
The presence of Ineos Grenadiers on the front late on stage 12 of the Tour de France was to keep Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) from getting back into contention on GC, team management explained.
Part of the break of the day and trying hard to chase back lone leader Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), the eventual winner, Pinot’s move saw him finish sixth, 3:01 up on the main GC group. The Frenchman moved up to 10th at 6:33 on Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).