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99th Tour de France

June 30th to Sunday July 22th 2012

Welcome to Gamblers Palace, where you can find thetop sportsbooks in tyhe industry, with the Best outright odds for the Tour de France, latest odds for the yellow jersey, King of the Mountains and stage winner. The 99th Tour de France will start from June 30th to Sunday July 22th 2012. The Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres. Not only is The Tour de France the most recognisable name in world cycling it is one of the world's leading sporting events. Below you can check the Tour De France odds, see Tour De France tips and find great Tour De France sign up bonuses and sports betting articles, relating to Tour De France betting.

Bet Tour de France Today

Betting on the 2012 Tour de France with bookmaker.eu is a terrific way to increase your enjoyment of the most famous event on the international cycling calendar. Hard though it is to believe, 'Le Tour' as its fans like to call it, started out as a marketing exercise for a French newspaper. Maurice Garin won the inaugural Tour de France in 1903 but fell from grace a year later when Le Tour organisers disqualified him for taking a train through part of the route.

The first competitors would not recognise the race today. No longer are competitors expected to ride through the night but the route is much longer in distance and much tougher in terrain. So if you think you can predict the winner of the Tour de France or you as a whole or you have a favourite to win the King of the Mountains place a bet with Bookmaker Sportsbook.

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Tour De France Yellow Jersey Facts

The maillot jaune (yellow jersey), which is worn by the general classification or (overall time) leader, is the most prized. It is awarded by calculating the total combined race time up to that point for each rider. The rider with the lowest total time is the leader, and at the end of the event is declared the overall winner of the Tour.

As of 2005, the first 3 places to finish are awarded bonuses of 20, 12, and 8 seconds respectively, while the first 3 places at intermediate sprints are awarded 6, 4, and 2 seconds. However, these bonuses are rarely significant enough to cause major upset in the classement géneral (General Classification).

Sometimes a rider takes the overall lead during a stage and gets sufficiently far ahead of the yellow jersey wearer his current lead is greater than his time deficit to the yellow jersey in the general classification, when this happens, this rider may be referred to as being "the yellow jersey on the road". Obviously, no jerseys can be exchanged in this situation, which is why in some other languages the leading rider is referred to as the "virtual yellow".

2012 Tour de France Schedule, Route, and Dates

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 fi nishes.

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<

Stages & results

Tour de France 2011 Results

Alberto Contador stood atop the podium at the Tour de France on Sunday for the third time in four years, struggling to rein in his emotions as Spain's national anthem echoed across the wide boulevard of the Champs-Elysees. Off to one side, Lance Armstrong applauded and then, without much fanfare, headed toward the exit. "I need a cold beer," he said when asked his thoughts at the finish line. Rarely has the emergence of a sport's newest superstar dovetailed so neatly with the departure of the last one. Contador held off a next-to-last day challenge from Andy Schleckof Luxembourg, his runner-up for a second consecutive year, draining much of the drama from the 20th and final stage. Denis Menchov of Russia was third overall. More past years tour de france winners here!

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