A big drop for Primoz Roglič as disaster strikes on stage 12
And Evenepoel has another day in the white best young rider jersey to enjoy.
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Girmay extended his green jersey lead, meanwhile.
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Another day in yellow for Tadej Pogačar, who also leads the king of the mountains competition.
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Arnaud Démare has been relegated from third position so now Pascal Ackermann moves up onto the stage podium. More to come on that soon.
And here’s the new GC
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Here’s the stage result today…
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Here’s what Girmay had to say after his third stage win of the Tour…
“First of all I would say thanks God giving me a lot of strength and power. Without God we cannot do anything so I’m super happy. Second, I want to say thanks to my teammates. Thank you for everyone, without them I cannot prove I am the fastest. I’m super happy.
“From the start of the Tour I feel like I knew I can do good results if I have the right time and the right wheel. I proved in the last three sprints if I’m in the right position I am able to win Especially today, We didn’t have any stress. We think the break will arrive, don’t take risk, but in the end when everyone came together I got on the radio and said I feel good. I’m super happy I can deliver.”
After that stage, Roglič drops from fourth to sixth in the GC behind João Almeida and Carlos Rodríguez. He’s now at 4:42 down on Pogačar.
Girmay, meanwhile, extends his points classification lead. He has 328 points to Jasper Philipsen’s 217.
Green jersey holder beats Van Aert, Démare as Primož Roglič loses time in late crash
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There we go – he finished in 120th place at 2:27 down on Girmay and the peloton. Brutal for the Slovenian. He did go down in the crash, as evidenced by the tears in his jersey.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe leader struggles to regain contact with main peloton
Girmay beat Van Aert and Démare into second and third. Pascal Ackermann and Mark Cavendish finished fourth and fifth.
Biniam Girmay celebrates his third Tour de France 2024 stage victory in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
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Roglič just now reaching the final kilometre.
Finish
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) wins stage 12 of the Tour de France!
It looks like Démare will hold on but no, there’s a late surge on his left.
Behind him it’s Girmay, Cavendish, Van Aert.
Démare kicks off the sprint
Now Arkéa take over.
Israel, Arkéa, Uno-X behind.
Bahrain with the leadout.
A big mix of teams up front.
1km to go
Two minutes for Roglič now…
It looks as though all the big-name sprinters are up there.
2km to go
Abrahamsen still up front.
All setting up for the sprint now.
Abrahamsen leads the way with Israel, Bahrain, and Astana lining up behind him.
3km to go
Roglič at 1:43 now.
DSM, Astana, Uno-X among the teams represented up front.
Pogačar is staying safe up there.
UAE now up front.
5km to ho
Roglič 1:34 down now. Visma lead the peloton under the 5km banner, where the GC times will be taken today.
DSM move to the front of the peloton.
It’ll be very hard for him to get back. The timing is going in the wrong direction here.
8km to go
Back to the front and Roglič is 1:20 off the front of the race currently. Disaster.
Alexey Lutsenko is reportedly still being tended to at the site of the crash.
Meanwhile, Primož Roglič is chasing back to the peloton after being caught in the crash.
It looks like a Lotto rider on the left of the road might be in trouble. Two of his teammates have stayed behind with him. He’s being attended to by medics.
Riders from Lotto, Jayco, Arkèa, Astana still at the scene, getting up slowly after the crash.
An Astana rider crashed into an island in the middle of the road, falling over to the other side and then causing a chain reaction further back.
12km to go
A crash in the peloton and a big chunk of the riders have stopped in the road.
UAE, Ineos, Israel, DSM, Jayco, Bahrain, Movistar, Alpecin all spread across the front of the group.
16km to go
A wealth of teams spread across the front but the pace isn’t at its highest just yet.
The day has averaged 47kph, quicker than the fastest predicted time schedule, so at least we’re finshing earlier than expected.
20km to go
Not long now before the sprinter’s teams set up for the final.
Jonas Vingegaard riding towards the finish on stage 12.
Astana-Qazaqstan’s veteran lead-out master and key lieutenant to Cavendish forced to leave the race ahead of stage 12
Mark Cavendish‘s lead-out man Michael Mørkøv is out of the Tour de France with a COVID-19 infection, his Astana Qazaqstan team has announced.
“Yesterday evening and this morning Michael Mørkøv was tested positive for Covid-19,” the team announced on their website. “Despite the rider feels good and doesn’t have essential symptoms, the medical staff of Astana Qazaqstan Team took a decision to stop the rider, first of all, to protect his health from long-term effects the virus could provoke in the future.”
The full map of today’s stage.
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Just under two hours to go before today’s stage starts and it’s looking like another sprinter-friendly day in the saddle.
Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ live coverage of stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France!
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