Tour de France 2012
ROUTE
Running from Saturday, 30 June to Sunday, 22 July, the 99th
Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will
cover a total distance of 3 497 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
- 1 prologue
- 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 finishes. 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
TEAMS
For a list of all the teams and riders, click
here
FULL RACE MAP
For
an image of the full route, click here
STAGES
| Stage |
Type |
Date - July |
Start and Finish |
Distance |
Images |
| P |
Prologue |
Sat, 30 June |
Liège > Liège |
6.4 km |
Profile - Map |
| 1 |
Plain |
Sun, 1 July |
Liège > Seraing |
198 km |
Profile - Map |
| 2 |
Plain |
Mon, 2 |
Visé > Tournai |
207.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 3 |
Medium mtns |
Tues, 3 |
Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer |
197 km |
Profile - Map |
| 4 |
Plain |
Wed, 4 |
Abbeville > Rouen |
214.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 5 |
Plain |
Thurs, 5 |
Rouen > Saint-Quentin |
196.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 6 |
Plain |
Fri, 6 |
Épernay > Metz |
207.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 7 |
Medium mtns |
Sat, 7 |
Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles |
199 km |
Profile - Map |
| 8 |
Medium mtns |
Sun, 8 |
Belfort > Porrentruy |
157.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 9 |
Individual TT |
Mon, 9 |
Arc-et-Senans > Besançon |
41.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| R |
Rest Day |
Tues, 10 |
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| 10 |
High mountains |
Wed, 11 |
Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine |
194.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 11 |
High mountains |
Thurs, 12 |
Albertville > La Toussuire - Les
Sybelles |
148 km |
Profile - Map |
| 12 |
Medium mtns |
Fri, 13 |
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay
Davézieux |
226 km |
Profile - Map |
| 13 |
Plain |
Sat, 14 |
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap
d’Agde |
217 km |
Profile - Map |
| 14 |
High mountains |
Sun, 15 |
Limoux > Foix |
191 km |
Profile - Map |
| 15 |
Plain |
Mon, 16 |
Samatan > Pau |
158.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| R |
Rest Day |
Tues, 17 |
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| 16 |
High mountains |
Wed, 18 |
Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon |
197 km |
Profile - Map |
| 17 |
High mountains |
Thurs, 19 |
Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes |
143.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 18 |
Plain |
Fri, 20 |
Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde |
222.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 19 |
Individual TT |
Sat, 21 |
Bonneval > Chartres |
53.5 km |
Profile - Map |
| 20 |
Plain |
Sun, 22 |
Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées |
120 km |
Profile
- Map |
