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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Pidcock added an iconic Tour de France stage win to his impressive CV when he claimed victory at L’Alpe d’Huez at the end of a long solo ascent on Thursday. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cyclocross world champion and Olympic gold medallist in cross-country mountain biking attacked from the day’s breakaway with more than 10km left in the final climb, a 13.8km effort at 8.1% and never looked back. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It’s one of the best experiences in my life,” said Tour debutant Pidcock after the 12th stage, a 165.1km trek from Briancon. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1326224\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/inset-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"tour de france meintjes\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> Italian rider Giulio Ciccone (right) of Trek Segafredo and South African rider Louis Meintjes (left) of Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux in action during the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2022 over 165.1km from Briancon to L’Alpe d’Huez, France, 14 July 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Guillaume Horcajuelo)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fending off a sea of fans, flags and flares, Pidcock finished ahead of South African Louis Meintjes and four-time Tour winner Chris Froome, who enjoyed his best day on a bike since a career-threatening crash in 2019. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/75th-tour-de-romandie-2022-stage-5/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1326412\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1240382000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" /></a> <em>Archive Photo:</em> Louis Meintjes of South Africa and Team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux in action during the 75th Tour De Romandie 2022 - Stage 5 on May 1, 2022 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. 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Italian rider Giulio Ciccone (right) of Trek Segafredo and South African rider Louis Meintjes (left) of Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux in action during the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2022 over 165.1km from Briancon to L’Alpe d’Huez, France, 14 July 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Guillaume Horcajuelo)
Archive Photo: Louis Meintjes of South Africa and Team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux in action during the 75th Tour De Romandie 2022 - Stage 5 on May 1, 2022 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. (Photo by RvS.Media/Basile Barbey/Getty Images,)
The yellow jersey Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (right) of Jumbo–Visma and Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates cross the finish line for the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2022 over 165.1km from Briançon to L’Alpe d’Huez, France, 14 July 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Yoan Valat)
The yellow jersey Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma in action during the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2022 over 165.1km from Briançon to L’Alpe d’Huez, France, 14 July 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Guillaume Horcajuelo)