The route then zigzagged east through vergeze to bouillargues. Sagan attacks along with froome, bodnar and gerant thomas off the front of the peloton welcome to veloharmony, the common sense channel. The first is the publicity caravan, a long line of elaborately decorated vehicles paid for by sponsors that precedes the race each stage. Cyclings rule book includes a section that prevents riders from. French tv has just read a rule from the rule book that says a rider can be repeche, his. Normally the stage would have finished at the summit of the bald mountain. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. On 24 november 2014 amaury sport organisation announced. The queen stage of the 2016 tour, on the french national day of bastille day, this mountain stage departed west out of montpellier before quickly turning northeast to head through castries and sommieres. In between start and finish lies an interesting parcours with a lot of climbs in massif central, pyrenees, provence. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. As briton chris froome and australian richie porte closed in on the finish of stage 12, the crowds left little room for anything to get through. Froome laid hands on the yellow jersey in the descent of the peyresourde in stage 8.
The privileges of the yellow jersey were felt several times on stage 12. Image 18 of 45 nairo quintana rides in the bunch during stage 12. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. Thurday, july 14, 2016 storms, heat, cold, or gushing rains an arrival at mont ventoux is guaranteed to bring spectacle.
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