The Tour France 2023 begins to gain height. In today’s stage, the cyclists will cover three third-category ports and two second-category ports in a medium-mountain stage for the adventurers of the peloton, an appetizer of the high mountains that will arrive the next day in the Jura massif.
The peloton faces the 168.8 kilometers between Roanne and Belleville in Beaujolais, which hardly give room to rest in a constant up and down, with more than 3,000 meters of positive elevation gain, which complicates the control of the race and which is fertile ground to leaks.
Everything indicates that Pogacar and Vingegaard will save strength for what remains ahead, a very mountainous final stretch of the Tour de France. This twelfth stage will be settled in an adventure, similar to the one that ended with the victory of Pello Bilbao this Tuesday in Issoire.
The ascent to Croix Rosier, the last of the day, with its 5.3 kilometers at 7.6%, will have a bonus for the first three to cross its summit, located 28.4 kilometers from the finish line, a very abrupt.
In this Wednesday’s stage, the Belgian Jasper Philipsen celebrated his status as the best sprinter in the Tour at the finish line of the eleventh stage between Clermont-Ferrand and Moulins. There were no changes to the general and Vingegaard continues with the yellow jersey.
The twelfth stage (mid-mountain) of the 2023 Tour de France will cover 168.8 kilometers between Roanne and Belleville in Beaujolais. The day of this Thursday, July 13, starts at 1:05 p.m. and can be seen on television on RTVE and Eurosport. It can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
