We've Got the Roster, Now We Need $20M (Plus $30M) | Stage 12 Recap

We've Got the Roster, Now We Need $20M (Plus $30M) | Stage 12 Recap

From Stanley St. Social | Cycling News and Interviews by Max Gawn, Luke Plapp and Alex Clements

July 16, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

The episode recaps Stage 12 of the Tour de France, discussing key moments, controversies, and team strategies.

Genuinely the pick of the Tour so far — a stacked breakaway attempt, a chaotic finale, and yet another sprint jury controversy. Plus, Max has done his homework and built an actual Australian/Kiwi Uno-X-style dream team, position by position. In this episode: Casper Asgreen's aero-helmet tell and Trek's full-team commitment to breaking up the sprint Quinn Simmons high-fiving his dad mid-attack — the moment of the Tour The Mads-Philipsen intermediate sprint drama, and why two penalty decisions have now been overturned in as many days Explaining the actual UCI sprint rule — and the "one-man tribunal" myth debunked Stoyven's telepathic lead-out for Merlier, and Merlier's third win of this Tour A brutal late crash — Gaviria, Wærenskjold and more all down Max's fully built-out Australian/Kiwi "Uno-X" concept team — GC leaders, classics squad, sprint train, budget and all Listener voice notes continue, including a two-on-one Caleb Ewan sprint challenge proposal Stage 13 preview: the longest stage of the Tour, Dole to Belfort

People in this episode

Host: Alex Clements

Topics covered

  • Tour de France
  • cycling
  • sprint controversies
  • team strategies
  • race recaps
  • crashes

Keywords

  • Tour de France
  • Stage 12
  • sprint jury
  • crash
  • Uno-X team
  • cycling strategies
  • Mads-Philipsen
  • Casper Asgreen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trek

Places: Australia, New Zealand, Dole, Belfort

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