DOMINATION ON HAUTACAM CLIMB! 🔥 | Men’s Tour de France Stage 12 Race Highlights | TNT Sports Cycling

Men’s Tour de France Stage 12 Race Highlights.

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Before this tour to France, the first or category climb screamed off the start sheet. 181 kilometers destination, the Oticam. It was always going to be a pivotal day. Everybody knew it. So there were nerves at the start to be sure. Who would manage to get themselves into a breakaway? Would the breakaway have a chance against a hyper motivated general classification team? Part of that outfit, of course. Revot Aven Yonas Finger Tally Bacha Ben Healey in yellow. Could he possibly hold on? They rolled out for a day of hellish temperatures around 33 Celsius and a strong wind which would possibly help the ambitions of a breakaway early on. All the mountains over 4,000 meters of altitude gain compressed inside the last what 60 kilometers. This was almost cruel. Destination the o camp. A place where Dal Pukata had suffered in the past and indeed Yonas Finger had thrived. Look at it. Time to go racing. And so many teams believe that a breakaway might just have a chance. Would it be a race within a race? The race to get up the road was chosen by many. That option produced 52 riders up the road, effectively splitting the pelatin in half. All the favorites were in the second group as it was. Inas Grenaders were in bossing mode up there with five in charge and the duty fell to them to establish the break which went up to over 2 minutes at one point but not much more. The moderation was happening behind and even small pickings out on the road had a magnified significance. Pace on some of the downhills was really eye watering and she got up to 102 kilometers per hour at one point. Danny Bkatcha keeping it cool. Likewise Ben Healey and likewise as well Fred Wright who pipped off the front of indeed that front group to take the only point up for grabs on the first of our climbs today. Just a category four you understand. Meanwhile Machu Vanipole denied by Interari Wanty who were trying to neutralize his effort on the intermediate in the absence of Binham Gay. And so the long reach began with the mountains up ahead. And when they came, it was absolutely hellish. First the Colosal, then the Bodere, and then the mighty Oticam itself. The climbs were having a shredding effect on those who are in the front group and also it seemed on the ambitions of some of those who would hope for a podium ultimately at the end of this race. Remco Evopol looked to be struggling. Ben Healey was running out of teammates. Our breakaway were running out of members out front that was starting to reduce big time and then the group with the Mayo and itself fracturing. Healey going backwards. Everole bridged to him. Meanwhile, Vingo and Pagato were busy looking at each other and our breakaway were wondering how on earth to take it on. And Aanipole tempoed beautifully, found Healey out there and continued to push on. Meanwhile, in our breakaway, they were getting busy. Up and over the top went Michael Woods, the Canadian, a superb descender, but well, it seemed not as good or accomplished as some others. This was to be almost a watch word really for local knowledge. Bruno Amarai pipped over the top, found time, and became the stage leader. Lots of helpers for Visma Lisa Bike and Yonas Vingo. Amaray was busy hoovering up mountains points, reigniting his challenge perhaps in the mountains competition. He’ll be thinking about the time trial tomorrow. Meanwhile, ultimately it was going to be about the principles. U Emirates, well, their principle of course is Taliba and he has his own principles. Wanted to thrive on a mountain that had cost him so much in the past. doing great work out there were plenty of others as well. Belgian champion on display. He wanted to make a statement, but the big one when it came was from none other than Dukati himself. Teed up beautifully. Tim Wellins had done a great job. Others had helped him out as well to slingshot him up this final test. And away he went, catching MRI, not even catching his breath, but just pushing on. And the kilometers started to fall away. This deemed to be the Rogich group. But even within his own team, Florian Leipovich is the chosen man. Dingo thought he was the chosen son, his destiny up ahead of him. But all he could see was sunshine and it was shining off the back of this man. Terocatcha was making the day and possibly the race his home. out there. Leap of its kicked on picnic postel hadn’t had anyone in the break, but Oscar only had a battle plan. He tried to bridge over to Leap of that was always going to be a battle for a podium place on the day. Figo now knew with 2.6 km to go and a yawning gap of getting on for 100 seconds to guess who Taliba up front. Lipovich looked very very strong. Encouragement for the German raining down from the fans here. But really, this was all about Talib Bukatcha. If this was a statement, then it seemed like it had been screamed down the mountain by the biggest voice there is in cycling. Amazing. He didn’t celebrate until after the line. Gave himself some recovery time. Not too much, you understand. Well, the achievement he had produced washed over him. Over two minutes down, Jonas Vingo came to the line. Zipovitz doing an amazing job and putting a little bit of a fire out, I guess you might say. Remco aole spirited finale for him. Tip catcher is in charge of this race. Let there be no doubt. And today the statement was enormous. Can he be caught? That’s the big question. As far as the stage is concerned, Bugattacha took it ahead of Vingo, Leipovitz, Johannes and only in fifth. I was just uh looking forward for today and then all the people was all the time coming to me and saying, “Oh yeah, uh this is the the revenge time and blah blah blah.” And and then when we approached uh the bottom of the climb, it was just a reverse story of a of a few years ago uh one Belgium guy again on the front team and uh our team in the front. So yeah, it was really I’m I’m super happy to take uh to take time and uh and to win on this climb and uh yeah, I think uh yeah, he he ran out of words. He didn’t run out of legs. Dip catcher leads this race by an enormous margin of 3 minutes and 31 seconds. Can he be caught? Has anyone got the legs? He’s got the belief now and a team around him. But likewise, we’ll support him to the very last. Next up, it’s a time trial. A mountain time trial. As if we needed any more climbing after today. Well, we’ve got it. 10.9 kilometers. The race of truth against the clock. How will it pan out? Well, you’re going to have to join us to find out. One thing is for sure, time triing is about parking pain, and there’s going to be plenty of that as the juggling for positions in this amazing race continues. We have a leader, though. You know his name.