The Frenchman Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) won Thursday the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain by setting his breakaway compatriots at Mañon (Galicia).
The French Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) won Thursday the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain by setting sprinted his breakaway companions to Mañon (Galicia), where the Spaniard Jesús Herrada (Cofidis) continued dynamic beautiful tricolor teams with an unexpected red jersey.
Fear on arrival
Clenching his fist by crossing the line near the Estaca de Bares lighthouse, Geniez nevertheless experienced a fright by hitting an intruder on the road just after . His dolphin Dylan Van Baarle (Sky) also lost his balance, just ahead of the Ukrainian Mark Padum (Bahrain-Merida), who had just taken third place.
Etapa 12 – Stage 12 #LaVuelta18
🇪🇸 Vive el último kilómetro de la victoria de A.Geniez gracias a @CarrefourES
🇬🇧 Live the last km. of Geniez’s victory thanks to @CarrefourES#CarrefourConLaVuelta pic.twitter.com/09jjBcC392— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) 6 September 2018
In 2017, he was expelled from the Vuelta
After Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Tony Gallopin (Ag2r La Mondiale) last week, this third French victory on the Vuelta-2018 is also the third stage victory of Geniez (30 years) on the Tour of Spain after 2013 and 2016. And it’s a nice revenge after his exclusion from the 2017 edition for hanging on to his car.
Herrada, who arrived in a second group of escaped, took advantage of the apathy of the peloton to dispossess Briton Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) of the red jersey. And the precious tunic, worn for four days by Frenchman Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) in the first week , returns to a tricolor team.
🇪🇸 – @lavuelta – Etape 12 / Stage 12
📊 4ème victoire en 2018 pour @AlexGeniez. Celle-ci a une saveur particulière.
📊 4th victory for @AlexGeniez in 2018. This one is quite special. #ALLEZALM pic.twitter.com/hsoQmkXqTH
— AG2RLM Pro Cycling Team (@AG2RLMCyclisme) 6 September 2018
Jesus Herrada (28) now has a mattress of 3 min 22 sec on Yates, with no doubt the ambition to keep his jersey as long as possible and aim for a good overall ranking in Madrid.
Return of the mountain Friday
This puncher and honest climber will nevertheless struggle to resist the best climbers Friday for the return of the high mountains: the 13th stage (174.8 km), the first of a triptych formidable in the mountains of Asturias, provides three ascents listed with a final climb to La Camperona (1st class) where leaders could be explained.
🇪🇸 – @lavuelta – Etape 12 / Stage 12
📊 Au général changement de leader. @tonygallopin reste toujours bien placé un grand week-end.
📊 New overall leader. @tonygallopin is still in a good position before a great weekend of racing. #ALLEZALM pic.twitter.com/3qbGeJmvDC
— AG2RLM Pro Cycling Team (@AG2RLMCyclisme) 6 September 2018
