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Tour de France 2012: Route details
Monday, 24 October 2011Cycling Weekly2 Comments
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The 2012 Tour de France starts in Liège, Belgium, on Saturday June 30 and concludes three weeks later in Paris on Sunday, July 22 2012.
The Belgian city of Liège will kick off the 2012 Tour, having previously hosted the race's Grand Depart in 2004 with a 6.1km prologue time trial won by Fabian Cancellara.
The race then heads due west into France hitting the first real hills of the race in Monts du Boulonnais on the way to Boulogne-sur-Mer before winding its way south to the Alps and a short excursion into Switzerland.
Then it's across to the Pyrenees for what will be two key high mountains stages before a long transfer north for a decisive time trial stage and last day procession into Paris.
There's a total of 96.1km of individual time trialling, four medium mountain stages, five high mountain stages and nine flat stages over the 3,479km route.
Stage Date From To Length Type
Prologue Saturday June 30 Liège Liège 6.1km ITT
Stage 1 Sunday July 1 Liège Seraing 198km Flat
Stage 2 Monday July 2 Visé Tournai 207km Flat
Stage 3 Tuesday July 3 Orchies Boulogne-sur-Mer 197km Med mtn
Stage 4 Wednesday July 4 Abbeville Rouen 214km Flat
Stage 5 Thursday July 5 Rouen Saint-Quentin 197km Flat
Stage 6 Friday July 6 Épernay Metz 210km Flat
Stage 7 Saturday July 7 Tomblaine La Planche des Belles Filles 199km Med mtn
Stage 8 Sunday July 8 Belfort Porrentruy 154km Med mtn
Stage 9 Monday July 9 Arc-et-Senans Besançon 38km ITT
REST DAY Tuesday July 10 - - - -
Stage 10 Wednesday July 11 Mâcon Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194km Mountains
Stage 11 Thursday July 12 Albertville La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 140km Mountains
Stage 12 Friday July 13 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Annonay 220km Med mtn
Stage 13 Saturday July 14 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Le Cap d'Agde 215km Flat
Stage 14 Sunday July 15 Limoux Foix 192km Mountains
Stage 15 Monday July 16 Samatan Pau 160km Flat
REST DAY Tuesday July 17 - - - -
Stage 16 Wednesday July 18 Pau Bagnères-de-Luchon 197km Mountains
Stage 17 Thursday July 19 Bagnères-de-Luchon Peyragudes 144km Mountains
Stage 18 Friday July 20 Blagnac Brive-la-Gaillarde 215km Flat
Stage 19 Saturday July 21 Bonneval Chartres 52km ITT
Stage 20 Sunday July 22 Rambouillet Paris Champs-Élysées 130km Flat
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