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






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)

RadioShack-Nissan
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)

Team Europcar

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)

Euskaltel-Euskadi

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)

Lampre - ISD

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)

Liquigas-Cannondale

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)

Garmin-Sharp

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)

AG2R La Mondiale

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)

Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

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)

Saur - Sojasun

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)

Sky Procycling

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)

Lotto Belisol Team

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)

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team

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)

Katusha Team

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)

FDJ-Big Mat

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)

Rabobank Cycling Team

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)

Movistar Team

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)

Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank

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)

Pro Team Astana

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)

Omega Pharma - QuickStep

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)

Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team

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)

Argos-Shimano

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)

Prologue Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:13
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
7 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos - Shimano 0:00:12
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:15
11 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:16
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:17
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp
16 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp
17 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
18 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:00:20
21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
22 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
23 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
24 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
25 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos - Shimano 0:00:21
26 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
29 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Sharp
31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:22
32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
33 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
34 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Sharp
36 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
38 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
39 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:23
41 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
42 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
45 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
46 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:24
48 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
49 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
50 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
51 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
52 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
53 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
54 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
55 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp
56 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
57 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
58 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
59 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
61 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
62 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
63 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
65 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:26
66 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
69 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Sharp
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
71 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
72 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos - Shimano 0:00:27
73 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
74 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
75 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:28
76 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
77 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
78 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
79 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
80 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
81 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
82 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
83 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:29
84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
87 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
89 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
90 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
91 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp 0:00:30
92 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
93 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
94 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
95 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
96 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:31
97 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
99 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
100 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Sharp
101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:00:32
102 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
103 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
104 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:33
105 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
106 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Sharp
107 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
108 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
110 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos - Shimano 0:00:34
111 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos - Shimano
112 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
113 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
115 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
116 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:35
117 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
118 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
119 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
120 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:36
121 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan
122 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
123 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
124 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
125 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
126 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
127 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:37
128 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
129 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
130 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
131 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos - Shimano
132 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:00:38
134 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
135 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
136 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
137 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
139 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:39
140 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
141 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
143 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos - Shimano 0:00:40
144 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
145 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
146 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
147 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
148 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:41
149 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
150 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
151 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:42
152 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
153 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
154 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
155 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
156 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:43
157 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
158 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
159 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:44
160 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
161 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team
162 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
163 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
164 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
165 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos - Shimano 0:00:45
166 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
167 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
168 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
169 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
170 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
171 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:46
172 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
173 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
174 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
175 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:47
176 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
177 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
178 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:48
179 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:00:49
180 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
181 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:50
182 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre - ISD
183 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
184 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:51
185 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:00:52
186 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
187 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD
188 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:00:55
189 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:57
190 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
191 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:01
192 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
193 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:02
194 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
195 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:01:03
196 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 0:01:05
197 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:06
198 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos - Shimano

Stage 1: Liège - Seraing 198 km

This rolling stage although not as tough as the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Classic is is raced on the same terrain and will favour the same riders. The finishing climb rises for more than 2km at an average of 4.7 percent, it will suit riders like Philippe Gilbert, Peter Sagan, Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde and Simon Gerrans .



Km 42.0 - Côte de Cokaifagne2.9 kilometre-long climb at 5.1% - category 4
Km 49.0 - Côte de Francorchamps1.1 kilometre-long climb at 6.4% - category 4
Km 94.0 - Côte de Lierneux2.1 kilometre-long climb at 5.1% - category 4
Km 139.0 - Côte de Barvaux1.6 kilometre-long climb at 4.2% - category 4
Km 198.0 - Côte de Seraing2.4 kilometre-long climb at 4.7% - category 4

Stage 1 Profile


The last km


Top 10 on General Classification before Stage 1

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:13
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:11
6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
7 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos - Shimano 0:00:12
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:15

Do you know why Andy Schleck isnt in the race this year?

from what i heard he suffered a injury a few weeks ago. sucks i was hoping he would be in it too.

btw sorry guys that i have not kept this updated very well at all, later tonight i will get it all updated and try to keep up with it better in the days to come.

BMC is fucking STACKED

i agree, go big george and cadel!


btw i decided not to keep up with the tour in this thread, too much work and i am just not feeling up to it. but cyclingforums.com has all you need to know

Lame, was hoping to just stay on one site for everything. I believe Sagan is doing good from what I've heard. * work nights, so I can only watch when someone uploads on youtube :/

Drug sport is drugged. But still Aussie Cadel > all.

ya that sucks, i can't watch it either so i have just been following it on facebook and cyclingforums.



yeh, doppping & transfusions are common in pro cycling unfortunately. but the NFL also dopes, the NHL dopes, MLB players dope, the NBA are dopes, golfers dope, chess players dope. its just the way it is.

This post was edited by Bear_Grylls on Jul 5 2012 11:58am