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Etape du Tour Act 2 2012 report - Pau to Bagnères de Luchon

2012-07-16 10:03:31 - Bagnères de Luchon, France - 3,819 riders finished the 2012 Etape du Tour Act 2 in a race run in tough conditions that some said made it one of the toughest sportives...

Etape ‘Challenges’

2012-06-14 08:23:00 - This year the body that runs the Tour de France and just about every other race around (including, of course, the Etape du Tour), the ASO, has two special...

Etape du Tour 2012 - Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles - route analysis

2011-10-19 12:10:03 - Acte I of the Etape du Tour 2012 is from Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles and is a 140 kilometre stage with a lot of climbing. By our initial reckoning it is...

When will the 2012 Etape du Tour route be announced?

2011-08-23 10:46:49 - Update: 18 October 2011: Well, the Tour de France official route has been published so we can now confirm where the Etape routes will be. The Alps etape will be the...

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Etape du Tour 2012 (Albertville – La Toussuire) – Route, Climbs & GPX

For the first of two Tour de France stages, which were to be ridden in Etape du Tour 2012 , the organizers had selected Stage 11 from Albertville – La Toussuire .

4 Alpine Cols and over 4700m of climbing means that the route, although only 148km long, is truly epic. A real challenge even for the most experienced of riders.

Starting from Albertville , the first 20km are flat and give you a chance to warm your legs up before you tackle the first climb of the day – Col de la Madeleine . The only other section of Etape du Tour 2012 Act 1, which is not an ascent or a descent, is around La Chambre before the tough Col du Glandon + Col de la Croix de Fer climb.

Etape du Tour 2012 (Albertville – La Toussuire) – Climbs:

The longer, northern ascent, described by many cyclists as the easier climb up Col de la Madeleine.

Featuring in Tour de France & Etape du Tour 2015, this is the hardest ascent of Col de la Croix de Fer and includes the northern climb of Col du Glandon.

The shorter, southern ascent to Col du Mollard on the D80, which has featured in the Tour de France & Etape du Tour in 2012.

This is the main La Toussuire climb, leaving the D926 and heading west on the D78, passing through Villarembert on the way to the ski station. Part of Tour de France & Etape du Tour 2015.

Etape du Tour 2012 & Tour de France Stage 11 Videos

Etape du Tour 2012 Stories

“On the final climb of the Etape from Albertville to La Toussuire I am fading fast. The combination of the previous climbs, Le Madeleine, Glandon, Croix de Fer and Le Col du Mollard have turned my legs to concrete…” read more

“As I turned off my alarm at five o’clock in the morning on the day of the race, I thought I could hear rain outside. This was a bitter surprise having enjoyed glorious sunshine as we signed on for our numbers the day before, when we’d spend the afternoon watching Wiggo take the yellow jersey…” read more

“I still can’t believe I finished. After seeing the Pros suffering on La Toussuire today, I have a completely new appreciation of professional cycling and what those guys do.” read more

Registration will open on Tuesday 20th October 2015 at 2.00pm!

Etape du Tour 2015 will follow the route of Tour de France, Stage 19 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – La Toussuire. Tough Cols and 4500m of climbing. Ouch!

Etape du Tour 2012 Act 1, from Albertville to La Toussuire, includes 4 Cols and over 4700m of climbing. The word “tough” doesn’t even begin to describe the route!

First of two editions in 2011. The route includes Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe dHuez. Brilliant!

Have you done Etape du Tour 2012 (Albertville – La Toussuire)? Share your story in the comments below.

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Etape du Tour 2012 guide

Following this year's move by ASO, the organiser of the Etape du Tour, to bring the masses not one but two opportunities to ride a prestigious stage of the Tour de France, it would appear that come July 2012 the stakes will have once again risen for every aspiring cyclist looking to claim a piece of Etape history for themselves.

Sometimes on paper a route can be deceptive, cruelly masking the real telltale woes of the road ahead. It doesn't take a genius, or even a split-second glance, to work out pretty quickly that this will not be the case next year, with both stages featuring a frenzy of hors catégorie ascents and little time for an apéritif to aid digestion before the next course.

Set in the heart of the Alps, Act I is a four-climb brute, two of which top out at over 2,000 metres above sea level. At 140km in length, and with absolutely no flatlands, it's certainly one for the climbers.

So what about Act II? One for the sprinters? Er, no! As you take to the start line in Pau it'll be a journey described by five of the best climbs in the Pyrenees, featuring the legendary Col du Tourmalet, of course, and rolls out at just a shade under 200km. Needless to say, neither are for the faint-hearted.

Etape du Tour 2012

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Act I: July 8: Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles (140km)>>

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The climbs ranked

Ridden individually the order of these climbs may differ somewhat from their severity during a full stage, as was the case when they were tackled here. It's important to note that none of them are ‘easy' - just in the context of where they are in the stage or how they fare against each other they may feel less hard in comparison. Here's our ranking from killer to vanilla.

1 La Toussuire

On a hot day you're going to melt, on a cold day you'll freeze. It really is that simple. There's just nowhere to hide on the unforgiving slopes to La Toussuire. Coming right at the end of a stage with well over 4,000m of elevation, and absolutely no flat, the final 19km of Act I will take a serious amount of physical and mental strength to crack.

2 Col de Peyresourde

In a similar fashion to La Toussuire, the Col de Peyresourde will feel significantly harder than its 10 kilometres at 6.6 per cent average gradient may suggest. Once again the climb is open, meaning there's no chance to escape the elements and after 172km, with a deceptively tiring number of valley drags, there may be one or two swear words on its slopes come July. Best to learn them in French now so you look super-pro!

3 Col de la Croix de Fer

A combination of its 24-kilometre length, daunting 2,067-metre height and defiant, ever-changing gradient mean the Croix de Fer is a tough climb to predict, cruelly allowing those that take on the challenge to think they have the upper hand before ramping up the gradient and twisting the hurt screws. Make it to the top and you are blessed with the most spectacular and rewarding mountain vistas for your hard-fought efforts.

4 Col du Tourmalet

Often shrouded in thick mist, even in the height of summer, the ‘Terrible' mountain as it's sometimes known is a true monument of the Tour de France, and with good reason. From the west you have an unforgiving drag from Argelès-Gazost before you even set foot on its 19km incline. The fact that it comes after the Col d'Aubisque and Col du Soulor will make the view from its 2,115m peak all the more pleasurable.

5 Col de la Madeleine

There's something really enchanting about the Madeleine. Its narrow, tree-lined road momentarily takes your attention away from the fact it's nearly 30km long. Don't lose focus: just when you think the road is never-ending it presents its steepest sections at over 10 per cent gradient. Not for the faint-hearted, literally, and with little time for a thorough warm-up, try not to go into cardiac arrest (not before the first feed at least!)

Col de la Croix de Fer

6 Col d'Aubisque

Without question one of the great legends of the Tour, and a climb that every rider needs in their palmarès. The Aubisque comes after 36 kilometres (a slightly better warm up period than the Madeleine). Make the most of the early part before Eaux-Bonnes - from here on in it could very well become a grind even if it is the first ascent of the day.

7 Col d'Aspin

By now the distance will really start to be taking its toll on weary legs. Temperatures could be high, and although on its own the Aspin is relatively unassuming at 12.8km in length and with a 5 per cent average gradient, it's the fact that it comes straight after the Aubisque, Soulor and Tourmalet that adds to its stature on this stage. Oh, and the fact that the hardest part comes at the end.

8 Col du Mollard

You'll hit the Mollard after the seriously challenging Madeleine-Croix de Fer double, having all speed scrubbed from the descent as you turn sharp right and are immediately faced with a 10 per cent gradient. If I had a pound for every rider that feels the lactic burn come on early into this climb, then I'd most likely have a very expensive new bike on order as I collect my gold sovereigns by the top.

9 Col du Soulor

In this direction, and with everything else ahead, the Soulor really is just a blip in the profile. It's important that you know that it's there but with the Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde still to tick off, if you're struggling here then it's going to be a very long day in the saddle indeed.

The logistics

With both stages offering a truly beautiful, challenging and rewarding experience for the seasoned or first-time Etape rider, it's anticipated that each will be very popular.

Both acts have a 10,000 rider limit, with online registration opening today (November 17). Cost is €75 euros for the first 3,000 entries on each stage and €95 euros for the 3,000 thereafter. If you're interested in the ‘entry only' system then visit www.letapedutour.com now to register your place.

The remaining 4,000 entries are reserved as part of the package offering that can be booked directly through any of their official partners (such as LaFuga.cc or Sports Tours International). Each offer a different level of service depending on budget and personal preference so make sure you check with each operator to ensure your booking meets your needs.

Check local airlines for flights to Geneva or Grenoble (Act I) and Pau or Toulouse (Act II). A personal favourite where possible is BA.com as they allow your bike to travel for free, provided you only have one piece of checked luggage and it does not exceed your allowance. Perfect for short trips like l'Etape.

Albertville has a limited number of restaurants, meaning if your hotel doesn't have its own then it will be worth trying to book in advance.

For French cuisine, at an affordable price, try Le Bistrot Gourmand. You'll be forgiven for pushing the boat out in Pau if you fancy something a little more special - after all, you have a big ride to feed up for.

Au Fin Gourmet is located at the foot of the Boulevard des Pyrénées with dining rooms under glass and a fresh new menu each month. Not cheap, but then you are on holiday. Go on, treat yourself!

Act I: Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles (140km)>>

Act II: Pau to Bagnères de Luchon (197km)>>

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2012 Tour de France

99th edition: saturday, june 30 - sunday, july 22, 2012, results, stages with running gc, maps, photos, startlist.

Plato's dialogue Apology is available as an audiobook here. For the Kindle eBook just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Complete Final 2012 Tour de France General Classification:

In 2014 Denis Menchov was stripped of his 2009, 2010 and 2012 Tour placings because of irregularities with his biological passport.

Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 3min 21sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 6min 19sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 10min 15sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 11min 4sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 15min 41sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 15min 49sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 16min 26sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 16min 33sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 17min 17sec
Andréas Klöden (Radi Shack-Nissan) @ 17min 54sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 19min 33sec
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 19min 55sec
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 25min 27sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 27min 22sec
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 28min 30sec
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 31min 46sec
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar) @ 27min 3sec
Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) @ 38min 16sec
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 42min 26sec
Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 45min 43sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 46min 52sec
Michael Rogers (Sky) @ 54min 52sec
Michele Scarponi (Lampre) @ 58min 37sec
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 59min 44sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 1hr 4min 41sec
Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 5min 10sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1hr 5min 39sec
Jelle Venedert (Lotto-Belisol) @ 1hr 8min 26sec
Juan José Cobo (Movistar) @ 1hr 9min 19sec
Alexandre Vinokoruov (Astana) @ 1hr 15min 21sec
Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 16min 29sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 16min 52sec
Richie Porte (Sky) @ 1hr 20min 49sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1hr 25min 23sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 27min 52sec
Gianpaolo Caruso (Katusha) @ 1hr 28min 32sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 1hr 30min 38sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 32min 19sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) @ 1hr 34min 33sec
Rafel Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 37min 57sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 1hr 38min 37sec
Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 1hr 38min 41sec
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 1hr 40min 44sec
Amaël Moinard (BMC) @ 1hr 41min 0sec
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) @ 1hr 41min 35sec
Dominik Nerz (Liquigas) @ 1hr 42min 12sec
Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 1hr 42min 39sec
Michael Schär (BMC) @ 1hr 43min 53sec
Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 47min 14sec
Yury Trofimov (Katusha) @ 1hr 47min 31sec
Jens Voigt (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1hr 50min 41sec
Vladimir Karpets (Movistar) @ 1hr 51min 43sec
Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) @ 1hr 52min 28sec
Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 1hr 52min 30sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 1hr 52min 34sec
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 55min 30sec
Marcus Burghardt (BMC) @ 1hr 57min 39sec
Davide Malacarne (Europcar) @ 1hr 57min 45sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1hr 58min 38sec
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) @ 1hr 58min 55sec
Mikael Cherel (Ag2r) @ 1hr 59min 53sec
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) @ 2hr 3min 55sec
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) @ 2hr 5min 43sec
Sébastien Minard (Ag2r) @ 2hr 6min 32sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2hr 10min 17sec
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) @ 2hr 11min 36sec
Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 12min 22sec
Simone Stortoni (Lampre) @ 2hr 13min 39sec
Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 13min 49sec
Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) @ 2hr 16min 15sec
Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 17min 30sec
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) @ 2hr 17min 31sec
Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 18min 58sec
Guillaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2hr 19min 43sec
Yaroslav Popovych (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2hr 21min 56sec
Vasili Kiryienka (Movistar) @ 2hr 22min 2sec
Andrey Keshechkin (Astana) @ 2hr 23min 9sec
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 24min 35sec
Marco Marzano (Lampre) @ 2hr 24min 46sec
Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2hr 25min 29sec
Christian Knees (Sky) @ 2hr 26min 43sec
Christophe Kern (Europcar) @ 2hr 29min 1sec
Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) @ 2hr 29min 13sec
Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2hr 33min 14sec
Danilo Hondo (Lampre) @ 2hr 37min 55sec
Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 37min 56sec
Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 40min 47sec
Blel Kadri (Ag2r) @ 2hr 41min 14sec
Romain Zingle (Cofidis) @ 2hr 41min 44sec
Brice Feillu (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2hr 41min 50sec
Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) @ 2hr 46min 4sec
Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 46min 14sec
Arthur Vichot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2hr 46min 51sec
Stephen Cummings (BMC) @ 2hr 47min 3sec
Lars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2hr 48min 5sec
Stuart O'Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 50min 31sec
Kristijan Koren (Liquigas) @ 2hr 51min 34sec
Nicki Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 53min 11sec
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2hr 53min 26sec
Ruben Plaza (Movistar) @ 2hr 53min 35sec
Francis De Greef (lotto-Belisol) @ 2hr 53min 52sec
Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 54min 13sec
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2hr 55min 4sec
Daniel Oss (Liquigas) @ 2hr 55min 24sec
David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2hr 55min 24sec
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) @ 2hr 56min 2sec
Luca Paolini (Katusha) @ 2hr 56min 21sec
Manuel Quinziato (BMC) @ 2hr 56min 21sec
Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 57min 20sec
Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 57min 20sec
Jérôme Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 57min 58sec
Matthieu Sprick (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 58min 15sec
Federico Canuti (Liquigas) @ 2hr 58min 41sec
Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil) @ 3hr 2min 37sec
Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) @ 3hr 3min 38sec
Baden Cooke (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 4min 30sec
Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) @ 3hr 4min 39sec
Joan Horrach (Katusha) @ 3hr 6min 27sec
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 6min 55sec
Nick Nuyens (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 8min 29sec
Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) @ 3hr 8min 57sec
André Greipel (lotto-Belisol) @ 3hr 9min 2sec
Gregory Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3hr 13min 6sec
Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3hr 13min 6sec
Anthony Roux (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 16min 38sec
Anders Lund (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 17min 7sec
Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) @ 3hr 17min 16sec
Borut Bozic (Astana) @ 3hr 17min 44sec
Lusi Angel Mate (Cofidis) @ 3hr 18min 11sec
Jean Marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 18min 20sec
Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3hr 19min 36sec
Cedric Pineau (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 20min 24sec
Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel) @ 3hr 21min 34sec
Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 23min 44sec
Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojssun) @ 3hr 23min 55sec
Jonathan Cantwell (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 25min 8sec
Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 26min 43sec
Yohann Gene (Europcar) @ 3hr 26min 58sec
Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 27min 28sec
Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 27min 49sec
Mark Cavendish (Sky) @ 3hr 28min 36sec
Karsten Kroon (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 28min 56sec
Bram Tankink (Rabobank) @ 3hr 31min 24sec
Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) @ 3hr 38min 24sec
Bernhard Eisel (Sky) @ 3hr 38min 48sec
Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Sharp) @ 3hr 40min 1sec
Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 40min 37sec
Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) @ 3hr 42min 31sec
Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 50min 12sec
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) @ 3hr 54min 45sec
Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) @ 3hr 57min 4sec
Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3hr 57min 36sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 135 points
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 123
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff): 77
Pierre Rolland (Europcar): 63
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 51
Christopher Froome (Sky): 48
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel): 43
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat): 40
Brice Feillu (Saur-Sojasun): 38
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp): 34
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 421 points
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 280
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 268
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 220
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 160
Bradley Wiggins (Sky): 144
Christopher Froome (Sky): 126
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank): 104
Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff): 102
Cadel Evans (BMC): 100
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 87hr 45min 46sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 6min 13sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 5min 48sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 16min 48sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Wuskaltel) @ 1hr 21min 15sec
Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 26min 53sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 1hr 27min 33sec
Dominik Nerz (Liquigas) @ 1hr 31min 8sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 1hr 41min 30sec
Davide Malacarne (Europcar) @ 1hr 46min 41sec

Team Classification:

Radio Shack-Nissan: 263hr 12min 1sec
Sky @ 5min 54sec
BMC @ 36min 36sec
Astana @ 43min 35sec
Liquigas @ 1hr 4min 58sec
Movistar @ 1hr 8min 16sec
Europcar @ 1hr 8min 46sec
Katusha @ 1hr 12min 46sec
FDJ-Big Mat @ 1hr 19min 30sec
Ag2r @ 1hr 41min 15sec

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Stages with results, photos, maps, profiles and rated climbs:

Thursday, July 28: Pre-race ceremonies

Teams' pre-race press conference photos

Teams presentation ceremony

Prologue, Saturday, June 30: Liège 6.4 km Individual Time Trial

More results and lots of photos

The Race: Sylvain Chavanel produced an outstanding ride that held up until Bradley Wiggins beat him by .42 seconds. Then Fabian Cancellara rolled off. At the half-way point he was a second ahead of Wiggins but in the final kilometers, he roared away, grabbing six seconds in the short distance remaining, an incredible ride.

World time trial champion Tony Martin suffered a flat tire and what looked like a slow bike change while Peter Sagan overcooked the 180-degree turn and had to unclip his pedal to keep from going down.

Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 7min 13sec. 53.2 km/hr
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) @ 7sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t. (almost a half-second slower)
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 10sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 11sec
Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) @ 12sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 13sec
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) s.t.
Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 15sec
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Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan): 20 points
Bradley Wiggins (Sky): 17
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 15
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC): 13
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 11
Brett Lancanster (Orica-GreenEdge): 10
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 7min 23sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 1sec
Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) @ 2sec
Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) @ 11sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 12sec
Sky: 22min 13sec
Radio Shack-Nissan @ 4sec
Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 13sec
Orica-GreenEdge @ 19sec

Prologue map

Prologue Profile

Stage 1, Sunday, July 1: Liège - Seraing, 198 km

Km 42.0: Côte de Cokaifagne, 2.9 km @ 5.1% - Category 4
Km 49.0: Côte de Francorchamps, 1.1 km @ 6.4% - Category 4
Km 94.0: Côte de Lierneux, 2.1 km @ 5.1% - Category 4
Km 139.0: Côte de Barvaux, 1.6 km @ 4.2 % - Category 4
Km 198.0: Côte de Seraing, 2.4 km @ 4.7% - Category 4

The Race: A 6-man break went away early, but Radio Shack-Nissan kept them on a carefully managed leash. Before they were caught, Michael Morkov, first to the top of the day's first three rated climbs, became the 2012 Tour's first KOM.

The field hit the final Côte de Seraing at full speed. Sylvain Chavanel tried to escape, but was brought back. With less than 2 km to go Fabian Cancellara let loose about a million watts, but it wasn't enough to keep Peter Sagen from getting on his wheel. Sagen refused to help Cancellara who was again in the position of dragging a quicker man to the finish. Edvald Boasson Hagen clawed his way up to the two, but was not a factor in the sprint, which Sagen easily won.

Peter Sagen (Liquigas) 4hr 58min 19sec. 39.8 km/hr
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
Philppe Gilbert (BMC) s.t.
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) s.t.
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s.t.
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 5hr 5min 32sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 17sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 18sec
Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff): 3 points
Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 1
Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel): 1
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan): 55 points
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 49
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 42
Philippe Gilbert (BMC): 33
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 23
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 5hr 5min 42sec
Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) @ 14sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas) s.t.
Sky: 15hr 17mi 10sec
Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 13sec
Garmin-Sharp @ 23sec

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Stage 2, Monday, July 2: Visé - Tournai, 207.5 km

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The Race: With about 15 kilometers to go, the last of the day's break was rolled up and the sprinters' team started to make things hot. Lotto-Belisol was especially energetic, hoping for something good from André Greipel. Trying to keep things strung out, and therefore safer, Cadel Evans' BMC squad thrashed themselves at the front as well. In the end it came down to a drag race between Mark Cavendish and André Greipel, which Cavendish won.

GC leader Fabian Cancellara finished in the pack and remains in yellow.

Mark Cavendish (Sky) 4hr 56min 59sec. 41.9km/hr
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano)
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) s.t.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) s.t.
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 10hr 2min 31sec
Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff): 4 points
Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 78 points
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 63
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan): 55
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 52
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 10hr 2min 41sec
Sky: 30hr 8min 7sec

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Stage 3, Tuesday, July 3: Orchies - Boulogne sur Mer, 197 km. Medium mountains.

Km 132.0: Côte de L'Éperche - 0.7 km @ 6.9% - Category 4
Km 163.5: Côte de Mont Violette - 1.0 km @ 9.2% - Category 3
Km 181.0: Côte de Herquelingue - 1.7 km @ 5.8% - Category 4
Km 185.0: Côte de Quéhen - 1.4 km @ 5.9% - Category 4
Km 190.5: Côte du Mont Lambert - 1.3 km @ 8.4% - Category 3
Km 197.0: Boulogne-sur-Mer - 0.7 km @ 7.4% - Category 4

The Race: Flat tires and crashes, including one near the finish line, tormented the riders today. The day's break, containing KOM Michael Morkov, rolled off early and was able to stay away most of the stage. But Liquigas knew this race had Peter Sagan written all over it, so they collaborated with RadioShack-Nissan to keep the break on a short leash.

The most dramatic move of the day came from Sylvain Chavanel, who jumped with 5 km to go. He never got enough of a lead to stay away, and when the final slope reared up, he was swallowed by the pack. Michael Albasini rolled the dice, but with Sagan on his wheel, he and the rest were doomed. Sagan jumped and got a large enough gap to showboat across the line.

Peter Sagen (Liquigas) 4hr 42min 58sec. 41.8 km/hr
Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
Cadel Evans (BMC) s.t.
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 14hr 45min 30sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) s.t.
Andréas Klöden (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 19min
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 21sec
Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff): 9 points
Ivan Basso (Liquigas): 2
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan): 1
Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 86 points
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 73
Fabian Cancellara: 55
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 55
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 42
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 14hr 45min 40sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas) @ 13sec
Sky: 44hr 17min 4sec
Liquigas @ 29sec

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Stage 4, Wednesday, July 4: Abbeville - Rouen, 214.5 km

Km 38.0: Côte du Mont Huon - 2.1 km climb @ 4.1 % - Category 4
Km 69.0: Côte de Dieppe - 1.8 km climb @ 3.9 % - Category 4
Km 74.0: Côte de Pourville-sur-Mer - 1.9 km climb @ 4.4 % - Category 4
Km 143.0: Côte de Toussaint - 1.9 km climb @ 4.5 % - Category 4

The Race: This nervous Tour de France continued to be dogged with trouble. For most of the day David Moncoutié, Yukiya Arashiro and Anthony Delaplace were away. After they were swept up with less than 10 kilometers to go, Sylvain Chavanel put in a monster attack. But everything was together for what looked to be another big-gear drag race between André Greipel and Mark Cavendish. It wasn't to be. With less than 3 km to go, a monster crash took down or delayed Cavendish and many other riders. With Lotto-Belisol's sprint train working perfectly, the race was between Alessandro Petacchi and Greipel, with Greipel taking the win.

Fabian Cancellara retained his 7-second lead over Bradley Wiggins and Sylvain Chavanel in the General Classification.

André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 5hr 18min 32sec. 40.4 km/hr
Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
Jonathan Cantwell (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (sky) s.t.
Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 20hr 4min 2sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha ) @ 13sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) @ 18sec
Andréas Klöden (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 19sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 2
David Moncoutié (Cofidis): 2
Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun): 2
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 147 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 92
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 87
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 86
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 81
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC): 20hr 4min 12sec
Edvald Boasson hagen (Sky) @ 1sec
Sky: 60hr 12min 40sec
Liquigas-Cannondale @ 29sec

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Stage 5, Thursday, July 5: Rouen - Saint Quentin, 196.5 km

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The Race: The peloton let a four-man break stay away until the final kilometer. A rise shortly before the finish probably took away some of Mark Cavendish's speed. Also, with less than three kilometers to go there was a crash which delayed Peter Sagen. That left the field open to André Greipel and his Lotto-Belisol team, who timed things perfectly.

Fabian Cancellara retained his lead in the General Classification. With a single category four climb tomorrow, Cancellara will probably retain the Yellow Jersey until Saturday, when the stage ends with a hilltop finish at the top of the first category La Planche des Belles Filles.

André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 4hr 41min 28sec. 41.9 km/hr
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-Green Edge) s.t.
Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff)
Mark Cavendish (Sky) s.t.
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) s.t.
Oscar Freire (Katusha) s.t.
Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) s.t.
Yohann Gene (Europcar) s.t.
Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
Borut Bozic (Astana) s.t.
Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) s.t.
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 24hr 45min 30sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 19se
Andréas Klöden (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 19sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 2
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 155 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 137
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 132
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 119
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre): 91
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 24hr 45min 42sec
Sky: 74hr 17min 10sec

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Stage 6, Friday, July 6: Épernay - Metz, 205 km

The Race: It should have been a final, easy flat stage before tomorrow's hilltop finish. A 4-man break wasn't cleaned up completely until less than a kilometer to when holdout David Zabriskie was caught. The final sprint was a race between Peter Sagen and André Greipel, which Sagen won.

But the bigger story was a huge crash with about 20 kilometers to go. It seemed to happen on a slightly downhill portion, when speeds were rather high. The road was blocked by the carnage and service cars couldn't get to their riders to give them new bikes. It was heartbreaking to watch Frank Schleck and the rest wait 2 1/2 minutes before they could get going again. They chased hard, but by then the sprinters' team were driving the peloton hard. Most of the contenders caught in the crash, Scarponi, Rolland, Valverde, Schleck, Brajkovic, lost 2 minutes and 9 seconds. Ryder Hesjedal finished more than 13 minutes after Sagen won the stage.

Peter Sagan (Liquigas) 4hr 37min 0sec. 44.9 km/hr
Greg Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 4sec
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) 29hr 22min 36sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas) @ 19sec
Andréas Klöden (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 22sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas): 209 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 178
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 167
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 129
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre): 109
Tejay Van Gardeen (BMC) 29hr 22min 46sec
Peter Sagen (Liquigas) @ 9sec
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1min 28sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1min 47sec
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) @ 2min 6sec
Sky: 88hr 8min 22sec
Liquigas @ 25sec

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Stage 7, Saturday, July 7: Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles, 199 km. Medium mountains

Km 112.0: Col de Grosse Pierre, 3.1 @ 6.4% - Category 3
Km 150.5: Col du Mont de Fourche (620 m), 3.1 km @ 6.4% - Category 3
Km 199.0: La Planche des Belles Filles, 5.9 km @ 8.5% (final meters are 14%) - Category 1
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The Race: The day's break was caught as the final climb, La Planche des Belles Filles, began to bite. Sky's Edvald Bossan Hagen set a furious pace on the climb's lower slopes and shelled may riders. But it was Sky's next rider, Christopher Froome, who probably changed the entire complexion of the Tour when he broke the legs of all but eight riders. There were surprising losers today. Pierre Rolland struggled and Denis Menchov and Frank Schleck looked to have their Tour chances reduced. Jurgen van den Broeck and Alejandro Valverde had mechanicals just before the climb.

Before the final turn Cadel Evans attacked. Froome was able to pass him while Bradley Wiggins held his wheel. Froome surged for the win and Wiggins became the new Yellow Jersey.

Fabian Cancellara gave it a go, but the steepness of the hill was too much for the big guy.

Christopher Froome (Sky) 4hr 58min 35sec. 40.0 km/hr
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 2sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) s.t.
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 7sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 19sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 44sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 46sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) s.t.
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 50sec
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 56sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 34hr 21min 20sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 10sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 16sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 32sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 54sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 59sec
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1min 9sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 1min 22sec
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 1min 32sec
Michael Rogers (Sky) @ 1min 40sec
Christopher Froome (Sky): 20 points
Cadel Evans (BMC): 16
Bradley Wiggins (Sky): 12
Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff): 9
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas): 8
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 217 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 185
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 172
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis): 34hr 21min 52sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 2min 37sec
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 41sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 35sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 3min 38sec
Sky: 103hr 5min 23sec
Radio Shack-Nissan @ 1min 37sec
Katusha @ 5min 54sec
Liquigas @ 6min 16sec
BMC @ 7min 8sec

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Stage 8, Sunday, July 8: Belfort - Porrentruy, 157.5 km. Medium mountains

Km 20.0: Côte de Bondeval, 4.4 km @ 3.9% - Category 4
Km 32.0: Côte du Passage de la Douleur, 3.8 km @ 6.4% - Category 3
Km 50.0: Côte de Maison-Rouge, 7.9 km @ 5% - Category 2
Km 73.0: Côte de Saignelégier, 7.8 km @ 6.1% - Category 2
Km 97.0: Côte de Saulcy, 4.6 km @ 8.6% - Category 2
Km 130.5: Côte de la Caquerelle (834 m), 4.3 km @ 7.6% - Category 2
Km 141.5: Col de la Croix (789 m), 3.7 km @ 9.2% - Category 1

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The Race: What a day! Astana's Fredrik Kessiakoff was away and alone on the first category Col de la Croix when the youngest rider in the peloton, Thibaut Pinot caught and passed him. Pinot went over the climb with about 20 seconds on Kessiakoff and several minutes on the peloton. He drove for home with his director, Marc Madiot (1985, 1991 Paris-Roubaix winner), screaming at him from the team car. When he was in sight of the flamme rouge , Madiot shouted to him that he was going to win the stage, which he did. Terrific ride.

Back at the ranch, the speed the peloton went up the Col de la Croix was so fierce there were only 8 riders together at the top, and they were the real contenders for this Tour. On the descent Vincenzo Nibali tried to get a gap, but he couldn't open up any real space. I'm sure there will be more of that in days to come.

In the run-in to the finish Jurgen Van Den Broeck escaped and Cadel Evans went after him, prompting a furious chase by Bradley Wiggins. They were together for the field sprint, which Evans won.

Wiggins goes into tomorrow's time trial in the lead, allowing him to ride last. Samuel Sanchez crashed badly today. He will not be able to defend his Olympic road race gold medal.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) 3hr 56min 10sec. 40.0 km/hr
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 26sec
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
Christopher Froome (Sky) s.t.
Denis Menchov (Katusha) s.t.
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
Frank Schleck (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 30sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 38hr 17min 56sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) 2 10sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 59sec
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 8sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2min 11sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 2min 21sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 2min 27sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 21 points
Christopher Froome (Sky): 20
Cadel Evans (BMC): 18
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat): 16
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) 38hr 20min 23sec
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 46sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 1min 14sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 1min 41sec

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Stage 9, Monday, July 9: Arc et Senans - Besançon 41.5 km Individual Time Trial

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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 51min 24sec. 48.4 km/hr
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 35sec
Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 57sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 1min 6sec
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1min 24sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1min 43sec
Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1min 59sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 2min 7sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 2min 8sec
Andréas Klöden (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 9sec
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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 39hr 9min 20sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 1min 53sec
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 2min 7sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 2min 23sec
Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 3min 2sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 3min 19sec
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 4min 23sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 5min 14sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 5min 20sec
Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 5min 29sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 21points
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 39hr 14min 34sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 42sec
Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 45sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 39sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 5min 11sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 117hr 36min 25sec
Sky @ 1min 25sec
Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 13min 25sec
Liquigas @ 16min 6sec
Katusha @ 16min 23sec

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Rest Day: Tuesday, July 10

Stage 10, Wednesday, July 11: Mâcon - Bellegarde sur Valserine, 194.5 km. High mountains

Km 90.0: Côte de Corlier, 6.4 km @ 5.5% - Category 2
Km 151.5: Col du Grand Colombier (1501 m), 17.4 km @ 7.1% - Category H
Km 174.0: Col de Richemond, 7.2 km @ 5% - Category 3

The Race: A block of 25 riders got away early and worked well together. The escape broke up on the Col du Gran Colombier with Michele Scarponi, Luis-Leon Sanchez, Dreis Devenyns and Thomas Voeckler going over the top first. They stayed together to the end with the surprise addition of Jens Voigt, who caught them shortly after the descent of the final hill, the Col de Richemond.

The members of the front break each tried to take off at some point. But in the ascent to the finish, it was the hardest working member of the break, Thomas Voeckler, who stayed away. Because he was first over the Colombier and Richemond, Voeckler is the new KOM.

In the Yellow Jersey group, Sky set the pace on the climbs. But on the descent of the Colombier, Vicenzo Nibali got a large gap. He connected with teammate Peter Sagan, who had been in the original break of 25. The two did a superb descent of the difficult and narrow Gran Colombier. Sagan helped as much as he could, but once the Richemond started to bite, he had to sit up. Shortly thereafter, the Yellow Jersey Group with Evans, led by Richie Porte, caught Nibali. Evens tried to get away on the climb to the finish, but Wiggins was on him instantly. Wiggins will start tomorrow's stage in yellow.

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 4hr 46min 26sec. 40.7 km/hr
Michele Scarponi (Lampre) @ 3sec
Jens Voigt (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 7sec
Luis-Leon Sanchez @ 23sec
Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 30sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2min 44sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) s.t.
Jurgen Van Den broeck (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) @ 2min 52sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 16sec
Bradley Wiggins (sky) s.t.
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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 43hr 59min 2sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 4min 48sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 5min 31sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 28 points
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 21
Michele Scarponi (Lampre): 21
Jens Voigt (Radio Shack-Nissan): 18
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 232 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 205
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 44hr 4min 33sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 25sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 22sec
Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil @ 19min 1sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 27min 7sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 132hr 2min 22sec
Sky @ 4min 58sec
BMC @ 22min 6sec
Astana @ 25min 56sec
Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 26min 0sec

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Stage 11, Thursday, July 12: Albertville - La Toussuire/ Les Sybelles, 148 km. High mountains

Km 40.0: Col de la Madeleine (2000 m), 25.3 km @ 6.2% - Category H
Km 93.0: Col de la Croix de Fer (2067 m), 22.4 km @ 6.9% - Category H
Km 113.0: Col du Mollard (1638 m), 5.7 km @ 6.8% - Category 2
Km 148.0: LA TOUSSUIRE, 18.0 km @ 6.1% - Category 1

The Race: Surviving from an early break, Europcar's Pierre Rolland gave his team a second stage victory in a row when he finished nearly a minute ahead of his chasers. This win came despite a fall on a descent.

But the real news was the carnage the mountainous stage inflicted on several hopefuls, most notably Cadel Evans. Evans attacked without success on the Croix de Fer, having brought a knife to today's gunfight.

On the final climb, after the Yellow Jersey group had been reduced to a few, Evans astonished all by being dropped. Teammate Tejay Van Garderen, holder of the White Jersey, dropped back to shephard him to the finish.

Even Wiggins showed weakness when Chris Froome jumped near the finish, taking Vincenzo Nibali, but not his captain Wiggins. Froome slowed to let Wiggins get back on.

Scrolling down the results, one can see Scarponi, Klöden, Valverde, Leipheimer and Menchov suffered significant time losses. The end result was Wiggins now has a tighter grip on the lead and Christopher Froome is in second place.

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 4hr 43min 54sec. 31.3 km/hr
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat)@ 55sec
Chris Froome (Sky) s.t.
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 57sec
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1min 8sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 1min 58sec
Vasili Kiryienka (Movistar) @ 2min 13sec
Frank Schleck (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 23sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 48hr 43min 53sec
Chris Froome (Sky) @ 2min 5sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 3min 19sec
Haimar Zubledia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 6min 15sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 6min 57sec
Jenez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 7min 30sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 8min 31sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 8min 51sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 66 points
Pierre Rolland (Europcar): 55
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff): 39
Michele Scarponi (Lampre): 33
Christopher Froome (Sky): 32
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 48hr 50min 50sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 1min 54sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 23min 50sec
Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 30min 51sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 38min 23sec
Omega Pharma-Quick Step @ 26min 0sec

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Stage 12, Friday, July 13: St Jean de Maurienne - Annonay Davézieux, 226 km. Medium mountains

Km 34.0: Col du Grand Cucheron (1188 m), 12.5 km @ 6.5% - Category 1
Km 80.5: Col du Granier (1134 m), 9.7 km @ 8.6% - Category 1
Km 207.5: Côte d'Ardoix, 5.9 km @ 3.4% - Category 3

The Race: An early break of 17 was whittled down to five (David Millar,Robert Kiserlovski, Jean-Christophe Peraud, Egoi Martinez and Cyril Gautier) by the Grand Cucheron and Granier ascents. The quintet worked together with no screwing around until about four kilometers to go. As the road turned uphill for the finish, the attacks started, the winning move being initiated by Peraud. Millar bridged while the others watched. That was the race. Millar did most of the remaining work and then won the sprint.

Sky had an easy day defending the Yellow Jersey. When Peter Sagan got in a break that was bridging up to the Millar Group, Orica-GreenEdge shut it down, protecting Matthew Harley Goss' attempt to take the green Jersey from Sagen.

The Yellow Jersey group took it easy after neutralizing Sagan, coming in almost eight minutes after Millar's win. Goss and Sagen sprinted for the remaining Green Jersey points, but Goss threw a nasty hook on his way to winning the sprint. Goss was relegated for his foul and now Sagen has a large and perhaps unassailable lead in the Points Competition.

Bradley Wiggins will start tomorrow in Yellow.

David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) 5hr 42min 46sec. 39.6 km/hr
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) s.t.
Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 5sec
Cyril Gautier (Europcar) @ 6sec
Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) s.t.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 7min 53sec
Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) @ 7min 54sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 54hr 34min 33sec
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 2min 5sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 6min 15sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 7min 30sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 66points
Robert Kiserlovski (Astana): 37
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 254 points
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 198
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 181
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 54hr 41min 30sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 27min 55sec
Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 35min 36sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 42min 28sec
Radio Shack: 163hr 56min 13sec
Sky @ 12min 38sec
Astana @ 24min 33sec
BMC @ 35min 14sec
Movistar @ 39min 16sec

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Stage 12 profile

Stage 13, Saturday, July 14: Saint Paul Trois Châteaux - Le Cap d'Agde, 217 km

The Race: When the race hit the day's only rated climb, the Mont St Clair, Michael Morkov was about a minute ahead of a unified peloton. The hill turned out to be steeper and more difficult than its third Category ranking led many to believe. Morkov's legs got soft mid-way up the climb as the Cadel Evans-led pack stormed by him.

Evans got a small gap on Wiggins, who unhurriedly closed by up to him. Over the top, a lot of damage had been done by the leaders' searing pace. Several sprinters were gapped, including Mark Cavendish. André Griepel was the penultimate rider of the first group to go over.

On the descent, the speed was kept high. The final kilometers to the finish were hit by side winds that kept the peloton from regrouping. Alexandre Vinokourov and Michael Albasini roared off down the road, chased by Lotto-Belisol who wanted to set things up for Greipel. After the duo were caught, it was one attack after another. The stage was being raced like a Spring Classic.

In the final kilometer Bradley Wiggins brought things together for Sky's remaining sprinter, Edvald Boassan Hagen. But the sprint was between Greipel and Peter Sagen, with Griepel taking a close win. Sagen's second place along with the 30 points deducted from Matthew Harley Goss yesterday for irregular sprinting probably sews up the Green Jersey for Sagen, assuming he can get to Paris without misfortune.

Bradley Wiggins easily defended his lead and will start tomorrow's stage in yellow.

André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 4hr 57min 59sec. 43.7km/hr
Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 59hr 32min 32sec
Christopher Froome ky) @ 2min 5sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 296 points
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 232
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 203
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 125
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 59hr 39min 29sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 41min 49sec
Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 49min 40sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 54min 59sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 163hr 56min 13sec

Stage 13 map

Stage 13 profile

Stage 14, Sunday, July 15: Limoux - Foix, 191 km. High mountains

Km 30.0: Col du Portel (601 m), 5.3 km @ 6.3% - Category 2
Km 126.5: Port de Lers (1517 m), 11.4 km @ 7% - Category 1
Km 152.5: Mur de Péguère (1375 m), 9.3 km @ 7.9% - Category 1

The Race: Tacks were scattered on the road near the top of the Mur de Péguère, causing chaos. Cadel Evans had to get at least three wheel changes. There were at least 45 punctures. The pack rode a semi-neutralized ride in to the finish.

Five riders (Luis-Leon Sanchez, Peter Sagan, Sandy Casar, Philippe Gilbert, Gorka Izaguirre) pulled free of the day's break on the final climb. Sanchez attacked on a small rise with about 10 kilometers to go, just as Sagan was eating. He grew his gap over the remaining kilometers for the stage win.

No change to the top standings with the pack shutting down the race after Cadel Evans regained the field and an attempted escape by Pierre Rolland was ended.

Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) 4hr 50min 29sec. 39.4 km/hr
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 47sec
Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2min 51sec
Sébastien Minard (Ag2r) s.t.
Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3min 49sec
Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) @ 4min 51sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 4min 53sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 64hr 41min 16sec
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 69 points
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 33
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 333 points
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 236
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 64hr 48min 13sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 40min 35sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 41min 37sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 52min 2sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 194hr 16min 22sec
BMC @ 17min 47sec
Astana @ 25min 19sec
Liquigas @ 40min 33sec

Stage 14 map

Stage 14 profile

Stage 15, Monday, July 16: Samatan - Pau, 158.5 km

Km 107.0: Côte de Lahitte-Toupière, 2.1 km @ 5.3% - Category 4
Km 123.5: Côte de Simacourbe, 1.9 km @ 6.3% - Category 3
Km 129.0: Côte de Monassut-Audiracq, 1.5 km @ 5.4% - Category 4

The Race: Today was a big turnip. The peloton had no interest in racing today and let the day's break of six non-threatening riders get a gap of about twelve minutes. Even the sprinters' team had no interest in shutting down the break for a chance at a stage win.

The break of Pierrick Fedrigo, Christian Vande Velde, Thomas Voeckler, Nicki Sorensen, Dries Devenyns and Samuel Dumoulin worked well together until about seven kilometers to go, when the attacks started go off. No one wanted to be with Dumoulin, a good sprinter, a the finish. At just the right time Fedrigo blasted off with a quickly responding Vande Velde going after him and making the catch. The others could not get organized, although Voeckler and Sorensen gave it a good go. Fedrigo was easily the faster of the two, giving the Frenchman his second Tour stage win in Pau.

Lotto Belisol did a full-on sprint train for André Greipel, who won the field sprint.

Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ-Big Mat) 3hr 40min 15sec. 43.2 km/hr
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 12sec
Nicki Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 21sec
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) @ 1min 8sec
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) @ 11min 50sec
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Shar) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 68hr 33min 21sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 6min 15sec
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo): 39
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 37
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 356 points
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 254
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 130
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 127
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC): 68hr 40min 18sec
Thibaut Pinot @ 1min 54sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 205hr 52min 34sec
BMC @ 17min 46sec
FDJ-Big Mat) @ 34min 22sec

Stage 15 map

Stage 15 profile

Rest Day: Tuesday, July 17

Stage 16, Wednesday, July 18: Pau - Bagnères de Luchon, 197 km. high mountains

Km 53.5: Col d'Aubisque (1709 m), 16.4 km @ 7.1% - Category H
Km 120.5: Col du Tourmalet (2115 m), 19.0 km @ 7.4% - Category H
Km 150.5: Col d'Aspin (1489 m) - 12.4 km @ 4.8% - Category 1
Km 181.5: Col de Peyresourde (1569 m) - 9.5 km @ 6.7% - Category 1

The Race: A big move of 28 riders went clear about 20 km into the stage. From there, the day's four big mountains broke the legs of all but Thomas Voeckler, who went over the last climb, the Peyresourde, nearly 2 minutes ahead of Chris Anker Sorensen. Voeckler won his second stage of the year and took over the polka dot jersey.

In the Yellow Jersey group, there were a few flashes of rebellion against Sky's hegemony, but Sky did most of the pacemaking on the climbs. Cadel Evans was gapped on the the Aspin, but scrambled back on in time to be dropped early on the Peyresourde when Liquigas hit the front to prepare things for Vincenzo Nibali's attack.

Nibali attacked and got a gap near the top, but Froome and Wiggins closed up to him, taking no other riders with them. And that's how they went over the top of the Peyresourde and finished, the three best riders: Nibali, Wiggins and Froome together.

While Lotto-Belisol and Liquigas wanted to shake things up, no one had enough horsepower to dislodge Sky.

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 5hr 35min 2sec. 35.3 km/hr
Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1min 40sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 3min 22sec
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) @ 3min 22sec
Brice Feillu (Saur-Sojasun) @ 3min 58sec
Jens Voigt (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 4min 18sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) @ 6min 8sec
Simone Stortoni (Lampre) s.t.
Gianpaolo Caruso (Katusha) s.t.
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 6min 11sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 7min 9sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 74hr 15min 32sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 5min 46sec
Haqimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 7min 13sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 7min 55sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 8min 6sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 9min 9sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 10mn 10sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 11min 43sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 107 points
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 103
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 74hr 23min 27sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 48sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 45min 26sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 222hr 58min 15sec
Sky @ 17min 18sec
Astana @ 28min 53sec
BMC @ 29min 13sec
Europcar @ 50min 3sec

Stage 16 map

Stage 16 profile

Stage 17, Thursday, July 19: Bagnères de Luchon - Peyragudes, 143.5 km. High mountains

Km 27.5: Col de Menté (1349m), 9.3 km @ 9.1% - Category 1
Km 55.5: Col des Ares (797 m), 6.0 km @ 5.3% - Category 2
Km 76.0: Côte de Burs, 1.2 km @ 7.6% - Category 3
Km 111.5: Port de Bales (1755 m), 11.7 km @ 7.7% - Category H
Km 142.5: Peyragudes, 15.4 km @ 5.1% - Category 1

The Race: Again the winner came out of an early break. Nibali had been in it, but Alejandro Valverde explained that the escape would surely be hunted down if Nibali, third in GC,remained in it. Valverde and Nibali shook hands and Nibali returned to the pack.

Valverde went solo on the Port de Bales rode beautifully and powerfully to the finish. Behind him, Liquigas tried to thin out the field and strip Wiggins of some of his support, but the real attacks did not come from Nibali. Jurgen Van Den Broeck was the animator and his accelerations caused Nibali to be dropped.

In the final kilometers Froome drove the Yellow Jersey group hard to try to catch Valverde, but he had to wait several times for Wiggins, who seemed to be encouraging Froome to go on alone. Froome stuck with his captain, and his waiting for Wiggins was probably a gift to Valverde, who still had 28 seconds in hand when he crossed the line.

Thomas Voeckler marked Fredrik Kessiakoff while increasing his lead in the KOM. Bradley Wiggins will start tomorrow in yellow with a 2 minute, 5 second lead over teammate Chris Froome.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 4hr 12min 11sec. 34.1 km/hr
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 19sec
Thibaut Pinaut (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 22sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 26sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 37sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 54sec
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1min 2sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1min 11sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 78hr 28min 2sec
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 2min 41sec
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 5min 53sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 8min 30sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 9min 57sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 10min 11sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 10min 17sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 11min 0sec
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 11min 46sec
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 134 points
Chris Anker Sorensen: Saxo-Tinkoff): 77
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 78hr 36min 32sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 0min 38sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 2min 37sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 12min 23sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 235hr 40min 21sec
Sky @ 14min 9sec
BMC @ 36min 21sec
Astana @ 39min 20sec
Movistar @ 1hr 8min 4sec

Stage 17 map

Stage 17 profile

Stage 18, Friday, July 20: Blagnac - Brive la Gaillarde, 222.5 km

Km 67.5: Côte de Saint-Georges, 1.0 km @ 10.3% - Category 3
Km 117.5: Côte de Cahors, 1.0 km @ 7.8% - Category 4
Km 180.5: Côte de Souillac, 2.2 km @ 4.7% - Category 4
Km 212.5: Côte de Lissac-sur-Couze, 1.9 km @ 5.7% - Category 4

The Race: A large break was allowed a short leash, but by the time the race hit the final climb, the Côte de Lissac-sur-Couze, it was in pieces with the peloton a few seconds behind them. Alexandre Vinokourov blasted out of the peloton and made common cause with Adam Hansen and Luca Paolini. Others bridged, including Nicolas Roche and Luis Leon Sanchez. The final 10 kilometers were exciting, lung-searing racing as the escapees desperately tried to stay away.

Mark Cavendish had begged his team for help in this stage, and they gave it at the end. Bradley Wiggins closed a lot of the gap, even though he has the crucial time trial tomorrow. The peloton caught the escapees in the finishing straight. Cavendish came from way back and shot by everyone in an astonishing display of speed. Cavendish has tied André Darrigade's 22 Tour stage wins.

Mark Cavendish (Sky) 4hr 54min 12sec. 45.4 km/hr
Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) s.t.
Tyler Farrar (Garmn-Sharp) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 83hr 22min 18sec
Christopher Froome (sky) @ 2min 5sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 386 points
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 264
Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 238
Mark Cavendish (Sky): 175
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 146
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 83hr 30min 48sec
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 0min 50sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 14min 28sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 16min 16sec
Radio Shack-Nissan: 250hr 23min 5sec
Sky @ 14min 5sec
BMC @ 36min 25sec
Europcar @ 1hr 4min 26sec

Stage 18 map

Stage 18 profile

Stage 19, Saturday, July 21: Bonneval - Chartres 53.5 km Individual Time Trial

The Race: Bradley Wiggins was the fastest rider at all three checkpoints as he rode a stunning 50.0 km/hr time trial. Tejay Van Garderen wasn't able to overhaul Jurgen Van Den Broeck to take fourth in the GC, but he did catch and pass a faltering Cadel Evans. Evans dropped from sixth to seventh place. Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali handily preserved their second and third places

Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 1hr 4min 13.15sec. 50.0 km/hr
Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 1min 16sec. 49.0 km/hr
Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) @ 1min 50sec
Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2min 2sec
Richie Porte (Sky) @ 2min 25sec
Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) @ 2min 28sec
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 2min 34sec
Vasili Kiryienka (Movistar) @ 2min 46sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 2min 50sec
Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 5sec
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 84hr 26min 31sec
Christopher Froome (sky) @ 3min 21sec
Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 15min 43sec
Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 15min 51sec
Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 16min 31sec
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 16min 38sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) 386 points
Mark Cavendish (Sky) 175
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 144
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 84hr 37min 35sec
Thibaut Pinot @ 6min 13sec
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 16min 32sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 20min 40sec
Radio Shack-Nissan): 253hr 47min 28sec
Sky @ 6min 2sec
Astana @ 43min 39sec
Liquigas @ 1hr 5min 2sec

Stage 19 map

Stage 19 profile

Stage 20, Sunday, July 22: Rambouillet - Paris/ Champs Élysées, 120 km

Km 36.5: Côte de Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, 1.1 km @ 6.7% - Category 4
Km 40.5: Côte de Châteaufort (Stèle Jacques Anquetil), 0.9 km @ 4.5% - Category 4

The Race: After the usual celebrations along the way to Paris, the pack hit the Champs Elysées. George Hincapie , who will retire this year with a record 17 Tour starts, was allowed to lead the pack onto the circuit. Then it was elbows, belly buttons and ears all over the place when Jens Voigt ripped himself clear of the field with Danilo Hondo close on him. Eventually eleven riders formed a hard-charging break that extracted a half-minute from the Sky-led peloton.

Late in the stage the break fell apart, but Voigt, Sebastian Minard and Rui Faria da Costa fought on. With a couple of kilometers to go it looked like the break might make it. But Liquigas had joined the chase, the break was snuffed and the pack was together for a perfect leadout for Mark Cavendish. It was no contest, Cavendish was blindlingly fast as his won his 23rd Tour stage and fourth straight victory on the Champs Elysées.

Sky executed a fabulous Tour. Wiggins, never lower than second in GC, won both time trials and never had a serious challenge in the mountains from another team. Teammate Chris Froome was a strong second in GC while Mark Cavendish won three stages.

Mark Cavendish (Sky) 3hr 8min 7sec. 38.3 km/hr
Gregory Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 87hr 34min 47sec

Complete 2012 Final General CLassification

Rein Taarame (Cofidis) @ 1hr 16min 48sec
Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 21min 15sec

Stage 20 map

Stage 20 profile

2012 Tour route details:

Running from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22th 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres.

These stages have the following profiles:

9 flat stages
4 medium mountain stages - one with a summit finish
5 mountain stages - two with a summit finish
2 individual time-trial stages
2 rest days

Distinctive aspects of the race

The 2012 Tour de France will have 25 mountain level two, level one or highest level mountain passes or summit fi nishes. They will be divided up geographically in the following way:

1 in the Vosges
3 in the Jura
4 in the Swiss Jura
6 in the Alps
11 in the Pyrenees

9 new stage towns

Abbeville, Annonay Davézieux, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, La Planche des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Porrentruy, Samatan, Tomblaine, Visé

Startlist with backnumbers:

BMC Racing (USA) Managers: John Lelangue, Fabio Bladato 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) 3 Stephen 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)

Radio Shack-Nissan (Luxembourg) Managers: Alain Gallopin, Dirk Demol 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) 14 Chris Horner (USA) 15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)

Europcar (France) Managers: Dominique Arnould, Andy Flickinger 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) 22 Yukiya Arashiro (Jap) 23 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) 24 Cyril Gautier (Fra) 25 Yohann Gene (Fra) 26 Vincent Jerome (Fra) 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) 28 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 29 Pierre Rolland (Fra)

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain) Managers: Gorka Gerrikagoitia, Inaki Isasi 31 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 32 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) 33 Jorge Azanza (Spa) 34 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) 35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) 37 Amets Txurruka (Spa) 38 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) 39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa)

Lampre-ISD (Italy) Managers: Maurizio Piovani, Fabrizio Bontempi 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) 42 Grega Bole (Slo) 43 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) 45 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) 46 Marco Marzano (Ita) 47 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 48 Simone Stortoni (Ita) 49 Davide Vigano (Ita)

Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy) Mario Scirea, Stefano Zanatta 51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 52 Ivan Basso (Ita) 53 Federico Canuti (Ita) 54 Kristijan Koren (Slo) 55 Dominik Nerz (Ger) 56 Daniel Oss (Ita) 57 Peter Sagan (Svk) 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) 59 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)

Garmin-Sharp (USA) Managers: Jonathan Vaughters, Alan Peiper 61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) 62 Tom Danielson (USA) 63 Tyler Farrar (USA) 64 Robbie Hunter (RSA) 65 Dan Martin (Irl) 66 David Millar (GBr) 67 Johan van Summeren (Bel) 68 Christain Vande Velde (USA) 69 David Zabriskie (USA)

Ag2r -La Mondiale (France) Managers: Vincent Lavenu, Julien Jurdie 71 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) 72 Maxime Bouet (Fra) 73 Mickael Cherel (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 (France) Managers: Didier Rous, Stéphane Auge 81 Rein Taaramae (Est) 82 Rémy Di Gregorio (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 Moncoutié (Fra) 89 Romain Zingle (Bel)

Saur-Sojasun (France) Managers: Lylian Lebreton, Nicolas Guille 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 (Great Britain) Managers Sean Yates, Servais Knaven 101 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 102 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) 103 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) 105 Chris Froome (GBr) 106 Christian Knees (Ger) 107 Richie Porte (Aus) 108 Michael Rogers (Aus) 109 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)

Lotto-Belisol (Belgium) Managers: Herman Frison, Marc Wauters 111 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) 112 Lars Bak (Den) 113 Francis De Greef (Bel) 114 André Greipel (Ger) 115 Adam Hansen (Aus) 116 Greg Henderson (NZl) 117 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) 118 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) 119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)

Vacansoleil-DCM (Netherlands) Managers: Hilaire van der Schueren, Michel Cornelisse 121 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) 122 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) 123 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) 124 Gustav Larsson (Swe) 125 Marco Marcato (Ita) 126 Wout Poels (Ned) 127 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) 128 Rafael Valls (Spa) 129 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned)

Katusha (Russia) Managers: Valerio Piva, Torsten Schmidt 131 Denis Menchov (Rus) 132 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) 133 Oscar Freire (Spa) 134 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) 135 Joan Horrach (Spa) 136 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) 137 Luca Paolini (Ita) 138 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) 139 Eduard Vorganov (Rus)

FDJ-Big Mat (France) Managers: Thierry Bricaud, Franck Pineau 141 Sandy Casar (Fra) 142 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 143 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) 144 Matthieu Ladagnou(Fra) 145 Cedric Pineau (Fra) 146 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) 147 Anthony Roux (Fra) 148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) 149 Arthur Vichot (Fra)

Rabobank (Netherlands) Managers: Frans Massen, Adri van Houwelingen 151 Robert Gesink (Ned) 152 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) 153 Bauke Mollema (Ned) 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 155 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) 156 Bram Tankink (Ned) 157 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) 158 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) 159 Maarten Wynants (Bel)

Movistar (Spain) Managers: Yvon Ledanois, José Luis Arrieta 161 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) 162 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) 163 Rui Costa (Por) 164 Imanol Erviti (Spa) 165 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 166 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 167 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) 168 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) 169 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa)

Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (Denmark) Managers: Dan Frost, Philippe Mauduit 171 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) 172 Juan José Haedo (Arg) 173 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 174 Anders Lund (Den) 175 Michael Morkov (Den) 176 Nick Nuyens (Bel) 177 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) 178 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) 179 Nicki Sorensen (Den)

Astana (Kazakhstan) Managers: Giuseppe Martinelli, Guido Bontempi 181 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) 182 Borut Bozic (Slo) 183 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) 184 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) 185 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) 186 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) 187 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) 188 Dimitry Muravyev (Kaz) 189 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)

Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Belgium) Managers: Brian Holm, Davide Bramati 191 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 192 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 193 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 194 Kevin De Weert (Bel) 195 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 196 Tony Martin (Ger) 197 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) 198 Martin Velits (Svk) 199 Peter Velits (Svk)

Orica-GreenEdge (Australia) Managers: Matthew White, Lionel Marie 201 Simon Gerrans (Aus) 202 Michael Albasini (Swi) 203 Baden Cooke (Aus) 204 Matt Goss (Aus) 205 Daryl Impey (RSA) 206 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) 207 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 208 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 209 Pieter Weening (Ned)

Argos-Shimano (Netherlands) Managers: Christian Guiberteau, Rudi Kemna 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)

2012 Etape du Tour details released

Registration opens November 17

After unveiling the 2012 Tour de France route earlier this week, race organiser ASO has moved swiftly to announce the two stages which will play host to next summer’s Etape du Tour.

Part I is for fans of the Alps, who'll be able to take in stage 11’s 139.5km passage from Albertville to La Toussuire. It features famous Tour passes such as the Col de la Madeleine, Col du Glandon and Col de la Croix-de-Fer.

Part II will take place in the Pyrenees and stage 16’s 196.5km route from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, taking riders over the Col d’Aubisque, Col du Tourmalet, Col d’Aspin and Col de Peyresourde. Registration opens on 17 November on the official website.

Also returning in 2012 is the Paris-Roubaix Challenge. Unlike this year’s event, which was held a day before the pro race and marred by difficulties, next spring’s event will take place the weekend before. Riders will experience the Trouée d'Arenberg before finishing in the Roubaix velodrome. Registration opens on 15 November here.

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège Cyclo will also continue in 2012. No route details have yet been released but registration will open some time in November

2012 ASO sportif schedule

Paris Roubaix Challenge - April 1, 2012 Liège-Bastonne-Liège Cyclo - April 21, 2012 Etape du Tour Part I - July 8, 2012 Etape du Tour Part II - July 14, 2012

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2012 Etape du Tour details revealed

Plus follow-up to Paris-Roubaix Challenge

After unveiling the 2012 Tour de France route earlier this week, race organisers ASO have moved swiftly to announce the two stages which will play host to next summer’s Etape du Tour .

Also returning in 2012 is the Paris-Roubaix Challenge . Unlike this year’s event, which was held a day before the pro race and marred by difficulties , next spring’s event will take place the weekend before. Riders will experience the Trouée d'Arenberg before finishing in the Roubaix velodrome. Registration opens on 15 November here .

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège Cyclo will also continue in 2012. No route details have yet been released but registration will open some time in November

2012 ASO schedule

Paris Roubaix Challenge - 1 April 2012
Etape du Tour Part I - 8 July 2012
Etape du Tour Part II - 14 July 2012
Liège-Bastonne-Liège Cyclo - 21 April 2012

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Date: 13 July 2012
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Race category: ME - Men Elite
Distance: 226 km
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L’Étape Championship is an age group competition between all L’Étape riders. It takes place on L’Étape du Tour event, in France in July, on the same roads as Tour de France, where the champions fight for the most coveted award in the world of cycling: the Yellow Jersey.

In 2021, age group winners will be crowned after an intense battle of 175km, with a total ascent of 3600m through Nice hinterlands. The stage will start in Nice from the Promenade des Anglais and will be a loop. More details on the route here .

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Which Etape 2012 to do?

Both Etapes in Etape 2012 look simply epic. If I was forced to choose, I'd do the Pyrenees Etape 2012. It's much longer (bang for buck) and has 2 HCs and two Cat 1s. Whilst Etape Alps has 3 HCs and a Cat 1, I'm still inclined toward the Pyrenees Etape as I love that part of the world.

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2012 Etape du Tour details released
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2012 Etape du Tour details revealed
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Tour de France 2012 Route, Stages & Results
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Tour de France 2012 Stage 12 results
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