Tour de France Stage 12: A star is born
Marc Hirschi finally got his stage win.
Stage 12 featured what have now become the 22-year-old’s trademarks: A fierce acceleration at the top of a late ascent, a white-knuckle descent and a brave time trial to the finish. After coming up short twice at this year’s Tour – if only he started his sprint a little sooner on Stage 2, if only he had a little more strength at the end of 90 kilometers alone on Stage 9 – Thursday must have been a sweet relief. After the stage, Hirschi said the he
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