Tour de France 2011 Photos; Stage 12: Cugnaux → Luz Ardiden, 211 km
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Thomas Voeckler (Europar) signing in at the start in Cugnaux. The last French rider to wear Yellow on Bastille Day was also Thomas Voeckler, back in 2004.		share this photo
A picturesque shot of the region southwest of Toulouse		share this photo
Leaving the rolling hills and sunflowers for the High Pyrenees		share this photo
Jeremy Roy (FDJ) and Geraint Thomas (Sky) at the front of the race climbing the second of three difficult climbs on the day, Col du Tourmalet from the La Mongie side		share this photo
On a clear day in 2005, this what the spectacular and very fast descent of Col du Tourmalet looks like		share this photo
The lead group descending Col du Tourmalet		share this photo
Fans waiting on the last of three big climbs: Luz Ardiden (13.1 km @ 7.4 %)		share this photo
The media congestion at the top of the Luz-Ardiden ski resort where today's stage finished		share this photo
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) were at the front for much of the final climb		share this photo
Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) attacked the GC contenders several times on the final climb and his move with 2.5 km to go stuck		share this photo
Sammy Sanchez starting to drop Jelle Vanendert near the finish		share this photo
Ivan Basso, Andy Shleck and Cadel Evans with Damiano Cunego in the distance. They finished 4th, 5th and 6th + 30s.		share this photo
Alberto Contador was dropped over the final several km and finished 13s back of his GC contenders. He finished 8th +43s.		share this photo
Thomas Voecker and Europcar teammate Pierre Rolland finished 9th and 10 + 50s		share this photo
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) finished 11th +1:03		share this photo
Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky) with Levi Leipheimer on his wheel finished 13th +1:25		share this photo
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins the first mountain stage of this year's race followed by Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 7s		share this photo
This was also Sammy Sanchez' first Tour stage win		share this photo
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Frank Scheck was 3rd + 10s and moves past Cadel Evans for second		share this photo
A lot of questions were answered with Ivan Basso's (Liquigas) performance today and he looks pleased crossing the line		share this photo
Pierre Rolland and Thomas Voeckler celebrate Europcar's unexpected successful defense of the Yellow Jersey while crossing the line		share this photo
Andreas Kloeden suffered another crash today. A couple days ago, he was the only unscathed RadioShack rider. Since then he's crashed three times.		share this photo
The rest of the peloton snaking their way up Luz Ardiden		share this photo
Samuel Sanchez, your stage 12 winner		share this photo
Samuel Sanchez		share this photo
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) remains in Yellow by 1:49 on Frank Schleck		share this photo
Today's summit finish win vaults Samuel Sanchez to the top of the KOM standings		share this photo
Geraint Thomas (Sky) survived some dodgy descending to take the most combative rider award		share this photo
Tour de France 2011 Photos; Stage 12: Cugnaux → Luz Ardiden, 211 km
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