Pyrenees star in Tour de France 2012
THE Pyrenees Mountains are a major feature of the 2012 Tour de France, according to the official route.
The race will start on Saturday, 30 June and continue to Sunday, 22 July 2012. It is the 99th Tour de France and will have 1 prologue and 20 stages, covering a total distance of 3,479 kilometres. There are:
- 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
- Plus 9 new stage towns: Abbeville, Annonay Davézieux, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, La Planche des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Porrentruy, Samatan, Tomblaine and Visé.
Mountain passes
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:
- 1 in the Vosges
- 3 in the Jura
- 4 in the Swiss Jura
- 6 in the Alps
- 11 in the Pyrenees.
Tour de France 2012 stages
1 July Stage 1 Liège-Seraing 198km
2 July Stage 2 Visé-Tournai 207.5km
3 July Stage 3 Orchies-Boulogne-sur-Mer 197km
4 July Stage 4 Abbeville-Rouen 214.5km
5 July Stage 5 Rouen-Saint-Quentin 196.5km
6 July Stage 6 Épernay-Metz 207.5km
7 July Stage 7 Tomblaine-La Planche des Belles Filles 199km
8 July Stage 8 Belfort-Porrentruy 157.5km
9 July Stage 9 Arc-et-Senans-Besançon 41.5km
10 July Rest day Mâcon
11 July Stage 10 Mâcon-Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194.5km
12 July Stage 11 Albertville-La Toussuire – Les Sybelles 148km
13 July Stage 12 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Annonay Davézieux 226km
14 July Stage 13 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux-Le Cap d’Agde 217km
15 July Stage 14 Limoux-Foix 191km
16 July Stage 15 Samatan-Pau 158.5km
17 July Rest day Pau
18 July Stage 16 Pau-Bagnères-de-Luchon 197km
19 July Stage 17 Bagnères-de-Luchon-Peyragudes 143.5km
20 July Stage 18 Blagnac-Brive-la-Gaillarde 222.5km
21 July Stage 19 Bonneval-Chartres 53.5km
22 July Stage 20 Rambouillet-Paris Champs-Élysées 120km
LINKS
Nine things we like about the 2012 Tour – Cycling Weekly
Tour de France HQ
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