2012 Tour de France
The 2012 Tour de France is scheduled to be the 99th Tour de France. It is scheduled to start with a prologue, followed by two stages in Belgium, and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Besides Belgium the Tour also visits the country of Switzerland. This years route favors strong time trialists over climbers, there is 101.1 km of racing against the clock. Sky's Brad Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans are the clear favorites, there will be a lot of opportunities for the likes of Vincenzo Nibali, Fränk Schleck, Alejandro Valverde, Robert Gesink, Ryder Hesjedal and Samuel Sánchez to claim a spot on the podium. Starting Teams Ag2r-La Mondiale Cofidis Lampre-ISD Orica-GreenEDGE Saur-Sojasun Team Sky Argos-Shimano Euskaltel-Euskadi Liquigas-Cannondale Omega Pharma-Quick Step Team Europcar Vacansoleil-DCM Astana FDJ-BigMat Lotto-Belisol Rabobank Team Katusha BMC Racing Team Garmin-Sharp Movistar Team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank Race Map
The Stages
Prologue Saturday, June 30 2012 Liège (ITT) 6.4 km - Results and Highlights Stage 1 Sunday, July 1 2012 Liège - Seraing 198 km Stage 2 Monday, July 2 2012 Visé - Tournai 207.5 km Stage 3 Tuesday, July 3 2012 Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km Stage 4 Wednesday, July 4 2012 Abbeville - Rouen 214.5 km Stage 5 Thursday, July 5 2012 Rouen - Saint-Quentin 196.5 km Stage 6 Friday, July 6 2012 Épernay - Metz 207.5 km Stage 7 Saturday, July 7 2012 Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km Stage 8 Sunday, July 8 2012 Belfort - Porrentruy 157.5 km Stage 9 Monday, July 9 2012 Arc-et-Senans - Besançon (ITT) 41.5 km Rest Day 1 Tuesday, July 10 2012 Stage 10 Wednesday, July 11 2012 Mâcon - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194.5 km Stage 11 Thursday, July 12 2012 Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 148 km Stage 12 Friday, July 13 2012 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davézieux 226 km Stage 13 Saturday, July 14 2012 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Le Cap d’Agde 217 km Stage 14 Sunday, July 15 2012 Limoux - Foix 191 km Stage 15 Monday, July 16 2012 Samatan - Pau 158.5 km Rest Day 2 Tuesday, July 17 2012 Stage 16 Wednesday, July 18 2012 Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km Stage 17 Thursday, July 19 2012 Bagnères-de-Luchon - Peyragudes 143.5 km Stage 18 Friday, July 20 2012 Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde 222.5 km Stage 19 Saturday, July 21 2012 Bonneval - Chartres (ITT)53.5 km Stage 20 Sunday, July 22 2012 Rambouillet - Paris Champs-Élysées 120 km Start List
BMC Racing Team
The 2012 Tour de France is scheduled to be the 99th Tour de France. It is scheduled to start with a prologue, followed by two stages in Belgium, and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Besides Belgium the Tour also visits the country of Switzerland. This years route favors strong time trialists over climbers, there is 101.1 km of racing against the clock. Sky's Brad Wiggins and defending champion Cadel Evans are the clear favorites, there will be a lot of opportunities for the likes of Vincenzo Nibali, Fränk Schleck, Alejandro Valverde, Robert Gesink, Ryder Hesjedal and Samuel Sánchez to claim a spot on the podium. Starting Teams Ag2r-La Mondiale Cofidis Lampre-ISD Orica-GreenEDGE Saur-Sojasun Team Sky Argos-Shimano Euskaltel-Euskadi Liquigas-Cannondale Omega Pharma-Quick Step Team Europcar Vacansoleil-DCM Astana FDJ-BigMat Lotto-Belisol Rabobank Team Katusha BMC Racing Team Garmin-Sharp Movistar Team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank Race Map
The Stages
Prologue Saturday, June 30 2012 Liège (ITT) 6.4 km - Results and Highlights Stage 1 Sunday, July 1 2012 Liège - Seraing 198 km Stage 2 Monday, July 2 2012 Visé - Tournai 207.5 km Stage 3 Tuesday, July 3 2012 Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km Stage 4 Wednesday, July 4 2012 Abbeville - Rouen 214.5 km Stage 5 Thursday, July 5 2012 Rouen - Saint-Quentin 196.5 km Stage 6 Friday, July 6 2012 Épernay - Metz 207.5 km Stage 7 Saturday, July 7 2012 Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km Stage 8 Sunday, July 8 2012 Belfort - Porrentruy 157.5 km Stage 9 Monday, July 9 2012 Arc-et-Senans - Besançon (ITT) 41.5 km Rest Day 1 Tuesday, July 10 2012 Stage 10 Wednesday, July 11 2012 Mâcon - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194.5 km Stage 11 Thursday, July 12 2012 Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 148 km Stage 12 Friday, July 13 2012 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davézieux 226 km Stage 13 Saturday, July 14 2012 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Le Cap d’Agde 217 km Stage 14 Sunday, July 15 2012 Limoux - Foix 191 km Stage 15 Monday, July 16 2012 Samatan - Pau 158.5 km Rest Day 2 Tuesday, July 17 2012 Stage 16 Wednesday, July 18 2012 Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km Stage 17 Thursday, July 19 2012 Bagnères-de-Luchon - Peyragudes 143.5 km Stage 18 Friday, July 20 2012 Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde 222.5 km Stage 19 Saturday, July 21 2012 Bonneval - Chartres (ITT)53.5 km Stage 20 Sunday, July 22 2012 Rambouillet - Paris Champs-Élysées 120 km Start List
BMC Racing Team
- 1 Cadel Evans (Aus)
- 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
- 3 Steven Cummings (GBr)
- 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
- 5 George Hincapie (USA)
- 6 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
- 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
- 8 Michael Schär (Swi)
- 9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
- 11 Fränk Schleck (Lux)
- 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
- 13 Tony Gallopin (Fra)
- 14 Christopher Horner (USA)
- 15 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
- 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
- 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
- 18 Jens Voigt (Ger)
- 19 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)
- 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)
- 22 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn)
- 23 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra)
- 24 Cyril Gautier (Fra)
- 25 Yohann Gène (Fra)
- 26 Vincent Jérôme (Fra)
- 27 Christophe Kern (Fra)
- 28 Davide Malacarne (Ita)
- 29 Pierre Rolland (Fra)
- 31 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa)
- 32 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa)
- 33 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa)
- 34 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa)
- 35 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa)
- 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa)
- 37 Amets Txurruka (Spa)
- 38 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa)
- 39 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa)
- 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita)
- 42 Grega Bole (Slo)
- 43 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
- 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)
- 45 Matthew Lloyd (Aus)
- 46 Marco Marzano (Ita)
- 47 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
- 48 Simone Stortoni (Ita)
- 49 Davide Viganò (Ita)
- 51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
- 52 Ivan Basso (Ita)
- 53 Federico Canuti (Ita)
- 54 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
- 55 Dominique Nerz (Ger)
- 56 Daniel Oss (Ita)
- 57 Peter Sagan (Svk)
- 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
- 59 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
- 61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
- 62 Thomas Danielson (USA)
- 63 Tyler Farrar (USA)
- 64 Robert Hunter (RSA)
- 65 Daniel Martin (Irl)
- 66 David Millar (GBr)
- 67 Johan Vansummeren (Bel)
- 68 Christian Vande Velde (USA)
- 69 David Zabriskie (USA)
- 71 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
- 72 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
- 73 Mickaël Chérel (Fra)
- 74 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
- 75 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
- 76 Blel Kadri (Fra)
- 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra)
- 78 Christophe Riblon (Fra)
- 79 Nicolas Roche (Irl)
- 81 Rein Taaramae (Est)
- 82 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra)
- 83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
- 84 Nicolas Edet (Fra)
- 85 Julien Fouchard (Fra)
- 86 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel)
- 87 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa)
- 88 David Moncoutie (Fra)
- 89 Romain Zingle (Bel)
- 91 Jérôme Coppel (Fra)
- 92 Anthony Delaplace (Fra)
- 93 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
- 94 Brice Feillu (Fra)
- 95 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra)
- 96 Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
- 97 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra)
- 98 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra)
- 99 Julien Simon (Fra)
- 101 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
- 102 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
- 103 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
- 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
- 105 Christopher Froome (GBr)
- 106 Christian Knees (Ger)
- 107 Richie Porte (Aus)
- 108 Michael Rogers (Aus)
- 109 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
- 111 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
- 112 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
- 113 Francis De Greef (Bel)
- 114 Andre Greipel (Ger)
- 115 Adam Hansen (Aus)
- 116 Gregory Henderson (NZl)
- 117 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
- 118 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
- 119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
- 121 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)
- 122 Kris Boeckmans (Bel)
- 123 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
- 124 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe)
- 125 Marco Marcato (Ita)
- 126 Wout Poels (Ned)
- 127 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
- 128 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa)
- 129 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned)
- 131 Denis Menchov (Rus)
- 132 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)
- 133 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
- 134 Vladimir Gusev (Rus)
- 135 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa)
- 136 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
- 137 Luca Paolini (Ita)
- 138 Yury Trofimov (Rus)
- 139 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)
- 141 Sandy Casar (Fra)
- 142 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra)
- 143 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr)
- 144 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
- 145 Cédric Pineau (Fra)
- 146 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
- 147 Anthony Roux (Fra)
- 148 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
- 149 Arthur Vichot (Fra)
- 151 Robert Gesink (Ned)
- 152 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)
- 153 Bauke Mollema (Ned)
- 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
- 155 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa)
- 156 Bram Tankink (Ned)
- 157 Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
- 158 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
- 159 Maarten Wijnants (Bel)
- 161 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa)
- 162 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa)
- 163 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por)
- 164 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
- 165 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
- 166 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
- 167 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr)
- 168 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
- 169 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa)
- 171 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus)
- 172 Juan José Haedo (Arg)
- 173 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
- 174 Anders Lund (Den)
- 175 Michael Mørkøv (Den)
- 176 Nick Nuyens (Bel)
- 177 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por)
- 178 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
- 179 Nicki Sørensen (Den)
- 181 Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
- 182 Borut Bozic (Slo)
- 183 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
- 184 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
- 185 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
- 186 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz)
- 187 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe)
- 188 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro)
- 189 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz)
- 191 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
- 192 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
- 193 Kevin De Weert (Bel)
- 194 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
- 195 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
- 196 Tony Martin (Ger)
- 197 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
- 198 Martin Velits (Svk)
- 199 Peter Velits (Svk)
- 201 Simon Gerrans (Aus)
- 202 Michael Albasini (Swi)
- 203 Baden Cooke (Aus)
- 204 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus)
- 205 Daryl Impey (RSA)
- 206 Brett Lancaster (Aus)
- 207 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned)
- 208 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
- 209 Pieter Weening (Ned)
- 211 Marcel Kittel (Ger)
- 212 Roy Curvers (Ned)
- 213 Koen de Kort (Ned)
- 214 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
- 215 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
- 216 Yann Huguet (Fra)
- 217 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
- 218 Albert Timmer (Ned)
- 219 Tom Veelers (Ned)