2012 Tour de France

**chris-ccc** · 06-30-2012, 02:59 PM

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For our Bcers wishing to follow the 2012 Tour de France, here is the link:
http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE..._parcours.html

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.

This year, Australia is sending in a team, the Greenedge Cycling Team. Hope that it could perform well.

Prologue results are shown here:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-f...ologue/results

Can't wait for Stage 1 to begin in a few hours' time.
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**ctjcad** · 07-01-2012, 01:43 AM

Cadel Evans will have to call it quits if he can't win this yr's Tour, barring any catastrophic accidents...no Andy Schleck, no AC, no excuses..

**chris-ccc** · 07-01-2012, 09:22 AM

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In Australia, many are expecting a great battle between Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins.

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**chris-ccc** · 07-01-2012, 10:50 PM

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Standings after Stage 1 can be found here:
http://www.sbs.com.au/tdf2012/standings

1 012 FABIAN CANCELLARA RNT 05:05:32 00:00:00
2 101 BRADLEY WIGGINS SKY 05:05:39 00:00:07
3 192 SYLVAIN CHAVANEL OPQ 05:05:39 00:00:07
4 009 TEJAY VAN GARDEREN BMC 05:05:42 00:00:10
5 102 EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN SKY 05:05:43 00:00:11
6 131 DENIS MENCHOV KAT 05:05:45 00:00:13
7 004 PHILIPPE GILBERT BMC 05:05:45 00:00:13
8 001 CADEL EVANS BMC 05:05:49 00:00:17
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***jamesd20*** · 07-02-2012, 08:21 AM

It Should be a decent battle between evans and wiggins as they are pretty balanced in their respective strengths/weaknesses.

I am going for wiggins, with f schleck on the final podium spot.

**chris-ccc** · 07-02-2012, 10:10 AM

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25km to go.

Roux is still on his own at the front of the stage, with a lead of 50 seconds.
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**chris-ccc** · 07-02-2012, 10:27 AM

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10km to go.

The peloton has caught up after 4 hours 45 minutes of this 207.5 km Stage 1 race.

Source: http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/live/aso/
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**chris-ccc** · 07-02-2012, 11:09 PM

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There will be 6 big climbs in Stage 3 today, Tuesday 03-July-2012. Sprinters won't be expected to be there at the finish.

Overall Standings after Stage 2 can be found here:
http://www.sbs.com.au/tdf2012/standings

POS NO. NAME TEAM TIME GAP MOVED
1 012 FABIAN CANCELLARA RNT 10:02:31 00:00:00
2 101 BRADLEY WIGGINS SKY 10:02:38 00:00:07
3 192 SYLVAIN CHAVANEL OPQ 10:02:38 00:00:07
4 009 TEJAY VAN GARDEREN BMC 10:02:41 00:00:10
5 102 EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN SKY 10:02:42 00:00:11
6 131 DENIS MENCHOV KAT 10:02:44 00:00:13
7 004 PHILIPPE GILBERT BMC 10:02:44 00:00:13
8 001 CADEL EVANS BMC 10:02:48 00:00:17
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**madbad** · 07-02-2012, 11:53 PM

6 big climbs? The high point on stage 3 is an oxygen-sucking 193 metres.

**madbad** · 07-02-2012, 11:53 PM

No love for Ryder Hesjedal?

**chris-ccc** · 07-03-2012, 10:09 AM

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About 10km to go.

Morkov and Grivko are leading by about 30 seconds.

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/live/aso/
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**chris-ccc** · 07-03-2012, 10:19 AM

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About 5km to go.

The peloton has caught up with the leaders.

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/live/aso/
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**chris-ccc** · 07-03-2012, 10:27 AM

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Race is Over.

Sagan has claimed another stage win.

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2012/us/live/aso/
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**phil-mm** · 07-03-2012, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by madbad

6 big climbs? The high point on stage 3 is an oxygen-sucking 193 metres.

Speaking of elevation, in the recently concluded Tour de Suisse, the cyclists had been in the quiescent Chur of a town, with mountains in the background. A short while later, they were up there, looking back at the town down in the valley; and in barely an hour, they had reached Arosa, some 4000 feet up. And they looked none the more tired. Incredible athletes!

**madbad** · 07-03-2012, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by phil-mm

Speaking of elevation, in the recently concluded Tour de Suisse, the cyclists had been in the quiescent Chur of a town, with mountains in the background. A short while later, they were up there, looking back at the town down in the valley; and in barely an hour, they had reached Arosa, some 4000 feet up. And they looked none the more tired. Incredible athletes!

Nice. Just a tad higher than 193 m

**phil-mm** · 07-03-2012, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by madbad

Nice. Just a tad higher than 193 m

Lol, you've got to forgive flatlanders like me.
Arosa's elevation is actually 5,823 feet, but almost 4000 feet above that of Chur.
It is quite level for the most part of stage 8 save that nasty gradient near the end.
I would have opted to dismount and push the bike

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**chris-ccc** · 07-04-2012, 11:14 AM

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Overall Standings after Stage 3 can be found here:
http://www.sbs.com.au/tdf2012/standings

POS NO. NAME TEAM TIME GAP MOVED
1 012 FABIAN CANCELLARA RNT 20:04:02 00:00:00
2 101 BRADLEY WIGGINS SKY 20:04:09 00:00:07
3 192 SYLVAIN CHAVANEL OPQ 20:04:09 00:00:07
4 009 TEJAY VAN GARDEREN BMC 20:04:12 00:00:10
5 102 EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN SKY 20:04:13 00:00:11
6 131 DENIS MENCHOV KAT 20:04:15 00:00:13
7 001 CADEL EVANS BMC 20:04:19 00:00:17
8 051 VINCENZO NIBALI LIQ 20:04:20 00:00:18
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