This was the general classification of the Tour of Spain after stage 12 | Jonas Vingegaard | How are Colombians?

Jonas Vingegaard (Red) leads the cycling return to Spain.

Photo: EFE – Javier Lizon

The favorites decided to save strength this Thursday in stage 12 of the Tour of Spain, thinking about what will be the demanding high mountain day to Angliru that will face this Friday. Jonas Vingegaard remains at the top of the general classification.

The main squad gave more than six minutes regarding the escaped and made it clear that the priority was to reserve energies for the 202.7 kilometers route between the head of Salt and the Angliru, with 3,964 meters of positive slope, where important changes are expected in the upper part of the general classification.

Stage 12 left a local triumph in Cantabria. The Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), who already adds two victories in this edition, won his compatriot Javier Romo (Movistar) in Buelna. The Frenchman Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) completed the podium of the day.

In the general there were no great movements and the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Liease to Bike) remains a solid leader. Keep the red shirt with a 50 -second advantage over Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and 56 seconds over the British Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team).

During stage 11 the most benefited cyclist in the general was the Frenchman Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale Team), which uploaded nine positions and is now sixth, 2:23 from Vingegaard. His ascent had as a direct consequence the recoil of the Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers).

The Cundinamarqués went from eleventh to the twelfth place. In spite of this, the Zipaquireño remains the best Latin American in the general, at 3:23 of the leader. This Friday, on the route to the Angliru, he plans to climb positions in the fight for the red shirt.

Colombia maintains prominence in the Top 20 with two other runners. The Huilense Harold Tejada (Astana Word Team) occupies box 15 to 6:11, while the Bogota Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) is 19°, to 11:38 of the Jonas Vingegaard.

With high mountain as an immediate judge, the return enters a land where resistance and strategy will be decisive. On a route, it will be 202.7 kilometers between Cabezón de la Sal and El Angliru, accumulating 3,964 meters of unevenness. There will be three ports: two first and one special.

This was the top 10 of the general classification:

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