Tour de France: hat-trick for Girmay as Roglic crashes again on stage 12
11 July 2024 03:39
Eritrean consolidates lead in points racePogacar retains yellow; Roglic falls to sixthBiniam Girmay, of the Intermarché-Wanty team, won the sprint finish to stage 12 of the Tour de France in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, claiming his third win in 11 days. However, while the Eritrean consolidated his hold on the points classification, one of the Tour’s Big Four lost more time in the overall standings. A traffic island caused a bad crash in the heart of the peloton with 11km to race.The crash hindered Primoz Roglic, of the Bora Hansgrohe team, and as the race leader, Tadej Pogacar, the defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease-a-Bike) and fellow contender, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), sped on, the 2023 Giro d’Italia and three-time Vuelta a España champion lost yet more time and dropped from fourth overall to sixth. He crashed on a hairpin during Wednesday’s stage. Continue readingread full article
