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Eritrea\u2019s Biniam Girmay unleashed another powerful sprint on Thursday\u2019s stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France to win his third stage and take a stranglehold on the competition for the \u0160koda Green Jersey. After becoming the first Black African rider to win a Tour stage on stage 3, the 24-year-old Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty rider steadily increased his lead in the points classification, aided by the bad luck and questionable decisions of his main rival, last year\u2019s \u0160koda Green Jersey winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
\nThough he finally won a stage, on Tuesday\u2019s stage 10, the Belgian\u2019s miseries continued as his main lead-out rider, world champion Mathieu van der Poel, was held up by a mass crash with 11.9 km left in the stage and was never able to return to the front of the peloton and aid his teammate. Philipsen seemed to lose his way during the chaotic sprint and finished sixth.<\/p>\n

Girmay now leads the green jersey race with 328 points with Philipsen in second at a distant 217 points and Frenchman Anthony Turgis sitting third with 141. With only two flat stages left in the race, only accident, illness or the mountains can keep him from adding another milestone to his already impressive Palmares: the first Black African rider to win a jersey of any kind on a Grand Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, I would say thank God for giving me a lot of strength and power,\u201d Girmay said after the win. \u201cWithout God, we cannot do anything so I’m super happy. Second, I want to say thanks to my teammates. Thank you for everyone, without them I cannot prove I am the fastest.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he came into the Tour feeling very confident. \u201cFrom the start of the Tour, I feel like I knew I can do good results if I have the right time and the right wheel. I proved in the last three sprints [that] if I’m in the right position, I am able to win, especially today. We didn’t have any stress. We think the break will arrive, don’t take risk but in the end, when everyone came together, I got on the radio and said I feel good. I’m super happy I can deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He also made a plea for more diversity in the race, saying: \u201cThis year, I\u2019m the only Black rider in the peloton, it\u2019s not nice, to be honest, so I wish there were more Black riders in the peloton.\u201d He added that by having greater diversity, road racing could finally become a true global sport and that he was \u201csuper happy to show and deliver so that cycling can be more global.\u201d<\/p>\n

A resurgent Wout van Aert (Visma\u2013Lease a Bike) finished second in the sprint after nearly crashing into the barrier and being impeded by Arnaud D\u00e9mare (Ark\u00e9a-B&B Hotels). D\u00e9mare finished third, behind van Aert but was later relegated to 67th place for \u201cDeviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers another rider or irregular sprint.\u201d New Tour-stage record-holder Mark Cavendish, who finished fifth, was relegated to 68th for the same reason. As a result, Pascal Ackerman (Israel \u2013 Premier Tech) was moved up to third and Philipsen to fourth.<\/p>\n

It was the second time van Aert has been impeded on this Tour. Philipsen was relegated from second to last in stage 6 for having changed his line and impeding the 2022 \u0160koda Green Jersey winner.<\/p>\n

The crash that impeded van der Poel also ended Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d\u2019s dream of a Tour de France championship, for this year at least. The Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe leader took a hard tumble from his bike when Alexei Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) inexplicably tried to change lanes over some road furniture and fell into the peloton, taking down about a dozen riders.<\/p>\n

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(FILES) Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe team’s Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, with visible injuries sustained in a crash in the final kilometers of the stage, cycles past the finish line of the 12th stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 203,6 km between Aurillac and Villeneuve-sur-Lot, southwestern France, on July 11, 2024. Leading contender Primoz Roglic has withdrawn from the Tour de France before the start of stage 13, his team Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe said on July 12, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rogli\u010d quickly remounted but he seemed groggy. Though his entire team rode with him, they continuously lost ground to the hard-charging bunch, which was riding at speeds of up to 70 km\/h. The Slovenian crossed the finish line 2:27 behind the winner and sat down in sixth in the GC, 4:42 behind countryman Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates), with his chances of even making the podium seriously compromised. As a result, his team announced Friday that the 34-year-old Rogli\u010d was dropping out of the Tour. That marks the third time, after 2021 and 2022, that he has abandoned the race following crashes.<\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d also crashed near the end of Wednesday\u2019s stage 11 but that incident occurred within 3 km of the finish, so he was given the time of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal\u2013Quick Step), with whom he\u2019d been riding. But that turned out to be only a temporary reprieve.<\/p>\n

Stage 12 Rankings:<\/h4>\n

1. Biniam Girmay, Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty
\n2. Wout van Aert, Visma\u2013Lease a Bike
\n3. Pascal Ackerman, Israel-Premier Tech
\n4. Jasper Philipsen, Alpecin-Deceuninck
\n5. Arnaud de Lie, Lotto Dstny
\n6. Alexander Kristoff, Uno-X Mobility
\n7. Phil Bauhaus, Bahrain Victorious
\n8. Bryan Coquard, Cofidis
\n9. Dylan Groenewegen, Jayco-AlUla
\n10. Ryan Gibbons, Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n

Skoda Green Jersey Standing:<\/h4>\n

1. Biniam Girmay, Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty, 328 points
\n2. Jasper Philipsen, Alpecin-Deceuninck, 221 points
\n3. Anthony Turgis, TotalEnergies, 141 points
\n4. Jonas Abrahamsen, Uno-X Mobility, 124 points
\n5. Bryan Coquard, Cofidis 117, points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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