DIRECT. Giro 2024: an ideal 12th stage for Alaphilippe, follow the race

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The 12th stage of this Giro 2024 is a stage for adventurers and punchers on a hilly route.

The essential

  • The 12th stage of the Tour of Italy takes place between Martinsicuro and Fano with 193 kilometers on the program.

  • In a hilly route with a sequence of four climbs (Osimo (7km at 2.3%), Monsano (4.2km at 4%), Ostra (1km at 8.5%) and La Croce (5.4km at 3, 1%)) the punchers will be at the party in this stage. The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe is one of the big favorites of this day. Simon Geschke, Quinten Hermans, Aurélien Paret-Peintre will also be followed.

  • In the general ranking, Tadej Pogacar is still the undisputed leader.

Live

13:28 – 28 seconds ahead for the lead

Four men managed to get a few steps ahead. They are Maestri, Clarke, Hepburn and Affini. However, the peloton did not recover.

13:24 – Attacks but no escape

For forty kilometers the attacks have followed one another but no one has managed to get out.

13:19 – The stage profile in video

The 190 kilometers between Martinsicuro and Fano is a succession of walls in the last 130 kilometers. Here is the stage profile in video.

13:04 – Jakobsen gives up

In difficulty since the start of the Tour of Italy, Fabio Jakobsen will not start this twelfth stage of the Giro. The Dutchman fell yesterday in the final but he did not suffer any fractures.

12:31 – Van der Poel will be on the Tour de France

Yesterday, the Alpecin-Deceuninck team formalized the participation of road world champion Matthieu Van der Poel in the Tour de France, which will start on June 29 from Florence, Italy.

11:58 – Update on the general classification

In the general ranking, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar is still well ahead. The wearer of the pink jersey has a lead of 2’40 over the Colombian Daniel Martinez and 2’56 over Geraint Thomas. The first Frenchman, Romain Bardet is sixth at 4’57.

11:30 – A step for Alaphilippe?

The profile of today’s stage, 190 kilometers long, perfectly matches the qualities of an adventurer and Ardennes classic rider like Julian Alaphilippe. We should see the Frenchman up front today.

11:03 – Milan’s victory in video

Yesterday, the wearer of the purple jersey of best sprinter Jonathan Milan won his second stage of this Giro, at the end of a massive sprint at Francavilla al Mare which saw the fall of Jakobsen in the final. Relive his victory on video.

11:01 – The stage profile

The twelfth stage of this Giro seems cut out for adventurers with a succession of walls in the last 130 kilometers which could allow a good breakaway to reach the end.

11:00 – Start of live

Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast of the 12th stage of the Tour of Italy, 190 kilometers long between Martinsicuro and Fano.

The Giro classification

The Giro d’Italia will follow the spring season and start on May 4. Arrival is scheduled three weeks later, on May 26.

The start of the Giro 2024 took place in Venaria Reale in the suburbs of Turin, near the Juventus Stadium. The arrival will be in Rome. Here is the list of steps:

Here is the route map for this Giro 2024:

What are the results of the Tour of Italy?

Here are the results of the last 15 years of the Tour of Italy, called Giro d’Italia.



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