Danish rider Nicki Sorensen won his first Tour De France victory with a breakaway win on stage 12 from Tonnerre to Vittel and finished first... More Below...
Posted by Danish rider Nicki Sorensen won his first Tour De France victory with a breakaway win on stage 12 from Tonnerre to Vittel and finished first in stage 12 of Tour De France.
Sorensen, 34, powered away from Sylvain Calzati with less than 6km remaining. Behind Sorensen were Laurent Lefèvre, Franco Pellizotti, Markus Fothen, Egoi Martínez and Calzati finished 48 seconds behind, with Rémi Pauriol a further 45 seconds back.
Despite Sorensen’s win, Rinaldo Nocentini will still be wearing the yellow jersey with a full 10 minutes stage head start.
Lance Armstrong had problems with his machine and suffered a puncture 150km in the 12th stage. Armstrong recovered with the help of four team mates.
Tour De France Overall Standings (Top 10)
- Rinaldo Nocentini (It) 48hr 27min 21sec
- Alberto Contador (Sp) +6sec
- Lance Armstong (US) +8sec
- Levi Leipheimer (US) +39sec
- Bradley Wiggins (GB) +46sec;
- Andreas Kloden (Ger)+54sec
- Tony Martin (Ger) +1min
- Christian Vande Velde (US) +1min 24sec
- Andy Schleck (Lux) +1min 49sec
- Vincenzo Nibali (It) +1min 54sec.
(via Guardian.co.uk)
