SPORTS Friday, July 14, 2017 23 Thursday July 13 12th stage 214.5 km 1 R. Bardet 5h49:38 (FRA/AG2R) Brajkovic 2 R. Urban at 0:02 (COL/Cannondale) 3 F. Aru at 0:02 (ITA/Astana) 4 M. Landa at 0:05 finishes 29th (ESP/Sky) 5 L. Meintjes at 0:07 (RSA/UAE) Overall Janez Brajkovic (file pic) for Bahrain 1 F. Aru 52h51:49 Aidan Payne/DTNN tough mountainous course. (82nd, Slovenia, +20:08), Javier (ITA/Astana) Bahrain Merida Overall [email protected] Brajkovic was 10 minutes Moreno (93rd, Spain, +24:05), Positions: 2 C. Froome at 0:06 and 29 seconds behind the stage Yukiya Arashiro (128th, Japan, (GBR/Sky) Manama winner, Frenchman Romain +27:20), Sonny Colbrelli (164th, 39. J Brajkovic (SLO, 49 minutes 41 seconds) ahrain’s Merida Pro Cycling Bardet (5:49:38) of the AG2R La Italy, +34:39) and Borut Bozic 55. O Cink (CZE, +1:03:14) 3 R. Bardet at 0:25 Team rider, Janez Brajkovic Mondiale Team which saw 179 of (165th, Slovenia, +34:39). 106. J Moreno (ESP, +1:34:38) (FRA/AG2R) ofB Slovenia was classified in 29th the original 198 riders in action. The tour resumes today 111. T Grmay (ETH, +1:36:54) 4 R. Uran at 0:55 place yesterday as he completed Bahrain’s other seven riders with the 13th stage taking the 117. Y Arashiro (JPN, +1:40:16) (COL/Cannondale) the 12th stage of the 104th Tour were classified as - Tsgabu remaining (179) riders in the 131. G Bole (SLO, +1:48:27) de France in six hours and 7 Grmay (65th, Ethiopia, +19:47), second tough Pyrenees Mountains 150. S Colbrelli (ITA, +1:59:02) 5 D. Martin at 1:41 seconds from the city of Pau to Ondrej Cink (72nd, Czech stage from Saint-Girons to Foix 170. B Bozic (SLO, +2:10:55) (ITA/Quick Step Floors) Peyragudes over 214.5km on a Republic, +20:08), Grega Bole over 101km. Points 1 M. Kittel 352 pts Froome is beatable, (GER/Quick Step Floors) Quintana, Contador give Mountains says Aru’s manager up on overall hopes Peyragudes, France 1 W. Barguil 70 pts hris Froome lost the yellow (FRA/Sunweb) Cjersey for only the second time Source: ASO in four year’s of Tour de France domination yesterday, and the new holder’s manager believes the Briton is now beatable. No regrets for Froome looked imperious in his three Tour victories in 2013, 2015 Cummings after and last year, never giving his rivals a chance. Team Sky foil Only once before had he given breakaway attempt up the yellow jersey, and that for just three days in 2015 to German Tony Martin, who wasn’t an overall Chris Froome threat anyway. This was the first time Froome seconds. Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (R) rides had given up the jersey to a direct “This shows that Froome is rival on a decisive stage, meaning beatable,” exhorted Alexander Peyragudes, France lose some, and this time we haven’t Italian Fabio Aru is the new Vinokourov, Aru’s Astana team airo Quintana and Alberto won the way we hoped we would.” leader of the race, if only by six manager. (AFP) Contador gave up on their Quintana, 27, a former winner respectiveN Tour de France chances of both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta after losing more time in the a Espana, said he would now focus Pyrenees on Thursday. on something different, perhaps a Colombian climber Quintana, second stage win to add to his only runner-up to Chris Froome in previous one in 2013. Great Britain’s Stephen Cummings 2013 and 2015, has not looked his “A stage win or something -- we usual self this year, losing time in hope to salvage something,” he teve Cummings insisted he had every mountain stage, which are said. “We don’t have the strength no regrets after missing out on a supposed to be his forte. we hoped for and until we do we prestigiousS Tour de France stage victory He cracked 12km from the won’t know what we can do.” at Peyragudes yesterday. finish of Thursday’s 214.5km stage After winning the Vuelta last The British national champion proudly from Pau to Peyragudes and lost year, Quintana’s Movistar team showed off his red, white and blue colours more than two minutes to stage had decided he rides better in his on the 50th anniversary of Tommy winner Romain Bardet to now sit second Tour of the year than first, Simpson’s death on Mont Ventoux, giving eighth overall at 4:01 behind race so opted to compete at the Giro his all in a solo attack on the Port de Bales leader Fabio Aru. this year before the Tour. after being part of the 12-rider break of the “We fought as much as we could, He finished second in that but day. However, he was eventually closed but we didn’t have the strength,” believes it is what has left him down by Team Sky close to the summit of said Quintana, who admitted the exhausted now. (From R) Germany’s Marcel Kittel wearing the best sprinter’s the Col de Peyresourde as they tried but gamble to ride May’s Giro d’Italia Asked what has gone wrong, he green jersey, Australia’s Michael Matthews, Spain’s Imanol Erviti ultimately failed to steamroll their overall followed by July’s Tour was not said: “Maybe it’s a lack of strength, and Netherlands’ Koen de Kort ride in a breakaway during the rivals and protect Chris Froome’s yellow paying off. the Giro was very fast. It could be 214,5 km twelfth stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France jersey, which Fabio Aru took at the finish. “You win some bets and you the preparation. (AFP) cycling race yesterday between Pau and Peyragudes (AFP) (cyclingnews).