Cycling - Tour de France - The 209.5-km Stage 12 from Toulouse to Bagneres-de-Bigorre - July 18, 2019 - Mitchelton-Scott rider Simon Yates of Britain wins the stage. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France (Reuters) - Simon Yates put a disappointing Giro d'Italia campaign behind him when he won the 12th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, as the main title contenders stayed quiet in the first Pyrenean climbs of this year's race.
With an individual time trial scheduled for Friday, none of the top guns attacked, and 40 riders broke away from the peloton in the 209.5-km ride from Toulouse.
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