Biniam Girmay won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, from Aurillac to Villeneuve sur Lot of 203 km. The group catches up with a breakaway of four riders (Turgis, Madouas, Pacher and Abrahamsen) and heads towards a safe sprint. The winner is the Eritrean from Intermarché, increasingly green jersey, with his third stage success in the Grand Boucle. Behind him Wout Van Aert and Arnaud Démare, Jasper Philipsen is only sixth.

But the jury downgraded Démare himself and also Mark Cavendish for incorrect sprinting.

12 km from the finish, a fall knocks out, among others, Primoz Roglic and Mathieu Van der Poel. The Slovenian, battered, reaches the finish line with a delay of about 2'30".

Fabio Jakobsen and Pello Bilbao retired during the stage.

Arrival order:

1 GIRMAY Biniam Intermarché - Wanty 4:17:15

2 VAN AERT Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,

3 ACKERMANN Pascal Israel - Premier Tech ,, ,,

4 PHILIPSEN Jasper Alpecin - Deceuninck,,

5 DE LIE Arnaud Lotto Dstny,,

6 KRISTOFF Alexander Uno-X Mobility ,,

7 BAUHAUS Phil Bahrain - Victorious,,

8 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis ,,

General ranking:

1 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 49:17:49

2 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal Quick-Step 1:06

3 VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1:14

4 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 4:20

5 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 4:40

6 ROGLIČ Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 4:42

7 LANDA Mikel Soudal Quick-Step 5:38

8 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 6:59

9 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 7:09

10 CICCONE Giulio Lidl - Trek 7:36

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