Tour de France 2014 Favourites Stage 12: Big sprint before the big mountains
The sprinters will be eyeing this one up, and with some heavy climbing to deal with tomorrow, one of them should at least start with a smile on his face after winning the sprint into St Etienne. (Slideshow route/profile)
The only real obstacle today is the Côte de Grammond, 10 kilometres at 2.9%, surely this won’t trouble the Kittel’s of the world. The strenght of the Giant-Shimano teams is such, that even if Kittel has an off day, there is another option like John Degenkolb (image).
Greipel also has a strong lead out but one suspects it’ll be all or nothing for ‘The Gorilla’ as he looks to steal the limelight from his rival.
Favourites:
Marcel Kittel
André Greipel
John Degenkolb
Outsiders:
Mark Renshaw
Danny van Poppel
Arnaud Démare
Bryan Coquard
Tour de France 2014 stage 12: Images and more
Click on the images to zoom
Watch the highlights of recent races here:
Related articles Riders and teams - Tour de France 2014 Favourites - Tour de France 2014 Withdrawals - Tour de France 2014 Favourites - Tour de France 2014 Route - Tour de France 2014 More articles Tour de France 2024: Route Grand Départ + Grande Finale
Tour de France 2024 Route stage 1: Florence - Rimini
Tour de France 2024 Route stage 2: Cesenatico - Bologna
Tour de France 2024 Route stage 3: Piacenza - Turin
Tour de France 2024 Route stage 20: Nice - Col de la Couillole
Tour de France 2024 Route stage 21: Monaco - Nice
Tour de France: Winners and records
Tour of Lombardy 2023: The Route
Tour of Lombardy 2023: Riders
Tour of Lombardy: Winners and records
History of the Tour of Lombardy
Pro Cycling 2023 Race Results
Cycling Calendar 2023
Like our Facebook page and stay on top of all pro-race information!
