Tour de France 2012: Route details

By Cycling Weekly

24-Oct-2011 | 2 comments

The 2012 Tour de France starts in Liège, Belgium, on Saturday June 30 and concludes three weeks later in Paris on Sunday, July 22 2012.

The Belgian city of Liège will kick off the 2012 Tour, having previously hosted the race's Grand Depart in 2004 with a 6.1km prologue time trial won by Fabian Cancellara.

The race then heads due west into France hitting the first real hills of the race in Monts du Boulonnais on the way to Boulogne-sur-Mer before winding its way south to the Alps and a short excursion into Switzerland.

Then it's across to the Pyrenees for what will be two key high mountains stages before a long transfer north for a decisive time trial stage and last day procession into Paris.

There's a total of 96.1km of individual time trialling, four medium mountain stages, five high mountain stages and nine flat stages over the 3,479km route.

Stage	Date	From	To	Length	Type
Prologue	Saturday June 30	Liège	Liège	6.1km	ITT
Stage 1	Sunday July 1	Liège	Seraing	198km	Flat
Stage 2	Monday July 2	Visé	Tournai	207km	Flat
Stage 3	Tuesday July 3	Orchies	Boulogne-sur-Mer	197km	Med mtn
Stage 4	Wednesday July 4	Abbeville	Rouen	214km	Flat
Stage 5	Thursday July 5	Rouen	Saint-Quentin	197km	Flat
Stage 6	Friday July 6	Épernay	Metz	210km	Flat
Stage 7	Saturday July 7	Tomblaine	La Planche des Belles Filles	199km	Med mtn
Stage 8	Sunday July 8	Belfort	Porrentruy	154km	Med mtn
Stage 9	Monday July 9	Arc-et-Senans	Besançon	38km	ITT
REST DAY	Tuesday July 10	-	-	-	-
Stage 10	Wednesday July 11	Mâcon	Bellegarde-sur-Valserine	194km	Mountains
Stage 11	Thursday July 12	Albertville	La Toussuire - Les Sybelles	140km	Mountains
Stage 12	Friday July 13	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Annonay	220km	Med mtn
Stage 13	Saturday July 14	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux	Le Cap d'Agde	215km	Flat
Stage 14	Sunday July 15	Limoux	Foix	192km	Mountains
Stage 15	Monday July 16	Samatan	Pau	160km	Flat
REST DAY	Tuesday July 17	-	-	-	-
Stage 16	Wednesday July 18	Pau	Bagnères-de-Luchon	197km	Mountains
Stage 17	Thursday July 19	Bagnères-de-Luchon	Peyragudes	144km	Mountains
Stage 18	Friday July 20	Blagnac	Brive-la-Gaillarde	215km	Flat
Stage 19	Saturday July 21	Bonneval	Chartres	52km	ITT
Stage 20	Sunday July 22	Rambouillet	Paris Champs-Élysées	130km	Flat