Won by bradley wiggins before cadel evans 2nd and vincenzo nibali 3rd. Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. The final day of the race was a great day for british cyclists, with mark cavendish, another uk contestant, winning the days leg. As a time trialist, wiggins was thought to be the rider most suited to the races course. Won by fabian cancellara before bradley wiggins 2nd and sylvain chavanel 3rd. The route took in everything that makes cycling such an exciting sport cobbles, sprint stages, summit finish in alpe dhuez, dust road, explosive 65 kilometres stage in the pyrenees, hilly time trial, and the queen stage over the aspin, tourmalet and aubisque.
Staged for three weeks each julyusually in some 20 daylong stages the tour. Wiggins had shown his form in the leadup to the tour by winning the general classifications in three stage races in the 2012 season. The 27yearold from the isle of man operated primarily on his own in the finale and. The profiles of the first three stages were unveiled this morning in vejle, another town that will host the 108th edition of the race. Read full stage, general, points, mountain, young rider and team classification details following stage 20, the 120 km route from rambouillet to. It started in the belgian city of liege on 30 june and finished on the champselysees in paris on 22 july. The tour consisted of 21 stages, including an opening prologue, and covered. The tour consisted of 21 stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496. Sirotti image 50 of 74 fabian cancellara finally had to give up the yellow jersey a week after he. Tourists wanting to book holiday accommodation along the route are advised to do so early. It was the 17th race of the 2012 uci world tour season.
The entire race consists of 21 stages and is 3,472. Starting in belgium, the tour is in france from stage 3 onwards. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. David millars win in annonay in 2012, at the end of stage 12, will not feature in many. Off the back of a phenomenal season which had already included overall. The 99th tour this year covers 3,497 kilometers over 20 stages and a prologue, and can loosely be divided into three parts. Won by bradley wiggins before chris froome 2nd and vincenzo nibali 3rd. This race will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,497 kilometres 2,172. The second half of the race was situated entirely within france.
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