Tour de France 2020: Hirschi solos to glory, Roglic keeps maillot jaune
Marc Hirschi attacks on the last climb of the 12th stage. The young Swiss crowns a 30 kilometres solo with an impressive victory. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 12th stage Tour de France 2020
1. Marc Hirschi (swi)
2. Pierre Rolland (fra) + 0.47
3. Søren Kragh Andersen (den) + 0.52
4. Quentin Pacher (fra) s.t.
5. Jesús Herrada (spa) s.t.
6. Maximilian Schachmann (ger) s.t.
7. Hugo Houle (can) s.t.
8. Sébastien Reichenbach (swi) s.t.
9. Kenny Elissonde (fra) + 0.56
10. Nicholas Roche (irl) s.t.
GC after stage 12
1. Primoz Roglic (slo)
2. Egan Bernal (col) + 0.21
3. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 0.28
4. Romain Bardet (fra) + 0.30
5. Nairo Quintana (col) + 0.32
6. Rigoberto Uran (col) s.t.
7. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.44
8. Adam Yates (gbr) + 1.02
9. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 1.15
10. Mikel Landa (spa) + 1.42
11. Richie Porte (aus) + 1.53
12. Enric Mas (spa) + 2.02
13. Bauke Mollema (nld) + 2.31
14. Tom Dumoulin (nld) + 3.22
15. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 3.42
Race report
Imanol Erviti, Luis Léon Sánchez, Nils Politt and Max Walscheid open up a gap after 8 kilometres of frantic racing. Mathieu Burgaudeau and Kasper Asgreen go after them and track them down after a long chase. The lead of the six never exceeds 3 minutes.
Asgreen and Erviti are the remaining attackers with 50 kilometres to go, but not for long. A group with Kragh Andersen, Benoot and Hirschi is chasing.
The race tilt on the Côte de la Croix du Prey. Soler is the first rider over the top. A group with Benoot, Hirschi, Kragh Andersen, Schachmann and Pacher bridges across.
Hirschi heads out alone on the Suc au May, while Alaphilippe attacks in the peloton. The young Swiss is the first rider over the top, 20 seconds ahead of Soler and Schachmann with the group Alaphilippe 20 more seconds behind.
Hirschi extends his lead in the descent and solos to the win.
The GC remains unchanged, so Roglic stays in yellow.
Other interesting reads:
– route
– KOM classification
– points classification
Tour de France 2020 stage 12: routes, profiles, more
Click on the images to zoom
Marc Hirschi
Watch the highlights of recent races here:
Related articles Favourites stage 12: Day for the breakaway - Tour de France 2020 The Route - Tour de France 2020 Riders - Tour de France 2020 Withdrawals - Tour de France 2020 Results - Tour de France 2020 GC Favourites - Tour de France 2020 More articles Giro 2022: Buitrago solos to victory, Carapaz still in pink
Giro 2022 Route stage 17: Ponte di Legno - Lavarone
Giro 2022 Route stage 18: Borgo Valsugana - Treviso
Giro 2022 Favourites stage 18: For fast men #5
Giro 2022: Withdrawals
Giro 2022: The Route
Giro 2022: Riders
Giro 2022 Route stage 19: Marano Lagunare - Castelmonte
Giro 2022 Favourites stage 19: Steep ramps to suit the breakaway
Giro 2022 Route stage 20: Belluno - Passo Fedaia
Giro 2022 Favourites stage 20: Final GC clash in high mountains
Giro 2022 Route stage 21: Verona ITT
Giro 2022 Favourites stage 21: Into the arena
Cycling Calendar 2022
Giro 2022: Ciccone solos to victory, Carapaz still in pink
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022: The Route
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022: Riders
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 Route stage 1: La Voulte-sur-Rhône - Beauchastel
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 Route stage 2: Saint-Péray - Brives-Charensac
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 Route stage 3: Saint-Paulien - Chastreix-Sancy
Tour de France 2022: The Route
Tour de France 2022: Riders
Tour de France 2022 Route stage 1: Copenhagen - Copenhagen
Tour de France 2022 Favourites stage 1: Ganna for first yellow jersey
Tour de France 2022 Route stage 2: Roskilde - Nyborg
Tour de France 2022 Favourites stage 2: For fast men #1
Tour de France 2022 Route stage 5: Lille - Arenberg
Tour de France 2022 Route stage 12: Briançon - Alpe d'Huez
Vuelta 2022: The Route
Like our Facebook page and stay on top of all pro-race information!