Le Tour 2023 – Stage 12

Roanne > Belleville-en-Beaujolais

Distance: 168.8 kilometers.

This is a Hilly stage with 5 Category climbs. It ends with a sprint finish.

• Côte de Thizy-les-Bourgs 20.5 km (Cat 3: 4.3km @ 5.6%)
• Col des Écorbans 37.9 km (Cat 3: 2.1km @ 6.9%)
• Col de la Casse Froide 109.9 km (Cat 3: 5.2km @ 6.1%)
• Col de la Croix Montmain 125.0 km (Cat 2: 5.5km @ 6.1%)
• Col de la Croix Rosier 140.4 km (Cat 2: 5.3km @ 7.6)

The intermediate sprint is 93.3 km from the start at Régnié-Durette.

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 50h 30′ 40″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 323 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 46 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 17″

Stage winner: Ion Izagirre Insausti (COF – 124)
Combative: Mathieu van der Poel (AFC – 101) [Tan numbers]
Team: Bahrain Victorious (TBV – 062-069) [Yellow numbers]

Top 10 below the fold

1 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001)
2 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011)
3 Jai Hindley (BOH – 071)
4 Carlos Rodríguez (IGD – 027)
5 Pello Bilbao (TBV – 065)
6 Adam Yates (UAD – 019)
7 Simon Yates (JAY – 161)
8 Tom Pidcock (IGD – 026)
9 David Gaudu (GFC – 031)
10 Thibaut Pinot (GFC – 037)

Did not start:
Fabio Jakobsen (SOQ – 056)

Withdrew:
David de la Cruz (APT – 193)

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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