Tadej Pogačar won the 180.6km stage 12 of the Tour de France, from Auch to Hautacam. The world champion reclaims the yellow jersey in a Tour that appears to be over.

Fifty-two riders broke away, and on the Col de Soulor, only Armirail, Woods, Rubio, Storer, and Skjelmose remained in front, but their fate was sealed. Meanwhile, yellow jersey Ben Healy dropped away, while Remco Evenepoel, Enric Mas, and Matteo Jorgenson also struggled.

There was no contest on the final climb: Pogacar sprinted ahead, leaving Vingegaard unable to keep up with him. At the finish line, Pogacar led Vingegaard by more than 2 minutes and Florian Lipowitz by about 2 minutes 20 seconds. Evenepoel trailed by 3 minutes 30 seconds, while Primoz Roglic lost more than 4 minutes. The gaps were huge.

Order of arrival:

1 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG 4:21:19

2 Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 2:10

3 Lipowitz Florian Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 2:23

4 Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 3:00

5 Onley Oscar Team Picnic PostNL,,

6 Vauquelin Kévin Arkéa - B&B Hotels 3:33

7 Evenepoel Remco Soudal Quick-Step 3:35

8 Gall Felix Decathlon AG2R The World Team 4:02

9 Roglič Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 4:08

10 Rodríguez Cristián Arkéa - B&B Hotels 7:26

General classification:

1 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG 45:22:51

2 Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 3:31

3 Evenepoel Remco Soudal Quick-Step 4:45

4 Lipowitz Florian Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 5:34

5 Vauquelin Kévin Arkéa - B&B Hotels 5.40

6 Onley Oscar Team Picnic PostNL 6:05

7 Roglič Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 7:30

8 Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 7:44

9 Gall Felix Decathlon AG2R The World Team 9:21

10 Jorgenson Matteo Team Visma | Lease a Bike 12.12

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