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The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. The Tour consisted of 21 stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi). As well as the ...
The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one race stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi). [1]
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The 2012 Tour de France began on 30 June, and stage 10 occurred on 11 July. The 2012 edition began with a prologue – a short individual time trial stage – where each member of the starting peloton of 198 riders competed against the clock – in Liège, Belgium with two more stages held in the country before moving back into France.
Bradley Wiggins riding the stage 9 individual time trial of the 2012 Tour de France. The first time trial in the Tour was between La Roche-sur-Yon and Nantes (80 km) in 1934. [113] The first stage in modern Tours is often a short trial, a prologue, to decide who wears yellow on the opening day. The first prologue was in 1967. [54]
The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was the first Tour won by a British rider, Bradley Wiggins . edit | discuss
12 July 2012 — Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles, 148 km (92.0 mi) [6] Stage eleven profile. The stage was spent entirely in the Alps with two hors catégorie climbs – the Col de la Madeleine after 40 km (24.9 mi) and the Col de la Croix de Fer after 93 km (57.8 mi); both of which had summits at 2,000 m (6,562 ft) or higher – before the finish at La Toussuire-Les Sybelles.
Cavendish won the final stage of the 2012 Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées, for a record fourth successive year. In July, Cavendish won stage two of the Tour de France, his twenty-first tour stage win. [127] Cavendish was in contention for another stage victory on stage four, but was taken out in a large crash in the final 3 km (1.9 mi ...