The Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez rode alone to the finish 12 step Tour de France , one of the most difficult in the whole race – the cyclists had to overcome 195 km, of which the last 20 km are the driveway to the finish on Plateau de Beille .
For most of the episode fled Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx – Quick Step) and Sep Vanmarcke of Belgium (Lotto Jumbo). Shortly after the start of the last climb was Belgian and Kwiatkowski were chasing riders with a 7-person group, which lost to him about one and a half minutes. The peloton was worse than Kwiatkowski more than 11 minutes.
Approximately seven kilometers from the finish Rodrigiuez Pole caught up very tired and alone reached the finish line. Second place went to Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark (Astana), who lost a minute and 12 seconds, and the third was Frenchman Romain Bardet (AG2R) at a loss minutes and 49 seconds.
Michal Kwiatkowski reached the finish with a loss of more than 11.5 minutes and was classified at the end of three tens (27th place); Rafal Majka lost 17 minutes and 2 seconds and took 41. place.
In the combined classification Froome is 2 minutes and 52 seconds over American Tejay Van Garderen (BMC); the third remains Nairo Quintana of Ecuador (Movistar), who lost three minutes and 9 seconds. Among Poles it takes top spot Rafal Majka , which is the 36th with a loss of more than 55 minutes.
On Friday, the riders leave the Pyrenees; 13. The stage will be much milder, although undulating – 198.5 km from Muret to Rodez.
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