LUZ ARDIDEN, July 14, 2011 (Bicycling.com/AFP) - Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory on the 211km 12th stage from Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden on Thursday.
Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar, upset the formbook to retain the race leader's yellow jersey after the first of three consecutive days in the Pyrenees.
On the first high mountain stage of the race, defending champion Alberto Contador lost over 10 seconds to his key rivals when he dropped off the pace late on the 13.3 km climb to the Pyreneean ski station.
Spaniard Sanchez came over the finish line ahead of Belgian Jelle Vanendert of Omega-Pharma after attacking his fellow breakaway companion in the final 500 meters.
Overall contender Frank Schleck, who had escaped from the yellow jersey's chase group earlier, finished third, just ahead of a group which contained fellow rivals Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso and his younger brother Andy Schleck.
In the overall standings Voeckler now leads Frank Schleck by 1 min 49 sec, with Evans third at 2:06 and Andy Schleck fourth at 2:17.
Contador, who lost over a minute to his rivals in a crash on the first stage, is now seventh overall at 4:00 behind.
Stage 12 Results
1. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 6hr 01min 15sec
2. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) at 0:07sec
3. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:10
4. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:30
5. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:30
6. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:30
7. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:35
8. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 0:43
9. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:50
10. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:50
11. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 1:03
12. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 1:19
13. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 1:25
14. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 1:25
15. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 1:56
16. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 1:56
17. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 2:02
18. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 2:10
19. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 2:10
20. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 2:53
21. Jerome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 3:06
22. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 3:06
23. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 3:08
24. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 3:19
25. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 3:25
26. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 3:38
27. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 3:54
28. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 3:55
29. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 3:57
30. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 3:58
31. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 4:15
32. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 4:15
33. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 4:21
34. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 4:23
35. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 4:57
36. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 5:20
37. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 5:20
38. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 6:13
39. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 7:06
40. Thomas De Gen (BEL/VAC) 7:06
41. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 7:34
42. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 7:34
43. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 7:34
44. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 8:26
45. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 8:26
46. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 8:26
47. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 8:56
48. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 9:03
49. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 9:03
50. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 9:56
51. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 10:04
52. Jerome Pineau (FRA/QST) 10:12
53. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 10:20
54. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 11:13
55. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 11:13
56. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 13:16
57. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 13:47
58. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 14:54
59. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 14:54
60. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 15:03
61. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 15:03
62. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 15:51
63. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 16:17
64. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 16:17
65. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 16:17
66. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 16:17
67. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 17:25
68. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 17:28
69. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 17:28
70. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 17:28
71. Amael Moinard (FRA/BMC) 17:28
72. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 17:28
73. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 17:28
74. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 17:28
75. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 17:28
76. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 17:44
77. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 17:44
78. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 17:44
79. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 17:44
80. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 17:44
81. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 17:44
82. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 17:44
83. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 17:44
84. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 17:49
85. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 18:03
86. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 19:04
87. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 19:16
88. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 21:05
89. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 21:10
90. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 21:12
91. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 21:12
92. Stuart O'Grady (AUS/LEO) 21:21
93. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 24:26
94. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 24:30
95. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 24:37
96. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 33:05
97. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 33:05
98. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 33:05
99. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 33:05
100. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 33:05
101. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 33:05
102. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 33:05
103. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 33:05
104. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 33:05
105. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 33:05
106. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 33:05
107. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 33:05
108. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 33:05
109. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 33:05
110. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 33:05
111. Andre Greipel (GER/OLO) 33:05
112. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 33:05
113. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 33:05
114. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 33:05
115. Michael Schar (SWI/BMC) 33:05
116. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 33:05
117. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 33:05
118. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 33:05
119. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 33:05
120. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 33:05
121. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 33:05
122. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 33:05
123. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 33:05
124. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 33:05
125. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 33:05
126. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 33:05
127. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 33:05
128. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 33:05
129. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 33:05
130. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 33:05
131. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 33:05
132. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 33:05
133. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 33:05
134. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 33:05
135. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 33:05
136. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 33:05
137. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 33:05
138. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 33:05
139. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 33:05
140. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 33:05
141. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 33:05
142. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 33:05
143. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 33:05
144. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 33:05
145. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 33:05
146. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 33:05
147. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 33:05
148. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 33:05
149. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 33:05
150. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 33:05
151. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 33:05
152. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 33:05
153. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 33:05
154. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 33:05
155. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 33:05
156. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 33:05
157. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 33:05
158. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 33:05
159. Sebastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 33:05
160. Vladimir Isaichev (RUS/KAT) 33:05
161. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 33:05
162. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 33:05
163. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 33:05
164. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 33:05
165. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 33:05
166. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 33:05
167. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 33:05
168. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 33:05
169. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 33:05
170. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 33:05
171. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 33:05
172. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 33:05
173. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 33:05
174. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 33:05
175. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 33:05
Original: Bicycling Magazine
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