2012 Tour de France
2012 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | 30 June – 22 July 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 87h 34′ 47" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the
The general classification leader's yellow jersey was worn for the first week by Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack–Nissan), who won the prologue. Wiggins, second in the prologue, took the leadership of the race on stage seven, the first mountainous stage, which was won by Froome, and maintained his lead for the remainder of the race, winning the two longest time trials, and not losing time to his main challengers for the overall title in the mountains.
The points classification was won by Nibali's teammate Peter Sagan, who won three stages. André Greipel of Lotto–Belisol and Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish also won three stages. Team Europcar's Thomas Voeckler, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification. BMC Racing Team's Tejay van Garderen, in fifth place overall, won the young rider classification. The team classification was won by RadioShack–Nissan, and Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) was given the award for the most combative rider.
Teams
The 2012 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders.[6] Of these, 35 were riding the Tour de France for the first time.[7] The riders came from 31 countries; France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Australia all had 12 or more riders in the race.[6] Riders from six countries won stages during the race; British riders won the largest number of stages, with seven.[8] The average age of riders in the race was 30.17 years, ranging from the 22-year-old Thibaut Pinot (FDJ–BigMat) to the 40-year-old Jens Voigt (RadioShack–Nissan).[9] The Saur–Sojasun cyclists had the youngest average age while RadioShack–Nissan cyclists had the oldest.[10]
The teams entering the race were:[1]
UCI ProTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Pre-race favourites
According to many observers before the race the favourite for the general classification was Bradley Wiggins.[11][12][13] His closest rivals were thought to be Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas–Cannondale).[14][15][16][17] Alberto Contador, the winner of both the 2007 Tour and 2009 Tour, was serving a doping suspension and did not race in the 2012 Tour.[18] Andy Schleck, who finished second in the 2010 Tour (later promoted to the winner after Contador's result was annulled in February 2012) and 2011 Tour, was not able to recover from an injury suffered in the Critérium du Dauphiné.[18][19] The other riders considered contenders for the general classification were Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin–Sharp), Fränk Schleck (RadioShack–Nissan), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel–Euskadi), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto–Belisol), Tony Martin (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step), Denis Menchov (Team Katusha), Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank).[14][15][16][17]
Prior to the 2012 Tour, Wiggins's highest finishes in a
The
Route and stages
On 29 October 2010, the ASO announced that Liège would host the 2012 edition's opening stages (known as the Grand Départ).[30][31] Further details of the first three stages held in Belgium were released at an event at the city's Prince-Bishops' Palace on 18 November.[32] Liège, which had also hosted the 2004 Grand Départ, became the first city outside France to host the Grand Départ twice.[33] The entire route of the race was accidentally published on the ASO website on 10 October 2011, eight days before the official presentation at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.[34] At the event, the race director, Christian Prudhomme, said, "It's a Tour designed to widen the possibilities".[35] 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 and individual time trials.[36] Due to a clash with the start of the Olympics at the end of July, the Tour began a week earlier than usual.[33]
After the opening
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi), 133.1 km (82.7 mi) shorter than the 2011 Tour.[38][39] The longest mass-start stage was the twelfth at 226 km (140 mi), and stage 21 was the shortest at 120 km (75 mi).[37] The race featured twice the time trialling distance of the previous Tour, a total of 101.1 km (63 mi), with the prologue, stage nine and stage nineteen.[35][37] Of the remaining stages, nine were officially classified as flat, four as medium mountain and five as high mountain.[40][41] There were three summit finishes: stage 7, to La Planche des Belles Filles; stage 11, to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles; and stage 17, to Peyragudes.[42] The Col du Grand Colombier, in the Alps, was included for the first time,[35] and was among six hors catégorie (English: beyond category) rated climbs in the race.[29] The highest point of elevation in the race was the 2,115 m (6,939 ft)-high Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage sixteen.[43] There were nine new stage start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage nine, in Mâcon, and fifteen, in Pau.[37]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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P | 30 June | Liège (Belgium) | 6.4 km (4 mi) | Individual time trial | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | ||
1 | 1 July | Liège (Belgium) to Seraing (Belgium) | 198 km (123 mi) | Flat stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | ||
2 | 2 July | Visé (Belgium) to Tournai (Belgium) | 207.5 km (129 mi) | Flat stage | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | ||
3 | 3 July | Orchies to Boulogne-sur-Mer | 197 km (122 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | ||
4 | 4 July | Abbeville to Rouen | 214.5 km (133 mi) | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) | ||
5 | 5 July | Rouen to Saint-Quentin | 196.5 km (122 mi) | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) | ||
6 | 6 July | Épernay to Metz | 205 km (127 mi) | Flat stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | ||
7 | 7 July | Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles | 199 km (124 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Chris Froome (GBR) | ||
8 | 8 July | Belfort to Porrentruy (Switzerland) | 157.5 km (98 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | ||
9 | 9 July | Arc-et-Senans to Besançon | 41.5 km (26 mi) | Individual time trial | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | ||
10 July | Mâcon | Rest day | |||||
10 | 11 July | Mâcon to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | 194.5 km (121 mi) | High mountain stage | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | ||
11 | 12 July | Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles | 148 km (92 mi) | High mountain stage | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | ||
12 | 13 July | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay-Davézieux | 226 km (140 mi) | Medium mountain stage | David Millar (GBR) | ||
13 | 14 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Cap d'Agde | 217 km (135 mi) | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) | ||
14 | 15 July | Limoux to Foix | 191 km (119 mi) | High mountain stage | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | ||
15 | 16 July | Samatan to Pau | 158.5 km (98 mi) | Flat stage | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | ||
17 July | Pau | Rest day | |||||
16 | 18 July | Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon | 197 km (122 mi) | High mountain stage | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | ||
17 | 19 July | Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes | 143.5 km (89 mi) | High mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | ||
18 | 20 July | Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde | 222.5 km (138 mi) | Flat stage | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | ||
19 | 21 July | Bonneval to Chartres | 53.5 km (33 mi) | Individual time trial | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | ||
20 | 22 July | Rambouillet to Paris (Champs-Élysées) | 120 km (75 mi) | Flat stage | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | ||
Total | 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi) |
Race overview
Opening week
The opening 6.4 km (4 mi) prologue stage in Liège was won by RadioShack–Nissan's
Vosges, Jura and Alps
In stage seven, the first at altitude, the last of the day's
The tenth stage was the first classified as mountainous. The Col du Grand Colombier broke apart a 25-rider breakaway, leaving a small group to contest the finish at Bellegarde-sur-Valserine; Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) claimed the stage win and the polka dot jersey.[56] Another mountain stage followed the next day, which again saw a large breakaway. The break crossed the two hors catégorie climbs – the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Croix de Fer – before being caught by the chasing group, which contained the overall contenders. A number of attacks followed, until Team Europcar's Pierre Rolland escaped with 10 km (6.2 mi) to go and took the win at the Les Sybelles ski resort. The group of overall contenders followed 55 seconds later. Evans was not in the leading contenders group and, due to the time lost, he dropped from second to fourth overall, over three minutes in arrears. Kessiakoff took back the lead of the mountains classification.[57] In stage twelve, a large breakaway formed 20 km (12.4 mi) in, before later reducing to five riders across the Col du Granier. They stayed together until the finish, where, with a kilometre remaining, David Millar (Garmin–Sharp) escaped to take victory, closely followed by Jean-Christophe Péraud (Ag2r–La Mondiale).[58] The next stage finished with a bunch sprint won by Greipel, with Sagan second.[59]
Pyrenees
In the first stage in the Pyrenees, the fourteenth stage overall, a large breakaway escaped 50 km (31.1 mi) in, and at one point amassed a lead of fifteen minutes. Of the five remaining riders from the final climb of Mur de Péguère, Luis León Sánchez of Rabobank attacked on an ascent with 11.5 km (7.1 mi) remaining and soloed to the finish in Foix. As the peloton (the main group) passed the Mur de Péguère, a large number of riders suffered tyre punctures; it was later discovered that the race course had been sabotaged with carpet tacks. Evans waited over a minute to get a replacement wheel, then had a further two punctures on the descent. As an act of sportsmanship Wiggins then forced the peloton to wait for Evans to return to the group.[60] The next stage ran through the foothills of the Pyrenees. A five-rider breakaway made it to the finish in Pau, where with 6 km (3.7 mi) to go, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin–Sharp) and Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ–BigMat) escaped with Fédrigo winning the sprint finish between the two cyclists.[61] The following day was the Tour's second rest day.[37]
In the sixteenth stage, the race entered the high mountains with the
Finale
Wiggins secured the general classification in the penultimate stage's 53.5 km (33.2 mi) individual time trial. Froome placed second, one minute and sixteen seconds in arrears, with Sánchez a further 34 seconds behind in third.[65] In the final stage, Cavendish won his fourth consecutive Champs-Élysées stage, to record his third stage win of the race. Wiggins finished the race to become the first British rider to win the Tour de France.[66] Wiggins finished 3 min 21 s clear of compatriot and teammate Froome. Nibali placed third at 6 min 19 s behind Wiggins. Sagan won the points classification with a total of 421, 141 ahead of Greipel in second. Voeckler won the mountains classification with 135 points, 12 ahead of second-placed Kessiakoff. The best young rider was BMC Racing Team rider Tejay van Garderen, who was followed by Pinot and Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) in second and third respectively. RadioShack–Nissan finished as the winners of the team classification, over 5 min 46 s ahead of second-placed Team Sky. Of the 198 starters, 153 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris.[67]
Doping
During the race's first rest day, the team hotel of the Cofidis squad, in
Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2012 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.[71] There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour.[72] If a crash had happened within the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.[73] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.[71] The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.[74]
Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
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Flat stage | 45 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
Medium mountain stage | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
High mountain stage | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Individual time trial | ||||||||||||||||
Intermediate sprint
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The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top fifteen positions in a stage finish, or in
The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. Fourth-category awarded 1 rider with 1 point; third-category awarded 2 riders, the first with 2 points; second-category awarded 4 riders, the first with 5 points; and first-category awarded 6 riders, the first with 10 points; and hors catégorie awarded ten riders, the first with 25 points. Double points were awarded on the summit finishes on stages 1, 11 and 20.[41] The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.[74]
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1987.[72] The leader wore a white jersey.[74]
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.[72] The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and, for first the time in the Tour's history, wore yellow helmets.[74][75][a]
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".[72] No combativity awards were given for the prologue, the time trials and the final stage.[76] The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.[74] At the conclusion of the Tour, Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) won the overall super-combativity award,[67] again, decided by a jury.[72]
A total of €2,414,246 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €450,000, with the second and third placed riders getting €200,000 and €100,000 respectively. All finishers of the race were awarded money. The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains classifications were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000. The team classification winners were given €50,000.[77] There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5,000,[78] the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col de la Croix de Fer in stage eleven,[b] and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given to the first rider to pass Goddet's memorial at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet in stage sixteen.[78] Pierre Rolland won the Henri Desgrange and Thomas Voeckler won the Jacques Goddet.[57][80]
- In stage one, Bradley Wiggins, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Fabian Cancellara wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.[83]
- In stage two, Peter Sagan, who was second in the points classifications, wore the green jersey, because Fabian Cancellara wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage.[84]
Final standings
Legend | |||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification[74] | Denotes the winner of the points classification[74] | ||
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification[74] | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification[74] | ||
Denotes the winner of the team classification[74] | Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award[74] |
General classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 87h 34' 47" |
2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | + 3' 21" |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 6' 19" |
4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | + 10' 15" |
5 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 11' 04" |
6 | Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | RadioShack–Nissan | + 15' 41" |
7 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | BMC Racing Team | + 15' 49" |
8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 16' 26" |
9 | Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Astana | + 16' 33" |
10 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | + 17' 17" |
Points classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 421 |
2 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Belisol | 280 |
3 | Matthew Goss (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 268 |
4 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Sky | 220 |
5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | 160 |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 144 |
7 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 126 |
8 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Rabobank | 104 |
9 | Juan José Haedo (ARG) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | 102 |
10 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | BMC Racing Team | 100 |
Mountains classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | Team Europcar | 135 |
2 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Astana | 123 |
3 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | 77 |
4 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | 63 |
5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 51 |
6 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 48 |
7 | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 43 |
8 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | 40 |
9 | Brice Feillu (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | 38 |
10 | Dan Martin (IRL) | Garmin–Sharp | 34 |
Young rider classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | 87h 45′ 51" |
2 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | + 6' 13" |
3 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1h 05' 48" |
4 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 1h 16' 48" |
5 | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1h 21' 15" |
6 | Rafael Valls (ESP) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1h 26' 53" |
7 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 27' 33" |
8 | Dominik Nerz (GER) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 31' 08" |
9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | + 1h 41' 30" |
10 | Davide Malacarne (ITA) | Team Europcar | + 1h 46' 41" |
Team classification
Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | RadioShack–Nissan | 263h 12' 14" |
2 | Team Sky | + 5' 46" |
3 | BMC Racing Team | + 36' 29" |
4 | Astana | + 43' 22" |
5 | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 04' 55" |
6 | Movistar Team | + 1h 08' 16" |
7 | Team Europcar | + 1h 08' 46" |
8 | Team Katusha | + 1h 12' 46" |
9 | FDJ–BigMat | + 1h 19' 30" |
10 | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1h 41' 15" |
UCI World Tour rankings
Riders from the ProTeams competing individually, as well as for their teams and nations, for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings.[85] Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in the general classification and to the top five finishers in each stage.[86] Wiggins moved into the lead of the individual ranking, with Joaquim Rodríguez dropping to second. The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him from 52nd to 6th. Team Sky retained their lead in the team ranking, ahead of second-place Liquigas–Cannondale. Spain remained as the leaders of the nation ranking, with Italy second.[87]
Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | 3 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 601 |
2 | 1 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | 404 |
3 | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 400 |
4 | 2 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 368 |
5 | 5 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 351 |
6 | 52 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 266 |
7 | 6 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 252 |
8 | 23 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | 237 |
9 | 7 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 210 |
10 | 15 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 201 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Until the 1990 Tour, the team classification leaders could be recognised by yellow casquettes (English: caps).[75]
- ^ The Souvenir Henri Desgrange is given to the first rider to pass the summit of the highest climb in a Tour.[79] As the highest summit of the 2012 Tour, the 2,115 m (6,939 ft)-high Col du Tourmalet, was used for the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, the second highest climb, the 2,067 m (6,781 ft)-high Col de la Croix de Fer, was used for the Souvenir Henri Desgrange.[29]
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Further reading
- Deering, John (2012). Bradley Wiggins: Tour de Force. Edinburgh: ISBN 978-1-78027-103-3.
- Edworthy, Sarah; ISBN 978-0-00-750661-3.
- Friebe, Daniel (2012). Allez Wiggo!: How Bradley Wiggins Won the Tour De France and Olympic Gold in 2012. London: ISBN 978-1-4081-9069-2.
- ISBN 978-0-00-734183-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4481-6139-3.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 July 2017)