LIVE TOUR The final day of the triptych in the Pyrenees has arrived and the Tour peloton is working to restrain the four climbs of the day. Lieuwe Westra has chosen the attack in good company
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The profile of the 12th stage of the Tour de France Photo:. Tour de France 
Nicolas Roche liedt the peloton on the way to Plateau de Beille Photo:. AP
Today is the word of the pure climbers, since there are four big cols must be mitigated. Are Nairo Quintana make the tour exciting and he throws the cat among the pigeons? Follow the 12th stage of the Tour de France live.
Thanks to the Col de Portet d’Aspet, the Col de la Core, the Port de Lers and Plateau de Beille promises it become a real battlefield.
The climb to Plateau de Beille debuted in 1998 in the Tour, in an edition that if Doping Tour goes through life because of the scandals notably the teams Festina and TVM.
Armstrong and Pantani
Later in ’98 winner Marco Pantani took the stage victory on the climb outside, where early this century Lance Armstrong twice first emerged. It is the heaviest of the Pyrenees Rides with even two passes of the first and second category, the Col de Portet d’Aspet.
Follow the 12th stage of the Tour de France, Lieuwe Westra in the attack, live here
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