Stage 12 of the Tour de France is one which each breakaway specialists and sprinters could have circled of their highway books because the 203.6km route was introduced final yr. There is a whole lot of climbing within the two-thirds of the stage from Aurillac, however no main ascents and the reward of a flat end into Villeneuve-sur-Lot ought to invigorate the dash groups.
From a rolling begin, the primary of three class 4 climbs begins 62km later with the Côte d’Autoire (2.7km at 5.9%), adopted 20 kilometres later by the Côte de Rocamadour (2km at 5.8%), which will probably be tackled in the other way to the route taken by the 2022 Tour time trial.
The solely intermediate dash is available in Gourdon on the mid-point of the race, and 25km from the ultimate categorized climb, the Côte de Montcléra (2km at 4.6%). That final probability for KOM factors arrives with 68 kilometres to go, a protracted descent urging any breakaway to hit the gasoline because the dash groups can start to make inroads.
The remaining 5km into Villeneuve-sur-Lot are flat. The final two instances the village hosted the Tour additionally got here all the way down to chasers making an attempt to make a catch, final seeing Erik Dekker keep away close to the banks of the Lot river in 2000 for his victory.
Stage 12 Sprints
- Intermediate dash, km 110
Stage 12 Mountains
- Côte d’Autoire (2.7km at 5.9%), cat. 4, km 62.8
- Côte de Rocamadour (2km at 5.8%), cat. 4, km 84.3
- Côte de Montcléra (2km at 4.6%), cat. 4, km 135.5
