Greig Leach

The finale of the 12th stage atop Alpe d'Huez was a bit uncommon. Normally, it is a sole rider that comes to the summit with a big gap on all of his competitors. Today that should have been Steven Kruijswijk (Lotto NL Jumbo) but he was caught by the big boys on GC with about 3 kilometers left to race. At one point the foursome of Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), Geraint Thomas & Chris Froome (Sky) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) were riding four abreast, waiting to see who would go first. It was Bardet. While these four were shadow boxing, Mikel Landa (Movistar), rejoined and two more riders were fast closing in. It was looking like it was going to be a bunch sprint on a mountain top finish.