Tour de France (2020) Photos; Stage 12: Chauvigny → Sarran, 218 km
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You have to hand to the race organizers and the riders, the 2020 Tour de France has been a good race with today being the best stage so far		share this photo
Yesterday's winner, Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL)		share this photo
Egan Bernal (Columbia / Team Ineos-Grenadier)		share this photo
KOM Leader, Benoît Cosnefroy, attempting to get the break started		share this photo
The first four riders that got away		share this photo
Although it was a lively stage, there were no changes at the top of the GC, Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/JUMBO - VISMA) continues to lead		share this photo
Tom Dumoulin taking a mechanical problem in stride		share this photo
The break grew to 6 riders		share this photo
Stage 12 scenery		share this photo
About midway through the stage, the peloton passed through St-Léonard-de-Noblat, the home town of Raymond Poulidor, a former French national champion and popular Tour de France competitor. He passed away at age 83 in November last year and is fondly remembered for finishing on the Tour podium eight times. — cyclingnews		share this photo
Bora - Hansgrohe did a lot of work to help setup Peter Sagan for badly needed points		share this photo
Marc Soler was the first attack out of the break		share this photo
then the Subweb attack forces many riders into the hurt house		share this photo
Further back, Peter Sagan was dropped momentarily from the peloton.		share this photo
Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) launched a solo attack on the final climb with 28 km to go after his Sunweb team attacked on the penultimate climb		share this photo
Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) skillfully descending		share this photo
Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) lead hovered around 40-50s over the final 10 km		share this photo
Climbing, descending and time-trialing... young Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) can do it all		share this photo
Break companion		share this photo
After two valiant but unsuccessful solo attacks earlier in the Tour, barely 22 year-old Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) gets to post up in the Tour de France while celebrating his first pro win winning by 47s over Pierre Rolland		share this photo
Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) and his team celebrate. A thrilled Team Sunweb coach Matt Winston said: “It was a really good performance today by the whole team and everyone fully committed to the plan for the finale. It was great to see them ride with so much confidence in each other. We wanted to make it hard on the third category climb, where Søren and Tiesj a brilliant job after some great position by our sprint guys, where they put them into a position where they could attack. Marc then followed across and we had three guys in a group of six. We knew it would be tough on the second category climb so Marc made his move there. Nico and Søren were in a group of chasers and they did a fantastic job of just blocking behind, not letting anyone else jump across to Marc, and Marc was able to solo to the finish. It was a super team effort. After all our hard work in the stages before, it is really nice victory.”		share this photo
After alot of work by his team Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) finshed 13th + 2:30 to earn 4 Green Jersey points. "It was a hard stage but you have to give your best and keep fighting every single day."		share this photo
“The plan for today was to go for the breakaway, we really wanted to be there,” a jubilant and emotional Marc Hirschi said after the stage. “At the start we saw that CCC and Bora really controlled the race so we switched our tactics. Then we decided that Søren and Tiesj would go on the Category-3 climb and I would wait until the next climb. It was the plan that I followed Alaphilippe or the other big guys. Then at a moment I saw there was a lot more jumping from the bunch and just went for it and followed Jungels. The guys sat up ahead and brought me to the front and then the gap opened and we went full gas, before I then attacked on the last climb. I’m happy that I had the confidence to go there, because without the last few stages where we were so close to the win, I wouldn’t have had the confidence to go for it today. I just went all out. I didn’t believe I would make it until the last kilometre; it is a dream come true.”		share this photo
Most combative rider and Stage 12 winner, Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/SUNWEB) is neighbors with Fabian Cancellara (his agent) and is nicknamed Baby Spartacus... and now we know why		share this photo
Tour de France (2020) Photos; Stage 12: Chauvigny → Sarran, 218 km
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