2017 Tour de France: Stage 12 Results
Astana Proteam rider Fabio Aru became the leader of the G.C. in the 2017 Tour de France and for the first time in his career took the yellow jersey after finish of stage 12 in Peyragudes.
Astana Proteam rider Fabio Aru became the leader of the G.C. in the 2017 Tour de France and for the first time in his career took the yellow jersey after finish of stage 12 in Peyragudes.
With the likes of Sagan, Cavendish, Valverde, Porte, and others gone from the Tour, and Team Sky seeming to dominate up until Aru’s win on Stage 12, will the result be a repeat of 2016?
Quick-Step Floors’ Marcel Kittel sprinted for his 13th victory at the Tour de France, his 4th of the 2017 race.
In rest day comments, Team Sky leader Chris Froome says that he is ready to work to defend the yellow jersey all the way to Paris.
Stage 9 of the 2017 Tour de France, coming just before the first rest day, definitely qualified as the queen stage, but a mid-stage crash shook up the G.C. to its core.
Rigoberto Uran won the crash-filled 9th stage of the 2017 Tour de France in dramatic fashion on Sunday.
The day belonged to the breakaway, with Direct Energie’s Lilian Calmejane taking the stage win out of a group of 50 riders that attacked early in the stage.
Direct Energie’s Lilian Calmejane beats leg cramp to best Robert Gesink on the Cote de la Combe de Laisia-Les Molunes to win stage 8 of the 2017 Tour de France.
Stage 8 of the 2017 Tour de France runs 187.5kms starting in Dole and ending at Station des Rousses.
Marcel Kittel won Stage 7 of the 2017 Tour de France by a whisker today after another sweltering day in the saddle.