Saxo Bank’s Nicki Sorensen emerged from a seven-man break to take a classic solo win on a perfect summer day in France Thursday.
Sorensen was part of the group that formed about 70km into the 212km 12th stage from Tonnerre to Vittel, the last relatively flat day before the Tour returns to the mountains Friday. Sorensen attacked the breakaway with Agritubel’s Sylvain Calzati with about 20k to go, and then attacked Calzati with 5k to go to cross the line with a 37-second gap over the rest of …
, Saxo’s Sorensen wins stage 12, http://www.velonews.com/article/95225
