Tour de France 2020 | Stage 12 (Chauvigny - Sarran, 218 km)

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The longest stage of this year's Tour de France (and the only one above 200k) sees the riders embark on a three-day trek across the Massif Central. With Sagan's hopes of reclaiming the green jersey seemingly gone, it's difficult to see any scenario where this stage does not go to the breakaway.

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Start: 11:50

Intermediate sprint: 13:09/13:12/13:16

Côte de Saint-Martin-Terressus: 14:22/14:29/14:36

Côte d'Eybouleuf: 14:45/14:53/15:02

Côte de la Croix du Pey: 16:02/16:13/16:26

Suc au May: 16:22/16:34/16:48

Finish: 16:57/17:11/17:27



Climbs

The stage goes from flat to rolling to hilly to mid-mountainous over the course of its length, with the intermediate sprint falling in the first of these parts. Indeed, the first categorised climb comes almost halfway through the stage. 1.6k at 7.9%, the Côte de Saint-Martin-Terressus is hard by cat. 4 standards. The next climb, Côte d'Eybouleuf (cat. 4), is easier, not much trickier than the uncategorised ramps in the next 50k to Treignac.

The final 50k of the stage feature the two main climbs. The former, the Côte de la Croix du Pey, has some good ramps for a cat. 3 of this length, it should separate the wheat from the chaff.



The final climb of the day is the cat. 2 Suc au May, and it's more difficult than the average gradient suggests. There's a short descent near the end and some legitimately hard ramps before it, it would possibly have been hard enough for GC action had it come a little closer to the finish. As it is, there's just over 25k to go, most of it on rolling, often narrow roads.



Finish

We're in a very rural part of the Limousin and hence the roads aren't the widest. The final 5k are somewhat uphill.





General classification after Stage 11

Primoz Roglic
Egan Bernal + 0.21
Guillaume Martin + 0.28
Romain Bardet + 0.30
Nairo Quintana + 0.32
Rigoberto Uran s.t.
Tadej Pogacar + 0.44
Adam Yates + 1.02
Miguel Ángel López + 1.15
Mikel Landa + 1.42
Points classification after Stage 11

Sam Bennett 243
Peter Sagan 175
Bryan Coquard 155
Caleb Ewan 155
Matteo Trentin 140
Mountains classification after Stage 11

Benoît Cosnefroy 36
Nans Peters 31
Marc Hirschi 26
Ilnur Zakarin 25
Toms Skujins 24
Young riders classification after Stage 10

Egan Bernal
Tadej Pogacar + 0.23
Enric Mas + 1.41
Sergio Higuita + 5.47
Daniel Felipe Martinez + 52.12

bazermc

Hard to predict who could win this sort of stage.

dahat

I'd expect a big breakaway today with a small selection left to win the stage from it hopefully.

Dr. Bre

It looks a breakaway day

freddie_

Sagan to go all out and try and reclaim as much points as possible today, will look for both the intermediates and the stage win. He is well able to get over most climbs when he goes all out.

neris

Tomas De Gendt

Zzippy

freddie_ wrote: »

Sagan to go all out and try and reclaim as much points as possible today, will look for both the intermediates and the stage win. He is well able to get over most climbs when he goes all out.

DQS will hardly let him go up the road before the intermediate sprint. I'd imagine they will keep a right rein in him until after that and give Sam the chance to defend those points at least.

MPFGLB

No break before 51 KMs unless Sagan is in it

Bora will drill it

CMcsporty

freddie_ wrote: »

Sagan to go all out and try and reclaim as much points as possible today, will look for both the intermediates and the stage win. He is well able to get over most climbs when he goes all out.

Hopefully a much more Interesting day from the off today.

Talk of Sagan going home early if he cant compete for Green.
Wants to prepare for Giro - Contractually?

Read that Bora might try an early breakaway to get to that first intermediate sprint for Sagan.
& that Bora might team up with CCC for that.

Alaphilippe also might give this stage a crack after the breakaway is reeled in.

Macy0161

CMcsporty wrote: »

Wants to prepare for Giro - Contractually?

Well he's contractually obliged to go to the Giro. Skipping the classics. imo this will be his last contract, and he'll move to the US. I get they're professional, so money comes first, but him missing out on Flanders and Roubaix at this stage of his career is ridiculous.

neris

Could see DQS sending the likes of Jungles & Alaphilipe up the road in any break away especially if Sagans in it. Jungles has been quiet so far and used sparingly

happytramp

freddie_ wrote: »

Sagan to go all out and try and reclaim as much points as possible today, will look for both the intermediates and the stage win. He is well able to get over most climbs when he goes all out.

I'd love an exciting battle for points but It'll be a lot of work for Bora to keep it together for 50k... We could well end up with a massive break formed in the first 10k that stays away for the day.

CMcsporty

Macy0161 wrote: »

Well he's contractually obliged to go to the Giro. Skipping the classics. imo this will be his last contract, and he'll move to the US. I get they're professional, so money comes first, but him missing out on Flanders and Roubaix at this stage of his career is ridiculous.

Contractually more money in it for him on the Giro this year?
Or maybe i picked it up wrong. Just gets money for winning a green. TdF and if not on to the Giro

CMcsporty

This breakaway group is good news for Sam

dastardly00

CMcsporty wrote: »

This breakaway group is good news for Sam

Would it not be better for Sam if there were about 20+ riders in the peloton and they hoover up all the points at the end?

Sam won't make it to the finish in the same group as Sagan.

Sagan trying to go now.

dastardly00

This is some battle

Sagan doesn't look pleased

CMcsporty

dastardly00 wrote: »

This is some battle

Its good stuff.
The more non greens the better im sure for Sam. But at least those 4 will take the larger points from Sagan.

Macy0161

CMcsporty wrote: »

Contractually more money in it for him on the Giro this year?
Or maybe i picked it up wrong. Just gets money for winning a green. TdF and if not on to the Giro

I don't think it's 100% confirmed, but there are strong indicators he is being paid to go to the Giro. Came up with excuses that it was starting near slovakia - which it was, but isn't now!

Nice, Sam took 9 and Morkov 8 there.

Eamonnator

How many points did Sagan get?

De Bhál

Eamonnator wrote: »

How many points did Sagan get?

7

Toblerone1978

How many points for the green jersey are up for grabs at the end line? Or is the same for every stage?

CrowdedHouse

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

How many points for the green jersey are up for grabs at the end line? Or is the same for every stage?

Varies according to a coefficient

Today

road stages with a rolling profile (art.22-coeff. 3):
30-25-22-19-17-15-13-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2 points to the first
15 riders;

Zzippy

Even Sam's leadout man beating Sagan in the sprint. I love this Morkov guy!

CMcsporty

Zzippy wrote: »

Even Sam's leadout man beating Sagan in the sprint. I love this Morkov guy!

They look good for green now that Alaphilippe is out of GC.

Looks like Morkov will be Sam's lead out. Deqlercq a super-domestique and Styber also also helping out. Kasper Asgreen is also be there to help.
Maybe Asgreen could even win this today.

dastardly00

CMcsporty wrote: »

They look good for green now that Alaphilippe is out of GC.

Looks like Morkov will be Sam's lead out. Deqlercq a super-domestique and Styber also also helping out. Kasper Asgreen is also be there to help.
Maybe Asgreen could even win this today.

Stybar isn't in the race

CMcsporty

dastardly00 wrote: »

Stybar isn't in the race

Oh!
Who's the other lad in there helping Sam then?
Cavagna?

I see he replaced Stybar now!

neris

Eurosport showing a race in France, talking about races in Italy and giving weather updates on Spain. The ramblings of a cycling commentator

De Bhál

Sam at the back of the peloton with his team.

Gallant_JJ

Are there sprint points at today’s finish?

happytramp

Gallant_JJ wrote: »

Are there sprint points at today’s finish?

Yep. 30 for the winner. 25 for 2nd, 22 fir 3rd and so on.

dastardly00

happytramp wrote: »

Yep. 30 for the winner. 25 for 2nd, 22 fir 3rd and so on.

That's probably the biggest positive for Sam now today... that at most he could lose 30 points to Sagan. Luckily it's not 50

Sam gone out the back now

Dr. Bre

neris wrote: »

Eurosport showing a race in France, talking about races in Italy and giving weather updates on Spain. The ramblings of a cycling commentator

I don’t mind them talking about Tirreno-Adriatico cos it’s been shown on Eurosport but weather in Spain ! Lol

kmart6

Sagan falling off now so won't lose anything.

retalivity

Sunweb are great craic, firing 3-4 people into breaks, or putting the whole team as a sprint train to finish 14th o

Eamonnator

Is Sagan in the same group as Yellow and White jerseys?
I had to go out.

kmart6

kmart6 wrote: »

Sagan falling off now so won't lose anything.

Eamonnator wrote: »

Is Sagan in the same group as Yellow and White jerseys?
I had to go out.

^

CantGetNoSleep

There's enough people up ahead to look like the winner won't come from that group, plus still a Cat 2 climb to come

retalivity

Eamonnator wrote: »

Is Sagan in the same group as Yellow and White jerseys?
I had to go out.

Yeah, he's hanging at the back of it

retalivity

Cmon Hirschi, third time lucky!

Macy0161

LOL - Sagan out the back, Alaphilippe attacked off the front.

dastardly00

Nico in the chase group behind Hirschi

Eamonnator

Sagan is still hanging in with the Yellow jersey group, the hoor!

Cartman78

Only watching the last 15 mins or so.....how far off the peloton is Bennett?

Sagan hanging on the back of it somehow

CowboyTed

Come on Roche... Keep the chasing group going... This could be big for Sam...

velo.2010

How long before the UCI ban using the computer and mount as a clip on aero bar?

dave_o_brien

I'd be delighted for Hirschi.

odyssey06

CowboyTed wrote: »

Come on Roche... Keep the chasing group going... This could be big for Sam...

He can't chase another Sunweb rider.

dave_o_brien

odyssey06 wrote: »

He can't chase another Sunweb rider.

And in case it does come back, he should keep his powder dry.