2022 Tour de France Stage 12: Briancon to Alpe d'Huez July 14, 2022 by Marc Jerbs
On Thursday, stage 12 of Tour de France will start from Briancon and will end up at Alpe d'Huez.
The general classification was directly changed by the superb attack of Jumbo-Visma's Jonas Vingegaard.
He's the new leader and has a two-minute 16 seconds lead over DSM's Romain Bardet.
Stage 12 is slightly longer at 165.1km and has more climbing with three hors categorie ascents which will finish at the summit of Alpe d'Huez.
Jumbo-Visma will have a luxury to defend the lead of Jonas Vingegaard as they let him race cautiously to recuperate after exerting a lot of energy in Stage 11.
The sportsbook handicappers have installed Jonas Vingegaard as the favorite to win the 2022 Tour de France.
Tadej Pogacar looms as his major competitor until the last stage of the race.
General Classification (after Stage 11)
| # | RIDER | TEAM | TIME | GAP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | DEN | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 41h 29' 59'' | - |
| 02 | FRA | Romain Bardet | DSM | 41h 32' 15' | + 00h 02' 16' |
| 03 | SLO | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 41h 32' 25'' | + 00h 02' 22' |
| 04 | GBR | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 41h 32' 25'' | + 00h 02' 26'' |
| 05 | COL | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 41h 32' 36'' | + 00h 02' 37' |
| 06 | GBR | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | 41h 33' 05'' | + 00h 03' 06'' |
| 07 | FRA | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | 41h 33' 12'' | + 00h 03' 13'' |
| 08 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Bora - Hansgrohe | 41h 37' 22'' | + 00h 07' 23'' | |
| 09 | KAZ | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 41h 38' 06'' | + 00h 08' 07'' |
| 10 | ESP | Enric Mas | Movistar | 41h 39' 28'' | + 00h 09' 29' |
