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The Tour 2012
Sporting aspects
The route
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 3,497 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
| Stage | Type | Date | Start and Finish | Distance | Details |
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| P | Prologue | Saturday 30 June | Liège > Liège | 6.4 km |  |
| 1 | Plain | Sunday 1 July | Liège > Seraing | 198 km | |
| 2 | Plain | Monday 2 July | Visé > Tournai | 207.5 km | |
| 3 | Medium mountains | Tuesday 3 July | Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer | 197 km | |
| 4 | Plain | Wednesday 4 July | Abbeville > Rouen | 214.5 km | |
| 5 | Plain | Thursday 5 July | Rouen > Saint-Quentin | 196.5 km | |
| 6 | Plain | Friday 6 July | Épernay > Metz | 207.5 km | |
| 7 | Medium mountains | Saturday 7 July | Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles | 199 km | |
| 8 | Medium mountains | Sunday 8 July | Belfort > Porrentruy | 157.5 km | |
| 9 | Individual time-trial | Monday 9 July | Arc-et-Senans > Besançon | 41.5 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Tuesday 10 July | Repos | |
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| 10 | High Mountains | Wednesday 11 July | Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | 194.5 km | |
| 11 | High Mountains | Thursday 12 July | Albertville > La Toussuire - Les Sybelles | 148 km | |
| 12 | Medium mountains | Friday 13 July | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay Davézieux | 226 km | |
| 13 | Plain | Saturday 14 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap d’Agde | 217 km | |
| 14 | High Mountains | Sunday 15 July | Limoux > Foix | 191 km | |
| 15 | Plain | Monday 16 July | Samatan > Pau | 158.5 km | |
| R | Rest Day | Tuesday 17 July | Repos | |
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| 16 | High Mountains | Wednesday 18 July | Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon | 197 km | |
| 17 | High Mountains | Thursday 19 July | Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes | 143.5 km | |
| 18 | Plain | Friday 20 July | Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde | 222.5 km | |
| 19 | Individual time-trial | Saturday 21 July | Bonneval > Chartres | 53.5 km | |
| 20 | Plain | Sunday 22 July | Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées | 120 km | |