Tour de France 2012: Cycling Weekly's coverage index
The 2012 Tour de France starts on Saturday June 30 in Liège, Belgium, and finishes three weeks later on the Champs Élysées in Paris on Sunday, July 22.
We will be covering the race in full, with daily stage reports, live text coverage, photo galleries from Cycling Weekly's Graham Watson and Andy Jones, rider interviews, post-stage analysis and much more.
All of our articles will be linked from this page, making it easy for you to keep track of everything that is happening in this year's Tour de France.
Keep checking back for the very latest updates.
Tour de France 2012: Stages, previews, reports and photos
Stage | Date | From | To | Length | Preview | Report | Photos |
Prologue | Sat, Jun 30 | Liège | Liège | 6.4km ITT | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 1 | Sun, Jul 1 | Liège | Seraing | 198km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 2 | Mon, Jul 2 | Visé | Tournai | 207.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 3 | Tues, Jul 3 | Orchies | Boulogne-sur-Mer | 197km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 4 | Weds, Jul 4 | Abbeville | Rouen | 214.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 5 | Thurs, Jul 5 | Rouen | Saint-Quentin | 196.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 6 | Fri, Jul 6 | Épernay | Metz | 207.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 7 | Sat, Jul 7 | Tomblaine | La Planche des Belles Filles | 199km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 8 | Sun, Jul 8 | Belfort | Porrentruy | 157.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 9 | Mon, Jul 9 | Arc-et-Senans | Besançon | 41.5km ITT | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
REST | Tues, Jul 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Stage 10 | Weds, Jul 11 | Mâcon | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | 194.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 11 | Thurs, Jul 12 | Albertville | La Toussuire - Les Sybelles | 148km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 12 | Fri, Jul 13 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | Annonay Davézieux | 226km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 13 | Sat, Jul 14 | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux | Le Cap d'Agde | 217km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 14 | Sun, Jul 15 | Limoux | Foix | 191km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 15 | Mon, Jul 16 | Samatan | Pau | 158.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
REST | Tues, Jul 17 | Pau | - | - | - | >>>> | - |
Stage 16 | Weds, Jul 18 | Pau | Bagnères-de-Luchon | 197km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 17 | Thurs, Jul 19 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Peyragudes | 143.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 18 | Fri, Jul 20 | Blagnac | Brive-la-Gaillarde | 222.5km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 19 | Sat, Jul 21 | Bonneval | Chartres | 53.5km ITT | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Stage 20 | Sun, Jul 22 | Rambouillet | Paris Champs-Élysées | 120km | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> |
Tour de France 2012: Latest news
Cavendish caps Sky's successful Tour with incredible win in Paris
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Cavendish recognises advantage in missed Tour chances ahead of Olympics
Orica-GreenEdge still learning in debut Tour
Hoy says a Wiggins win would be greatest ever British sporting achievement
Cavendish adds to impressive Tour de France for Sky
Schleck's Tour B sample also positive for banned substance
Sky's quick exit strategy from the Tour
Wiggins and Froome explain Tour stage 17 final climb debate
Liquigas hopes Tour success could help find sponsor
Froome: Nibali's attacks weren't going anywhere
Wiggins' Tour de France training
Voigt tries to carry on as RadioShack's future seems in doubt
Tour de France 2012: Teams, riders, start list
Tour 2012: Who will win?
Tour de France 2012 start list and withdrawals
Tour de France 2012 team list
Tour de France 2012: Stage reports
Stage 20: Wiggins wins 2012 Tour as Cavendish takes final stage
Stage 19: Wiggins wins time trial to claim Tour de France
Stage 18: Cavendish wins Tour stage 18 with irresistible sprint
Stage 17: Wiggins step closer to Paris as Valverde wins stage
Stage 16: Voeckler the Pyrenean king as he wins in Bagneres de Luchon
Stage 15: Fedrigo wins, day off for peloton
Stage 14: Sanchez solos to Foix victory to save Rabobank's Tour
Stage 13: Greipel survives climb and crosswinds to win third Tour stage
Stage 12: Millar wins Tour stage nine years from his last
Stage 11: Wiggins strengthens Tour lead as Evans slips back
Stage 10: Voeckler wins and saves his Tour
Stage nine: Wiggins destroys opposition in Besancon TT
Stage eight: Pinot solos to Tour win as Wiggins fights off attacks
Stage seven: Wiggins takes yellow as Froome wins stage
Stage six: Sagan wins third Tour stage
Stage five: Greipel wins again as Cavendish fades
Stage four: Greipel wins stage after Cavendish crashes
Stage three: Sagan runs away with it in Boulogne
Stage two: Cavendish takes 21st Tour stage victory
Stage one: Sagan wins at first attempt
Prologue: Cancellara wins, Wiggins second
Tour de France 2012: Comment, analysis, blogs
Analysis: What we learned at La Planche des Belles Filles
Analysis: How much time could Wiggins gain in Tour's time trials
CW's Tour de France podcasts
Blog: Tour presentation - chasing dreams and autographs
Comment: Cavendish the climber
Tour de France 2012: Photo galleries
Stage 20 by Graham Watson
Stage 19 by Graham Watson
Stage 18 by Graham Watson
Stage 17 by Graham Watson
Stage 16 by Graham Watson
Stage 15 by Graham Watson
Stage 14 by Graham Watson
Stage 13 by Graham Watson
Stage 12 by Graham Watson
Stage 11 by Graham Watson
Stage 10 by Graham Watson
Stage nine by Graham Watson
Stage eight by Graham Watson
Stage seven by Graham Watson
Stage six by Graham Watson
Stage five by Graham Watson
Stage four by Graham Watson
Stage three by Graham Watson
Stage two by Andy Jones
Stage two by Graham Watson
Stage one by Graham Watson
Prologue photo gallery by Andy Jones
Prologue photo gallery by Roo Rowler
Prologue photo gallery by Graham Watson
Tour de France 2012: Team presentation
Sky and Rabobank Tour de France recce
Tour de France 2012: Live text coverage
Stage 18 live coverage
Stage 17 live coverage
Stage 16 live coverage
Stage 12 live coverage
Stage 11 live coverage
Stage 10 live coverage
Stage nine live coverage
Stage six live coverage
Stage five live coverage
Stage four live coverage
Stage three live coverage
Cycling Weekly's live text coverage schedule
Tour de France 2012: TV schedule
ITV4 live schedule
British Eurosport live schedule
Tour de France 2012: Related links
Brits in the Tours: From Robinson to Cavendish
Brief history of the Tour de France
Tour de France 2011: Cycling Weekly's coverage index
1989: The Greatest Tour de France ever
Tour de France 2012: Older news items
Frank Schleck positive for banned substance at Tour
Rest day review (July 17)
Defending Tour champ Evans has work to do in Pyrenees
Sprinters' teams unwilling to work on stage 15
Evans suffers multiple punctures after Tour tack attack
Froome not winning this year's Tour is 'very great sacrifice'
Frank Schleck criticises 'boring' Tour de France
Wiggins: Cycling's new boss?
Wiggins still Sky's main man as Tour heads towards Pyrenees
Millar's Tour win comes after 'second chance'
Froome explains his attack on La Toussuire
Nibali fails to crack Sky but pleased with Tour mountains performance
Roche ready to achieve career-long Tour top ten ambition
Wiggins: 'I'm not some s**t rider that's come from nowhere
Nibali hits out at Wiggins after Tour frustration
Cavendish enjoying new Tour role
Wiggins taking nothing for granted in 'dream scenario'
Sky keeping Tour focus on Wiggins
Di Gregorio arrested by police at Tour de France
Daniel Martin courts King of the Mountains jersey
Wiggins' special yellow Tour de France skinsuit
Tony Martin abandons Tour de France
Wiggins proud of Tour time trial stage win
Wiggins lashes out after doping accusations
Evans and BMC out-gunned by Sky in the mountains
Wiggins looking to keep Tour lead until Paris
Froome on Tour stage win: I had the legs and went for it
Martin to lead Garmin in the mountains as Hesjedal withdraws
Dislocated shoulder hinders Greipel sprint
Hesjedal may be out of Tour after Garmin suffer in crash
Stage seven video preview
The Feed Zone: Tour news round-up (July 5)
Celebrating the Tour's lead-out men
Liquigas's yellow and green jersey aim at Tour
Brailsford: Sky on the front for Cav and Wiggins
Fourth Tour crash for Farrar
Greipel on a roll at the Tour
Cavendish and Eisel expected to continue after stage four crash
Injury report: Tour stage four
Garmin-Sharp adjust Tour de France plans after injury problems
Sky down to eight after Siutsou crash
Kittel recovering from illness
Explaining the three kilometre rule
Sky's embarrassment of riches
Rogers back on form and backing Wiggins in the Tour
Martin to continue in Tour despite fractured wrist
Liquigas coach tips Sagan for future Grand Tour win
Cancellara's win lifts morale in RadioShack team
Hincapie makes history with 17th Tour startGoss has eye on Tour's green jersey
Hincapie's lucky seventeen bike
Evans ready to fight for his Tour title
Tour de France 2012: Teams presented in Liege
Millar misses Tour presentation due to illness
Nibali plans mountain attack in Tour
Sky Tour de France recon: Photo special
Hesjedal ready to take on Tour
Tour 2012: Who will win?
Tour won't knock Cavendish down
Brailsford: You've got to prioritise
Sky releases official team song ahead of Tour
Henderson on Lotto's united front
Orica-GreenEdge in hunt for stage wins at Tour
Bruyneel to miss Tour de France
Giro winner Hesjedal heads Garmin's Tour squad
Team Sky Tour squad announced
Leipheimer to lead Omega Pharma in Tour
Strong BMC team for defending Tour champ Evans
Menchov gunning for Tour de France overall
Wiggins: No pressure, only excitement ahead of Tour
Kittel to make Tour debut
Gesink headlines Rabobank Tour line-up
Andy Schleck out of 2012 Tour
Hincapie to retire after record-breaking 17th Tour
Wiggins: This is the best shape I've been in for Tour
Andy Schleck receives 2010 Tour yellow jersey
Orica-GreenEdge to strengthen sprint train for Tour
Argos-Shimano, Cofidis, Saur-Sojasun and Europcar in Tour
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