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  • Bornadog
    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
    • Jan 2007
    • 66774
    #1

    Tour de France - 2012

    All starts again this Saturday.



    The route

    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 3,497 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 finishes.

    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

    Official Website here
    FFC: Established 1883

    Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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    • comrade
      Hall of Fame
      • Jun 2008
      • 18034
      #2
      Re: Tour de France - 2012

      Looking forward to it!
      Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.

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        • Bornadog
          WOOF Clubhouse Leader
          • Jan 2007
          • 66774
          #3
          Re: Tour de France - 2012

          Originally posted by comrade
          Looking forward to it!
          Yes some long nights coming up. Hopefully Cadel is right up there again. Will be interesting to see how Greenedge goes. Their aim is to try and win some stages.
          FFC: Established 1883

          Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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            • Mantis
              Hall of Fame
              • Apr 2007
              • 15449
              #4
              Re: Tour de France - 2012

              Originally posted by bornadog
              Yes some long nights coming up. Hopefully Cadel is right up there again. Will be interesting to see how Greenedge goes. Their aim is to try and win some stages.
              Can't see Cadel not being up there again, stronger team and seems to be in good form as evidenced by recent results. The cards fell his way last year with early retirements and other riders being in poor form so all things being equal I'm expecting a tougher challenge this year, but the confidence gained from last years win will be immense... He knows he can win it which is half the battle against others who hope they can.

              Expecting GreenEdge to have a rider in just about every breakaway to try and get sponsors coverage/ stage wins and to support Goss in the sprint stages.

              Sky look super strong, but it's going to interesting to see how they play the Wiggins battle for the GC as well as stage wins for Cavendish... I can't see them wanting to bury too many riders for Cav with the mountains looming.

              The Sky v BMC battle will be intriguing... Can't wait!!!

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                • Greystache
                  Bulldog Team of the Century
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 9775
                  #5
                  Re: Tour de France - 2012

                  Can't wait for it to start, I was on holidays for the entire 3 weeks last year and barely missed a moment. The final stage time trial was one of the best sporting events (from an Australian perspective) I've ever watched.

                  I'm hoping Cadel can do it again, but I think he'll need a lot to go his way.
                  [COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]

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                    • BulldogBelle
                      WOOF Member
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 5284
                      #6
                      Re: Tour de France - 2012

                      I love the TDF and have watched it for many years. It will be a bit different not seeing Andy Schleck out there this year after he pulled out of the race due to fracturing his pelvis.

                      Go Cadel and bring it home again this year!

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                        • westdog54
                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 6686
                          #7
                          Re: Tour de France - 2012

                          I was on nightshift during the last week of last year's tour. I was in the office doing paperwork when Cadel ran his timetrial and I was at home for the last 90 minutes or so of the last stage, sitting with a glass of bundy and toasting Cadel's success. I'm glad I got to watch a bit of Australian Sporting history.

                          I've got the house to myself for the next 3 weeks while my wife and kids are visiting her parents interstate so I'm sure I'll take plenty of it in this year.

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                            • Bornadog
                              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 66774
                              #8
                              Re: Tour de France - 2012

                              Originally posted by BulldogBelle
                              I love the TDF and have watched it for many years. It will be a bit different not seeing Andy Schleck out there this year after he pulled out of the race due to fracturing his pelvis.

                              Go Cadel and bring it home again this year!
                              I use to hate the Schleck brothers but after last year and the sportsmanship they showed towards Cadel I changed my mind. His competitiveness will be missed.
                              FFC: Established 1883

                              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                                • BulldogBelle
                                  WOOF Member
                                  • Nov 2006
                                  • 5284
                                  #9
                                  Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                  Originally posted by bornadog
                                  I use to hate the Schleck brothers but after last year and the sportsmanship they showed towards Cadel I changed my mind. His competitiveness will be missed.
                                  I enjoy watching both the Schlecks but like in any sport I like to see the best out there performing...and I agree with you Andy's competitveness will definitely be missed.

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                                    • Greystache
                                      Bulldog Team of the Century
                                      • Dec 2009
                                      • 9775
                                      #10
                                      Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                      Originally posted by bornadog
                                      I use to hate the Schleck brothers but after last year and the sportsmanship they showed towards Cadel I changed my mind. His competitiveness will be missed.
                                      I watched the One Sunday In Paris documentary tonight on SBS and Andy Schleck really came across as a good guy and an honest competitor.
                                      [COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]

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                                        • SlimPickens
                                          Coaching Staff
                                          • Aug 2010
                                          • 2929
                                          #11
                                          Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                          Sagan takes another stage over night with another impressive win.

                                          Cadel gets through unscathed after a stage filled with crashes, including one in the final 3km which saw Bradley Wiggins go down (he finished the stage comfortably).
                                          "Loves a scrap....oh yeah & he's a pretty handy footballer as well"

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                                            • Greystache
                                              Bulldog Team of the Century
                                              • Dec 2009
                                              • 9775
                                              #12
                                              Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                              Originally posted by SlimPickens
                                              Sagan takes another stage over night with another impressive win.

                                              Cadel gets through unscathed after a stage filled with crashes, including one in the final 3km which saw Bradley Wiggins go down (he finished the stage comfortably).
                                              A Team Sky rider crashed earlier in the stage too. I didn't know much about him but the commentary team were saying he was one of the teams mountain stage domestiques. That may hinder Wiggins later in the tour.
                                              [COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]

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                                                • SlimPickens
                                                  Coaching Staff
                                                  • Aug 2010
                                                  • 2929
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                                  Originally posted by Greystache
                                                  A Team Sky rider crashed earlier in the stage too. I didn't know much about him but the commentary team were saying he was one of the teams mountain stage domestiques. That may hinder Wiggins later in the tour.
                                                  Hopefully definitely the one to beat IMO.
                                                  "Loves a scrap....oh yeah & he's a pretty handy footballer as well"

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                                                    • EasternWest
                                                      Hall of Fame
                                                      • Aug 2009
                                                      • 10002
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                                      Originally posted by bornadog
                                                      I use to hate the Schleck brothers but after last year and the sportsmanship they showed towards Cadel I changed my mind. His competitiveness will be missed.
                                                      I too disliked the Schlecks until after I saw this for the first time:



                                                      "I remember waiting for you."

                                                      Contador is still a dirty cheat though.
                                                      "It's over. It's all over."

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                                                        • Bornadog
                                                          WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                                                          • Jan 2007
                                                          • 66774
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Tour de France - 2012

                                                          Originally posted by EasternWest
                                                          Contador is still a dirty cheat though.
                                                          No more than many others, but I believe that has all but been cleaned up. You would have to be crazy to use performance enhancement drugs. Have a look at what is coming out now about Armstrong.
                                                          FFC: Established 1883

                                                          Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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