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Friday, June 01, 2012

Tour De France 2012

Well, Tour De France 2012 is here, and for all you roadies out there I am going to try to cover the race. One problem is it's covered by me, a mountain biker that knows nothing of Tour De France, Perfect right?

Well here we go. Tour De France 2012 will be starting from June 30th to July 22nd 2012 and will consist of 18 teams. This will be the 99th Tour De France and will consist of 1 prologue and 20 stages (stages? It’s not a long race?) with a total distance of 3,479 kilometers. The 20 stages consist of; 9 flat stages, 4 medium mountain - one with a summit finish, 5 mountain - two with a summit finish, 2 individual time-trial, 1 prologue, and 2 rest days. Two days of rest c'mon who needs 2 days? Just kidding Directeur Sportif. The 2012 Tour De France will have 20 mountain level two, level one or highest level mountain passes or summit finishes. It 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.

For this years Tour, there will be less mountain stages than last, but the climbs the riders will be facing are extremely steep. For example on stage 11, it consists of 4 large climbs to a summit finish in Les Sybelles. Regardless of less mountain stages this year, the 2012 Tour De France will be an exciting race for sure. With last years winner Cadel Evans returning with confidence, you know he’s ready to claim this year once again. Maybe if we are lucky we will get a surprise visit from Dave Watson on his Kona this year! Yes I said it, the best thing to come to Tour De France! (check out the video below if you haven’t seen it.)

Dave Watson- Gaping tour de france on pinkbike.com

Evans and Wiggins, the two main guys that have the expectations to win this year, are a very close and competitive match for each other. You will have the two biggest companies supporting the two riders, Sky with Wiggins and BMC with Evans, and their similar riding styles and close age will sure give us a good race. With some of the other high class riders coming in with or recovering from injuries, it will give us some good spread on the track and finishes. It sure will be a tough race for all.

Good luck to all the riders and check back again updates throughout the race.

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Tour De France 2012

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