Tour de France 2012

[ravo]

This is my big sports love outside of Spurs. 10 days till the start and I can't wait. I'm going to be posting after most stages.

Here is the map for this year's tour.

 

[ravo]

30 June - Race start is a is a 6.4km prologue (time trial - TT) around Liege in Belgium. It's pan-flat. Expect Fabian Cancellara (Spartacus), Tony Martin or even Wiggins to come up with the goods on this one.

 

[yawa]

Glad someone started a thread on this.

Its a shame the HTC team have disappeared but ill be interested to see how the Sky team pans out with them pushing Wiggins and Cavendish.

 

[Marty]

Glad someone started a thread on this.

Its a shame the HTC team have disappeared but ill be interested to see how the Sky team pans out with them pushing Wiggins and Cavendish.

Agree, that will be very interesting. Good chance that Wiggins and Cavendish will kind of ruin it for each other, but I hope they work it out.

People here in Norway are gutted that Thor Hushovd's opted out of the Tour this year to focus on the Olympics. The way him and Edvald Boasson Hagen tore it up last year with two stage wins each was unbelievable. Looks like it's just going to be Hagen this year.

 

[carpediem991]

Agree, that will be very interesting. Good chance that Wiggins and Cavendish will kind of ruin it for each other, but I hope they work it out.

People here in Norway are gutted that Thor Hushovd's opted out of the Tour this year to focus on the Olympics. The way him and Edvald Boasson Hagen tore it up last year with two stage wins each was unbelievable. Looks like it's just going to be Hagen this year.

Hagen will have to work hard for Wiggins and Cavendish. Sad he won't have much tries to do sth on his own, good sympathic rider

 

[Marty]

Hagen will have to work hard for Wiggins and Cavendish. Sad he won't have much tries to do sth on his own, good sympathic rider

He'll get one or two chances, but yeah, he will have to sacrifice his own chances for the benefit of the team this year.

 

[al_pacino]

This is my big sports love outside of Spurs.

The sport or the race? Because if it's just the race you really need to watch more of it, especially the big one day races.

ON the Tour to me Evans is the favourite again but Wiggins certainly has a chance.

 

[TheGreenLily]

Glad someone started a thread on this.

Its a shame the HTC team have disappeared but ill be interested to see how the Sky team pans out with them pushing Wiggins and Cavendish.

I think they would have done well last year, but Wiggins crashed out and Cavendish won the green Jersey.

Not since Robert Millar have I seen an English do well in the tour. Nearly every year our guys get taken by a crash within the peleton

 

[ravo]

The sport or the race? Because if it's just the race you really need to watch more of it, especially the big one day races.

ON the Tour to me Evans is the favourite again but Wiggins certainly has a chance.

Both. I've watched most of the big races this year. My faves so far are Gerro's win for GE in the Milan-San Remo epic and Boonen's awesome 50km solo breakaway in the hell of the north.

I actually cycle all summer as well. Haven't raced for a few years, but still love climbing mountains (and descending).

Hopefully Cadel can go back to back. He won't have as strong a team as Wiggins, but he is a gutsier rider. I think that if the teams were reversed, Wiggo would have no chance.

 

[Hoddle_Ledge]

Guide for the noobs

 

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Start list (part 1):

MOVISTAR (MOV)​

(ESP)​

COBO ACEBO Juan Jose ESP​

ERVITI OLLO Imanol ESP​

FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR​

GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José Ivan ESP​

KARPETS Vladimir RUS​

KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR​

PLAZA MOLINA Ruben ESP​

ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin ESP​

VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro ESP​

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AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)​

(FRA)​

BOUET Maxime FRA​

CHEREL Mikael FRA​

DUPONT Hubert FRA​

KADRI Blel FRA​

MINARD Sébastien FRA​

MONDORY Lloyd FRA​

PERAUD Jean-Christophe FRA​

RIBLON Christophe FRA​

ROCHE Nicolas IRL​

BMC RACING (BMC)​

(USA)​

BURGHARDT Marcus GER​

CUMMINGS Stephen GBR​

EVANS Cadel AUS​

GILBERT Philippe BEL​

HINCAPIE George USA​

MOINARD Amaël FRA​

QUINZIATO Manuel ITA​

SCHÄR Michael SUI​

VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA​

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EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS)​

(ESP)​

ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel ESP​

AZANZA SOTO Jorge ESP​

IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP​

MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi ESP​

PEREZ MORENO Ruben ESP​

SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP​

TXURRUKA Amets ESP​

URTASUN PEREZ Pablo ESP​

VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka ESP​

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FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ)​

(FRA)​

CASAR Sandy FRA​

FEDRIGO Pierrick FRA​

HUTAROVICH Yauheni BLR​

LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA​

PINEAU Cédric FRA​

PINOT Thibaut FRA​

ROUX Anthony FRA​

ROY Jérémy FRA​

VICHOT Arthur FRA​

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GARMIN-BARRACUDA (GRM)​

(USA)​

DANIELSON Thomas USA​

FARRAR Tyler USA​

HESJEDAL Ryder CAN​

HUNTER Robert RSA​

MARTIN Daniel IRL​

MILLAR David GBR​

VAN SUMMEREN Johan BEL​

VANDEVELDE Christian USA​

ZABRISKIE David USA​

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ORICA - GREENEDGE (GEC)​

(AUS)​

ALBASINI Michael SUI​

COOKE Baden AUS​

GERRANS Simon AUS​

GOSS Matthew Harley AUS​

IMPEY Daryl RSA​

LANCASTER Brett AUS​

LANGEVELD Sebastian NED​

O'GRADY Stuart AUS​

WEENING Pieter NED​

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KATUSHA (KAT)​

(RUS)​

CARUSO Giampaolo ITA​

FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar ESP​

GUSEV Vladimir RUS​

HORRACH RIPPOLL Juan ESP​

KUSCHYNSKI Aliaksandr BLR​

MENCHOV Denis RUS​

PAOLINI Luca ITA​

TROFIMOV Yury RUS​

VORGANOV Eduard RUS​

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LAMPRE - ISD (LAM)​

(ITA)​

BOLE Grega SLO​

HONDO Danilo GER​

KRIVTSOV Yuriy UKR​

LLOYD Matthew AUS​

MARZANO Marco ITA​

PETACCHI Alessandro ITA​

SCARPONI Michele ITA​

STORTONI Simone ITA​

VIGANO Davide ITA​

 

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(part 2):

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LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ)​

(ITA)​

BASSO Ivan ITA​

CANUTI Federico ITA​

KOREN Kristijan SLO​

NERZ Dominik GER​

NIBALI Vincenzo ITA​

OSS Daniel ITA​

SAGAN Peter SVK​

SZMYD Sylvester POL​

VANOTTI Alessandro ITA​

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LOTTO BELISOL (LTB)​

(BEL)​

BAK Lars Ytting DEN​

DE GREEF Francis BEL​

GREIPEL André GER​

HANSEN Adam AUS​

HENDERSON Greg NZL​

ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL​

SIEBERG Marcel GER​

VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL​

VANENDERT Jelle BEL​

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ASTANA (AST)​

(KAZ)​

BOZIC Borut SLO​

BRAJKOVIC Janez SLO​

FOFONOV Dmitriy KAZ​

GRIVKO Andriy UKR​

IGLINSKIY Maxim KAZ​

KASHECHKIN Andrey KAZ​

KESSIAKOFF Fredrik Carl Wilhelm SWE​

KISERLOVSKI Robert CRO​

VINOKUROV Alexandr KAZ​

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OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ)​

(BEL)​

CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA​

DE WEERT Kevin BEL​

DEVENYNS Dries BEL​

GRABSCH Bert GER​

LEIPHEIMER Levi USA​

MARTIN Tony GER​

PINEAU Jérôme FRA​

VELITS Martin SVK​

VELITS Peter SVK​

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RABOBANK (RAB)​

(NED)​

GESINK Robert NED​

KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED​

MOLLEMA Bauke NED​

RENSHAW Mark AUS​

SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP​

TANKINK Bram NED​

TEN DAM Laurens NED​

TJALLINGII Maarten NED​

WYNANTS Maarten BEL​

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RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT)​

(LUX)​

CANCELLARA Fabian SUI​

GALLOPIN Tony FRA​

HORNER Christopher USA​

KLÖDEN Andreas GER​

MONFORT Maxime BEL​

POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR​

SCHLECK Frank LUX​

VOIGT Jens GER​

ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar ESP​

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SKY PROCYCLING (SKY)​

(GBR)​

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR​

CAVENDISH Mark GBR​

EISEL Bernhard AUT​

FROOME Christopher GBR​

KNEES Christian GER​

PORTE Richie AUS​

ROGERS Michael AUS​

SIVTSOV Kanstantsin BLR​

WIGGINS Bradley GBR​

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SAXO BANK (SAX)​

(DEN)​

CANTWELL Jonathan AUS​

HAEDO Lucas Sebastian ARG​

KROON Karsten NED​

LUND Anders DEN​

MORKOV Michael DEN​

NUYENS Nick BEL​

PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira POR​

SÖRENSEN Nicki DEN​

SÖRENSEN Chris Anker DEN​

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VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD)​

(NED)​

BOECKMANS Kris BEL​

HOOGERLAND Johnny NED​

LARSSON Gustav SWE​

MARCATO Marco ITA​

POELS Wouter NED​

RUIJGH Rob NED​

VALLS FERRI Rafael ESP​

VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert NED​

WESTRA Lieuwe NED​

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COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (COF)​

(FRA)​

DI GREGORIO Rémy FRA​

DUMOULIN Samuel FRA​

EDET Nicolas FRA​

FOUCHARD Julien FRA​

GHYSELINCK Jan BEL​

MATE MARDONES Luis Angel ESP​

MONCOUTIE David FRA​

TAARAMAE Rein EST​

ZINGLE Romain BEL​

 

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(part 3):

SAUR - SOJASUN (SAU)​

(FRA)​

COPPEL Jerome FRA​

DELAPLACE Anthony FRA​

ENGOULVENT Jimmy FRA​

FEILLU Brice FRA​

JEANDESBOZ Fabrice FRA​

LEMOINE Cyril FRA​

LEVARLET Guillaume FRA​

MARINO Jean Marc FRA​

SIMON Julien FRA​

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EUROPCAR (EUC)​

(FRA)​

BERNAUDEAU Giovanni FRA​

CHARTEAU Anthony FRA​

CHAVANEL Sébastien FRA​

GAUDIN Damien FRA​

GAUTIER Cyril FRA​

JEROME Vincent FRA​

KERN Christophe FRA​

ROLLAND Pierre FRA​

VOECKLER Thomas FRA​

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ARGOS-SHIMANO (ARG)​

(NED)​

CURVERS Roy NED​

DE KORT Koen NED​

FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER​

GRETSCH Patrick GER​

HUGUET Yann FRA​

KITTEL Marcel GER​

SPRICK Matthieu FRA​

TIMMER Albert NED​

VEELERS Tom NED​

 

[ravo]

Glad someone started a thread on this.

Its a shame the HTC team have disappeared but ill be interested to see how the Sky team pans out with them pushing Wiggins and Cavendish.

Cav will gone by the end of the second week - to focus on the games. From then on, Sky will have Wiggo as its no.1 priority.

 

[Max_Junglie]

Good news that Tommy Voeckler will be riding after his knee trouble. A Tour isn't a proper Tour without him making a few crazy, doomed bids for stage wins with 5k to go. I hope he gets to wear yellow for a couple of days.

Wiggo to win it.

 

[Azazello]

Love the Tour. If only Alan Partridge would do the commentary.

 

[Max_Junglie]

Guardian Tour guide is up

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2012/jun/27/tour-de-france-2012-interactive-guide

 

[MightyModric]

Didn't really expect anyone other than Cancellara to get the win today. Great time trialist.

 

[Marty]

Didn't really expect anyone other than Cancellara to get the win today. Great time trialist.

Tony Martin was the only one I thought might have a shot, real shame that he suffered a puncture.

 

[Super Tottenham]

Cav's up and running, he usually messes up the first sprint. Well done lad.