2012 Tour de France Route

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Tour de France 2012 Route Presentation has taken place in the Palais des Congrès convention centre in Paris. The route was as the leak last week.

http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html

There will be 2 Etape du Tour Mondovelo in 2012. ASO confirm the Etape du Tour rides will be Albertville > La Toussuire (140km) in the Alps + Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon (197km) in Pyrenees .

Updates on 18 October:

official-tour-route-2012

2012 Tour de France - Mountains

Tour de France details.

Le tracé du Tour de France 2012 dévoilé par BFMTV

Possible route of Tour de France 2012

Stage	Day	Date	Start	Finish	Stage Type	Accommodation
Prologue	Saturday	30 June 2012	Liège	Liège	ITT	Search Hotels in Liége: agoda.com booking.com
Stage 1	Sunday	01 July 2012	Liège	Seraing	Road	Search Hotels in Liége: agoda.com booking.com
Stage 2	Monday	02 July 2012	Visé	Tournai	Road	Search Hotels in Tournai agoda.com booking.com
Stage 3	Tuesday	03 July 2012	Orchies	Boulougne	Road	Search Hotels in Boulogne-sur-Mer agoda.com booking.com
Stage 4	Wednesday	04 July 2012	Abbeville	Rouen	Road	Search Hotels in Rouen agoda.com booking.com
Stage 5	Thursday	05 July 2012	Rouen	Saint-Quentin	Road	Search Hotels in Saint-Quentin agoda.com booking.com
Stage 6	Friday	06 July 2012	Epernay	Metz	Road	Search Hotels in Metz agoda.com booking.com
Stage 7	Saturday	07 July 2012	Tomblaine	La Planche des Belles Filles	Mountain top finish in Vosges Mountains. One of Prudhomme's surprises.	Search Hotels in Belfort agoda.com booking.com
Stage 8	Sunday	08 July 2012	Belfort	Porrentruy	Road	Search Hotels in Porrentruy agoda.com booking.com
Stage 9	Monday	09 July 2012	Arc-et-Senans	Besançon	ITT	Search Hotels in Macon agoda.com booking.com
Rest Day	Tuesday	10 July 2012	Rest Day	Rest Day	Rest Day Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo to la Toussuire	Search Hotels in Albertville agoda.com booking.com
Stage 10	Wednesday	11 July 2012	Mâcon	Bellegarde	Road	Search Hotels in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine agoda.com booking.com
Stage 11	Thursday	12 July 2012	Alberville	la Toussuire	Mountain Top Finish	Search Hotels in La Toussuire booking.com
Stage 12	Friday	13 July 2012	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Annonay	Mountain	Search Hotels in Annonay agoda.com
Stage 13	Saturday	14 July 2012	Saint Paul Trois Chateaux	Cap d'Agde	Road	Search Hotels in Agde agoda.com booking.com
Stage 14	Sunday	15 July 2012	Limoux	Foix	Road? Mountains?	Search Hotels in Foix agoda.com booking.com
Stage 15	Monday	16 July 2012	Samatan	Pau	Road	Search Hotels in Pau booking.com
Rest Day	Tuesday	17 July 2012	Rest Day	Rest Day	Rest Day. Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo	Search Hotels in Pau booking.com
Stage 16	Wednesday	18 July 2012	Pau	Luchon	Mountains	Search Hotels in Luchon agoda.com booking.com
Stage 17	Thursday	19 July 2012	Luchon	Peyragudes.	Mountain Top Finish	Search Hotels in Toulouse agoda.com booking.com
Stage 18	Friday	20 July 2012	Blagnac	Brive	Road	Search Hotels in Brive agoda.com booking.com
Stage 19	Saturday	21 July 2012	Bonneval	Châtres	ITT	Search Hotels in Paris agoda.com booking.com
Stage 20	Sunday	22 July 2012	Rambouillet	Paris	Road	Search Hotels in Paris agoda.com booking.com

Possible route of the 2012 Tour de France based on rumour. Updated 06 October 2011.

Stage Day Date Start Finish Stage Type Accommodation

Prologue Saturday 30 June 2012 Liège Liège ITT Search Hotels in Liége:
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 1 Sunday 01 July 2012 Liège Seraing Road Search Hotels in Liége:
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 2 Monday 02 July 2012 Visé Tournai Road Search Hotels in Tournai
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 3 Tuesday 03 July 2012 Orchies Boulougne Road Search Hotels in Boulogne-sur-Mer
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 4 Wednesday 04 July 2012 Abbeville Rouen Road Search Hotels in Rouen
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 5 Thursday 05 July 2012 Rouen Saint-Quentin Road Search Hotels in Saint-Quentin
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 6 Friday 06 July 2012 Epernay Metz Road Search Hotels in Metz
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 7 Saturday 07 July 2012 Tomblaine La Planche des Belles Filles Mountain top finish in Vosges Mountains. One of Prudhomme's surprises. Search Hotels in Belfort
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 8 Sunday 08 July 2012 Belfort Porrentruy Road Search Hotels in Porrentruy
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 9 Monday 09 July 2012 Arc-et-Senans Besançon ITT Search Hotels in Macon
agoda.com
booking.com

Rest Day Tuesday 10 July 2012 Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day
Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo to la Toussuire Search Hotels in Albertville
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 10 Wednesday 11 July 2012 Mâcon Bellegarde Road Search Hotels in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 11 Thursday 12 July 2012 Alberville la Toussuire Mountain Top Finish Search Hotels in La Toussuire
booking.com

Stage 12 Friday 13 July 2012 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Annonay Mountain Search Hotels in Annonay
agoda.com

Stage 13 Saturday 14 July 2012 Saint Paul Trois Chateaux Cap d'Agde Road Search Hotels in Agde
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 14 Sunday 15 July 2012 Limoux Foix Road? Mountains? Search Hotels in Foix
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 15 Monday 16 July 2012 Samatan Pau Road
Search Hotels in Pau

booking.com

Rest Day Tuesday 17 July 2012 Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day.
Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo
Search Hotels in Pau

booking.com

Stage 16 Wednesday 18 July 2012 Pau Luchon Mountains Search Hotels in Luchon
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 17 Thursday 19 July 2012 Luchon Peyragudes. Mountain Top Finish Search Hotels in Toulouse
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 18 Friday 20 July 2012 Blagnac Brive
Road Search Hotels in Brive
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 19 Saturday 21 July 2012 Bonneval Châtres ITT Search Hotels in Paris
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 20 Sunday 22 July 2012 Rambouillet Paris Road Search Hotels in Paris
agoda.com
booking.com

Stage 16 will be the queen stage in the Pyrénées. It is the classic route of Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon.

Limoux Foix - 192 km

2012 Tour de France - Stage 16 - Profile

2012 Tour de France - Pyrenees

No other profile are yet available for the Pyrénées.

http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html

Updated 10 October 2011.

Book now for Pyrenees cycling holidays in 2012.

ASO website publish route of tour de France 2012 (mistakenly). It is only one page, all the links from the page to other pages about the route return an error. The map displayed is of the 2011 Tour de France.

http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/fr/le_parcours.html

The link has now been deactivated by ASO. Someone is going to be in big trouble!
I screen grabbed it off the Le Tour website. It has now been removed.
I was looking at the 2011 site and wondered what I would see if I changed the url from 2011 to 2012. Non of the links worked so no details of the route. I think there must be a lot of shouting and swearing going on in Paris right now.

Tour de France 2012

Tour Details

The official route of the 2012 Tour de France will be presented in Paris on October 18.

For the latest, news, gossip, rumours, photos and maps check out the Forum discussion about the Tour de France 2012.

I have updated the table with the route below. For the record this is the table with the rumours before today’s revelation.
http://www.velopeloton.com/forum/tour-de-france-route/2012-tour-de-france-route/page-9/#p205

Possible route of Tour de France 2012

Stage	Day	Date	Start	Finish	Stage Type	Accommodation
Prologue	Saturday	30 June 2012	Liège	Liège	ITT	Search Hotels in Liége: agoda.com booking.com
Stage 1	Sunday	01 July 2012	Liège	Seraing	Road	Search Hotels in Liége: agoda.com booking.com
Stage 2	Monday	02 July 2012	Visé	Tournai	Road	Search Hotels in Tournai agoda.com booking.com
Stage 3	Tuesday	03 July 2012	Orchies	Boulougne	Road	Search Hotels in Boulogne-sur-Mer agoda.com booking.com
Stage 4	Wednesday	04 July 2012	Abbeville	Rouen	Road	Search Hotels in Rouen agoda.com booking.com
Stage 5	Thursday	05 July 2012	Rouen	Saint-Quentin	Road	Search Hotels in Saint-Quentin agoda.com booking.com
Stage 6	Friday	06 July 2012	Epernay	Metz	Road	Search Hotels in Metz agoda.com booking.com
Stage 7	Saturday	07 July 2012	Tomblaine	La Planche des Belles Filles	Mountain top finish in Vosges Mountains. One of Prudhomme's surprises.	Search Hotels in Belfort agoda.com booking.com
Stage 8	Sunday	08 July 2012	Belfort	Porrentruy	Road	Search Hotels in Porrentruy agoda.com booking.com
Stage 9	Monday	09 July 2012	Arc-et-Senans	Besançon	ITT	Search Hotels in Macon agoda.com booking.com
Rest Day	Tuesday	10 July 2012	Rest Day	Rest Day	Rest Day Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo to la Toussuire	Search Hotels in Albertville agoda.com booking.com
Stage 10	Wednesday	11 July 2012	Mâcon	Bellegarde	Road	Search Hotels in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine agoda.com booking.com
Stage 11	Thursday	12 July 2012	Alberville	la Toussuire	Mountain Top Finish	Search Hotels in La Toussuire booking.com
Stage 12	Friday	13 July 2012	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Annonay	Mountain	Search Hotels in Annonay agoda.com
Stage 13	Saturday	14 July 2012	Saint Paul Trois Chateaux	Cap d'Agde	Road	Search Hotels in Agde agoda.com booking.com
Stage 14	Sunday	15 July 2012	Limoux	Foix	Road? Mountains?	Search Hotels in Foix agoda.com booking.com
Stage 15	Monday	16 July 2012	Samatan	Pau	Road	Search Hotels in Pau booking.com
Rest Day	Tuesday	17 July 2012	Rest Day	Rest Day	Rest Day. Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo	Search Hotels in Pau booking.com
Stage 16	Wednesday	18 July 2012	Pau	Luchon	Mountains	Search Hotels in Luchon agoda.com booking.com
Stage 17	Thursday	19 July 2012	Luchon	Peyragudes.	Mountain Top Finish	Search Hotels in Toulouse agoda.com booking.com
Stage 18	Friday	20 July 2012	Blagnac	Brive	Road	Search Hotels in Brive agoda.com booking.com
Stage 19	Saturday	21 July 2012	Bonneval	Châtres	ITT	Search Hotels in Paris agoda.com booking.com
Stage 20	Sunday	22 July 2012	Rambouillet	Paris	Road	Search Hotels in Paris agoda.com booking.com

For the latest, news, gossip, rumours, photos and maps check out the Forum discussion about the Tour de France 2012.

Map of the route. This is just an approximation and should not be taken seriously:-)

View Tour de France 2012 in a larger map
Research hotel bookings for the Tour de France stage towns named above.

The 2012 Tour de France will be the 99th Tour de France. The 2012 Tour de France will start in the Belgian city of Léige, on Saturday 30th June (early start due to Olympics) and will finish in Paris on Sunday 22nd July. This page is for route rumors before the announcement and for route information after the official announcement.

Grand Départ 2012 in Léige, Belgium.

Prologue 2012

2012:

Liege, Belgium. Saturday 30th June to Sunday 22nd July. The early start is to allow riders prepare for the London Olympics.

The Tour will most likely head to Normandy after leaving Belgium and then to the Alps followed by the Pyrenees in the last week.

In the Alps 10th to 14th approx.
In the Pyrénées 16th to 20th, approx.

2013: 100th Tour de France.

http://www.velopeloton.com/2013-tour-de-france-route/

Corsica. Saturday 6th July to Sunday 28th July.
In the Pyrénées 10th to 12th, approx.
There will be 3 stages in Corsica before the tour heads to the French mainland and into the Pyrénées, it will also be the first time that the tour has visited the island. Other rumors include an ITT on Mont Ventoux.

2014:

http://www.velopeloton.com/2014-tour-de-france-route/

Applications are reported from Qatar, Venice, Florence, Barcelona, Berlin, Scotland and Yorkshire.

Barcelona is the favourite. Saturday 5th July to Sunday 27th July.

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Paddy Sweeney

Stagetr nPrologue – 30 Junet Liège – Liègettttr nStage 1 – 1 Julyt Liège – Seraingttttr nStage 22 – 2 Julyt Visé – Tournai
Paddy Sweeney

Samatan
Samatan a candidate to host a stage in 2012.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/06/16/1108263-samatan-se-tient-prete-pour-le-jour-ou-son-tour-viendra.html
http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/ velopeloton

Liege, Belgium n[youtube chR4IgZBRmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chR4IgZBRmc youtube]
http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/ velopeloton

Rumor is that stage 4 will be from Lille to Rouen on 4th July 2012. Seems a bit long, perhaps towns near to them.

Roger

I think it will be starting in the town of Orchies. n

Roger

The reason for the early start of Le Tour is to allow the riders to recover in time for the Olympics.
Marc Pierre

Is that Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle on the right?

http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/ velopeloton

Yes it is!

Roger

Very strong vibes about this being the last mountain stage of the Tour on or about the 19th July. Possibly be one of the Etape du Tour 2012 the Monday before, 16th July with a start in Pau.

http://www.velopeloton.com velopeloton

There are reports that ASO have been booking up hotels near Metz for the night of 6th July 2012. The Town of Yutz to the north of Metz will host a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir this year. Will Le Tour have a stage finish there on 6th July?
Marc Pierre

There are reports that ASO have been booking rooms in the Swiss town of Porrentruy for the night of 7th July 2011. This would be stage 7 and 8, after the tour will be in the Alps. Romours are for a stage finish at la Toussuire.
Pat Shaw

Bressuire prehaps for the last TT
Paddy

http://www.velopeloton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cadel-evans.jpg
David

Wow. The other day I traced what I thought would (or, should) be the route and according to these cities I was just about spot on.

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It is still 2 and a half months until the route is announced so I am sure that there will be big changes to that above before then.

http://www.velopeloton.com velopeloton

Spanish newspaper “Navarre Diary” is reporting that the Tour will have a stage from Saint Lary to the mountain top finish at Pierre Saint Martin. This would be a mega stage over Col d’Aspin, Col du Tourmalet, Col du Soulor, Col d’Aubisque, Col du Marie Blanque and the finishing climb to Pierre Saint Martin. The climb to Pierre Saint Martin is 20km at 6%.

It is also reporting a possible stage finish in Barcelona, before going into the Pyrenees (Barcelona is a candidate for the Grand Depart in 2014). There is much speculation that after the stage to Pierre Saint Martin, there would be a stage from Pau to Pamploma where the final TT would take place before an air transfer to Paris. This news report is ruling that out.
http://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/deportes/ciclismo/la_etapa_pierre_martin_del_tour_2012_puede_esquivar_navarra.html

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http://www.velopeloton.com/forum/tour-de-france-route/2012-tour-de-france-route/
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The ski station at Pierre Saint Martin will be celebrating 50 years in 2012.
http://www.velopeloton.com velopeloton

More speculation on L’Alpe d’Huez for next year. They seem to be suggesting that as Pierre Rolland won the stage it would be natural for the ASO to include it.

As is often being repeated they talk about possible ITT as in 2004.
They say the Tourmalet will be included next year.

It also repeats a rumour I heard a few weeks ago that the Giro may go to L’Alpe d’Huez next year also.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-2012-l-alpe-d-huez-au-programme-du-tour-et-du-giro-17595.html
http://www.velopeloton.com velopeloton

All updates now being posted in the Forum and not in comments.
http://www.velopeloton.com/forum/tour-de-france-route/2012-tour-de-france-route/

This was going to get too long!
Martian

Alberville – La Toussuire. Start at Bourg St Maurice and go over Col D’Iseran? Would be a shame to have the highest true pass so early in a stage.
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Mark

Paddy,

Without the leak, what was your strike rate on stages for the 2012 TdeF.

Cheers Mark

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This was where I was before the leak. Since the leak there were no more rumours. I think I might have got closer.
http://www.velopeloton.com/forum/tour-de-france-route/2012-tour-de-france-route/page-9/#p204

16 stages correct and 5 unknown or wrong, although I did have the names of Pau, Samatan and Brive, just no details. Funny thing is it was the ones closed to me that were unknown.

Morgan Ellis

Out of 21 points. 16 correct and I will award you 0.5 each for Pau, Samatan and Brive.
Total score 17.5 from 21, must try harder next year

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I had heard that Luchon was a possibility, I could not see how it fitted in with Pierre-Saint-Martin. It didn’t!
I think Pierre-Saint-Martin will be on the route of the 2013 Tour. You can follow that route here.
http://www.velopeloton.com/2013-tour-de-france-route/

Markp

Congrats Paddy.

Have followed your rumours for last 3 years. Based on your route, booked a house just outside Bagneres de Bigorre for the 3rd week with some mates, happy days as they say.

Regards Mark

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Very brave Mark. Most people would consider me to be thoroughly unreliable
Hope you enjoy your holiday and the mountains.

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Ned

Hi guys,
Does anyone know where you can find info on road closure times during 2012′s race. A friend and I will be following the race (en velo) for the 1st time so are a bit unsure about the logistics of it all.
Any info much appreciated!
Ned

http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/ Paddy sweeney

Road closures are decieded by the Gendarmerie and are not usually published.

You should find the info you want here:

http://www.velopeloton.com/tour-de-france-race-day-viewing-options/

Also Pedal Dancer is an excellent blog with great info on following Le Tourhttp://www.pedaldancer.com/

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Stage 14 on 15th July will climb Mur de Peguére
http://www.ariegenews.com/arie…..aut-d.html

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