Millar wins Tour stage, nine years on from his last

David Millar wins stage 12, Tour de France 2012

David Millar won the two-up sprint to claim his first individual stage victory at the Tour de France since 2003.

The 35-year-old was the best of a five-man break at the end of the 226km 12th stage with Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) second and Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) five seconds off the pace in third.

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