Stage 11 of the 2012 Tour de France was contested on 12 July and the race concluded with Stage 20 on 22 July. The second half of the race was situated entirely within France; starting with a mountain stage from Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles – incorporating two hors catégorie climbs during the stage – before the customary race-concluding stage finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Team Europcar's Pierre Rolland (pictured in 2013), the winner of the eleventh stage
Stage twelve winner, David Millar of Garmin–Sharp (pictured in 2014)
The day's breakaway at Pic Saint-Loup just over halfway into the stage. Jérôme Pineau leads Jimmy Engoulvent, Maxime Bouet, Roy Curvers, Michael Mørkøv, Mathieu Ladagnous, Samuel Dumoulin and Pablo Urtasun.
Luis León Sánchez of Rabobank (pictured in the previous stage) was the victor of stage fourteen
Thomas Voeckler
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Thomas Voeckler is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017, for the Direct Énergie team and its previous iterations.
Voeckler in the yellow jersey at the 2004 Tour de France
Voeckler in the yellow jersey at the 2011 Tour de France
Voeckler in the polka dot jersey at the 2012 Tour de France