Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) Sprints to stage 12 victory atop Alpe d'Huez

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) beats his rivals to win his second stage victory atop iconic Alpe d'Huez, Tour d France while wearing the race leader's yellow jersey.

How stage 12 unfolded

After the previous day's brutal Alpine stage that finished in La Rosière, there were only 161 starters for stage 12. Standing in his yellow jersey at the start line, Thomas had predicted that the day would be a challenging one. "It's a long day, the hardest of the three in the Alps. It's a big, big finish up Alpe d'Huez. I'm sure it'll be exciting to watch.

Top Ten General classification

1, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) Team Sky 49:24:43,
 2, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 0:01:39,
3, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:01:50,
 4, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:37,
 5, Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:46,
 6, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:07,
7, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:03:13,
8, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:03:43,
9, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 0:04:13,
10, Daniel Martin (Ireland) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:11