Tour de France stage 12 AS IT HAPPENED: Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais

Live updates from the twelfth stage of the 2023 Tour de France

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Good morning all, Welcome to our coverage of stage 12 of the Tour de France from Roanne to Belleville - en - Beaujolais. On the menu today for the peloton is 168.8 kilometres of hilly terrain with five classified climbs. It certainly looks like a day for the puncheurs either from the breakaway or from a select group towards the end. Get in touch with me via Twitter - @thewlistt and let me know who you think will take the stage honours this afternoon. 

Stage 12 - Roanne > Belleville - en - Beaujolais 168.8 kilometres

Tour de France 2023 route profiles

Here's a closer look at today's route. 168 kilometres of punchy terrain with five categorised climbs. It's hard to call any day on the Tour, especially more so in the modern era, but this feels like its got breakaway written all over it. Tomorrow concludes with a huge summit finish on the hor categorie Grand Colombier, so it's hard to imagine Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar taking lumps out of each other today. Expect to see some of the world's best puncheurs battling it out from the break today, riders like EF Education-EasyPost's Magnus Cort and Alberto Bettiol, Julian Alaphilippe of Soudal Quick-Step or maybe even Mathieu van der Poel or Wout van Aert. The latter is kind of unlikely, but you never know, 

Fabio Jakobsen abandons

Fabio Jakobsen

In case you missed it earlier on this morning, word filtered through that Soudal Quick-Step's Fabio Jakobsen had abandoned the race . The Dutch sprinter fell heavily in the bunch sprint last week in Nogaro and had been hampered by injuries sustained in the crash ever since. 

Unfortunately, @FabioJakobsen will not start stage 12 of the #TDF2023.Read more about it here and join us in wishing Fabio a speedy recovery: https://t.co/gprrpP3a1MPhoto: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/qHLxT2rZOP July 13, 2023

Sprinters "sick" of finishing runner up to Jasper Philipsen

Spare a thought for poor old Dylan Groenewegen of Jayco-AIUla. After being beaten by Jasper Philipsen once again in Moulins yesterday, the Dutch sprinter told Dutch media he was "sick" of finishing runner up to the Belgian. He won't get much luck out on the road today either! 

Overall standings

Tadej Pogacar

Coming into stage 12, Jonas Vingegaard is still in the yellow jersey of the race leader at the top of the general classification .   Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates) is just 17 seconds off the overall lead. The Slovenian is still in the white jersey of the best young rider. There are bonus seconds on offer on the final climb of today's stage - the Col de la Croix Rosier - so expect to see the UAE Emirates man trying to snatch those towards the close of play today. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) is still in third, 2-40 from the race lead.

Right! Here we go then! The flag has just dropped and the neutralised start is underway in Roanne. 

The riders face another eight kilometres or so before the stage officially starts. All of the guys in the leaders jerseys are right up there at the front of the bunch ready for when Christian Prudhomme waves his flag to signal the official start. 

The riders have just rolled through kilometre 0, but Alpecin-Deceuninck's Michael Gogl has a rear wheel puncture. Prudhomme will wait until Gogl is back in the bunch and sorted before he get's the stage officially underway.

Here's Monsieur Prudhomme! and we're officially underway! The riders have flown out of the traps here! Lidl-Trek are on the move straightaway, there's a couple of guys from Israel-Premier Tech up there and a Movistar rider looking to follow. 

167 km to go: It's Mads Pedersen whose straight up the road for Trek. Kind of brave from the Dane, especially with the road going uphill almost straightaway. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Matias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) are looking to move across to Pedersen too. 

165 km to go: Looks like Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) and several other big name puncheurs are looking to get onto Pedersen's wheel. Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost) and Mike Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) are also in the group looking to get across. 

164 km to go: Wright, Bettiol and Van der Poel have made it across to Pedersen. What a group that is if it manages to stay away.

So good to see Fred Wright getting amongst it. He was in the thick of the action in Limoges last weekend, and told me there was more to come from him in week two! 

161 km to go: Looks like all four of the riders who had a small gap are now back in the bunch. Everyone is looking to get in the breakaway today. Aleksey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) and Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) are the next two guys looking to snap the elastic. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) is up there at the head of the bunch looking to force a move. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) is up at the front too. 

159 km to go: Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) is bouncing around at the front of the bunch looking to force a move, but as the commentators say, you get the feeling this is going to take a little while longer to go. 

156 km to go: Alaphilippe looks particularly fired up today. It's a frantic and chaotic start. Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) has just launched a huge attack as the riders crested a bit of a bump in the road. I reckon that's the move that's done it. Van Aert, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) and Stefan Kung are there. 

153 km to go: That move from Mohoric and Van Aert was sniffed out pretty quickly. Everyone's still together at the moment as several Uno-X guys drive the pace at the front of the peloton. 

Roadside fans at the Tour de France

Lovely image of the fans on the roadside today. 

151 km to go: We still don't have a break! Alaphilippe and Mohoric are two main that seem determined to force a split. Van Aert is still there, as is Victor Lafay (Cofidis) and Marc Soler (UAE Emirates).

We're on the first climb of the day, despite it being just a category 3, you can see the road starting to bite slightly. 

149 km to go: Here's Skjelmose and Mohoric again! These two riders will be absolutely kicking themselves if they aren't present when a breakaway eventually goes. Van Aert and Soler don't seem to be the guys trying to force a move. Each time the likes of Alaphilippe or Mohoric go, one of those guys seems to be on their wheel. Do UAE and Jumbo have other plans for today?

148 km to go: Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) has just led the bunch over the top of the first climb. And we still don't have a breakaway.... the pace feels so relentless that it's going to need a huge effort to force anything. 

Victor Lafay

Here's Victor Lafay (Cofidis) trying to force a move at the head of the race just now. 

140 km to go: And we've got a move!   A huge acceleration from Wout van Aert forced that gap there which has split the peloton in two. Looks like we've got out breakaway of the day. I'll let you know whose in it in just a second. 

Looks like I spoke too soon! This is so chaotic, it really is. It's no surprise that we've had a crash too. Poor old David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan) hit the deck pretty badly. He's been forced out of the race and looked like he was in agony. Let's hope he's ok. 

132 km to go: There's now three groups scattered all over the road. This is ridiculously chaotic. The rider to miss out is Simon Yates (Jayco-AIUla) who is in the second group on the road, 42 seconds back from the GC favourites.

131 km to go: Van Aert is at the head of the race again with Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and a Bora-Hansgrohe rider with them. Van Aert is hammering it down this descent. Surely we'll get a real breakaway forming soon? 

We're still bombing it down the descent of the second climb of the day, the Col des Ecorbans, and it finally seems to be calming down slightly. 

123 km to go: Wout van Aert has gone solo. He's just clocked 43 kmph uphill, and has opened up a gap of more than 10 seconds on the second group on the road. What an absolute machine the Belgian is. 

122 km to go: If the Belgian can get guys like Campanaerts, Mohoric or maybe Fred Wright over to him, then they stand a real chance of finally getting away.

Right! I'm off for some lunch. Handing you over to my colleague, James Shrubsall, who will take you through the next hour. 

Afternoon everyone. What a contrast today's fervent early action is to yesterday's slow burn. Even the weather is different!

Wout Van Aert struggling to make this gap stick right now. Five seconds... oh - and now he's back in the group.

115km to go: As if in relay, off goes Burgaudeau, Turgis on his wheel.

Well, that didn't last. But the attacks are relentless from this group.

It's fractured into pieces.

113km to go: Wilko Kelderman of Jumbo-Visma has forged a gap with Skjelmose. It's a few seconds. I wonder what Vingegaard thinks of this? An important mountains domestique going up the road before an important mountains day?

109km to go: Hot on the heels of Kelderman and Skjelmose is a small group that includes yellow jersey Vingegaard, plus Tadej Pogačar, Jai Hindley and David Gaudu.

It's like watching the finale of a high mountains stage.

107km to go: That front group has come back together now.

More attacks go: Dylan Teuns, Tiesj Benoot, Fred Wright... but nothing is sticking.

105km to go: Benoot and Teuns now have a small gap. Nine seconds.

101km to go: The riders are on a long descent now, which is likely to calm things down a bit. After that comes around 25km of comparatively flat terrain before the climbs kick off again.

99km to go: Tough news for Lotto-Dstny sprinter Caleb Ewan. He's currently 13 minutes off the back of the race with a long way to go. He has team-mate Jasper De Buyst with him apparently. It's going to be a long day for the pair as they battle to stay within the time limit.

97km to go: Mads Pedersen is now up there with Teuns and Benoot. Lidl-Trek rider Pedersen was one of the day's earliest attackers, despite his sprinting abilities. No doubt he figured a bunch sprint was definitely not on the cards today, so why not try something else?

The trio has 15sec.

93km to go: Three riders have set off in pursuit of the leading trio – Andrey Amador (one of yesterday's breakaways); Ion Izaguirre (Cofidis); and Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar). They're slowing making ground on the leaders, currently 9sec behind.

92km to go: Fred Wright putting in a hard effort at the front of the main group, stringing it out. He's created a small group of six.

Just to outline how fast everything continues to change, I just typed out a brief situation overview – and then had to delete the lot.

This is crazy!

87km to go: That front group of Benoot, Teuns and Pedersen has been caught by another small group which includes Amador, Campanaerts and Jorgensen for a total 10 riders.

The force is strong with this one, I think.

87km to go: From behind, Julian Alaphilippe jumps away.

The leading group has 23 seconds over the main pack, with various riders dropped or bridging in-between.

83km to go: Alaphilippe and Jasper Styuven chasing the leaders, 30sec back.

Here's the make up of that leading break, which is now 13-strong. It has 1.18, so is definitely sticking.

Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) Thibaut Pinot (Groupama FDJ) Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) Ion Izaguirre (Cofidis) Ruben Gurreiro (Movistar) Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) Dylan Teuns (Israel-PremierTech) Victor Campanaerts (Lotto-Dstny) Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X) Mathieu Bergaudeau (TotalEnergies)

75km to go: It's been a hard chase for Alaphilippe and Stuyven, but they have just about made it up to the leaders.

The yellow jersey group is now 2.17 back.

69km to go: The race is approaching the first of a trio of climbs that come one after the other – the Col de la Casse Froide. It's a fairly serious proposition: 5.6km at 6.1%, with a summit height of 740m.

What will it do to the break?

68km to go: Mads Pedersen took the sprint ahead of Van Der Poel and Amador, with the Danish rider taking over Bryan Coquard's second spot in the points classification. 

He's still a very long way from Jasper Philipsen though.

64.3km to go: The leading group now out to 3.28 as it hits the lower slopes of the Casse Froide.

Right! Tom Thewlis back in the hot seat here and ready to take you through to the finish. 61 km to go: The breakaway is still climbing and taking turns nicely at the head of the race. Unless something really explodes behind them, they'll stay away to the end.

AG2R are driving the GC group, the second group on the road, although it appears to be to no avail as of yet. 

59 km to go: Great to see Van der Poel looking incredibly fresh at the head of the race today. He's flown somewhat under the radar so far in this Tour de France. Could this be the day the Dutchman ignites the race? 

57 km to go: Oh no! A small crash at the back of the second group on the road and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) is taking a while to get back on his bike. Hopefully he's ok.... his right knee is pretty cut up. 

55km to go: Ciccone is back on his bike but pedalling very gingerly as he gets going again. Fingers crossed the Italian is ok. 

55km to go: Meanwhile at the head of the race Andrey Amador and Van der Poel are absolutely gunning it down this climb, the category three col de la crasse froide. 

52km to go: Van der Poel and Amador have opened up a small gap from the rest of the breakaway favourites. I'd imagine that once the next climb starts they'll soon get back together. Van der Poel is clearly feeling really good here though. 

47km to go: Oh no! Absolute disaster for Julian Alaphilippe and Mads Pedersen. They've both clearly paid the price for their earlier explosive efforts and have been distanced by the front group. 

45 km to go: Van der Poel goes solo! It kind of felt like that was inevitable. There's some far superior climbers to the Dutchman in this second group on the road but they've no answer to the pace he's setting. Van der Poel has more than 30 seconds on the second group on the road. 

Here's Van der Poel attacking and distancing Amador and the other leaders.

💥 @mathieuvdpoel attacks at the front and drops @Andrey_Amador.💥 @mathieuvdpoel attaque et distance @Andrey_Amador.#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/70aggkS0hW July 13, 2023

42km to go: Van der Poel has 19 seconds on the group of chasers as they continue up the penultimate climb - the category two Col de la Croix Montmain - and it's still growing. 

The Dutchman is over the top now and using the descent fantastically to increase his advantage. He's got about 30 seconds now. 

33km to go: The leaders are onto the final climb, the Col de la Croix Rosier. Van der Poel won't be remotely interested in the bonus seconds at the summit, he's got a stage win on his mind. The Dutchman has just over 20 seconds on the remnants of the chasers, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar). 

32 km to go: Pinot and Jorgenson have made it across to Van der Poel and Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) is just behind them. If Van der Poel is going to win this, he's going to have to re-think his game plan in this last 30 or so kilometres.

30 km to go: Now we've got Ion Izaguirre and Guillaume Martin of Cofidis, Burgadeau (TotalEnergies), Ruben Guerrioro (Movistar), Tobias Johanesson (Uno-X), Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) and Amador from EF Education at the front with Van der Poel. We've got over 2 kilometres left to climb on this race and Izaguirre has launched a violent attack which looks like its shredded this lead group. Van der Poel is hanging out the back.... can he hold on?!

29km to go: Izaguirre has opened up his own gap of 30 seconds now, with one kilometre to the summit. The Cofidis rider is a handy descender..... if someone's going to bring him back, they need to do it now.

Mathieu van der Poel

Here's Van der Poel on the Col de la Croix Rosier just before they went over the summit. It's a long, twisty descent now before a relatively flat run in to Belleville.

Oh no! Horrible crash for Torstein Traen (Uno-X)..... luckily he's back on his bike and riding but that was a horrible looking crash. Traen has had some serious bad luck in this race... that must be about the third or fourth crash for him during the course of this race. 

20 km to go: Meanwhile at the head of the race, Izaguirre is still pushing on. Thibaut Pinot is 37 seconds back from the Spaniard with Van der Poel 1-34 from Izaguirre. 

17km to go: After waiting 15 years for a win on the Tour, Victor Lafay grabbed a stage victory for Cofidis in San-Sebastian on stage two. Could Izaguirre be about to grab a second win of the Tour for the French team on their home roads this time?

16 km to go: 47 seconds for Izaguirre from the Pinot group.... it's going up aswell! Hard to see the Spaniard being caught unless the group of chasers get their act together. 

Ion Izaguirre

Here's Ion Izaguirre on his way to Belleville - en - Beaujolais. It will be hard to catch him now..... he nearly has a minute on the Pinot group. 

11km to go: Izaguirre has 40 seconds on the chasers now. Burgadeau put in a big dig to try and shrink that advantage, but I'm not sure it will be enough. Tiesj Benoot is trying to get a bit of organisation going amongst them, but Izaguirre's teammate Martin is doing everything within his power to disrupt the chase. 

10km to go: Jorgenson has pushed on in a desperate attempt to try and catch Izaguirre. He's gone though! The Cofidis man is edging ever closer to a second ever Tour stage win. 

8km to go: Izagirre has 4-11 over the GC group..... there will be minimal changes in the overall standings when this stage is done and dusted. 

7.9km to go: Feels like the chasers have given up.... no surprise though given the three tough days that are about to come. Izagirre has nearly a minute now... the stage is his to lose. 

2km to go: Izagirre will finish this one off now. He's got 1-04 to the chasing group and it's still rising. This will be a memorable win for the Cofidis rider. 

Jorgenson and Burgadeau have pushed on from the Pinot group in search of the podium places. The Movistar rider has attacked over the top of Burgadeau and will almost certainly seal second place. 

1km to go: Izagirre is under the flamme rouge . It's seven years since his first Tour stage win.... what a superb afternoon for the Cofidis man. 

500 metres to go: Izagirre is punching the air... he knows he's done it. 

IZAGiRRE WINS STAGE 12! Here comes the sprint for the podium spots.

Burgadeau grabs second with Jorgenson in third.... Tiesj Benoot gets fourth. 

Right! What a day of racing. We'll have a full stage report on the site in due course. 

The GC group including Jonas Vingegaard will be over the line in about 5 minutes time. 

Here's my stage 12 report in full . 

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Tour de France 2023 Route stage 12: Roanne - Belleville-en-Beaujolais

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Roanne is a small town on the river Loire. The Tour de France visited the town once before, also for a stage start. In 2008 the race went to Montluçon, where Sylvain Chavanel won from the breakaway.

This time the riders head for the Beaujolais countryside to finish in Belleville, on the banks of that other main river in France, the Rhône. To get from a to b the riders traverse rugged terrain.

The first KOM is the Côte de Thizy-les-Bourg, a 4.3 kilometres at 5.6% with its summit at kilometre 20.5. Via the Col des Ecorbans (2.1 kilometres at 6.9%) and a series of unclassified hurdles the race enters the the second half on the Col de la Casse Froide (5.2 kilometres at 6.1%). The riders then fly down to the foot of the Col de la Croix Montmain (5.5 kilometres at 6.1%) before continuing to the Col de la Croix Rosier, which is a slightly harder climb: 5.3 kilometres at 7.6%. Moreover, there are time bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds available at the top.

Still almost 30 kilometres to go after the Croix Rosier summit sprint. Most of it goes downhill, although there are some small obstacles and several flat sections to handle as well.

Belleville-en-Beaujolais never before hosted a Tour de France stage finish.

The first three riders on the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds, while the first three on the Col de la Croix Rosier get 8, 5 and 2 seconds.

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Cyclisme Tour de France 2023 : Belleville-en-Beaujolais sera ville d'arrivée d'une étape

Le jeudi 12 juillet, la 13e étape qui partira de Roanne et de sa salle de spectacles, le Scarabée, arrivera à Belleville-en-Beaujolais après cent derniers kilomètres dans les vignes.

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A 12h39, le nom de Belleville-en-Beaujolais est apparu sur la carte du Tour de France 2023 . Fin du suspense pour connaître le lieu d'arrivée de la 12e étape étape, qui partira de Roanne (Loire), le jeudi 13 juillet.

Depuis que l'on savait que le Tour 2023 arriverait en Beaujolais , le secret était bien gardé pour la destination finale. Chiroubles et la montée vers La Terrasse, comme sur le Paris-Nice 2021, était envisagé, et le nom de Belleville-en-Beaujolais revenait, évidemment, le plus souvent, par sa capacité à accueillir le Barnum du Tour, sa zone technique et d'arrivée.

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Une étape courte

On avait évoqué une éventuelle surprise à Régnié-Durette , dont le nom revenait en dernier lieu, mais c'est bien Belleville-en-Beaujolais, ville de 13 500 habitants, qui recevra le Tour de France pour la première fois. Après avoir accueilli six arrivées de Paris-Nice (victoires de l'Italien Baldato en 2000, de l'Australien McEwen en 2002, des Belges Boonen en 2006 et Steegmans en 2008, de Thomas Voeckler en 2011 et du Néerlandais Slagter en 2014) et une du Critérium du Dauphiné en 2018 (succès de l'Allemand Ackermann).

Il s'agira d'une étape courte (169 kilomètres) et la bagarre devrait être intense pour que l'échappée puisse se dessiner avec cent derniers kilomètres dans les vignes du Beaujolais à travers les dix crûs de la Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. Cinq ascensions seront au programme dont les cols de la Croix Montmain et de la Croix-Rosier déjà escaladés lors de l'édition 2019.

Thierry Gouvenou, directeur technique du Tour de France : "C’est le genre d’étape dédiée aux baroudeurs"

« C’est sur qu’à Roanne, on a des moyens de trouver de belles choses. On va partir de Roanne et après, l’étape sera très difficile, avec cinq cols. On va repasser à des endroits où on repasse souvent avec le Dauphiné. On avait fait un contre-la-montre par équipes à Roanne, Montagny, on passe là, on va à Thizy les Bourgs, les hauts du Beaujolais, on passe par les Echarmeaux, le col du Fût d’Avenas en descendant pour revenir en plaine, Juliénas, Chenas, Morgon, Brouilly, Beaujeu. Et on va refaire du saute-mouton avec de jolis cols, celui de la Casse froide, le col de la Croix de Montmain. C’est le genre d’étape dédiée aux baroudeurs. »

« Je ne vois pas les meilleurs du général faire une grosse bagarre sur ce genre d’étape. Mais des piuncheurs baroudeurs auront toutre leur place. Il faudra être dans l’échappée car il y en aura une ce jour là. Et après, le final à Belleville, il faut une certaine pointe de vitesse parce que c’est plat. Une étape de 170 km, il me semble. C’est pas très gros. »

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Tour de France 2023: Izagirre breaks away to win chaotic stage 12 – as it happened

The Basque veteran prevailed on a day the peloton travelled through wine country and at times seemed drunk in a stage that was little short of bonkers

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  • 13 Jul 2023 Today's roll-out has begun
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  • 13 Jul 2023 Stage 12: Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais (168.8km)

Ion Izagirre

131km to go: The three escapees are reeled in as another four riders including Pidcock and Wout van Aert try their luck with an attack. They crest the top of the mountain and have a short downhill before a series of uncategorised climbs.

133km to go: Alaphilippe, Omar Fraile and Matteo Jorgensen open a gap of 10 seconds on the bunch as the continue their climb to the top of Col des Éscorban. Back in the bunch, Tom Pidcock tries to leap across.

135km to go: Well into the second climb of the day, up the category three Col des Écorbans, Julian Alaphilippe mounts another attack, taking several riders with him. They’ve opened a tiny gap on the yellow jersey group.

136km to go: It’s been a frantic, helter-skelter start to today’s stage, reminsicent of the early stages of stage 10. We’re still waiting for a breakaway to form.

138km to go: The peloton has split into two distinct group following that crash on a fast downhill. David De La Cruz’s race is over and he is now in an ambulance. Fingers crossed he’ll be OK.

140km to go: Astana rider David De La Cruz hits the deck with another rider from Groupama FDJ and looks quite badly hurt, lying flat on his back in a ditch. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious. His counterpart from the French team remounts and continues.

David de la Cruz crashes

142km to go: Wout van Aert and three others, try to escape. There are two Lotto Dstny riders in the quartet.

Wout Van Aert

144km to go: A group of 16 riders have been dropped by the green jersey group, who are around 20 seconds clear of the stragglers

145km to go: Dani Martinez is first over the top of the climb, followed by Giulio Ciccone.

147km to go: The peloton has opened a gap of around 37 seconds on a group containing the sprinters, who are in for another torrid afternoon.

150km to go: The peloton remains largely intact as they make their way up the climb with Mattias Skjelmose and Dylan van Baarle at the front. They pull away from the bunch along with another rider whose identity I will reveal as soon as I figure out who it is.

151km to go: Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan have been dropped on the first climb. It’s sad to see a legend like Sagan struggling like this in his final Tour but fair play to him for raging against the dying of the light.

152km to go: Today’s first climb is the category three Côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs, which is 633m high and 4.3km in length with an average gradient of 5.6 per cent.

157 to go: The riders are approaching the first official climb of the day with the Slovenian Bahrain Victorious rider Matej Mohoric trying to put some distance between himself and the bunch. He’s unable to snap the elastic.

160km to go: The peloton remains intact but is quite strung out. Julian Alaphilippe is at the front, baring his teeth in both a literal and metaphorical sense.

161km to go: The early leaders are reeled in by the bunch. Thwarted in his lengthy breakaway attempt two days ago, Krists Neilands is next to try his luck with an attack.

162km to go: Fred Wright and Alberto Bettiol were first to leap across to join Pedersen and were followed by Mathieu van der Poel.

They're racing on stage 12

168km to go: Gogl gets a new wheel and a push back to the peloton from a Tour motorbike pillion passenger, Christian Prudhomme waves his flag, his car accelerates up the road and the riders begin racing. The road starts going upwards immediately and Mads Pedersen is the first to launch an attack.

We are away on stage 12 as the peloton passes through Roanne.

The roll-out continues: Alpecin–Deceuninck rider Michael Gogl punctures his back wheel moments before the signal to begin racing is given, so there’ll be a delay until he gets his spoons, bucket of water and puncture repair kit out.

Mathieu van der Poel: Rated as the best lead-out man in gthe business, the Dutch Alpecin–Deceuninck rider was nowhere to be seen as his teammate Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth bunch sprint win in this Tour yesterday. He has revealed he has been suffering from an illness over the past two days and simply didn’t have the energy to help his teammate yesterday.

“It’s not going worse so I hope I can improve from today on,” he said this morning. “I will see how the legs feel but I have already got my voice back. It’s not that I’m really sick but I’ve had some sort of infection. My sleep is OK but I’m not feeling 100 per cent. We’ll see how it goes today.”

Rolling, rolling, rolling … The roll-out continues and with over half the race concluded, it seems remarkable that Jakobsen is only the eighth rider to leave this year’s Tour. I’m happy to stand corrected but going on memory alone, the rate of attrition usually seems to be a lot higher.

Today's roll-out has begun

Stage 12: The riders are meandering through the neutral zone and will be given the signal to begin racing in approximately 10 kilometres time.

Fabio Jakobsen has abandoned

The Soudal-Quick Step rider and European champion has withdrawn from the Tour, stating that his knee is not recovering from the injuries he sustained in a crash towards the end of stage four. He says he has no chance of making it to Paris and has decided to abandon.

“Due to my stage four crash, and after discussions with the team, we decided it’s better for me to stop my Tour de France journey here,” he said. “At this point it seems impossible for me to get to Paris, as I am not recovering, and my body is not healing from the crash.

“I’m very sad to leave the Grande Boucle, because I had big goals for this race and wanted to be at my best with the team. I will now take some time to recover and clear my head, and hopefully be back at my best later this season.”

Unfortunately, @FabioJakobsen will not start stage 12 of the #TDF2023 . Read more about it here and join us in wishing Fabio a speedy recovery: https://t.co/gprrpP3a1M Photo: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/qHLxT2rZOP — Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstep) July 13, 2023

Roanne, today’s starting town: “The town is renowned for its extraordinary number of starred chefs, inspired primarily by the Troisgros family,” explains the Tour handbook. “But Roanne has also made waves on the basketball court, its Chorale team winning the French championship twice, in 1959 and 2007.

“The following year, Roanne hosted a Tour start for the first time and in doing so provided Sylvain Chavanel with an instinct for victory, the Frenchman claiming his first Tour stage success in Montluçon at the end of one of his trademark breakaways. Since then, Roanne was the setting for a Wout van Aert time trial success in the 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné.”

Spetctators wait at the Le Scarabee for the start of the 12th stage in Roanne.

Christian Prudhomme on stage 12: “The formation of the breakaway will be one of the critical moments on this hilly stage,” writes the race director in the Tour handbook. “As the race passes through the vineyards that produce the Beaujolais vintages, there could well be a lot of action before the climbs of the Croix Montmain and Croix Rosier. The uphill finale may well produce an excellent sprint contest between a small group of riders.”

The peloton passes through the village of Cosne-d'Allier during yesterday’s stage 11.

Who's in what jersey?

Yellow: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates)

Left to right: Neilson Powless (polka-dot), Tadej Pogacar (white), Jonas Vingegaard (yellow) and Jasper Philipsen (green).

Philipsen powers to fourth sprint win

Stage 11 report: Jasper Philipsen took his fourth win of this Tour de France , claiming stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins by sprinting clear of his closest rival Dylan Groenewegen, of Team Jayco AlUla, in the final 100 metres. Jeremy Whittle reports from Moulins …

The top five on General Classification

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 46hr 34min 44sec

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +17sec

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2min 40sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 22sec

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) +4min 34sec

Jonas Vingegaard continues to lead the field in this year’s Tour de France.

Stage 12: Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais (168.8km)

William Fotheringham on stage 12: This is the sort of stage the Tour organiser, Christian Prudhomme, loves, peppered with medium-difficulty climbs where anything can happen. Stage hunters such as Julian Alaphilippe, Magnus Cort and company will love it, and overall contenders who have flopped thus far will see a chance for redemption. But for a team trying to control the race, it will be a nightmare in the Beaujolais vineyards. For fans, it could be grand cru .

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EN DIRECT - Tour de France (12e étape): Izagirre s'impose en solitaire à Belleville-en-Beaujolais

David gaudu: "ça fait deux jours que j'ai le grand colombier dans la tête".

David Gaudu au micro de RMC : "Plus de peur que de mal. On voulait mettre quelqu'un dans l'échappée, tout le monde avait sa carte. Thibaut s'est retrouvé demain, puis derrière ça été très difficile. J'ai tenté un coup ou deux, histoire de voir. Mais j'ai vite compris que je n'aurais pas le bon de sortie. Donc j'ai essayé de garder ce qu'il y avait à garder. J'avais de bonnes sensations. Je me sentais bien dans les montées, surtout que ce sont des montées assez courtes où on sait qu'il ne va rien se passer. Ça fait deux jours que j'ai le Grand Colombier dans la tête et j'ai envie de faire une performance".

"Le Tour de France va se jouer dans les Alpes à partir de demain. Il faudra être présent, être prêt. J'ai déjà hâte d'être à demain. (...) C'est 14 juillet, une belle arrivée au sommet, 45 minutes... Je pense qu'il y aura déjà les premières grosses défaillances".

Le classement général provisoire

1. Vingegaard (50h30m23s) 2. Pogacar (+0:17) 3. Hindley (+2:40) 4. C. Rodriguez (+4:22) 5. Bilbao (+4:34) 6. A. Yates (+4:39) 7. S. Yates (+4:44) 8. Pidcock (+5:26) 9. Gaudu (+6:01) 10. Pinot (+6:33)

Thibaut Pinot: "Aucun regret, j'étais à fond"

Thibaut Pinot au micro de RMC : "Je n'avais pas vraiment de bonnes sensations aujourd'hui. J'étais à fond. On a fait un effort au début de course, on s'est fait piéger. Je ne m'en suis jamais remis. C'était vraiment au courage aujourd'hui. Je suis mort. Non, je n'ai aucun regret aujourd'hui. J'ai donné tout ce que j'avais. C'était dur. J'ai vraiment survécu dans l'échappée aujourd'hui. C'est une étape qui va laisser pas mal de fatigue. Je m'attendais à ce que les autres soient à fond, mais ils étaient un cran au-dessus de moi. C'était vraiment chaud comme journée".

"Je ne me suis pas trop préoccupé du général. J'ai laissé une cartouche sur la route, j'espère ne pas trop le payer demain. On va essayer demain que ce soit une journée un peu plus cool".

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Le groupe maillot jaune arrive après 4 minutes

C'est aussi trois minutes de retard sur Thibaut Pinot, qui va pouvoir faire un petit bond au classement général.

La 2e place pour Burgaudeau

Le Français Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total Energies) prend la 2e place devant Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar). Thibaut Pinot finit 6e avec les poursuivants à une minute.

Ion Izagirre s'impose en solitaire à Belleville-en-Beaujolais

Le coureur Cofidis espagnol de 34 ans remporte sa première étape sur ce Tour de France, après avoir déposé Mathieu van der Poel dans une attaque bien placée lors de la montée de la dernière difficulté.

Il s'agit de la deuxième victoire de sa carrière sur la Grande Boucle. Il s'était déjà imposé lors de la 20e étape de l'édition 2016, à Morzine. Cette saison, le Basque s'est préparé avec un succès dans le Grand Prix Miguel Indurain.

Cofidis avait déjà signé une victoire dans ce Tour de France avec Victor Lafay dans la 2e étape à Saint-Sébastien.

1 km - Izagirre en route vers la victoire

Le Basque touche au but sous les acclamations du public ! Il compte une minute d'avance sur Burgaudeau et Benoot !

3 km - Tout va bien pour Izagirre, Benoot et Burgaudeau se détachent pour la 2e place

Pinot ne suit pas cette double attaque. Plus d'une minute d'avance désormais pour Ion Izagirre, touijours à fond à l'approche de Belleville-en-Beaujolais.

7 km - Le groupe Pinot est désorganisé

Ils sont toujours six dans ce groupe, à environ 700 mètres d'Izagirre, soit environ une minute de retard.

Un peu plus loin, le groupe maillot jaune, emmené par Ineos, se trouve à 4:20.

10 km - Encore 45 secondes entre Izagirre et le groupe Pinot

Jorgenson tente de s'assurer la deuxième place en sortant du groupe Pinot.

13 km - Izagirre toujours loin devant

45 secondes d'avance pour l'Espagnol. Derrière, Mathieu Burgaudeau tente une accélération. Il ne se détache pas, mais emmène les poursuivants.

19 km - 39 secondes d'avance pour Izagirre

Et pourtant, les poursuivants roulent (Pinot, Martin, Burgaudeau, Benoot, Jorgenson, Johannessen).

20 km - Chute de Træen

Le Norvégien Torstein Træen (Uno-X) a fait un soleil dans la descente, sans gravité manifestement. Il repart sur un nouveau vélo.

22 km - Le groupe maillot jaune à 4 minutes

La descente a également commencé pour Jonas Vingegaard.

24 km - Izagirre descend à fond

La prise de risque est importante de la part de l'Espagnol, qui compte 30 secondes sur le groupe Pinot. Il y aura une petite remontée peu avant Saint-Lager (10 km de l'arrivée), mais on est globalement sur une descente vers Belleville-en-Beaujolais. L'arrivée est prévue à partir de 17h21.

Mathieu van der Poel, seul, est à une minute de la tête.

28 km - Izagirre passe le sommet en tête

L'Espagnol de Cofidis a réussi son coup, il possède 15 secondes d'avance sur le petit groupe Thibaut Pinot. Le Français passe en troisième position, ce qui lui fait deux secondes de bonification.

Pinot est accompagné par Benoot, Martin, Jorgenson, Johannessen et Burgaudeau.

29 km - 18 secondes d'avance pour Izagirre, Pinot toujours parmi les poursuivants

Il reste environ un kilomètre avant le sommet du col.

30 km - Van der Poel lâche, Burgaudeau tente le contre

C'est trop difficile pour Mathieu van der Poel, distancé par les poursuivants. Mathieu Burgaudeau tente un contre, les autres suivent.

30 km - Izagirre attaque, Van der Poel ne peut pas suivre !

À deux kilomètres du sommet de la dernière difficulté, Ion Izagirre part seul devant ! Mathieu van der Poel tente de suivre, mais il n'y parvient pas !

32 km - Jonction aussi pour les poursuivants

Il reste trois kilomètres dans la montée. Ils sont huit à l'avant avec Thibaut Pinot et Mathieu van der Poel.

32 km - Pinot et Jorgenson rattrapent enfin Van der Poel

La tête de course est désormais composée de trois coureurs. Les poursuivants reviennent aussi, à 14 secondes. Ils seront peut-être 10 au sommet.

32 km - Van der Poel fait de la résistance

Thibaut Pinot et Matteo Jorgenson ont la tête de la course face à eux. Il y a dix secondes d'écart. La jonction aura-t-elle lieu avant le sommet?

33 km - L'ascension du col de la Croix Rosier commence

5,3 kilomètres à 7,6% de moyenne pour cette montée de catégorie 2. Mathieu van der Poel compte 20 secondes d'avance sur Thibaut Pinot et Matteo Jorgenson.

35 km - Pinot et Jorgenson à 12 secondes de Van der Poel

Le duo pédale fort pour combler l'espace avant la dernière difficulté de la journée.

36 km - Écart stabilisé pour Van der Poel

18 secondes entre Mathieu van der Poel et les poursuivants (derrière Thibaut Pinot et Matteo Jorgenson). Le groupe maillot jaune est à 3:05.

39 km - Pinot se détache

Thibaut Pinot prend la roue de Matteo Jorgenson. Ils ont creusé un petit écart sur les poursuivants. Le Français montre qu'il est en forme.

44 km - Van der Poel passe le sommet de la Croix Montmain en tête

Le Néerlandais a 20 secondes d'avance. Les poursuivants ont repris un peu de temps. Le groupe maillot jaune est à 2:55.

45 km - Van der Poel avec une demi-minute d'avance

Le sommet du col n'est plus qu'à un kilomètre. Il y a ensuite 7km de descente à assurer avant de repartir en montée pour le col de la Croix Rosier (5,3 km à 7,6%).

45 km - Déjà 45 secondes perdues par Alaphilippe

L'écart s'est déjà bien creusé entre les poursuivants (groupe Thibaut Pinot) et le trio Julian Alaphilippe/Mads Pedersen/Jasper Stuyven.

46 km - Van der Poel à l'attaque et désormais seul devant !

Il a accéléré et distancé Andrey Amador. Il va sans aucun doute se présenter seul au sommet du col.

47 km - Alaphilippe lâché !

Julian Alaphilippe ne peut pas suivre le rythme des poursuivants dans la montée de la Croix Montmain. Il est lâché avec Mads Pedersen, Jasper Stuyven et Victor Campenaerts.

Le groupe a explosé sous l'impulsion de Thibaut Pinot !

48 km - Le groupe maillot jaune revient à deux minutes de Pinot/Alaphilippe

Le roulage d'AG2R-Citroën semble porter ses fruits. L'écart entre le groupe maillot jaune et les poursuivants s'est réduit à deux minutes.

49 km - Début de la montée du Col de la Croix Montmain

C'est un col de catégorie 2 avec une montée de 5,5km à 6,1% de moyenne. Andrey Amador (EF Education) et Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sont toujours devant avec 30 secondes d'avance sur le groupe des poursuivants avec Thibaut Pinot et Julian Alaphilippe entre autres.

52 km - Van der Poel et Amador à l'attaque devant

Les deux coureurs sont sortis du groupe de tête pour faire la descente à deux. Ils ont 10 secondes d'avance.

53 km - Deux minutes d'avance pour la tête de course

Un point sur les écarts.

► Groupe maillot jaune +2:26 ► Groupe maillot à pois +5:17

58 km - Chute dans le peloton, Woods et Ciccone à terre

Cinq coureurs se sont accrochés dans le peloton. Un peu marqué, bien que la chute soit survenue à vitesse modérée dans une légère montée, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) attend un nouveau vélo. Anthon Charmig (Uno-X), Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Dstny), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto Dstny) et Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) sont aussi tombés.

58 km - Au sommet du col de la Casse Froide

Guillaume Martin passe la ligne en tête au sein de l'échappée. Le groupe maillot jaune a réduit l'écart, et n'est plus qu'à 2'34.

60 km - AG2R explique sa décision de rouler dans le groupe maillot jaune

Vincent Lavenu, manager AG2R-Citroën au micro de France 2 : "Dans le groupe à l'arrière, des garçons sont plutôt bien placés au général. Des garçons qui sont 10e, 12e, 13e, 14e. On a loupé le coup de devant, donc il faut maintenir un certain rythme, en espérant qu'un ou deux coureurs d'autres équipes viennent rouler avec nous pour maintenir l'écart et essayer de boucher un trou avec l'avant".

60 km - Du mouvement à l'avant

Voyant l'écart avec le peloton se réduire, plusieurs équipiers durcissent le tempo dans l'échappée.

61 km - Un point sur les écarts

L'échappée compte 3'14 d'avance sur le peloton, mené par l'équipe AG2R-Citroën, qui cherche visiblement à maintenir l'écart avec le groupe maillot à pois, à 6'06, pour défendre la place de Felix Gall au général.

64 km - Col de la Casse Froide

Les 15 coureurs de tête entament la montée classée en 3e catégorie, longue de 5,2 km à 6,1% de moyenne.

66 km - Les AG2R mènent la poursuite

La formation française prend les commandes du peloton pour maintenir voire réduire l'écart avec la tête de course. Reste à savoir quelle est la motivation d'une telle manoeuvre.

68 km - Une bonne opération en vue pour Pinot

Alors que l'écart avec le peloton est de 3'33 et que plusieurs coureurs qui le devancent au classement général sont encore plus loin, Thibaut Pinot devrait gagner des positions. Il est actuellement 15e, à 9'36 de Vingegaard.

71 km - Encore trois ascensions

Après cette partie de plat ayant permis à l'échappée de se constituer, les coureurs enchaîneront trois montées. Le sommet de la dernière, sur lequel est placé un point bonus, est situé à 28 km de l'arrivée.

75 km - Jonction à l'avant

Alaphilippe et Stuyven viennent de rentrer sur le groupe composé de Benoot, Pedersen, Teuns, Amador, Van der Poel, Martin, Izagirre, Guerreiro, Jorgenson, Campenaerts, Burgaudeau, Pinot et Johannessen. Pedersen a franchi la ligne du sprint intermédiaire en tête.

76 km - Alaphilippe se rapproche

Le double champion du monde n'est plus qu'à 15 secondes du groupe de tête. Le groupe maillot jaune est pointé à 1'52, alors que l'écart ne cesse de grimper. Le groupe maillot à pois, avec Meintjes, Landa ou Kuss, est à plus de 6 minutes.

79 km - La mi-course est franchie

Il aura donc fallu attendre la moitié de l'étape pour que l'échappée du jour se dessine! Le groupe maillot jaune lève enfin le pied alors que beaucoup de coureurs ont été distancés depuis le départ.

81 km - Composition de l'échappée

Benoot, Pedersen, Teuns, Amador, Van der Poel, Martin, Izagirre, Guerreiro, Jorgenson, Campenaerts, Burgaudeau, Pinot et Johannessen ont 33 secondes d'avance sur le duo Alaphilippe-Stuyven et 1 minute de marge sur le groupe maillot jaune.

82 km - Alaphilippe en chasse-patate

Le coureur français est accompagné par Stuyven. Ils sont à 30 secondes des 13 hommes de tête, alors que le peloton n'est pas loin derrière.

84 km - Le peloton toujours agité

D'autres coureurs tentent encore de sortir du groupe maillot jaune, alors que l'écart grandit avec les hommes de tête.

86 km - Alaphilippe en poursuite

13 coureurs ont pris le large, suivis par Alaphilippe. Le peloton accuse 25 secondes de retard.

88 km - Pinot y va

Le Français sort du groupe maillot jaune, très réduit, au moment où l'allure commence enfin à se relever. Et si l'échappée était enfin partie?

90 km - Campenaerts et Burgaudeau font le jump

Les deux coureurs ont bouché le trou sur les intercalés. Le groupe maillot jaune reste toujours proche des trois hommes de tête.

92 km - Pas de répit dans le peloton

Le groupe maillot jaune ne laisse toujours pas filer la tête de course, pointée à 22 secondes. Le regroupement est proche entre les deux trios.

97 km - Le trio creuse

Pedersen, Teuns et Benoot comptent à présent 22 secondes d'avance sur le groupe maillot jaune. Jorgenson, I.Izagirre et Amador sont intercalés.

100 km - Le point à 100 kilomètres de l'arrivée

Repris par Pedersen, Teuns et Benoot comptent une dizaine de secondes d'avance sur le groupe maillot jaune, composé d'une soixantaine de coureurs. Le maillot à pois figure à un troisième échelon, dans un groupe à 3'18. Les sprinteurs sont pointés à plus de 7 minutes dans un début d'étape complètement fou.

104 km - Place à la descente

Après une dernière montée non-répertoriée au classement de la montagne, le groupe maillot entame une longue descente. Le duo belge Benoot-Teuns compte 15 secondes d'avance.

106 km - Bardet à l'attaque

Le coureur français tente à son tour de sortir. Teuns et Benoot ouvrent désormais la route mais ils ne creusent pas.

108 km - Nouveau regroupement à l'avant

Les deux hommes de tête, rejoints par Soler, se font reprendre par la tête du groupe maillot jaune. Certains éléments ressortent immédiatement, quel début d'étape!

111 km - Le peloton explose

Vingegaard et Pogacar ont pris quelques longueurs sur le reste du peloton, accompagnés notamment par Martin, et tentent de revenir sur le duo de tête.

112 km - Skjelmose et Kelderman à l'avant

Les deux coureurs ont creusé un petit écart sur l'avant du peloton. Le groupe maillot à pois est à près de 2 minutes.

114 km - Un groupe se détache

van Aert repris, de nouvelles accélérations sont placées à l'avant du premier peloton. L'échappée du jour n'est toujours pas formée, alors que les coureurs sont dans un col non-répertorié.

117 km - van Aert toujours à l'avant

L'homme de tête ouvre toujours la route dans une descente. Le peloton l'a dans son viseur, alors que le deuxième groupe est pointé à 1'27.

119 km - Un rythme effréné

La tête de course à parcouru 45,2 km dans la première heure de course. Soit une allure largement supérieure à ce qui était prévu par l'organisation.

123 km - van Aert seul en tête

Le coureur belge a fait le trou avec le peloton et compte une dizaine de secondes d'avance. Pendant ce temps, Ewan est signalé avec 9 minutes de retard à l'arrière de la course.

125 km - Encore des tentatives

De nouveaux coureurs tentent de s'échapper du premier peloton. On ne laisse pour le moment aucun bon de sortie, alors que l'écart grandit avec le deuxième groupe où figurent notamment les frères Yates.

127 km - Le groupe maillot vert à 3 minutes

Les sprinteurs sont les autres victimes de ce rythme infernal en tête de course. Ils sont déjà pointés à 3 minutes du premier peloton. Le deuxième groupe est à 1 minute.

130 km - Ciccone passe en tête

Le coureur italien franchit le col de Écorbans en tête, devant Martinez. Le premier peloton est toujours groupé, après 40 kilomètres de course.

131 km - Pogacar accélère !

Le deuxième du classement général accélère à l'avant du peloton. Il est calmé par Vingegaard, alors que tous les outsiders bien placés relancent.

132 km - Adam Yates aussi piégé

Tout comme son frère, le 6e du classement général est présent dans le deuxième peloton. Ce qui est aussi le cas de Gaudu.

133 km - Dans le col des Écorbans

Burgaudeau, Arranburu et Fraile sont sortis du premier peloton et entament la deuxième difficulté du jour, longue de 2,1 km et à la pente moyenne de 6.9%.

135 km - Le peloton coupé en deux

Le peloton est éparpillé et roule toujours à vive allure. S. Yates, Kuss, Landa, Madouas et Barguil sont notamment piégés, tout comme le maillot à pois.

137 km - De La Cruz abandonne

Tombé sur la gauche de la route il y a quelques instants, David De La Cruz est contraint à l'abandon. Astana vient de perdre son troisième coureur, après Sanchez et Cavendish.

138 km - 8 hommes à l'avant

Alaphilippe, van Aert, I. Izaguirre, Jorgenson, Aranburu, Oliveira, van der Poel et Peters ont pris quelques longueurs d'avance sur le peloton.

140 km - Chute dans le peloton, De La Cruz en souffrance

Dans une descente, Pacher et De La Cruz sont tombés au sein du peloton. Cela semble assez sérieux pour le coureur espagnol.

142 km - De nouvelles attaques

Les offensives sont toujours aussi nombreuses mais infructueuses à l'avant du peloton, engagé dans une descente. Les coureurs se dirigent vers la deuxième difficulté du jour.

146km - Philipsen distancé

A l'arrière, les sprinteurs continuent de se faire lâcher, à l'image de Jasper Philipsen. Julian Alaphilippe reste lui très actif pour se porter à l'avant.

148km - Martinez en tête au premier grand prix de la montagne

Le Colombien Daniel Martinez passe en tête au sommet de la Côte de Thizt-les-Bourgs. Toujours pas d'échappée.

151km - Sagan et Ewan distancés

Les deux sprinteurs sont déjà lâchés dans cette première montée. Il va falloir que ça se calme pour espérer un retour.

152km - dans la première côte du jour

Le peloton arrive dans la côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs (4,3km à 5,6%), qui pourrait peut-être permettre aux baroudeurs de faire la différence.

158km - Alaphilippe à l'attaque

En compagnie de Pierre Latour, Julian Alaphilippe se porte à l'avant du peloton mais on ne parvient pas à faire la différence.

161km - Regroupement

Beaucoup de coureurs sont motivés à l'idée de prendre l'échappée et on assiste au premie regroupement sur ce début d'étape.

165km - Pedersen repris

Mads Pedersen est repris par Fred Wright et Alberto Bettiol. Mathieu van der Poel rentre à son tour.

Départ réel

Christian Prudhomme libère les 168 coureurs pour 168 kilomètres ! Mads Pedersen attaque le premier aujourd'hui !

Cédric Vasseur avant le départ

Manager de la Cofidis, Cédric Vasseur s'est exprimé ce matin au micro de RMC: "C'est une étape difficile parce que ça ne fait que monter et descendre. On imagine qu'une échappée va se dégager, l'objectif est de mettre un ou plusieurs coureurs à l'avant. Si on regarde le profil, on pense à Victor Lafay qui n'est pas loin de chez lui, Ion Izagirre aussi et Guillaume Martin. Ce sont nos meilleures cartes. Le 14 juillet ? Toutes les étapes sont belles à gagner sur le Tour mais celui qui peut s'imposer le 14 juillet en étant français dans une équipe française, ça donne une saveur particulière. Il y aura une ambiance particulière dans le bus le matin, on mettra sûrement La Marseillaise. Cette fierté nationale ressort le 14 juillet. Quand on est coureur français on se fait un peu plus mal le 14 juillet, on espère que ça va sourire. Gagner le 14 juillet est un honneur mais il faudra monter le Grand Colombier. Gagner la veille du 14 juillet c'est bien aussi."

"J'ai des fourmis dans les jambes", Pinot veut passer à l'attaque en montagne

Quinzième du classement général au matin de la douzième étape du Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot a bien l'intention de passer à l'attaque ces prochains jours en montagne. Le coureur de la Groupama-FDJ, après avoir aidé David Gaudu, compte jouer sa carte comme il l'a confié à Ouest-France.

La résilience de Torstein Træen, qui court avec un coude fracturé depuis le départ

Le coureur norvégien Torstein Træen (Uno-X) révèle qu’il dispute le Tour de France avec une fracture au coude depuis sa chute intervenue lors de la première étape. Le 129e du classement général souffre également du genou et du dos.

Fabio Jakobsen se retire

La Soudal-QuickStep annonce l'abandon de son sprinteur Fabio Jakobsen : "En raison de ma chute lors de la quatrième étape, et après discussion avec l'équipe, nous avons décidé qu'il était préférable pour moi d'arrêter mon Tour de France ici. A ce stade, il semble impossible pour moi d'arriver à Paris, car je ne récupère pas et mon corps ne guérit pas de la chute", a expliqué le Néerlandais.

Vainqueur d'étape l'an passé, Jakobsen a confirmé son départ de l'équipe belge à l'issue de la saison. Il devrait s'engager avec DSM Firmenich pour 2024 mais on devrait le revoir d'ici la fin de saison: "Je suis très triste de quitter la Grande Boucle, car j'avais de grands objectifs pour cette course et je voulais être à mon meilleur niveau avec l'équipe. Je vais maintenant prendre le temps de récupérer et de faire le vide dans ma tête, et j'espère revenir à mon meilleur niveau plus tard dans la saison."

"Elles se font tordre par le même coureur", Louvel déplore la stratégie des équipes de sprinteurs

Présent dans l'échappée mercredi lors de la 11e étape du Tour de France, Matis Louvel n'a pas apprécié le comportement des équipes de sprinteurs, concurrentes à celle de Jasper Philipsen, vainqueur pour la quatrième fois à l'arrivée.

Une étape vallonnée ce jeudi

Après une 11e étape plutôt calme et une victoire au sprint de Jasper Phillipsen mercredi , cette 12e étape a sans aucun doute été cochée par les baroudeurs. Cinq cotes (trois de 3e catégorie, deux de 2e) sont répertoriées au classement de la montagne, dont une dernière (2e catégorie) à une trentaine de km de l'arrivée.

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Tour de france 2023 results.

Stage 21: Jonas Vingegaard crowned Tour de France champion in Paris / As it happened

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the Tour de France for the second  year in a row after finishing safely in the main field with his Jumbo-Visma teammates. Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) sprinted to victory on the Champs-Elysées, beating green jersey Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) by less than a tyre width to take his first stage victory of the Tour de France.

Vingegaard topped the general classification with a 7:29 ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and 10:56 on Pogačar’s teammate Yates.

Stage 20: Tour de France: Pogacar rebounds to take stage 20 victory as Vingegaard seals his second overall title / As it happened

Rebounding after a disastrous stage 17 on Col de la Loze, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the final mountain stage of the 2023 Tour de France. Crossing the line in third, with the same time, was Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) who is set to claim the overall victory for a second year, with just Sunday’s final parade stage to Paris left to race. Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën) was second on the stage. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), who delivered one final attack on his home roads to the delight of the huge crowds massing the roads, was caught on the final climb.

There were no changes in the top 3 on the general classification, Vingegaard, Pogačar and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) are set to be on the final podium. Fourth on the stage, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) moved up to fourth overall.

Stage 19: Tour de France: Mohoric outsprints Asgreen in drag race to stage 19 finish / As it happened

There was no rest and little recovery on a wickedly fast stage 19 of the Tour, where the winning breakaway took 100 kilometres to go clear. Three riders attacked from the 36-rider move, with Matej Mohorič giving Bahrain Victorious their third stage win after Pello Bilbao on stage 10 and Wout Poels on stage 15. The GC contenders all came in together almost 14 minutes behind.

Stage 18: Tour de France: Kasper Asgreen seizes stage 18 victory from all-day breakaway / As it happened

Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) won the closing sprint on stage 18 of the Tour de France to hold off his breakaway companions and a surging peloton. After 185 kilometres at the front of the race with Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) and Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), it came down to the final 200 metres to secure the win for Asgreen, leaving Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto Dstny), who had bridged across 58km earlier, in second and Abrahamsen third. 

There were no changes in the general classification on the largely-flat stage between Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remaining in yellow.

Stage 17:   Tour de France: Vingegaard dashes Pogacar's GC hopes on stage 17 across Col de la Loze / As it happened

Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën) attacked from a reduced front group with under 13km to go and held on for a solo victory across the Col de la Loze on stage 17 of the Tour de France. Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) stamped his authority on the queen stage by dropping his main rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on the final climb. Pogačar finished the stage 7:37 down – 5:45 behind Vingegaard – leaving him still in second place overall but a massive 7:35 back of the Dane.

Stage 16: Tour de France: Vingegaard removes all doubt, crushes Pogacar in stage 16 time trial / As it happened

After two weeks of racing for seconds, Jonas Vingegaard finally carved out a significant gap over second-placed Tadej Pogačar in the stage 16 time trial in Combloux. Vingegaard won the stage by 1 minute 38 seconds over his rival to extend his lead in the GC to 1:48.

Stage 15: Tour de France: Wout Poels blasts to blockbuster stage 15 solo victory / As it happened

The stalemate between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) continued on the third mountainous day in a row at the Tour de France. The duo marked each other’s attacks on the final climb to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and ultimately crossed the finish line together. Attacking from the break, Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) won stage 15 after an 11km solo ride to to claim his first Tour de France stage win.

Stage 14: Tour de France: Carlos Rodríguez strikes for win on stage 14 as Vingegaard gains valuable second on Joux Plane / As it happened

Rivals Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) continued their intense battle on the final climb on stage 14 of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey Vingegaard gaining one second in an evenly matched duel. Both riders used their respective teams to dispatch all the other riders before fighting it out on the Col de la Joux Plane. Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) took advantage of the situation to fly down the descent to take the win in Morzine, and move up to third overall.

Stage 13: Tour de France: Kwiatkowski wins stage 13 on Grand Colombier as Pogacar closes in on yellow / As it happened

The Tour de France overall standings remained neck-and-neck between leader Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar on stage 13, the second hors-categorie summit finish of the race. Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos) won the stage from the breakaway, while UAE Team Emirates burned up the team to set up Pogačar. Vingegaard was on guard and fended his rival off until the final metres, losing eight seconds total but keeping the maillot jaune.

Stage 12:   Tour de France: Ion Izagirre secures solo victory on frantic stage 12 / As it happened

Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) won stage 12 of the Tour de France with a solo attack 30km from the line in Belleville-en-Beaujolais. His long-range breakaway rewarded the Basque rider with his second career Tour win, the last one coming in 2016. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) outsprinted Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) 58 seconds back to complete the podium. 

The hectic first half of the hilly 168.8km stage saw lots of attack, including Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who was rewarded as the most combative rider. There were no changes between the top GC leaders, with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) still in yellow and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in second and in the best young rider jersey.

Stage 11: Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen flies to fourth sprint victory on stage 11 / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) showed more blistering speed, proving himself the best sprinter of the Tour de France on stage 11 to Moulins even without any lead-out from Mathieu van der Poel.

It was a squeaky clean sprint from the Belgian who has endured a flood of hate-mail about his previous sprints.

Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies) was the day's sole breakaway rider and caught with 13km to go. The GC standings remained the same as all of the contenders finished in the peloton.

Stage 10: Tour de France: Pello Bilbao scorches sprint from breakaway to win stage 10 / As it happened

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) out-sprinted Georg Zimmerman (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën) to win stage 10 of the Tour de France on a sizzlingly-hot day. The Spaniard was part of the day's breakaway that brought six riders into Issoire, where he claimed the first stage victory of his career.

The breakaway gained 2:53 on the group containing race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) third-placed Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) to keep the top four in the GC standings the same.

Stage 9: Tour de France: Michael Woods triumphs with stage 9 victory atop Puy de Dôme / As it happened

The Tour de France reached the mythical ascent of the Puy de Dôme at the finish of stage 9 where Michael Woods (Israel Premier Tech) triumphed with the day's victory after being part of a large breakaway that gained upwards of 15 minutes on the main GC contenders during the stage.

On the upper slopes of the ascent, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) then surged with 1.5km to go, to put valuable seconds into Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). Vingegaard now leads Pogačar by 17 seconds in the battle for the yellow.

Stage 8: Tour de France: Mads Pedersen beats Jasper Philipsen to win crash-marred stage 8 / As it happened

Stage 8 was a highly anticipated day for the puncheurs, even so, Mark Cavendish had his sights set on a 35th career stage win at the Tour de France, but it wasn't meant to be as the Manxman crashed with 60km to go and forced to abandon the event.

In a chaotic finish to the hilly run-in to Limoges, which saw a late-race crash take down Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) stormed to the victory in a close sprint ahead of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). Jonas Vingegaard finished safely in the field and carries the yellow jersey into stage 9 with a finish at Puy de Dôme.

Stage 7: Tour de France: Philipsen denies Cavendish, completes hat-trick in Bordeaux / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) blasted across the line in Bordeaux to win stage 7 of the Tour de France, winning by one bike length over Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan). Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) finished third in the sprint.

For Philipsen, it was his third victory of the three sprint stages in the first week of the 2023 race. He bolted down the main avenue and passed Cavendish in the closing 50 metres, holding the Manxman's attempt at a record 35th Tour stage win  at bay.

Stage 6: Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar claws back time with victory at Cauterets / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won stage 6 with a massive attack across the final 2.7km and stormed back into the general classification mix. He distanced Jonas Vingegaard at the line at Cauterets by 24 seconds, while the Jumbo-Visma rider took the overall lead and yellow jersey away from Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), who was 2:39 back in sixth place. 

Vingegaard now has a 25-second advantage over rival Pogačar, while Hindley held the third spot in the overall, 1:34 back, after the massive 144.9km climbing day in the Pyrenees. 

Stage 5: Tour de France: Jai Hindley wins stage 5 as Vingegaard drops Pogacar in Pyrenees / As it happened

The first of the Pyrenean stages at the Tour de France had the potential to shake up the general classification, and it did just that as Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) went on a day-long attack, won stage 5 into Laruns and took the yellow leader's jersey in the process.

Hindley moved into the overall race lead by 47 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and 1:03 on Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), as Tadej Pogaçar (UAE Emirates) slipped to 6th now at 1:40 back.

Stage 4: Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen wins two in a row in crash-marred stage 4 / As it happened

There was no doubt who won stage 4 at the Tour de France, with Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) securing his second-consecutive sprint stage win in Nogaro. A day for the sprinters ended in carnage, however, as several riders crashed along the motor speedway circuit that hosted the finish.

There were no changes to the overall classification as Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) finished in the field at the end of the 181.8km stage and will wear the yellow leader's jersey into stage 5.

Stage 3 - Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 3 after impressive lead-out from Mathieu van der Poel / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen  (Alpecin-Deceuninck) rocketed across the line in a bunch sprint in Bayonne to win stage 3 of the 2023 Tour de France. A half a wheel behind, Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) claimed second and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) third.

All the general classification contenders, including Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) in the yellow jersey, finished safely in the field with no time changes after 193.5km from the hills of Spanish Basque territory to the roads of France.

Stage 2 - Tour de France: Victor Lafay gives Cofidis their first win since 2008 on stage 2 / As it happened

Victor Lafay (Cofidis) put in a stunning attack to claim stage 2 in San Sébastian. The Frenchman clipped off the front of a select group that formed after the Jaizkibel and stole the show from Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who won the sprint for second.

Tadej Pogačar added to his tally with a time bonus for third and also won the five bonus seconds atop the Jaizkibel ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). His teammate Adam Yates held the lead by six seconds.

Stage 1 - Tour de France stage 1: Adam Yates wins ahead of twin brother Simon in Bilbao / As it happened

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) won stage 1 of the Tour de France in Bilbao, outsprinting his brother Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula)  after the duo escaped together after the final climb of the Pike. Adam Yates leads the general classification by 8 seconds over his brother, and 18 seconds over his teammate Tadej Pogačar who finished third on the stage.

Enric Mas (Movistar) abandoned the stage after crashing with Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) with 23km to go. Carapaz ultimately crossed the line, over 15 minutes from Adam Yates. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) along with other contenders Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) are 22 seconds down overall.

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Tour de France 2023 route

The full 2023 Tour de France route was revealed at the official Tour de France presentation on 27th October .

The race starts across the border in the Basque Country, the first time the race has started there since 1992. A handful of hilly stages open the action before the race crosses the Pyrenees into France.

The route features only 22km of time trialling, all coming on the hilly stage 16. Four summit finishes also feature, including the Puy de Dôme for the first time in 35 years and the Grand Colombier in the Pyrenees.

The mountainous course brings a tough final week, concluding with a final showdown in the Vosges to Le Markstein on stage 20.

Tour de France 2023 contenders

Tour de France rivals: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard

2022 champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) will return to defend his title after dispatching two-time winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) last July. The Slovenian is racing after recovering from a fractured wrist in April, while Vingegaard starts off the back of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Other big-name GC men lining up at the start in Bilbao include David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Enric Mas (Movistar), Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious).

See: Tour de France 2023 – Analysing the contenders

Tour de France 2023 teams

The 2023 Tour de France will be made up of 22 teams, 18 WorldTour teams, the two top-ranked second-division teams, and two discretionary wild-card teams.

Lotto Soudal and TotalEnergies made the cut as the best ProTeams of 2022, while Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X were chosen as the two wildcard teams for the 2023 Tour de France .

Tour de France 2023 schedule

Tour de france history.

Jonas Vingegaard is the reigning champion, having won his first Tour de France in 2022. The Danish rider denied Tadej Pogačar a trio of consecutive victories, the Slovenian having snatched the 2020 title before dominating the 2021 race. 

Pogačar himself broke a Ineos/Sky stranglehold on the race, with the British team having won seven of the previous eight Tours de France with Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and four-time winner Chris Froome . Vincenzo Nibali, then riding for Astana, was the other man to break the British squad's dominance with a win in 2014.

The Tour wins record is currently held by four men, with Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain all on five titles.

Peter Sagan getting once dominated the green jersey for the points classification but has been usurped in the past three years, with Wout van Aert establishing himself as the dominant man of all terrains in 2022. Sagan still holds the all-time green jersey record with seven wins in nine participations. Erik Zabel's six jerseys lie second, ahead of Sean Kelly's four.

In addition to his yellow jersey, Vingegaard won the polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification in 2022, as Pogačar did the previous two years.  Richard Virenque holds the record for polka dot jersey wins at seven, and it won't be beaten anytime soon as Pogačar and Rafał Majka are the only current riders to have won more than one king of the mountains title, with two.

Pogačar has won the white jersey for best young rider three years in a row and, at 24, is still eligible for a fourth crack in 2023.

Read on for a list of the riders with the most wins of the Tour de France, the most stage wins, as well as the major jerseys.

Most Tour de France overall wins

  • 5 – Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain
  • 4 –  Chris Froome
  • 3 – Phiilippe Thys, Louison Bobet, Greg LeMond
  • 2 – Lucien Petit-Breton, Firmin Lambot, Ottavio Bottecchia, Nicolas Frantz, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Sylvère Maes, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Bernard Thévenet, Laurent Fignon, Alberto Contador, Tadej Pogačar
  • 1 – Geraint Thomas , Egan Bernal , Jonas Vingegaard

Most Tour de France stage wins

  • 34 – Eddy Merckx, Mark Cavendish
  • 28 – Bernard Hinault
  • 25 – André Leducq
  • 22 – André Darrigade
  • 20 – Nicolas Frantz
  • 19 – François Faber
  • 17 – Jean Alavoine
  • 16 – Jacques Anquetiil, René Le Grevès, Charles Pélissiier ...
  • 12 – Peter Sagan
  • 11 – André Greipel
  • 9 – Tadej Pogačar , Wout van Aert
  • 7 – Chris Froome

Most Tour de France points classification/green jersey wins

  • 7 –  Peter Sagan
  • 6 – Erik Zabel
  • 4 – Sean Kelly
  • 3 – Jan Janssen, Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Robbie McEwen
  • 2 – Stan Ockers, Jean Graczyk, André Darrigade, Laurent Jalabert, Thor Hushovd, Mark Cavendish
  • 1 – Michael Matthews , Sam Bennett , Wout van Aert

Most Tour de France polka dot jersey/mountains classification wins

  • 7 – Richard Virenque
  • 6 – Federico Bahamontes, Lucien Van Impe 
  • 3 – Julio Jiménez
  • 2 – Felicien Vervaecke, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Charly Gaul, Imerio Massignan, Eddy Merckx, Luis Herrera, Claudio Chiappucci, Laurent Jalabert, Michael Rasmussen, Rafał Majka , Tadej Pogačar
  • 1 – Nairo Quintana , Chris Froome , Warren Barguil , Julian Alaphilippe , Romain Bardet , Jonas Vingegaard

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