| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 30 June – 22 July 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 87h 34′ 47" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of theTour de France, one of cycling'sGrand Tours. It started in the Belgian city ofLiège on 30 June and finished on theChamps-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. The Tour consisted of 21stages, including an openingprologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi). As well as the prologue, the first two stages took place in Belgium, and one stage finished in Switzerland.Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) won the overallgeneral classification, and became the first British rider to win the Tour. Wiggins's teammateChris Froome placed second, andVincenzo Nibali (Liquigas–Cannondale) was third.
The general classification leader's yellow jersey was worn for the first week byFabian Cancellara (RadioShack–Nissan), who won the prologue. Wiggins, second in the prologue, took the leadership of the race on stage seven, the first mountainous stage, which was won by Froome, and maintained his lead for the remainder of the race, winning the two longest time trials, and not losing time to his main challengers for the overall title in the mountains.
Thepoints classification was won by Nibali's teammatePeter Sagan, who won three stages.André Greipel ofLotto–Belisol and Team Sky riderMark Cavendish also won three stages.Team Europcar'sThomas Voeckler, winner of two mountain stages, won themountains classification.BMC Racing Team'sTejay van Garderen, in fifth place overall, won theyoung rider classification. Theteam classification was won by RadioShack–Nissan, andChris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) was given the award for the mostcombative rider.
The 2012 edition of the Tour de France featured 22teams.[1] The race was the 18th of the 29 events in theUCI World Tour,[2] and all of its eighteenUCI ProTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race.[3] On 6 April 2012, the organiser of the Tour,Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tierUCI Professional Continental teams givenwildcard invitations, of which three were French-based (Cofidis,Team Europcar andSaur–Sojasun) and one was Dutch (Argos–Shimano).[4] The presentation of the teams – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place outside thePrince-Bishops' Palace inLiège, Belgium, on 28 June, two days before the openingstage held in the city.[5]
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders.[6] Of these, 35 were riding the Tour de France for the first time.[7] The riders came from 31 countries; France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Australia all had 12 or more riders in the race.[6] Riders from six countries won stages during the race; British riders won the largest number of stages, with seven.[8] The average age of riders in the race was 30.17 years, ranging from the 22-year-oldThibaut Pinot (FDJ–BigMat) to the 40-year-oldJens Voigt (RadioShack–Nissan).[9] The Saur–Sojasun cyclists had the youngest average age while RadioShack–Nissan cyclists had the oldest.[10]
The teams entering the race were:[1]
UCI ProTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
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According to many observers before the race the favourite for thegeneral classification wasBradley Wiggins.[11][12][13] His closest rivals were thought to beCadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) andVincenzo Nibali (Liquigas–Cannondale).[14][15][16][17]Alberto Contador, the winner of both the2007 Tour and2009 Tour, was serving a doping suspension and did not race in the 2012 Tour.[18]Andy Schleck, who finished second in the2010 Tour (later promoted to the winner after Contador's result was annulled in February 2012) and2011 Tour, was not able to recover from an injury suffered in theCritérium du Dauphiné.[18][19] The other riders considered contenders for the general classification wereRyder Hesjedal (Garmin–Sharp),Fränk Schleck (RadioShack–Nissan),Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel–Euskadi),Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto–Belisol),Tony Martin (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step),Denis Menchov (Team Katusha),Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step),Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) andRobert Gesink (Rabobank).[14][15][16][17]
Prior to the 2012 Tour, Wiggins's highest finishes in aGrand Tour were third in the2011 Vuelta a España and fourth in the 2009 Tour (later promoted to third afterLance Armstrong's result was annulled in October 2012).[20][21] Wiggins had shown his form in the lead-up to the Tour by winning the general classifications in threestage races in the 2012 season: theParis–Nice, theTour de Romandie and the Dauphiné. As atime trialist, Wiggins was thought to be the rider most suited to the race's course.[11] The 2011 Tour winner Evans came back from an illness earlier in the season to win the two-dayCritérium International and place third at the Dauphiné.[14][17] The2010 Vuelta a España winner Nibali had shown his form in the lead-up to the Tour by winning theTirreno–Adriatico stage race.[14]
Thesprinters considered favourites for thepoints classification and wins inbunch sprint finishes wereMark Cavendish (Team Sky),André Greipel (Lotto–Belisol),Matthew Goss (Orica–GreenEDGE),Peter Sagan (Liquigas–Cannondale) andMarcel Kittel (Argos–Shimano).[22][23][24] Cavendish, theworld road race champion and defending points classification winner,[22] did not have the full support of Team Sky as he did in the 2011 Tour with the HTC–Highroad team;[25] Team Sky's focus was on Wiggins' general classification ambitions.[26] He had won the four-stage raceSter ZLM Toer 13 days before the start of the Tour.[27] Greipel, who had the full backing of his team, had shown his form in the season with thirteen victories up to the Tour.[22] Goss was second to Cavendish at the world championships and was the new sprint leader of his team, although he had only one win in the year up to the Tour.[22] Sagan was equal in wins with Greipel with thirteen, of which five came in theTour of California and four in theTour de Suisse.[24] Kittel won two stages in both theTour of Oman and Ster ZLM Toer.[23][28]
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On 29 October 2010, the ASO announced that Liège would host the 2012 edition's opening stages (known as theGrand Départ).[30][31] Further details of the first three stages held in Belgium were released at an event at the city's Prince-Bishops' Palace on 18 November.[32] Liège, which had also hosted the2004Grand Départ, became the first city outside France to host theGrand Départ twice.[33] The entire route of the race was accidentally published on the ASO website on 10 October 2011, eight days before the official presentation at thePalais des Congrès in Paris.[34] At the event, the race director,Christian Prudhomme, said, "It's a Tour designed to widen the possibilities".[35] The route was noted as being innovative when compared to recent years, with fewer high altitude stage finishes, and more of a focus on medium mountain stages andindividual time trials.[36] Due to a clash with the start of theOlympics at the end of July, the Tour began a week earlier than usual.[33]
After the openingprologue in Liège, stage one left the city with the finish inSeraing. The second stage took place betweenVisé toTournai. The race then moved into north-west France, with the third stage ending in the coastal city ofBoulogne-sur-Mer, before the fourth ended inRouen, and the fifth inSaint-Quentin. Stage six took the race east, with the seventh ending in theVosges Mountains. Stage eight then entered theJura Mountains, with the finish inPorrentruy, Switzerland. A return to France saw the next stage take place betweenArc-et-Senans toBesançon. The next stages, ten and eleven, went into theAlps, and stages twelve and thirteen took the Tour down to the Mediterranean coast atCap d'Agde. Stage fourteen moved the race into the east ofPyrenees, before a transitional stage taking it to the western side of the mountains for the next two stages. Stage eighteen was held betweenBlagnac toBrive-la-Gaillarde in the south of the country, before a long transfer took the race back to the north-east for two further stages, with the finish on theChamps-Élysées in Paris.[37]
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi), 133.1 km (82.7 mi) shorter than the 2011 Tour.[38][39] The longestmass-start stage was the twelfth at 226 km (140 mi), and stage 21 was the shortest at 120 km (75 mi).[37] The race featured twice the time trialling distance of the previous Tour, a total of 101.1 km (63 mi), with the prologue, stage nine and stage nineteen.[35][37] Of the remaining stages, nine were officially classified as flat, four as medium mountain and five as high mountain.[40][41] There were three summit finishes: stage 7, toLa Planche des Belles Filles; stage 11, toLa Toussuire-Les Sybelles; and stage 17, toPeyragudes.[42] TheCol du Grand Colombier, in the Alps, was included for the first time,[35] and was among sixhors catégorie (English: beyond category) rated climbs in the race.[29] Thehighest point of elevation in the race was the 2,115 m (6,939 ft)-highCol du Tourmalet mountain pass on stage sixteen.[43] There were nine new stage start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage nine, inMâcon, and fifteen, inPau.[37]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 30 June | Liège (Belgium) | 6.4 km (4 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | |
| 1 | 1 July | Liège (Belgium) toSeraing (Belgium) | 198 km (123 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Peter Sagan (SVK) | |
| 2 | 2 July | Visé (Belgium) toTournai (Belgium) | 207.5 km (129 mi) | | Flat stage |  Mark Cavendish (GBR) | |
| 3 | 3 July | Orchies toBoulogne-sur-Mer | 197 km (122 mi) |  | Medium mountain stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | |
| 4 | 4 July | Abbeville toRouen | 214.5 km (133 mi) | | Flat stage |  André Greipel (GER) | |
| 5 | 5 July | Rouen toSaint-Quentin | 196.5 km (122 mi) | | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) | |
| 6 | 6 July | Épernay toMetz | 205 km (127 mi) | | Flat stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | |
| 7 | 7 July | Tomblaine toLa Planche des Belles Filles | 199 km (124 mi) | | Medium mountain stage | Chris Froome (GBR) | |
| 8 | 8 July | Belfort toPorrentruy (Switzerland) | 157.5 km (98 mi) | | Medium mountain stage |  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | |
| 9 | 9 July | Arc-et-Senans toBesançon | 41.5 km (26 mi) | | Individual time trial | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | |
| 10 July | Mâcon | Rest day | |||||
| 10 | 11 July | Mâcon toBellegarde-sur-Valserine | 194.5 km (121 mi) |  | High mountain stage | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | |
| 11 | 12 July | Albertville toLa Toussuire-Les Sybelles | 148 km (92 mi) | | High mountain stage | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | |
| 12 | 13 July | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne toAnnonay-Davézieux | 226 km (140 mi) | | Medium mountain stage | David Millar (GBR) | |
| 13 | 14 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux toCap d'Agde | 217 km (135 mi) | | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) | |
| 14 | 15 July | Limoux toFoix | 191 km (119 mi) | | High mountain stage |  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | |
| 15 | 16 July | Samatan toPau | 158.5 km (98 mi) | | Flat stage | Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) | |
| 17 July | Pau | Rest day | |||||
| 16 | 18 July | Pau toBagnères-de-Luchon | 197 km (122 mi) | | High mountain stage | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | |
| 17 | 19 July | Bagnères-de-Luchon toPeyragudes | 143.5 km (89 mi) | | High mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | |
| 18 | 20 July | Blagnac toBrive-la-Gaillarde | 222.5 km (138 mi) | | Flat stage | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | |
| 19 | 21 July | Bonneval toChartres | 53.5 km (33 mi) | | Individual time trial | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | |
| 20 | 22 July | Rambouillet toParis (Champs-Élysées) | 120 km (75 mi) | | Flat stage | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | |
| Total | 3,496.9 km (2,173 mi) | ||||||
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The opening 6.4 km (4 mi) prologue stage in Liège was won by RadioShack–Nissan'sFabian Cancellara. Bradley Wiggins andSylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) placed second and third respectively, both seven seconds in arrears, with Wiggins fractionally faster. Cancellara claimed the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and the green jersey as leader of the points classification.[45] In stage one, a large group of riders reached the final climb, the Côte de Seraing. Cancellaraattacked 1.5 km (0.9 mi) from the finish, followed by Peter Sagan andEdvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky), before Sagan won the three-man sprint finish at the summit.Michael Mørkøv of Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank took the firstpolka dot jersey as leader of themountains classification.[46] The next stage was won by Mark Cavendish from a bunch sprint finish in Tournai, Belgium, with Sagan taking the green jersey.[47] Stage three, the first in France, saw Sagan win again, crossing the finish line with a comfortable margin on the short steep climb in Boulogne-sur-Mer.[48] The fourth stage ended with a bunch sprint which was won by André Greipel. A crash with 3 km (1.9 mi) remaining took Cavendish out of contention for the stage win.[49] Another bunch finish occurred on the next stage, with Greipel victorious again.[50] The sixth stage was won by Sagan in another bunch sprint.[51]
In stage seven, the first at altitude, the last of the day'sbreakaway riders were caught with 1.5 km (0.9 mi) remaining, on the final climb to La Planche des Belles Filles. A select group of five – Wiggins and his compatriot and teammateChris Froome, Cadel Evans, Vincenzo Nibali andRein Taaramäe (Cofidis) – then pulled clear in the final kilometre. Evans attacked before Froome countered and went on to win the stage and take the polka dot jersey.[52] Cancellara lost almost two minutes on the day and surrendered the yellow jersey to Wiggins, who became the fifthBritish rider to wear the jersey.[53] The eighth stage saw breakaway rider Thibaut Pinot attack a reduced break on the final climb, theCol de la Croix, and solo to the finish in Porrentruy, Switzerland, taking the victory by margin of 26 seconds. Breakaway riderFredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) took the polka dot jersey.[54] Stage nine's 41.5 km (25.8 mi) individual time trial was won by Wiggins, with Froome 35 seconds down in second and Cancellara a further 22 seconds behind in third. Froome moved up to third overall.[55] The next day was the first rest day of the Tour.[37]
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The tenth stage was the first classified as mountainous. TheCol du Grand Colombier broke apart a 25-rider breakaway, leaving a small group to contest the finish atBellegarde-sur-Valserine;Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) claimed the stage win and the polka dot jersey.[56] Another mountain stage followed the next day, which again saw a large breakaway. The break crossed the twohors catégorie climbs – theCol de la Madeleine and theCol de la Croix de Fer – before being caught by the chasing group, which contained the overall contenders. A number of attacks followed, until Team Europcar'sPierre Rolland escaped with 10 km (6.2 mi) to go and took the win at the Les Sybelles ski resort. The group of overall contenders followed 55 seconds later. Evans was not in the leading contenders group and, due to the time lost, he dropped from second to fourth overall, over three minutes in arrears. Kessiakoff took back the lead of the mountains classification.[57] In stage twelve, a large breakaway formed 20 km (12.4 mi) in, before later reducing to five riders across theCol du Granier. They stayed together until the finish, where, with a kilometre remaining,David Millar (Garmin–Sharp) escaped to take victory, closely followed byJean-Christophe Péraud (Ag2r–La Mondiale).[58] The next stage finished with a bunch sprint won by Greipel, with Sagan second.[59]
In the first stage in the Pyrenees, the fourteenth stage overall, a large breakaway escaped 50 km (31.1 mi) in, and at one point amassed a lead of fifteen minutes. Of the five remaining riders from the final climb ofMur de Péguère,Luis León Sánchez of Rabobank attacked on an ascent with 11.5 km (7.1 mi) remaining and soloed to the finish inFoix. As thepeloton (the main group) passed the Mur de Péguère, a large number of riders suffered tyre punctures; it was later discovered that the race course had been sabotaged with carpet tacks. Evans waited over a minute to get a replacement wheel, then had a further two punctures on the descent. As an act of sportsmanship Wiggins then forced the peloton to wait for Evans to return to the group.[60] The next stage ran through the foothills of the Pyrenees. A five-rider breakaway made it to the finish in Pau, where with 6 km (3.7 mi) to go,Christian Vande Velde (Garmin–Sharp) andPierrick Fédrigo (FDJ–BigMat) escaped with Fédrigo winning the sprint finish between the two cyclists.[61] The following day was the Tour's second rest day.[37]
In the sixteenth stage, the race entered the high mountains with thequeen stage crossing twohors catégorie climbs – theCol d'Aubisque and the Col du Tourmalet – followed by the first-category climbs of theCol d'Aspin and theCol de Peyresourde, completing the so-called "Circle of Death". A 38-rider breakaway crossed the Aubisque, before fracturing on the Tourmalet. Voeckler attacked on the Peyresourde and took the stage win with a margin of one minute and forty seconds. Voeckler's stage victory and maximum points over all summits put him in the lead of the mountains classification. Wiggins, Froome and Nibali came in seven minutes after Voeckler, while Evans lost almost five minutes to the trio, falling from fourth to seventh in the general classification.[62] In the final stage in the Pyrenees, the seventeenth, after a number of attacks on the leading group containing the overall contenders, Alejandro Valverde moved clear over thehors categorie Port de Balès. He held his lead to the summit finish at the Peyragudes ski resort. In the group behind, Wiggins and Froome attacked their rivals to finish nineteen seconds later. Nibali came in seventh, a further eighteen seconds down.[63] In the following stage, six riders from a breakaway were caught on the finishing straight in Brive-la-Gaillarde by the head of the chasing peloton, with Cavendish taking the victory ahead of Matthew Goss and Sagan respectively.[64]
Wiggins secured the general classification in the penultimate stage's 53.5 km (33.2 mi) individual time trial. Froome placed second, one minute and sixteen seconds behind, with Sánchez a further 34 seconds behind in third.[65] In the final stage, Cavendish won his fourth consecutive Champs-Élysées stage, to record his third stage win of the race. Wiggins finished the race to become the first British rider to win the Tour de France.[66] Wiggins finished 3 min 21 s clear of compatriot and teammate Froome. Nibali placed third at 6 min 19 s behind Wiggins. Sagan won the points classification with a total of 421, 141 ahead of Greipel in second. Voeckler won the mountains classification with 135 points, 12 ahead of second-placed Kessiakoff. Thebest young rider was BMC Racing Team riderTejay van Garderen, who was followed by Pinot andSteven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) in second and third respectively. RadioShack–Nissan finished as the winners of theteam classification, over 5 min 46 s ahead of second-placed Team Sky. Of the 198 starters, 153 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris.[67]
During the race's first rest day, the team hotel of the Cofidis squad, inBourg-en-Bresse, was searched byFrench police andgendarmerie. One of the team's riders in the Tour,Rémy Di Gregorio, was arrested in relation to an ongoing anti-doping case, and was immediately suspended by the French team, although the case had been open since 2011, when Di Gregorio was a member of the Astana team.[68] The second rest day was marked by a positive drugs test by Fränk Schleck, the third-placed rider from the 2011 Tour. Schleck was withdrawn from the race by his team after traces ofxipamide, a banned sulfonamide diuretic drug, were found in the A-sample of his urine; the presence of xipamide was later confirmed by the B-sample. Subsequently, in January 2013, he was given a one-year ban by the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency.[69] In July 2014, Denis Menchov was retroactively disqualified from the race by cycling's governing body,Union Cycliste Internationale, for "abnormalities in hisbiological passport".[70]
There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2012 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.[71] There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour.[72] If a crash had happened within the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.[73] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.[71] The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.[74]
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat stage | 45 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Medium mountain stage | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| High mountain stage | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Individual time trial | |||||||||||||||
 | Intermediate sprint | |||||||||||||||
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top fifteen positions in a stage finish, or inintermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The flat stage finishes awarded a maximum of 45 points, the medium mountain stages awarded a maximum of 30 points, and the high mountain stages, time trials and intermediate sprints awarded a maximum of 20 points.[41] The leader was identified by a green jersey.[74]
The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category andhors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. Fourth-category awarded 1 rider with 1 point; third-category awarded 2 riders, the first with 2 points; second-category awarded 4 riders, the first with 5 points; and first-category awarded 6 riders, the first with 10 points; andhors catégorie awarded ten riders, the first with 25 points. Double points were awarded on the summit finishes on stages 1, 11 and 20.[41] The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.[74]
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1987.[72] The leader wore a white jersey.[74]
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.[72] The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and, for first the time in the Tour's history, wore yellowhelmets.[74][75][a]
In addition, there was acombativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".[72] No combativity awards were given for the prologue, the time trials and the final stage.[76] The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.[74] At the conclusion of the Tour,Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) won the overall super-combativity award,[67] again, decided by a jury.[72]
A total of €2,414,246 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €450,000, with the second and third placed riders getting €200,000 and €100,000 respectively. All finishers of the race were awarded money. The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains classifications were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000. The team classification winners were given €50,000.[77] There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5,000,[78] theSouvenir Henri Desgrange, given to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col de la Croix de Fer in stage eleven,[b] and theSouvenir Jacques Goddet, given to the first rider to passGoddet's memorial at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet in stage sixteen.[78] Pierre Rolland won the Henri Desgrange and Thomas Voeckler won the Jacques Goddet.[57][80]
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the winner of thegeneral classification[74] |  | Denotes the winner of thepoints classification[74] |
 | Denotes the winner of themountains classification[74] |  | Denotes the winner of theyoung rider classification[74] |
 | Denotes the winner of theteam classification[74] |  | Denotes the winner of thesuper-combativity award[74] |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 87h 34' 47" |
| 2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | + 3' 21" |
| 3 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 6' 19" |
| 4 |  Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | + 10' 15" |
| 5 |  Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 11' 04" |
| 6 | Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | RadioShack–Nissan | + 15' 41" |
| 7 |  Cadel Evans (AUS) | BMC Racing Team | + 15' 49" |
| 8 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 16' 26" |
| 9 |  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) | Astana | + 16' 33" |
| 10 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | + 17' 17" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 421 |
| 2 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Belisol | 280 |
| 3 | Matthew Goss (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 268 |
| 4 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Sky | 220 |
| 5 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | 160 |
| 6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 144 |
| 7 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 126 |
| 8 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Rabobank | 104 |
| 9 |  Juan José Haedo (ARG) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | 102 |
| 10 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | BMC Racing Team | 100 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | Team Europcar | 135 |
| 2 |  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Astana | 123 |
| 3 |  Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | 77 |
| 4 | Pierre Rolland (FRA) | Team Europcar | 63 |
| 5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 51 |
| 6 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 48 |
| 7 | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 43 |
| 8 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | 40 |
| 9 | Brice Feillu (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | 38 |
| 10 |  Dan Martin (IRL) | Garmin–Sharp | 34 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | 87h 45′ 51" |
| 2 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | + 6' 13" |
| 3 |  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Rabobank | + 1h 05' 48" |
| 4 |  Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 1h 16' 48" |
| 5 | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1h 21' 15" |
| 6 | Rafael Valls (ESP) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 1h 26' 53" |
| 7 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 27' 33" |
| 8 | Dominik Nerz (GER) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 31' 08" |
| 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | + 1h 41' 30" |
| 10 | Davide Malacarne (ITA) | Team Europcar | + 1h 46' 41" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  RadioShack–Nissan | 263h 12' 14" |
| 2 | Team Sky | + 5' 46" |
| 3 | BMC Racing Team | + 36' 29" |
| 4 |  Astana | + 43' 22" |
| 5 | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1h 04' 55" |
| 6 | Movistar Team | + 1h 08' 16" |
| 7 | Team Europcar | + 1h 08' 46" |
| 8 | Team Katusha | + 1h 12' 46" |
| 9 | FDJ–BigMat | + 1h 19' 30" |
| 10 | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 1h 41' 15" |
Riders from the ProTeams competing individually, as well as for their teams and nations, for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings.[85] Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in the general classification and to the top five finishers in each stage.[86] Wiggins moved into the lead of the individual ranking, withJoaquim Rodríguez dropping to second. The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him from 52nd to 6th. Team Sky retained their lead in the team ranking, ahead of second-place Liquigas–Cannondale. Spain remained as the leaders of the nation ranking, with Italy second.[87]
| Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Team Sky | 601 |
| 2 | 1 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | 404 |
| 3 | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 400 |
| 4 | 2 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 368 |
| 5 | 5 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | 351 |
| 6 | 52 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 266 |
| 7 | 6 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 252 |
| 8 | 23 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | 237 |
| 9 | 7 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 210 |
| 10 | 15 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 201 |
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