GRAND TOURS

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Grand Tours

News for 2012 
2012 Race Dates and Routes - Dates for 2012 Grand Tours
Recommended Reading: 2012 Grand Tours by John Wilcockson
 

Dates for 2012 Grand Tours

Tour de France 
Dates: June 30 - July 22, 2012
Route:  Official official route of the Tour de France presentation 18 Oct 2011
2012 Tour de France route revealed by mistake on 10/10/11
2012 Route Rumors by Velo Peloton. The official route of the 2012 Tour de France was announced in Paris on October 18, 2011.
2012 LeTour route presentation: TdF 2012 Route Presentation streaming live
Website: http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDF/COURSE/us/grand_depart_2012.html 


Citizens race: l'Étape du Tour Mondovelo 
ACTE I - 8 July 2012: 140 kilometres from Albertville to La Toussuire/ Les Sybelles

ACTE II - 14 July 2011: 197 kilometres from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon

Etape du Tour details released; uses La Toussuire/Les Sybelles and Bagnères-de-Luchon stages of 2012 Tour
Website: http://www.letapedutour.com/ET1/fr/homepage.html

 

Giro d' Italia 
Dates: May 5-27, 2012
Route: presentation October 16, 2011 in Milan, Italy. 2012 Giro d'Italia Route Presentation - route and maps
Route of the 2012 Giro d'Italia also leaked on 10/10/11
Giro d'Italia 2012 start in Denmark confirmed, by CyclingNews.com
Website: 2012 Giro d'Italia official website

Vuelta a Espana 
Dates: August 18 - September 9, 2012
Route: Route Rumors. More route rumors in CyclingNews Forum. or read 2012 Vuelta a España to start in Pamplona 
Website:  http://www.lavuelta.com/indexen.html

PEDAL DANCER BLOG POSTS - Tour de France

News and fan reports

• A non-cycling fan trip to the TDF
• Tour Travel - Tour de France Stage 10 - 15
• Stay on the wheel - brief stage updates Stage 1 - 9
• Why I love the Tour de France

2012 Tour de France Route

• 2012 Tour de France route revealed
• Recommended Reading: 2012 Grand Tours

2011 Tour de France Route 

• Route of the 2011 Tour de France
• Route maps 2011 Tour de France 
• Strava Tour de France maps 2011

About the Tour de France

• Word of the Day: learn cycling terms
• What is a Dossard?
• Tour de France Trivia
• Tour de France Prize Money
• Who is Škoda
• Publicity Caravan video 
• Rules of the Tour de France for 2011

Word of the Day (series):

• Word of the Day: learn cycling terms
• Word of the Day: Professional Cycling Teams 
• Word of the Day at the TDF: le frère 
• Word of the Day: Repos
• Word of the Day at the TDF: voiture balai 
• Word of the Day at the TDF: Boucle 
• Word of the Day at the TDF: Le maillot verte 
• Word of the Day at the TDF: contre la montre 
• Word of the Day: Prologue 
• Word of the Day: Strade Bianche 
• Word of the Day: Passista, Scattista, Velocista 
• Word of the Day: Embrocation 
• Word of the Day: Dossard 
• Word of the Day: hellingen 
• Word of the Day: tifosi 
• Word of the Day: Penultimate

Recommended Reading :

• Recommended Reading: Tour de France History
• Recommended Reading: 2012 Grand Tours
  

Watch or play Tour de France

• How to watch the Tour de France - TV, online, apps, blogs, photographs
• Tour de France games

Professional cyclists and the Tour

• Team Rosters 2011 Tour de France
• Tour de France Start List & Champions
  
• 2011 National Champions of cycling
• Bernhard Eisel at the Tour de France
• Riders on Twitter at the TDF
• More about the Pro Riders

Pro Teams at the TDF

• More about the Pro Teams
• Team Sponsors
• Team Bikes
• Team Pedals
• Team Jerseys
• Rules of the Tour de France for 2011

Plan a trip to the Tour de France

• Chris and Zak Tackle l'Tour: planning
• Two Americans go to the Tour de France 

Being a fan at the Tour de France 

• Stage Start of the Tour de France
• Images Tour de France 2010
• Final Stage Tour de France - 2010
• 1 year! - I'd like to thank the fans

Cycling the Tour de France

• Climbs of 2012 Tour de France - Alps
• France Cycling tips and stories
• Tips on Traveling in France
• How to order a Coffee in France
• France and food
• The best climbs in Europe
• I was there that day on Luz Ardiden
• "21 levels of hell", or 21 steps to heaven
• 5 weeks in France in 2010 
• The best climbs in Europe in the Grand Tours

2011 Tour de France - daily reports

• Fan Frenzy - Alpe d'Huez, Stage 19
• Fan Frenzy - Characters of the Tour, 18
• Fan Frenzy - Fan won a TDF trip, 17
• Fan Frenzy - Jens Voigt, Stage 16
• Word of the Day: Repos (rest) 
• Word of the Day: contre la montre
• Tour Travel - Tour de France, Stage 15
• Tour Travel - Tour de France, Stage 13
• Tour Travel - Tour de France, Stage 12
• Tour Travel - Tour de France, Stage 11
• Tour Travel - Tour de France, Stage 10
• "I'm in a boat" - rest day, time to play
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 9
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 8
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 7
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 6
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 5
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 4
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 3
• Stay on the wheel - news after Stage 2

2011 Tour de France blog for fans

• Daily stage results and standings
• Rider List and withdrawals from Tour
• Fan Frenzy - 2011 TDF series
• Tour Travel -2011 TDF series
• Stay on the wheel - 2011 TDF series
• Why I love the Tour de France
• How to watch the Tour de France - TV, online, apps, blogs, photographs
• How to track time gaps live
• Route of the 2011 Tour de France
• Route maps 2011 Tour de France
• Withdrawals at the Tour de France
• Tour de France Start List & Champions
• Team Rosters 2011 Tour de France
• 2011 National Champions of cycling
• More about the Pro Riders
• Bernhard Eisel at the Tour de France
• Riders on Twitter at the TDF
• More about the Pro Teams
• Team Sponsors
• Team Bikes
• Team Pedals
• Team Jerseys
• Rules of the Tour de France for 2011
• Tour de France Trivia
• Tour de France Prize Money
• Tour de France games
• What is a Dossard?
• Word of the Day: learn cycling terms
• Who is Škoda
• Publicity Caravan video
• France Cycling tips and stories
• Tips on Traveling in France
• How to order a Coffee in France
• France and food
• The best climbs in Europe
• I was there that day on Luz Ardiden
• "21 levels of hell", or 21 steps to heaven
• 5 weeks in France in 2010
• Stage Start of the Tour de France
• Images Tour de France 2010
• Final Stage Tour de France - 2010
• 1 year! - I'd like to thank the fans

PEDAL DANCER BLOG POSTS - Giro D'Italia

Giro d'Italia
2012

• 2012 Giro d'Italia Route Presentation
• Route of the 2012 Giro d'Italia also leaked - maybe
• Recommended Reading: Italian For Cyclists 

Giro d'Italia

2011 

• Giro route changed into Milan 
• Word of the Day: Strade Bianche 
• A day of Memoriale and Very sad day for a family 
• Preview of the Giro d'Italia 2011 
• Basso - not in the Giro? 
• 2011 Giro d'Italia teams 
• Mountain Stages of the Giro d'Italia 2011 
• The best climbs in Europe in the Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia - Word of the Day / Image of the Day

• Word of the Day: Passista, Scattista, Velocista

PEDAL DANCER BLOG POSTS - Vuelta a Espana

2012 Vuelta a Espana blog for fans

• 2012 Vuelta a España route leaked

2011 Vuelta a Espana blog for fans

• Official race website Vuelta a España
• Watch race live (Steephill.TV links)
• 2011 Vuelta a España route
• 21 stages of La Vuelta 2011
• Vuelta a España team & rider roster list
• Vuelta a España standings (adjust stage#)
• List of past winners of the Vuelta

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