The tour consisted of 21 stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496. Full dates have been updated on the stage details and on the map below. The roads are closed about half an hour before the tour passes. The riders pass through the parc naturel regional normandiemaine, while the route goes in a straight line to the east, moving through mayenne, alencon and nogent to arrive in chartres.
Cavendish, the world road race champion and defending points classification. Won by bradley wiggins before cadel evans 2nd and vincenzo nibali 3rd. Voeckler went for victory on stage 15 with about 5 km to go. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. Grimpeur magazine webseries news results gallery my event photos faqs. Thomas voeckler simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contient les itineraires, coureurs, equipes et les infos des tours passes. To the naked eye, and even television pictures, it seemed impossible to separate the pair as they crossed the line in nuits saintgeorges.
Both aspects of these road bikes are well above average. Its a true transitional stage, mostly aimed at getting the peloton from point a to point b. I remember on a trip down to marseille we once went along a road lined with barriers and crowds waiting for the tour. Won by brice feillu before christophe kern 2nd and johannes frohlinger 3rd. The route took in everything that makes cycling such an exciting sport cobbles, sprint stages, summit finish in alpe dhuez, dust road, explosive 65 kilometres stage in the pyrenees, hilly time trial, and the queen stage over the aspin, tourmalet and aubisque. Olympia fanfarenmarsch munchen 1972 cortina area deportiva canal chiley radio ovacionperu duration. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. The new philosophy has given wiggins two major stage race victories this year parisnice and the tour of romandie out of the four he has. However, they were never really given the freedom to do more than dream that they could stay clear to the finish.
Chris froome leads a smiling bradley wiggins over the line at the end of stage 17 of the tour. The route was noted as being innovative when compared to recent years, with fewer high altitude stage finishes, and more of a focus on medium mountain stages. As well as the prologue, the first two stages took place in belgium. Wiggins almost quit 2012 tour after froome attack reuters. The second half of the race was situated entirely within france. It started in the belgian city of liege on 30 june and finished on the champselysees in paris on 22 july. Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. Team radioshack leopard trek pushed hard throughout the stage with jens voigt early in the front followed by jan bakelant in the second half of the race. This year, the 101st edition of the tour starts in england with three road stages that.
Road to haute route ambassadors programme referral programme. The 35yearolds victory was a fourth in seven stages both for brits and for the african team dimension data, for whom mark cavendish had already. To avoid disappointment, check out available hotel rooms as soon as possible, using the major online portals or. If you start before midday you shouldnt have any trouble. At the halfway point he was a second ahead of wiggins but in the. Entering todays leg, vincenzo nibali of italy is the proud. The crash split the peloton and resulted in both dashed hopes and. The majority of the course featured flat wide roads, but two sharp turns greeted the peloton as they approached the final kilometers which caused a serious crash creating chaos before the final sprint. Peloton is the community for professional road cycling. The terrain here is a little hillier, but the rewards for visitors are ample. A time trial still awaits on the penultimate stage. Volcano gives bradley wiggins the fire for assault on tour. But there is a definite hierarchy in team sky so i didnt. The 21 days of racing includes a 35km team time trial on stage.