FDJ	7
82	GESINK Robert	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	6
83	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	6
84	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	6
85	BURGHARDT Marcus	BORA - hansgrohe	6
86	SIMON Julien	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	6
87	SCHÄR Michael	BMC Racing Team	6
88	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	6
89	KANGERT Tanel	Astana Pro Team	5
90	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	5
91	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	5
92	KÜNG Stefan	BMC Racing Team	5
93	POLITT Nils	Team Katusha - Alpecin	5
94	VALGREN Michael	Astana Pro Team	4
95	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha - Alpecin	3
96	MOINARD Amaël	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	3
97	HANSEN Jesper	Astana Pro Team	3
98	POLJANSKI Pawel	BORA - hansgrohe	3
99	PHINNEY Taylor	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	3
100	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	2
101	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	2
102	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	1
103	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	1

Rank	Name	Time
1	Movistar Team	149:10:25
2	Team Sky	2:07
3	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	12:06
4	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	24:56
5	AG2R La Mondiale	46:19
6	Astana Pro Team	52:16
7	Team Sunweb	1:05:45
8	Mitchelton-Scott	1:37:17
9	BMC Racing Team	1:39:18
10	Team Katusha - Alpecin	1:44:14
11	UAE-Team Emirates	1:44:27
12	Groupama - FDJ	1:45:42
13	Quick-Step Floors	1:54:00
14	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:59:33
15	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	2:15:24
16	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	2:18:27
17	Trek - Segafredo	2:19:39
18	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:26:59
19	Direct Energie	2:27:55
20	BORA - hansgrohe	2:43:37
21	Team Dimension Data	2:48:59
22	Lotto Soudal	3:25:50

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	49:41:24
2	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:58
3	BERNAL Egan Arley	Team Sky	4:41
4	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	34:57
5	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	48:15
6	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	53:07
7	KÜNG Stefan	BMC Racing Team	55:16
8	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	59:40
9	CORT Magnus	Astana Pro Team	1:12:21
10	GESBERT Elie	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:17:32
11	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:17:36
12	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	1:21:59
13	POLITT Nils	Team Katusha - Alpecin	1:22:28
14	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	1:24:09
15	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	1:25:37
16	SMITH Dion	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:30:12
17	MOSCON Gianni	Team Sky	1:34:49
18	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Fortuneo - Samsic	1:40:28
19	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	1:40:30
20	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:48:00
21	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	1:57:18
22	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:01:42
23	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	2:03:58
24	JANSEN Amund Grondahl	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	2:07:55
25	ROOSEN Timo	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	2:10:56

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Geraint Thomas received a good luck sunflower from a young fan before the start. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Mountains classification leader Julian Alaphilippe made sure everything was ready for a day of climbing at the Tour de France. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

There were plenty of views from above on the switchbacks during stage 12 in the Alps. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Michal Kwiatkowski led Team Sky early in the stage. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Former best young rider Tejay van Garderen rode alongside the current best young rider, Pierre Latour. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

The Dutch fans were out on Alpe d’Huez. Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Stage 12 was 175 kilometers from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs to Alpe d’Huez. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Vincenzo Nibali put his descending skills to work. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Warren Barguil and Rafal Majka were in the break on stage 12. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Warren Barguil had to maneuver out of the gutter on one of the climbs. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

The peloton climbed Lacets de Montvernier on stage 12. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Nairo Quintana jumped out of the GC group with a short-lived attack. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

On the final climb, Team Sky had three riders while the other teams were reduced to a single rider. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Egan Bernal set the tempo on the final climb for Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Geraint Thomas marked the wheel of Tom Dumoulin on stage 12. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

In the frenzy on Alpe d’Huez, Vincenzo Nibali was taken out by a motorbike and had to chase after the leaders. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Nairo Quintana could not hold the pace of the GC group and lost time on Alpe d’Huez. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Alpe d'Huez — The group of GC favorites approached the Alpe d’Huez summit finish. Photo: Tim de Waele | Getty Images