This Thursday, the German cyclist Nico Denz (BORA-hansgrohe) won the 12th stage of the Tour of Italy, leading his break of the day, with the British cyclist Geraint Thomas (INEOS) leading the individual general classification.
Denz, 29, completed the 185 kilometers between Bra and Rivoli in 4:18.11 hours, beating Latvian Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) in second in a restricted sprint, with Australian Sebastian Berwick (Israel-Premier Tech) third.
In general, the group of favorites arrived compact and Geraint Thomas remains in the lead, with a two-second advantage over the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), second, and 22 for the youth leader, the Portuguese João Almeida (UAE Emirates). ), third. .
On Friday, the 13th stage will link Borgofranco d’Ivrea with the 199-kilometre climb to Crans-Montana, in a new high-mountain day to test the candidates, with three top-level mountain counts.
Source: TSF
