Welcome back to the Lenten Rouge Cycling Podcasts to the recap of Stage 12 of the Jura de Tadalia,

a versatile sprint stage from Imperia to Novi Legure, 175 kilometers heading northeast towards Milan.

We have no categorized clients for the first 100Ks. Then we have a climb in two parts.

Well, three almost actually.

We have like 2K6%, 2.5K, 6%, short rest period,

then another 3Ks at 5%, then 10Ks of downhill,

false flight, uphill, and then they go up again to the brick burton which is five and a half case six percent climb the last fifteen hundred

meters we have an eight percent kilometer there's then a rolling plateau a

descent which is quite technical where you've got a sprint out of every

corner then a valley road then a one like a kicker at 13Ks to go with a Red Bull K is of about

two and a half minutes and some more rolling hills.

And I want to, these hills you can't really see them because they're dwarfed by the

longer climbs than the stage.

But in the final 7Ks, there's a 600 meter technical 7% kicker with two hairpins and

then a flat section afterwards to the uphill drag sprint finish.

I think after stage 4 Benji, the playbook for this stage was pretty clear what teams were

going to try to do at least.

I think so as well.

There's on one end the purer sprinters, which is included in Jonathan Milan, Paul

Manier, and also Tobiaslund Andreessen, based on how we climbed in the first week, although

before this year I would have said that he was one of the more versatile sprinters of those

pure sprinters.

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