Wouter Poels

Another day in the Pyrenees led to a new Point d’Appui on Stage 12 of the 2015 Tour de France. The fulcrum after Stage 11, Rohan Dennis, dropped back one place and Wouter Poels of Team Sky moved up to the middle.

Poels joined Team Sky at the beginning of January and picked up his first stage win for the team in March racing in the Tirreno–Adriatico, where finished 7th overall, leading the team after Chris Froome withdrew. During the Tour de France, as you might imagine, Poels has been riding tempo with Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas in support of Froome.

Chris Froome of Sky retains the yellow jersey, despite a plethora of attacks from other GC leaders. Meanwhile, Michael Matthews of Orica GreenEdge still holds the Lanterne Rouge.

Zakkari Dempster of Bora-Argon 18 and Alex Dowsett of Movistar Team had to abandon, leaving the peloton with 175 riders to come home atop the Plateau de Beille.