Tour De France 2025: Stage 12 Takes The Race To Summit Finish In Pyrenees – Live

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The first 11 stages have, arsenic usual, been punishing and endlessly challenging for riders and fascinating and rewardingly analyzable for fans. But pinch nan first category-one and HC (hors categorie/beyond categorisation) climbs of this year’s Tour, today’s shape 12 is successful a consciousness wherever nan title really starts.

Will it beryllium a breakaway day, a GC day, aliases a spot of some connected nan 181km thrust from Auch to Hautacam, finishing astatine nan acme wherever Jonas Vingegaard scored a decisive triumph connected shape 18 successful 2022? Who are nan eager riders who person been targeting this shape for triumph since nan way was announced, duly redeeming their energy, wherever possible, successful caller days? Can Ben Healy delight Irish fans by someway defending nan yellowish jersey for EF Education–EasyPost?

The defending champion Tadej Pogacar – who suffered a precocious clang yesterday, prompting Healy and others to slow nan gait successful nan style of old-fashioned peloton patrons – will beryllium man-marking Vingegaard connected nan measurement up nan mountain, and vice-versa. But location is simply a large mobility complete really Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates will fare successful nan precocious mountains, peculiarly successful position of nan nonaccomplishment of cardinal climbing lieutenant João Almeida.

It’s going to beryllium a fascinating stage, and location are almost surely surprises and copious amounts of precocious play successful store. Allez!

Neutralised shape stage time: 12.25 UK