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The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race began with a prologue time trial in the Belgian city of Liège, and finished with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. As well as the prologue, the first two race stages took place in Belgium, and one stage finished in Switzerland. Bradley Wiggins () won the overall general classification, and became the first British rider to win the Tour. Wiggins's compatriot and teammate Chris Froome placed second, and Italian Vincenzo Nibali () was third. The race leader's yellow jersey was worn for the first week by Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara (), 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 throughout the rest of the race, winning the two longest time trials, and not losing time to his main challengers for the overall title in the mountains. Froome came second in both the long time trials, and was alongside Wiggins on the mountainous stages. The points classification was won by Nibali's Slovakian teammate, Peter Sagan, who won three stages. German sprinter André Greipel of , and Mark Cavendish, another British rider on , both also won three stages. 's French rider Thomas Voeckler, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification. 's American rider Tejay van Garderen, in fifth place overall, was the best young rider in the general classification. The team classification was won by and Denmark's Chris Anker Sørensen () was given the award for the most combative rider. == Teams == (詳細はUCI ProTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. On 6 April 2012, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations, of which one was Dutch-based and three French. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place outside the Prince-Bishops' Palace in Liège, Belgium, on 28 June, two days before the opening stage held in the city. The number of riders allowed per squad was nine, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. From the riders that began this edition, 153 completed the race. The riders came from 31 countries; France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Australia all had 12 or more riders in the race.〔 The average age of all the riders was 30.17; the youngest riders were Anthony Delaplace (), Dominik Nerz (), Thibaut Pinot () and Peter Sagan (), at 22, and the most senior were riders Chris Horner and Jens Voigt at 40.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2012-statistics )〕 was the youngest team and the oldest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=113093&c=6&statistic=sl_avg_team_age )〕 The teams entering the race were:〔 ProTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Professional Continental teams * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 Tour de France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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