A German causes a big surprise

The Cologne native from the Bora-hansgrohe team won the twelfth stage over 159,4 kilometers to Nimes as a soloist on Thursday and recorded the greatest success of his career. Behind the 27-year-old, the Spaniard Imanol Erviti and the Australian Harry Sweeny sprinted into second and third place. The favorites for overall victory reached the finish line with a large gap.

A group of 13 drivers, which included Politt and André Greipel, set off shortly after the start in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateuax. Since Mark Cavendish's teammate Julian Alaphilippe was also represented there, the Brit's team had no interest in the pursuit. As a result, there was no mass sprint and Cavendish was unable to equal Belgian Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins. The 36-year-old has his next chance on Friday on the flat stage to Carcassonne. <a data-caption="Jonas Vingegaard (links) trägt das Weiße Trikot für den besten Jung-Profi, Tadej Pogacar das Gelbe-Trikot des Gesamtführenden. © APA/afp / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT" data-fancybox="inline-78998" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2021/07/jonas-vingegaard-links-traegt-das-weisse-trikot-fuer-den-besten-jung-profi-tadej-pogacar-das-gelbe-trikot-des-gesamtfuehrenden.jpg"> Jonas Vingegaard (left) wears the white jersey for the best young professional, Tadej Pogacar the yellow jersey for the overall leader. © APA/afp / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

Tadej Pogacar is still clearly in the lead in the overall standings. The Slovenian has a lead of 5.18 minutes over the Colombian Ruban Rigoberto. The fight for the yellow jersey seems to be as good as decided.

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A German causes a big surprise

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