Tour de France 2022 Favourites stage 12: Attackers in Alpe d’Huez

The riders traverse some of the most iconic climbs in the Alps. The route travels over the Col du Galibier (23 kilometres at 5.1%) and the Col de la Croix de Fer (29 kilometres at 5.2%) to Bourg d’Oisans. The town sits as the base of the 13.8 kilometres road climbing Alpe d’Huez. Famous for its 21 hairpins, orange clad mob, and its 8.1% gradient.

As the route climbs from the start, we can rest assured that the breakaway will feature solely strong climbers. Chances are that the battle to be in the breakaway will last a good part of the Galibier ascent. And possibly it’s even not decided upon at the summit.

As the lead group will be made up of strong climbers, the likelihood of a succesful breakaway increases. Although things are never written in stone in cycling. But if we are forced to choose, we will put our money on a brave attacker. And to please the orange clad tifosi along the road to Alpe d’Huez it might as well be Bauke Mollema.

Favourites 12th stage 2022 Tour de France

*** Thibaut Pinot, Bauke Mollema, Michael Woods, Jakob Fuglsang
** Michael Storer, Steven Kruijswijk, Ion Izagirre, Andreas Leknessund
* Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Adam Yates, Geraint Thomas, Jonas Vingegaard

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Tour de France 2022 stage 12: route & profiles

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