Tour de France Stage 12 - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay Davézieux
Stage 12 from Saint-Jean-de-Mauriene to Annonay Davézieux is another difficult day in the Alpsat 226km or 140 miles and three (3) categorized climbs. This is especially after Stage 11 to La Toussuire, which is sure to have left mark on the riders.
Witness Janez Brajkovic's power file for the day. Janez had a good day, finishing 8th on the stage and now sitting in 8th overall. But it was not without a significant cost. Not only did he expend nearly 4,800 calories, his training stress score (TSS) for the day was a remarkable 386 points. That's the physiological equivalent of 3.86 0ne-hour time trials! And surely, he was not the only rider to have expended that kind of effort. As a result, the top riders in Stage 11, most of whom are now contenders for the general classification, will want to take it as easy as possible on today's stage.
How you take it easy over 140 miles featuring (2) category 1 climbs to start with a category 3 at the finish is beyond this commentator!
- Km 34.0 - Col du Grand Cucheron (1 188 m)12.5 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% - category 1
- Km 80.5 - Col du Granier (1 134 m)9.7 kilometre-long climb at 8.6% - category 1
- Km 207.5 - Côte d'Ardoix5.9 kilometre-long climb at 3.4% - category 3
Tour de France Stage 12 Results
Tour de France Stage 12 from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay Davézieux pretty much unfolded on script. A big break with no riders threatening to the general classification got away early, and the peloton, lead by Team Sky and Yellow Jersey Bradley Wiggins was happy to let them go. Eventually, the large group dwindled to a core group of five, one of which was the wiley veteran, David Millar from Garmin-Sharpe. When the five man group became two, Millar showed his experience, sprinting to the line in Annonay Davézieux for a well-deserved victory. The peloton made there way to the finish line, some seven minutes down on the leaders. There were no changes of consequence in the general classification heading into Stage 13 from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Le Cap d'Agde.
Stage 12 - Top 10 Finishers
| 1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp | 5:42:46 |
| 2 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 3 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:05 |
| 4 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 5 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team | |
| 6 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:07:53 |
| 7 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 8 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:54 |
| 9 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 10 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team |
General Classification after Stage 12 - Top 20
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 6:34:33 |
| 2 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:02:05 |
| 3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:23 |
| 4 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:19 |
| 5 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:04:48 |
| 6 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:06:15 |
| 7 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:57 |
| 8 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:30 |
| 9 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:08:31 |
| 10 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:08:51 |
| 11 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:09:29 |
| 12 | Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:09:45 |
| 13 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:10:49 |
| 14 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:11:27 |
| 15 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:12:41 |
| 16 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:17:21 |
| 17 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:17:41 |
| 18 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:18:04 |
| 19 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:18:55 |
| 20 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 0:19:02 |
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