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Chaos on Ventoux - De Gendt wins the stage as Froome loses his bike and runs up Ventoux

Thomas De Gendt finally claimed the Tour de France stage victory he has been fighting for, taking out the shortened Mont Ventoux stage from the day's large breakaway over Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data) and Daniel Navarro (Cofidis).

After high winds forced organisers to move the finish to Chalet Reynard, lopping 7km off the finishing climb, the finale still provided plenty of drama, but not exactly the type the organisers imagined.

Chris Froome (Sky), Richie Porte (BMC), and Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) were clear of the other contenders when they were swarmed by a horde of fans outside the barriers of the final kilometer. The camera motorbike was halted by the crowd, and Porte crashed into it. Froome's bike was broken in the mayhem, and he had to run up the climb until neutral support could give him a bike. But the machine did not fit, and by the time Froome finally got one his own bikes with 500m to go and rode across the line, he was well behind the main favourites group.

The incident nullified his time-gaining attack, and the race jury would have to decide how to sort out the time gaps. Provisionally, Adam Yates claimed the maillot jaune, with Mollema at 9 seconds and Quintana at 14.

However, after reviewing the situation, the race jury decided that the incident wouldn't change the overall classification, with Froome still in Yellow.

Provisional Stage Results Stage 12, Mount Ventoux

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:31:51 
2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:00:02 
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:14 
4 Stef Clement(Fra) IAM Cycling 0:00:40 
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie   
6 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:02:52 
7 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:03:13 
8 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:03:26 
9 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 0:04:23 
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek - Segafredo 0:05:05 

Official General Classification after Stage 12 Mount Ventoux

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 57:11:33
2 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange at 0:47
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:54
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:56
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:15
6 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 1:32
7 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:54
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step 1:56
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha 2:11
11 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2:22
12 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida 2:29
13 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 2:36
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff 3:14
15 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:28
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 5:51
17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Drapac Team 7:35
18 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) FDJ 8:02
19 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 11:20
20 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Esp) Team Sky 14:15

Froome and Porte run into Moto Camera. Froome starts running.

Run! Froome! Run!

Unbelievable, Chris Froome running up Ventoux!

Stage 12 Highlights

 

Chaos on Ventoux - De Gendt wins the stage as Froome loses his bike and runs up Ventoux
 
Chaos on Ventoux - De Gendt wins the stage as Froome loses his bike and runs up Ventoux