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 3,479 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
Hotels in France

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