It will take fire in the legs and steel in the head to reach the end of this 12th stage of the Tour de France, this Thursday, July 14. Three out-of-category climbs await the peloton: again the Col du Galibier -already taken the day before- but this time in the other direction, the Croix-de-Fer and the ascent of L’Alpe-d’Huez and its terrible 21 bends. The exact replica of the 1986 Briançon – L’Alpe-d’Huez aims to display “close the battle of the Alps on a route designed for the sharpest climbers” assumes Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France.
And after the tension and the -already legendary- stage of the day before, between Albertville and the Col du Granon on Wednesday July 13, it will be necessary to watch the riders, the breakaways, the strategies and the jersey wearers. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is now the overall leader.
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Live from the 12th stage
9:00 a.m. Hello and welcome to this live. We will follow the 12th stage together between Briançon and L’Alpe-d’Huez (165.1 km). It will again be a mountain stage which could still leave traces in the general classification.
The map of the 12th stage
– ASO / Geoatlas
The profile of this 12th stage with three major climbs
- KM 11.8 – Le Monêtier-Les Bains (intermediate sprint)
- KM 33.2 – Col du Galibier (2642 meters above sea level, 23 km at 5.1%, out of category)
- KM 110.6 – Col de la Croix-de-Fer (2067 meters above sea level, 29 km at 5.2%, out of category)
- KM 151.3 – Ascent of Alpe-d’Huez (1850 meters above sea level, 13.8 km at 8.1%, out of category)
– ASO
Timetables and road details for the passage of the 12th stage
– ASO
The Tour de France 2022 map
– ASO
