The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours" (the others being the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are aggregated to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears a yellow jersey. The course changes every year, but the race has always finished in Paris.
The Tour de France 2012 is scheduled to start in the Belgian city of Liège, and end on the Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Who wins the Tour de France 2012?
| | Highest
odds | Lowest
odds |
| Cancellara, Fabian | | |
| Evans, Cadel | 1.12 | 1.12 |
| Wiggins, Bradley | 1.14 | 1.14 |
| Schleck, Andy | 1.22 | 1.22 |
| Nibali, Vincenzo | 1.61 | 1.61 |
| Menchov, Denis | 1.66 | 1.66 |
| Sanchez, Samuel | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| Valverde, Alejandro | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| Gesink, Robert | 1.80 | 1.80 |
| Van Den Broeck, Jurgen | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Schleck, Fränk | 2.10 | 2.10 |
| Horner, Chris | 2.37 | 2.37 |
| Leipheimer, Levi | 2.37 | 2.37 |
| Rolland, Pierre | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Froome, Christopher | 4.33 | 4.33 |
| Brajkovic, Janez | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| Klöden, Andreas | 5.50 | 5.50 |
| Kreuziger, Roman | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Velits, Peter | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| Mollema, Bauke | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Hesjedal, Ryder | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| Duarte, Fabio | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Basso, Ivan | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Cunego, Damiano | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Di Luca, Danilo | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Peraud, Jean-Christophe | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Bruseghin, Marzio | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Cobo, Juan Jose | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Danielson, Tom | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Fuglsang, Jakob | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Martin, Tony | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Moreno, Daniel | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Van Garderen, Tejay | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Vande Velde, Christian | 13.00 | 13.00 |
| Kiserlovski, Robert | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| Monfort, Maxime | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| Taaramäe, Rein | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| Voeckler, Thomas | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| Machado, Tiago | 18.00 | 18.00 |
| Porte, Richie | 18.00 | 18.00 |
| Scarponi, Michele | 18.00 | 18.00 |
| Antón, Igor | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Kruijswijk, Steven | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Martin, Daniel | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Pellizotti, Franco | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Rogers, Michael | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Vanendert, Jelle | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Gadret, John | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Kern, Christophe | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Kessiakoff, Fredrik | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Nieve, Mikel | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Rujano, José | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Sánchez, Luis León | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Zubeldia, Haimar | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Urán, Rigoberto | 26.00 | 26.00 |
| Roche, Nicolas | 29.00 | 29.00 |
| Coppel, Jerome | 34.00 | 34.00 |
| Boasson Hagen, Edvald | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Casar, Sandy | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Gilbert, Philippe | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Le Mével, Christophe | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Rodríguez, Joaquim | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Sagan, Peter | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Thomas, Geraint | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| Seeldraeyers, Kevin | 56.00 | 56.00 |
| Costa, Rui | 81.00 | 81.00 |
| Karpets, Vladimir | 81.00 | 81.00 |
| Moncoutié, David | 81.00 | 81.00 |
| Sivtsov, Kanstantsin | 81.00 | 81.00 |
| Vinokourov, Alexander | 81.00 | 81.00 |
| Cavendish, Mark | 501.00 | 501.00 |
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