The Tour de France has hit the mountains! And the battle for the yellow jersey has intensified. The big question ahead of the twelfth stage was how Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG) would recover from his crash the day before,

Tadej Pogacar caught out in late crash as Jonas Abrahamsen wins stage 11 - Pogacar crashed outside the 3km safety zone but was spared the loss of any time by a truce within the GC favourites’ group

The reigning Giro d'Italia champion Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) soared to the third Tour de France stage win of his career - and first in six years - with victory atop the Puy de Sancy on Bastille Day as Ireland's Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) took over the race lead from Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

We can assume that Tadej Pogacar will suffer the consequences of his crash. The Slovenian went down in the eleventh stage of the Tour de France and will go to bed with some road rash. But will the world champion still feel the effects on his bike on the way to Hautacam?

Tadej Pogacar has said he hopes Ben Healy “feels tired” ahead of the duo’s upcoming battle over the yellow jersey, after the EF Education-EasyPost rider became the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the maillot jaune.