Stage 12

The road

At the start

North to the lighthouse at Estaca de Bares

Alessandro De Marchi soloed into Luintra through pouring rain, and Simon Yates keeps red by a second from Alejandro Valverde. Nacer Bouhanni and two others left the race yesterday. Today runs 181 kilometres up the Galician coast to the lighthouse at the Estaca de Bares, the northernmost point in Spain, over the Alto de Cadeira and the Alto San Pedro.

How it was won

1. 150 km to go

   Formolo forces the split

   Davide Formolo forces the pace over the Alto de San Pedro with 50km to go, and the break begins to splinter towards the finale.

2. 225 km to go

   Herrada misses the boat

   The break fractures to eight with 25km to go and Herrada is caught out — but far up on the peloton, he is riding into the red jersey regardless.

3. 3At the line

   Geniez edges the sprint

   Alexandre Geniez pips Dylan Van Baarle in a tight uphill dash, while Jesús Herrada takes over the overall lead.

The result