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Pidcock wins Alpe d'Huez Tour de France stage as Vingegaard retains yellow

Reuters
Tom Pidcock celebrates his triumph
Tom Pidcock celebrates his triumphReuters
Britain's Tom Pidcock (22) won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L'Alpe d'Huez on Thursday.

The Ineos-Grenadiers rider prevailed from the day's breakaway with an attack 3.3 km into the final climb, a 13.8km effort at an average gradient of 8.1%.

South African Louis Meintjes (30) was second and Britain's four-time champion Chris Froome (37) took third place.

Dane Jonas Vingegaard (25) retained the overall leader's yellow jersey after resisting a couple of attacks from his main rival, defending champion Tadej Pogacar (23) of Slovenia.