Biniam Girmay from Eritrea has the 12th stage of the 111th Tour de France and thus already achieved his third daily victory. The man in the green jersey won the mass sprint on Thursday after the 203.6 kilometers between Aurillac and Villeneuve-sur-Lot ahead of the Belgian Wout van Aert through. The German Pascal Ackermann took third place after the French Arnaud Demare was demoted due to dangerous driving.
Girmay has already won the coveted sprinter jersey 107 points In the overall ranking there were no changes in the top three, but there was a fall of the previously fourth-placed Primoz Roglic (Red Bull)The Slovenian crashed through no fault of his own just 8 km from the finish line and lost Tadej Pogacar (UAE) 2:27 minutes and slipped to sixth place behind Joao Almeida (UAE) and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos) back. The Remco Evenepoel (Soudal) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma) The podium is now over three minutes away. Felix Gall (Decathlon/13./+9,18) finished with the best riders in the classification.
First case of Corona
The day was accompanied by some early tasks, including the Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen who had won a Tour stage in 2022. Before the start of the stage, the Astana team had Dane Michael Mörkov removed. The important driver of Sprint-Idol Mark Cavendish is the first known Corona case of this year’s tour.