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2012
tour de france route
From Saturday 30 June to Sunday 22th July, 2012, the
99th Tour de France will be
competed during 21 stages, well actually a prologue and
20 stages, over a distance of 3,479 kilometres.
There will be:
- Nine flat stages
- Six high mountain stages with 3 summit finishes
- Four hilly stages that finish with a climb
- Two individual time trials (against the clock stage)
- A prologue around Liege in Belgium
- Two rest days.
The special features of the race are
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- 25 cols gone over and summit finishes that are
ranked 2nd, 1st or hors catégorie
(HC)
- 1 in Les Vosges, with a summit finish at 1,035
m (La Planche des Belles Filles)
3 in le Jura
4 in Swiss Jura
6 in the Alps, with a summit finish at 1,705 m (La
Toussuire-Les Sybelles)
11 in the Pyrénées, with a summit
finish at approx. 1,600 m (Peyragudes)
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- 9 towns not previously visited: Abbeville, Annonay
Davézieux, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, La Planche
des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Porrentruy, Samatan,
Tomblaine, Visé.
The 2012 Tour de France starts by spending three days
in Belgium from the Grand Départ in the Province
of Liège. The first day will be the short prologue
(mini-time trial) at Liège, and next day the first
stage from Liège to Seraing. The second stage from
Visé to Tournai is also in Belgium.
There is also going to be a detour into Switzerland and
back to Porrentruy in Jura for the finish of the eighth
stage.
No bonus
For the 2012 edition, no bonuses will be awarded for intermediate
sprints and stage finishes.
One intermediate sprint
As in 2011, the points awarded for the green jersey classification
will be for a single intermediate sprint and for the stage
finish. [Commentary
from 2011.]
Mountain points scheme
For this 2012 edition, points will be awarded to the first
ten going over col summits classified as
hors categorie.
Points will be doubled for summit finishes.
Nearly 100 kilometres against the
clock
A prologue (6.1 km) and two individual against-the-clock
stages: 38 km from Arc-et-Senans to Besançon, and
52 km between Bonneval and Chartres the day before the
final arrival on the Champs-Elysees. (Note that a prologue
is a short time-trial used to determine who will wear
the yellow jersey on the first long day of racing.)
Prize funding
In total about there is about 2 million euros prize money
for teams and riders, with 450, 000 euros to the winner
of the individual general classification - the yellow
jersey.
the
stages for 2012
There will be a short prologue stage around Liege and
then a further 20 stages. These
include 6 high mountain stages
[Alps 2, Pyrenees 4], 4 medium
mountain/hilly stages,
and two individual
against-the-clock [contre-le-montre]
time trials. There are 2 rest
days. All other days are ‘on
the plain’ - relatively flat days,
almost touring through France. The total distance ridden
will be about 3,479 kilometres, or roughly 2,162 miles.
Switzerland will be visited on the 8th stage.
| P |
Liège
> Liège
30 June [6.1 km]
prologue |
11 |
Albertville
> La Toussuire - Les Sybelles
12 July [140 km]
summit
finish |
| 1 |
Liège >
Seraing
1 July [198 km] |
12 |
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
> Annonay Davézieux
13 July [220 km] |
| 2 |
Visé >
Tournai
2 July [207 km] |
13 |
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
> Le Cap d’Agde
14 July [215 km] |
| 3 |
Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer
3 July [197 km] |
14 |
Limoux
> Foix
15 July [192 km] |
| 4 |
Abbeville > Rouen
4 July [214 km] |
15 |
Samatan
> Pau
16 July [160 km] |
| 5 |
Rouen > Saint-Quentin
5 July [197 km] |
R |
rest day - Pau
17 July |
| 6 |
Épernay >
Metz
6 July 210 km] |
16 |
Pau
> Bagnères-de-Luchon
18 July [197 km] |
| 7 |
Tomblaine > La
Planche des Belles Filles
7 July [199 km]
summit
finish |
17 |
Bagnères-de-Luchon
> Peyragudes
19 July [144 km]
summit
finish |
| 8 |
Belfort > Switzerland
> Porrentruy
8 July [154 km] |
18 |
Blagnac
> Brive-la-Gaillarde
20 July [215 km] |
| 9 |
Arc-et-Senans >
Besançon
individual time-trial
9 July [38 km] |
19 |
Bonneval > Chartres
21 July [52 km]
individual time-trial |
| R |
rest day - Mâcon
10 July |
20 |
Rambouillet
> Paris Champs-Élysées
22 July [130 km] |
| 10 |
Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
11 July [194 km] |
Detailed
itineraries for the 2012 Tour de France stages |
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this
year’s t-shirt
“100% cotton, 20€”
the
teams for 2012
this
year’s top ten seeded riders [alphabetical list]
To be announced closer to the TDF 2012 start date.
watch
tdf broadcasts
In 2011, many web sites offered live streaming from their
sites. We are leaving that information here until we can
obtain the information for 2012. This will probably appear
only on the first day of the 2012 TDF.
Some web sites want you to pre-register, and even pay.
Here are a few of the more reputable sites that were available
for the 2011 TDF. They may well be broadcasting again
in 2012. Of course, until the TDF is actually running,
we cannot verify any links provided.
| terrestrial
broadcasts
- UK: ITV4 - full
schedule of live broadcasts.
- This is the first year that ITV have bought
broadcasting rights.
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- EUROSPORT UK is providing daily live TV coverage,
including HD, often with some commentary with
Sean Kelly, ex-professional cyclist.
DAS ERSTE/ZDF (shared coverage)
FRANCE
2/FRANCE 3 (shared coverage)
RAI 3/RAI SPORT2
Canada:
“TSN2 has exclusive Canadian coverage of cycling's
most prestigious event, the Tour de France. The
network is home to all 21 stages beginning Saturday
at 8am et/5am pt live on TSN2.” |
live streaming
through the Internet
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To the left is the
list for links
provided by TDF links to numerous live streaming
providers worldwide.
Probably all are only available in their country
of origin. Further, many are unreliable, or require
further clicks to reach the live/direct feed, are
hard to navigate, or are difficult to go beyond
the publicity, and require a subscription.
Eurosport is selling live steaming with their Eurosportplayer,
with various, almost reasonable subscriptions.
The Tour de France web site also has a YouTube
channel with videos of stages to come and other
short videos. |
last
year (2011): the first ten riders
| Pos. |
N° |
Name |
First name |
Team |
Nat. |
Time diff. |
| 1 |
141 |
EVANS |
Cadel |
BMC |
AUS |
86h 12' 22" |
| 2 |
11 |
SCHLECK |
Andy |
LEO |
LUX |
+ 01' 34" |
| 3 |
18 |
SCHLECK |
Frank |
LEO |
LUX |
+ 02' 30" |
| 4 |
181 |
VOECKLER |
Thomas |
EUC |
FRA |
+ 03' 20" |
| 5 |
1 |
CONTADOR |
Alberto |
SAX |
ESP |
+ 03' 57" |
| 6 |
21 |
SANCHEZ |
Samuel |
EUS |
ESP |
+ 04' 55" |
| 7 |
161 |
CUNEGO |
Damiano |
LAM |
ITA |
+ 06' 05" |
| 8 |
91 |
BASSO |
Ivan |
LIQ |
ITA |
+ 07' 23" |
| 9 |
52 |
DANIELSON |
Tom |
GRM |
USA |
+ 08' 15" |
| 10 |
108 |
PERAUD |
Jean-Christophe |
ALM |
FRA |
+ 10' 11" |
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Overall
winner |
EVANS Cadel |
141 |
BMC |
AUS |
86h 12' 22"
(Yellow Jersey) |
| By points |
CAVENDISH Mark |
171 |
THR |
GBR |
334 pts
(Green Jersey) |
| Climber |
SANCHEZ Samuel |
108 |
EUS |
ESP |
108 pts
(Polka dot Jersey) |
| Under 25 |
ROLLAND Pierre |
188 |
EUC |
FRA |
86h 23' 05"
(White Jersey) |
| Combativity |
Roy, Jérémy |
138 |
FDJ |
FRA |
88h 40' 49" |
Team
winner |
TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO |
USA |
258h 18' 49" |
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the
mountain stages
Tour de France 2012 will include 25 peaks ranked as
second, first or hors catégorie:
- 1 in the Vosges (stage 7)
- 4 in the Swiss Jura (stage 8)
- 3 in the Jura (stage10)
- 6 in the Alps (stages 11, 12)
- 11 in the Pyrenees (stages 14, 16, 17)
During the last five Tours de France, the total of mountain
stages were:
- 22 in 2007
- 17 in 2008
- 21 in 2009
- 25 in 2010
- 23 in 2011.
Vosges
and Jura
the
Alps and Pyrenees
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