2012 Tour de France
Saturday, June 30 - Sunday, July 22
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Prologue, Saturday, June 30: Liège 6.1 km Individual Time Trial
Stage 1, Sunday, July 1: Liège - Seraing, 198 km
Stage 2, Monday, July 2: Visé - Tournai, 207 km
Stage 3, Tuesday, July 3: Orchies - Boulogne sur Mer, 197 km. Medium mountains.
Stage 4, Wednesday, July 4: Abbeville - Rouen, 214 km
Stage 5, Thursday, July 5: Rouen - Saint Quentin, 197 km
Stage 6, Friday, July 6: Épernay - Metz, 210 km
Stage 7, Saturday, July 7: Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles, 199 km. Medium mountains
Major ascent: Le Planche des Belles Filles, 5.9 km at 8.5% average gradient
Stage 8, Sunday, July 8: Belfort - Porrentruy, 154 km. Medium mountains
Major ascents:
Côte de Maison-Rouge: 7.9 km at 5% gradient
Côte de Saignelégier: 7.8 km at 6.1%
Côte de Saulcy: 4.6 km at 8.6%
Côte de la Caquerelle: 4.3 km at 7.6%
Col de la Croix: 3.7 km @ 9.2%
Stage 9, Monday, July 9: Arc et Senans - Besançon 38 km Individual Time Trial
Rest Day: Tuesday, July 10
Stage 10, Wednesday, July 11: Mâcon - Bellegarde sur Valserine, 194 km. High mountains
Major ascents:
Côte de Corlier: 6.4 km at 5.5% gradient
Col du Grand Colombier: 17.4 km at 7.1%
Stage 11, Thursday, July 12: Albertville - La Toussuire/ Les Sybelles, 140 km. High mountains
Major ascents:
Col de la Madeleine: 25.3 km at 6.2% gradient
Col de la Croix-de-Fer: 22.4 km at 6.9%
Col du Mollard: 5.7 km at 6.8%
La Toussuire: 18 km at 6.1%
Stage 12, Friday, July 13: St Jean de Maurienne - Annonay Davézieux, 220 km. Medium mountains
Major ascents:
Col du Grand Cucheron: 12.5 km at 6.5% gradient
Col du Granier: 9.7 km at 8.6%
Stage 13, Saturday, July 14: Saint Paul Trois Châteaux - Le Cap d'Agde, 215 km
Stage 14, Sunday, July 15: Limoux - Foix, 192 km. High mountains
Major ascents:
Col du Portel: 5.3 km at 6.3% gradient
Port de Lers: 11.4 km at 7%
Mur de Péguère: 9.4 km at 7.9%
Stage 15, Monday, July 16: Samatan - Pau, 160 km
Rest Day: Tuesday, July 17
Stage 16, Wednesday, July 18: Pau - Bagnères de Luchon, 197 km. high mountains
major ascents:
Col d'Aubisque: 16.4 km at 7.1% gradient
Col du Tourmalet: 19 km at 7.4%
Col d'Aspin: 12.4 km at 4.8%
Col de Peyresourde: 9.5 km at 6.7 %
Stage 17, Thursday, July 19: Bagnères de Luchon - Peyragudes, 144 km. High mountains
Major ascents:
Col de Menté: 9.3 km at 9.1%
Col des Ares: 6 km at 5.3%
Port de Balès: 11.8 km at 7.7%
Peyragudes: 15.4 km at 5.1%
Stage 18, Friday, July 20: Blagnac - Brive la Gaillarde, 215 km
Stage 19, Saturday, July 21: Bonneval - Chartres 52 km Individual Time Trial
Stage 20, Sunday, July 22: Rambouillet - Paris/ Champs Élysées, 130 km
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
- 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 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