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Denmark's Mads Pedersen, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, throws his bouquet of flowers after the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Belgium's Tim Merlier celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP
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Belgium's Tim Merlier celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
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Riders sprint to the finish line of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
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Fans greet riders with Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Mathias Vacek of the Czech Republic, takes water from sport director during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Riders are reflected in mirrors during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Spectators cheer the riders during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Germany's Phil Bauhaus, right, France's Ewen Costiou, second right, France's Baptiste Veistroffer, second left, and France's Matteo Vercher ride in a breakaway during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Spain's Xabier Azparren changes bike during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Riders in a breakaway pedal past a field of sunflowers during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Spectators cheer the riders during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Riders take the start during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Riders take the start during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
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Riders take the start during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus
