Stage 12 at the Tour de France saw Joaquim Rodriguez (Katush) take his second stage win on the climb to Plateau de Beille. He rode away from his breakaway companions on the 15km climb to the finish line, winning the race by 1:12 ahead of Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and 1:49 ahead of Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale).
It was the third day in the Pyrenees and Chris Froome, with the help of Team Sky, has maintained his hold on the yellow jersey by 2:52 over Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and 3:09 over Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), stage 12 winner
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“It’s always nice to win a stage a the Tour. It’s many years that I’ve been to the Tour now. I said this morning, I didn’t think there was chance. With the climbs today, we [the breakaway] did quite an impressive job. The Platueau de Beille is a really important race finish.”
Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), who was also in the day's breakaway
"It was hard. I was playing it a bit the moment he [Rodriguez] went away. I wanted [Romain] Bardet to close it, because I thought he was playing with us not wanting to pull, not wanting to do anything. In the end, he didn't have the legs, and when Purito gets a gap he's difficult to catch.
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