2012 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 7
(40.0 km / h)
Luis León Sánchez ( FAC)
The 7th stage of Tour de France 2012 took place on July 7, 2012. She was 199.0 km long, leading from Tomblaine Planche des Belles Filles by. In the Vosges, there were two climbs of the third category and one of the first category, which was a mountain top finish at the same time.
Route
The route took in a southeasterly and southerly direction through the Meurthe -et -Moselle, Vosges and Haute -Saône. In the first third of the profile was still mostly flat before the riders reached the Vosges. Following the valley of Vologne, they reached Gerardmer ( 762 m), where the intermediate sprint was held. After the first mountain stage, the Col de Grosse Pierre (954 m), the route crossed the valleys of the Moselle and Moselotte. It was followed by the second mountain stage at the Col du Mont de Fourche (620 m) and two other uncategorized climbs. After the passage of Plancher -les -Mines, the drivers had to cope with the final climb after Planche des Belles Filles, who stood for the first time on the tour program.
Race course
182 riders started at this stage, after eight were no longer taken up from the previous day due to the effects of mass fall. After eleven kilometers tried 19 drivers to settle from the field, but were overtaken again soon. A little later escaped from seven riders from the field. It was the Frenchman Cyril Gautier and Christophe Riblon, the Swiss Michael Albasini, Spaniard Luis León Sánchez, the Dane Chris Anker Sørensen, the Slovaks Martin Velits and the Kazakhs Dmitri Fofonow. The projection of this group settled at just less than six minutes.
The intermediate sprint in Gerardmer Gautier decided for themselves; Fastest of the field that was behind 4:50 minutes at this time, Peter Sagan was. The price points on the mountain Col de Grosse Pierre and at the Col du Mont de Fourche won each Sørensen before Sánchez. Due to the intensification of the pace team Garmin, BMC and Sky, the projection of outliers decreased continuously. 20 km before the finish was this another two minutes. Five kilometers before the end of the stage, at the bottom of the final climb, the last outliers was provided with Sørensen.
In the final climb, the field splintered into numerous small groups. Several prominent drivers could the pace of the leading group no longer follow, including Ivan Basso, Fränk Schleck, Andreas Klöden and overall leader Fabian Cancellara. At the top of the race Team Sky from Bradley Wiggins held up the pace. At last, especially steep kilometers five drivers were at the top; Wiggins also next Cadel Evans, Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and clean Taaramäe. Be first Froome reached the goal, just ahead of Evans and Wiggins, while Nibali and Taaramäe fell back slightly.
As Cancellara with 1:52 minutes behind ( 20th place ) came to the finish, Wiggins took the lead in the overall standings, while Froome won the mountain jersey price.
Climbs
- Col du Mont de Fourche, Category 3 ( 150.5 km; 620 m, with 3.1 km at 6.4%)
- Planche des Belles Filles, Category 1 ( 199 km, 1035 m, 5.9 km at 8.5 %)
Points ratings
- Intermediate sprint in Gerardmer ( km 103.5, 676 m)
- Planche des Belles Filles in goal ( 199.0 km; 1035 m)
Tasks
- 037 - Spain Amets Txurruka ( Euskaltel -Euskadi ): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 061 - Canada Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin- Sharp): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 074 - France Hubert Dupont ( AG2R ): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 092 - France Anthony Delaware Place ( AG2R ): task during the stage.
- 133 - Spain Óscar Freire ( Katusha Team): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 159 - Belgium Maarten Wijnants (Rabobank ): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 164 - Spain Imanol Erviti ( Movistar ): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.
- 165 - Spain José Iván Gutiérrez ( Movistar ): Due to the consequences of a fall the previous day walk over to the stage.