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Bradley Wiggins wins 2012 Tour de France as Cavendish takes final stage

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History has been made. Bradley Wiggins (Sky) won the 2012 Tour de France overall in Paris on Sunday, becoming the first British rider to take the victory in the most prestigious event in the cycling calendar. And team-mate Mark Cavendish took an unprecedented fourth consecutive win on the Champs Élysées to top off a remarkable Tour.

A chunk of Britain was transported to the iconic Champs Élysées, as Union-flag-waving fans turned out in force to celebrate what must rank as the country's greatest cycling triumph. And they were there to celebrate Britain's most accomplished all-round cyclist, who adds the yellow jersey to six Olympic medals, three of them gold.

Wiggins' Sky team-mate and fellow Brit Chris Froome finished in second place crowning what has been a dominant display by Team Sky over the past three weeks in France. Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) finished third overall, six minutes and 19 seconds behind Wiggins. By his own admission, he was unable to compete with the Sky duo.

Defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) also suffered during the race, but hung on to a respectable seventh place overall.

Wiggins' Tour campaign has been faultless. After placing second behind Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) in the opening prologue in Liege, Wiggins kept himself out of trouble in a crash-festooned first week. He then took charge of the overall classification after stage seven to La Planche des Belles Filles, and then took his first Tour stage win in the time trial two days later.

Wiggins' grip on the yellow jersey tightened in the Alps and Pyrenees, where the combined effort of Froome and Wiggins dispensed their rivals with an air of cool calm.

Any doubt of which of the two talented Britons should be leading Sky was dispelled on Saturday, when Wiggins obliterated the field in the final time trial, winning by well over a minute over Froome, who himself had put in a stellar ride to place well ahead of Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank).

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Final stage action

The day started in Rambouillet with the traditional final day procession featuring photo opportunities for the press and a tangible sense of relief from the remaining 153 riders in the race that they'd made it to Paris.

As soon as the riders hit the cobbles of the Champs Élysées the pace upped. With a flurry of attacks led by Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan). The German was eventually joined by ten other riders and they quickly opened up a gap of 30 seconds and sustained the advantage until the final 10 kilometres when only Voigt, Rui Costa (Movistar) and Sebastien Minard (Ag2r) remained.

Behind, a combination of Sky and Liquigas-Cannondale riders led the bunch to try and bring it all back together for a bunch sprint for Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan respectively.

The escape were caught in the final few kilometres as Wiggins hit the front of the bunch to enormous cheers from the crowd. Wiggins blistering pace set up the Sky train to deliver Cavendish to his third stage win of the 2012 race, and his fourth consecutive victory on the Tour's final stage.

It was a very fitting end to a very British Tour, where the Brits won seven stages - a third of the total.

Green jersey sensation Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) finished in second place, with Australian Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) in third.

A year of firsts

As well as this being Britain's first Tour win in the race's 99 editions, there are a number of other records set this year. Wiggins' win aside, Froome's second place is the first time that a Briton has stood on the second step of the podium at the Tour.

It's the first time that four different British riders - Wiggins, Froome, Cavendish and Millar - have won stages in the same edition of the race.

Wiggins sets a new British record for the most amount of days spent in the yellow jersey - 13. Incidentally, Britain becomes the 13th nation to provide a Tour de France winner.

Wiggins is also the first Olympic gold medallist to win the Tour overall. And now he goes into the London 2012 Games as outright favourite to win gold in the time trial event.

On stage 18, Cavendish equalled sprinter Andre Darrigade's stage win record set between 1953 and 1964 for a sprinter when he claimed his 22nd stage victory. Cavendish's 23rd stage win in Paris means he is now the Tour's most successful sprinter of all time. The outright record for most stage wins is held by Eddy Merckx, with 34 victories.

It was also a full set of firsts for the other classifications: Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) took three stages and earned the green jersey in his debut Tour. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) gave the home nation plenty to cheer about once again with two stage wins and the King of the Mountains title. American Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) marked himself out as a future Grand Tour contender with solid rides in the mountains and time trials to win the youth classification.

RadioShack-Nissan won the team classification, some consolation for what has been a torrid Tour for the team that hit a low with the departure of Frank Schleck after he tested positive for a banned diuretic during the race.

As well as a Tour of firsts, it's a Tour of lasts - for George Hincapie (BMC Racing), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan). All three veteran professionals have now completed their final Tour. In the case of Hincapie, he sets a new record of 17 participations and equalled Joop Zoetemelk's record of 16 Tour finishes.

Results Tour de France 2012, stage 20: Rambouillet to Paris, Champs-Élysées, 120km

1. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky in 3-08-07

2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale

3. Matt Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge

4. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank

5. Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM

6. Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol

7. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana

8. Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol

9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky

10. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun all same time

54. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky at 9 secs

Final overall classification

1. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky in 87-34-47

2. Chris Froome (GBr) Sky at 3-21

3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale at 6-19

4. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol at 10-15

5. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing at 11-04

6. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan at 15-41

7. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing at 15-49

8. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Europcar at 16-26

9. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana at 16-33

10. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-BigMat at 17-17

12. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale at 19-33

35. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp at 1-25-23

95. Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing at 2-47-03

106. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp at 2-55-24

142. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky at 3-28-36

Points competitions (green jersey)

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale

King of the Mountains (polka-dot jersey)

1. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Europcar

Youth classification (white jersey)

1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing

Team classification

1. RadioShack-Nissan

British invasion of Paris

Richie Porte leads the way on the Champs Élysées

Mark Cavendish wins in Paris

Bradley Wiggins wins overall

Jersey winners (l to r): Sagan, Wiggins, Voeckler and Van Garderen

Tour de France 2012: Latest news

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Sky's quick exit strategy from the Tour

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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 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 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

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Tour de France 2012: Related links

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2012 Tour de France July, 2012

Stage 20, sunday, july 22: rambouillet - paris/ champs élysées.

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Stage 20, Sunday, July 22: Rambouillet - Paris/ Champs Élysées, 120 km

• Km 36.5: Côte de Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, 1.1 km @ 6.7% - Category 4
• Km 40.5: Côte de Châteaufort (Stèle Jacques Anquetil), 0.9 km @ 4.5% - Category 4

The Race: After the usual celebrations along the way to Paris, the pack hit the Champs Elysées. George Hincapie , who will retire this year with a record 17 Tour starts, was allowed to lead the pack onto the circuit. Then it was elbows, belly buttons and ears all over the place when Jens Voigt ripped himself clear of the field with Danilo Hondo close on him. Eventually eleven riders formed a hard-charging break that extracted a half-minute from the Sky-led peloton.

Late in the stage the break fell apart, but Voigt, Sebastian Minard and Rui Faria da Costa fought on. With a couple of kilometers to go it looked like the break might make it. But Liquigas had joined the chase, the break was snuffed and the pack was together for a perfect leadout for Mark Cavendish. It was no contest, Cavendish was blindlingly fast as his won his 23rd Tour stage and fourth straight victory on the Champs Elysées.

Sky executed a fabulous Tour. Wiggins, never lower than second in GC, won both time trials and never had a serious challenge in the mountains from another team. Teammate Chris Froome was a strong second in GC while Mark Cavendish won three stages.

• Mark Cavendish (Sky) 3hr 8min 7sec. 38.3 km/hr
• Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
• Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
• Juan José Haedo (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
• Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil) s.t.
• Gregory Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
• Borut Bozic (Astana) s.t.
• André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
• Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
• Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
• Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
• Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
• Yohann Gene (Europcar) s.t.
• Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r) s.t.
• Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 4sec
• Janez Brajkovic (Astana) s.t.
• Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
• Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
• Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) s.t.
• Vasili Kiryienka (Movistar) s.t.
• Philippe Gilbert (BMC) s.t.
• Pierre Rolland (Europcar) s.t.
• Jonathan Cantwell (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
• Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
• Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
• Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 7sec
• Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
• Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
• Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
• Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
• Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) @ 9sec
• Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) s.t.
• Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
• Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
• Juan José Cobo (Movistar) s.t.
• Christopher Horner (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
• Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
• Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
• Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
• Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) s.t.
• Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick step) s.t.
• Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) s.t.
• Gullaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
• Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
• George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
• Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) s.t.
• Luis Angel MAte (Cofidis) s.t.
• StevenKruijswijk (Rabobank) s.t.
• Dominic Nerz (Liquigas) s.t.

• Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 87hr 34min 47sec
• Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 3min 21sec
• Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) @ 6min 19sec
• Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) @ 10min 15sec
• Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) @ 11min 4sec
• Haimar Zubeldia (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 15min 41sec
• Cadel Evans (BMC) @ 15min 49sec
• Pierre Rolland (Europcar) @ 16min 26sec
• Janez Brajkovic (Astana) @ 16min 33sec
• Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 17min 17sec
• Andréas Klöden (Radi Shack-Nissan) @ 17min 54sec
• Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 19min 33sec
• Christopher Horner (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 19min 55sec
• Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 25min 27sec
• Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 27min 22sec
• Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 28min 30sec
• Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) @ 31min 46sec
• Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Movistar) @ 27min 3sec
• Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) @ 38min 16sec
• Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 42min 26sec
• Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) @ 45min 43sec
• Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 46min 52sec
• Michael Rogers (Sky) @ 54min 52sec
• Michele Scarponi (Lampre) @ 58min 37sec
• Ivan Basso (Liquigas) @ 59min 44sec
• Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) @ 1hr 4min 41sec
• Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 5min 10sec
• Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1hr 5min 39sec
• Jelle Venedert (Lotto-Belisol) @ 1hr 8min 26sec
• Juan José Cobo (Movistar) @ 1hr 9min 19sec
• Alexandre Vinokoruov (Astana) @ 1hr 15min 21sec
• Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 16min 29sec
• Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 16min 52sec
• Richie Porte (Sky) @ 1hr 20min 49sec
• Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1hr 25min 23sec
• Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 27min 52sec
• Gianpaolo Caruso (Katusha) @ 1hr 28min 32sec
• George Hincapie (BMC) @ 1hr 30min 38sec
• Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 32min 19sec
• Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) @ 1hr 34min 33sec
• Rafel Valls (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 37min 57sec
• Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 1hr 38min 37sec
• Andriy Grivko (Astana) @ 1hr 38min 41sec
• Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) @ 1hr 40min 44sec
• Amaël Moinard (BMC) @ 1hr 41min 0sec
• Philippe Gilbert (BMC) @ 1hr 41min 35sec
• Dominik Nerz (Liquigas) @ 1hr 42min 12sec
• Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 1hr 42min 39sec
• Michael Schär (BMC) @ 1hr 43min 53sec
• Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 47min 14sec
• Thomas Voeckler (Europcar): 135 points
• Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana): 123
• Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff): 77
• Pierre Rolland (Europcar): 63
• Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 51
• Peter Sagan (Liquigas): 421 points
• André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol): 280
• Matthew Harley Goss (Orica-GreenEdge): 268
• Mark Cavendish (Sky): 220
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky): 160
• Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 87hr 45min 46sec
• Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 6min 13sec
• Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) @ 1hr 5min 48sec
• Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) @ 1hr 16min 48sec
• Gorka Izaguirre (Wuskaltel) @ 1hr 21min 15sec

Team Classification:

• Radio Shack-Nissan: 263hr 12min 1sec
• Sky @ 5min 54sec
• BMC @ 36min 36sec
• Astana @ 43min 35sec
• Liquigas @ 1hr 4min 58sec

Stage 20 map and profile

Stage 20 map

Stage 20 profile

Stage 20 photos

Before the riders arrive there is the publicity caravan.

The British fans were out in force.

Team Sky with Saxo-Tinkoff moving up

Mark Cavendish spent the stage glued to Wiggins' wheel.

What a Tour for Thomas Voeckler!

Another panorama

For a while it looked like the Jens Voigt break was going to make it.

Peter Sagan congratulates Mark Cavendish

That should be 23 carrer Tour stage wins for Cavendish.

We'll be seing a lot more of Peter Sagen in the future.

Thomas Voeckler, the smartest rider in the peloton

Tejay Van Garderen, best young rider

Chris "It's Only a Flesh Wound" Anker Sorensen, winner of the Tour's combativity prize.

Radio Shack-Nissan won the team prize.

Final 2012 GC podium: Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins, Vincenzo Nibali

Braley Wiggins and Sky executed a perfect Tour. No one or team was on their level. It will be interesting next year when Alberto Contador is in the mix.

The jersey winners

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Wiggins Wins 2012 Tour de France

Cavendish wins fourth Paris sprint as Sky takes two podium spots

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 3hr 08min 07sec

2. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) at 0:00sec.

3. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 0:00.

4. Juan Jose Haedo (ARG/SAX) 0:00.

5. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 0:00.

6. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 0:00.

7. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 0:00.

8. Andre Greipel (GER/LTB) 0:00.

9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00.

10. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 0:00.

11. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 0:00.

12. Koen de Kort (NED/ARG) 0:00.

13. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 0:00.

14. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 0:00.

15. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 0:00.

16. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 0:04.

17. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 0:04.

18. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 0:04.

19. Andrei Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 0:04.

20. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 0:04.

21. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 0:04.

22. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 0:04.

23. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:04.

24. Jonathan Cantwell (AUS/SAX) 0:04.

25. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 0:04.

26. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 0:04.

27. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:07.

28. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 0:07.

29. Marcel Sieberg (GER/LTB) 0:07.

30. Michael Schar (SWI/BMC) 0:07.

31. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 0:07.

32. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/EUC) 0:09.

33. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:09.

34. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 0:09.

35. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:09.

36. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 0:09. Final Overall Standings: 1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 87hr 34min 42sec 2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at 3min 21sec. 3. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 6:19. 4. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 10:15. 5. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 11:04. 6. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 15:43. 7. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 15:51. 8. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 16:31. 9. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) 16:38. 10. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 17:17. 11. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 17:54. 12. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 19:33. 13. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 19:55. 14. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 25:27. 15. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 27:22. 16. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 28:30. 17. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 31:46. 18. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 37:03. 19. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 38:16. 20. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 42:26. 21. Jerome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 45:43. 22. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 46:52. 23. Michael Rogers (AUS/SKY) 54:52. 24. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 58:37. 25. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 59:44. 26. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 1h04:41. 27. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 1h05:10. 28. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 1h05:39. 29. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 1h08:26. 30. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/MOV) 1h09:19. 31. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 1h15:21. 32. Levi Leipheimer (USA/OPQ) 1h16:29. 33. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 1h16:52. 34. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 1h20:49. 35. Daniel Martin (EIR/GRM) 1h25:23. 36. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h27:52. 37. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 1h28:32. 38. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h30:38. 39. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h32:19. 40. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 1h34:33. 41. Rafael Valls (ESP/VAC) 1h37:57. 42. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 1h38:37. 43. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1h38:41. 44. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 1h40:44. 45. Amael Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h41:00. 46. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 1h41:35. 47. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 1h42:12. 48. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 1h42:39. 49. Michael Schar (SWI/BMC) 1h43:53. 50. Sergio Paulinho (POR/SAX) 1h47:14. 51. 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Tour de France 2012: How one man's vision made Bradley Wiggins a star

13 July 2007 Bourg-en-Bresse Tour de France Stage Six

After an incredible solo breakaway, Bradley Wiggins emerges to claim his first podium on the Tour de France. Riding for Cofidis, Wiggins earns the prize for the day's most aggressive rider having spent virtually the whole stage out in front only to be reeled in at the end by the peloton. It proves his credentials on the Tour and Dave Brailsford [performance director of British Cycling] confirms his vision that a clean British rider could win the Tour within five years.

An hour later, with the dust settling on the stage and the finish area being noisily dismantled by members of the Tour's vast travelling army of workers, Brailsford sits in a bar and reviews the day. While his companions drink beer, he orders mineral water. "I'm in training," he explains. "I'm riding l'Etape du Tour [a stage of the Tour, the popular mass-participation ride] with Shane [Sutton]."

Until now, Brailsford, though he has become a familiar figure at track cycling events, has not been a regular visitor to the Tour de France. But there's a good reason for that: it falls outside his remit. Three years earlier he had inherited [British Cycling's] track-focused programme known as the World Class Performance Plan, devised by his predecessor, Peter Keen. As Brailsford sits down in Bourg-en-Bresse he can reflect that Keen's World Class Performance Plan is exactly a decade old; what he cannot see, other than in his wildest dreams, is that in 13 months it will come to glorious fruition at the Beijing Olympics.

Something else is afoot here, however, and it has nothing to do with Beijing, and it has nothing to do with track cycling. Brailsford appears to be looking beyond all that, to some distant, imagined horizon. You can see it in his piercing blue eyes; they blaze with enthusiasm and sparkle with the excitement of a child catching a first, thrilling glimpse of … well, of the Tour de France.

As he outlines his dream, his enthusiasm intensifies; in fact, the plan seems to be progressing rapidly and taking shape in his imagination right here, under the large canopy of a tree, just outside a bar in Bourg-en-Bresse.

There have been several catalysts, says Brailsford, which all add up to "a critical mass", or a tipping point. "That was a good effort from Brad today," he says. "Good to see him having a go."

But Wiggins' big day out had been the icing on the cake – or the cherry on the icing on the cake. A few days earlier, Brailsford and a million or so others had been in London for the Tour's first Grand Départ on British soil. The Tour had got under way with a prologue time trial around the British capital, passing the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, before, the next day, a road race stage took them to Canterbury along roads lined the entire way with spectators. It had been extraordinary – a weekend in which you'd have been forgiven for thinking that London was cycling's spiritual home – and which prompted Christian Prudhomme, the Tour director, to eulogise London and Britain in a way that no Frenchman had done since Napoleon III. "I do not know when we will come back," said Prudhomme. "But one thing is certain: it is not possible for us not to return."

Yet Brailsford feels that something even more significant than the London Grand Départ is brewing. Five British riders are riding – the biggest British participation since the last British team to ride the Tour, the ill-fated ANC-Halfords squad, took part in 1987. And among those five riders are two highly promising youngsters, Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas.

This has got Brailsford thinking. Twelve months after watching the then 19-year-old Cavendish win a gold medal at the World Track Championships in Los Angeles, Brailsford and Sutton [British Cycling's head coach] found themselves at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. It being the Commonwealth Games, at which riders compete for the home nations rather than for Great Britain, Brailsford and Sutton were not as occupied, or under as much pressure, as they'd usually be during a major championship. They spent a fair amount of time sitting together in the stands, watching Cavendish win another gold medal on the track, this time for the Isle of Man, and they discussed the future. They cast their minds back to the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, and forward to the Delhi Games in 2010. In between, of course, were the Olympics. But a sense of repetition, of being locked into a cycle of major games, was evident. Because that is the limitation of track cycling: it's all about the major games and world championships; there is no velodrome-staged equivalent of the Tour de France or Giro d'Italia, or Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix.

These road races are the monuments of the sport; where the history, the prestige and the money is. "We were thinking," Sutton said later, "that we can't keep doing this forever. We've got to do something different."

The conversation went no further. But 10 months later, back in Los Angeles for a track world cup meeting, Brailsford and Sutton once again found themselves with time to kill, and again they began to project beyond Beijing. Ironically, this owed to a stroke of misfortune for one of the latest of the talented young British riders to emerge, Ben Swift. Swift had been due to ride the madison with Rob Hayles, but he crashed and broke his collarbone. "Shane and I had a lot of time on our own and a lot of time to chat," Brailsford said, "and we inevitably got to talking about future plans."

And so to Bourg-en-Bresse, and the bar in which Brailsford is sipping water as the late afternoon turns to evening. What is always most striking about Brailsford is his enthusiasm; his shoulders hunch, and he cups his hands in front of his face, then he moulds those hands into constantly shifting shapes as he talks. "I was inspired by London," says Brailsford, "but this is something I've been thinking about for a long time, and I feel that the time's coming for a British pro team."

"Here," he clarifies. "In the Tour de France. From a personal point of view, if someone asked me what I wanted to do next, that would be it. We had a gut feel that Cav [Cavendish] and Geraint would come through at this level, but thinking it and seeing it are two different things. When I saw Geraint leave the start house for the prologue in London it was that moment of realising that it's not just something we're thinking about. I see Cav and Geraint now and think: it's on."

Brailsford outlines how such a team could work, in particular with regard to funding. Because what he's talking about would need serious backing, with a sponsor able and willing to pump millions into the project. "The type of partner we'd be looking for would be British. It would be a British initiative.

"We'd be all about innovation and about doing it clean. In the first instance it would be about being competitive: that'd be our aim. But ultimately you'd want to win. You wouldn't run a pro team if you didn't want to win. It wouldn't fit our mentality not to aim to win.

"The money? It's difficult to be clinical about it, but there's a huge amount of money floating around the City, and a very small circle of people managing a huge amount of money. If you're in that circle … it's not finding money that's the obstacle. I don't think so. I mean, all the teams here are investing between £3m and £8m a year. It's a shed load of money, and they're all committed for four years, but if there weren't decent returns on that, they wouldn't be doing it, would they?"

But how would Brailsford do it? Would he combine running a Tour de France team with his current job, as British Cycling's performance director? "It'd have to be done as a private enter-prise – or as part of the governing body, which would be a first," he says. "No other governing bodies run a pro team. But not many countries have the kind of funding structure for elite sport that Britain has."

One of the reasons for Brailsford being here at the Tour, he explains – and apart from riding l'Etape du Tour in a few days' time – is to negotiate some of the British riders' contracts. He is almost, it seems, acting as their agent, which is curious. But this too has highlighted a problem – or an opportunity. The problem is that the riders are contracted to, and under the control of, teams that operate independently of British Cycling, and with fundamentally different – even opposed – priorities.

They are not, for example, remotely interested in the Olympics.

Which is a problem for Brailsford, and a frustration. The riders in question, with Cavendish and Thomas to the fore, have been nurtured and developed by British Cycling.

Brailsford wants to bring them back under an umbrella that he is holding. "The lads here know I want to do this [set up a pro team] and they're all absolutely mad for the idea," says Brailsford. "I'm here negotiating their contracts for them; so I know what's in their contracts. And I know – or I'm learning – how the teams are structured and how they operate.

"We've got a set philosophy about doing things at British Cycling," he continues, "with the riders at the centre. But look at a lot of teams here at the Tour – that's not how they operate. Between races they don't even see their riders. They don't know where they are, never mind what they're doing. It's bonkers."

It is also, thinks Brailsford, one reason why a doping culture is so prevalent in professional road cycling; the theory being that expectation/pressure coupled with absence of care/responsibility equals ideal conditions for such a culture to develop. He'd do it differently, he says. "If we did anything it'd be 100% clean. We've got this young generation coming through, riders who don't want to cheat. And there's wider enthusiasm; untapped potential. We saw it in London and on the road to Canterbury; the crowds, screaming by the roadside … despite all the doom and gloom and the negativity around the doping stories."

And what about the older guard – Wiggins and the reformed doper David Millar? Would they be involved? "You'd like to think it'd be possible to do this before they've retired," says Brailsford. "I want to bring together lots of different elements in cycling in Britain. Instead of factions, let's get behind this thing and see what we can do.

"It's dependent on these riders progressing and coming through," he adds. "We're not going to do it until the riders are good enough to do it; until we have the critical mass of British talent we can't do it. It's unlikely you're going to get 25 British riders, but you need the critical mass; we wouldn't do it with an international team. But knowing what I do of the young lads coming through, there's plenty of talent. That's not the issue.

"And with Cav, we've got a winner. He's your goalscorer."

Extracted from Sky's the Limit by Richard Moore (HarperSport). Available now

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Ligue 1: Lille provisoirement sur le podium après sa victoire à Metz 2-1

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Battu par Monaco mercredi, Lille s'est repris en gagnant à Metz (2-1) dimanche lors de la 31e journée de Ligue 1 pour se rapprocher un peu plus de la Ligue des champions, enfonçant au passage son adversaire.

Le Losc (55 points)  profite de cette victoire en début d'après-midi pour prendre la troisième place, directement qualificative pour la C1, à Brest (53 points), et mettre la pression sur le club finistérien, qui dispute un derby breton à Rennes (17h05). À l'autre extrémité du classement, cette victoire lilloise remet Metz (29 points) dans l'embarras: après deux victoires consécutives porteuses d'espoirs, les Grenats sont de nouveau dans la zone de relégation, à la seizième place synonyme de barrage, à cause du match nul obtenu par Le Havre à Paris (3-3) samedi.

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Il semble désormais écrit que ces deux clubs se battront jusqu'au bout pour leurs ambitions bien distinctes. À trois rencontres de la fin de la saison, les Dogues ont fait un pas de plus vers la leur, la prestigieuse et lucrative Ligue des champions. C'est bien l'essentiel car le contenu du match n'a pas été grandiose. Les Dogues ont au moins su mordre quand ils en ont eu les occasions et ont été solides défensivement, malgré une bévue initiale de Nabil Bentaleb, pourtant d'ordinaire sérieux.

Le milieu de terrain a été coupable d'une main dans sa propre surface, donnant à Georges Mikautadze l'occasion d'inscrire son onzième but de la saison - et son sixième lors des quatre dernières rencontres - d'un pénalty (23e) très bien frappé. Mais celui qui a enfilé son costume de héros ces dernières semaines dans l'opération maintien du club mosellan n'a cette fois pas suffi.

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Lille a su piquer quand il le fallait. Par Ismaily d'abord, auteur d'un très bon match et à cette occasion d'une montée vers la surface récompensée d'un but, grâce à une passe donnée dans le bon tempo par Jonathan David (31e). Le Canadien a été bon dans ses remises toute la rencontre à défaut de marquer. Très bien construit, ce premier but a été suivi par un deuxième beaucoup plus heureux inscrit par Yusuf Yazici, au bon endroit au bon moment pour reprendre un ballon qui traînait au point de pénalty après un coup franc (44e).

Ce fut à peu près tout en première période, hormis une frappe du Messin Kévin van den Kerkhof (26e) et un joli mouvement à trois entre Yazici, David et Edon Zhegrova (30e). La deuxième période n'a pas été plus emballante dans un match sans grande intensité.

Metz n'est pas parvenu à se rebeller, égalisant seulement en toute fin de match (90e+1) avant que son but ne soit refusé pour une position de hors-jeu, déclenchant l'ire du kop Horda Frenetik, qui a alors lancé des projectiles sur le pelouse. Outre la bonne opération comptable des Lillois dans ce match qui s'apparentait à un piège, l'entraîneur Paulo Fonseca aura sans doute apprécié la bonne entente technique sur le côté gauche entre Rémy Cabella, Ismaily, Jonathan David et Yusuf Yazici, qui a souvent décroché.

En revanche, l'ailier droit Edon Zhegrova, qui avait perdu sa place de titulaire ces derniers matches, n'a pas été aussi percutant qu'en première moitié de saison, s'entêtant souvent dans un effort de soliste. Mais Fonseca retiendra surtout la victoire, précieuse et au doux parfum européen.

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2012 Tour de France route officially presented

UPDATED: Previously leaked parcours confirmed

The route of the 2012 Tour de France has been officially presented in Paris today. The parcours, which had been mistakenly published by race organiser ASO one week ago, has been confirmed and detailed. The 99th Tour de France has been elaborated to include two long time trials and 'only' three summit finishes, so next year's winner will have to be an even more complete rider than in previous years.

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The first week of racing, starting in Belgium, will have plenty of opportunity for the fast men to shine after the traditional prologue in Liège. But stage three to Boulogne-sur-Mer will also carry some challenging hills for opportunistic attackers to the liking of race director Christian Prudhomme. A first test day for the climbers and GC contenders will come on stage seven, when the Tour hits the medium mountain range of the Vosges in Eastern France and its ski station La Planche des Belles Filles at 1,148m of altitude.

This first summit finish comes after a 5.5km climb at an average gradient of 9.5 percent, with some parts exceeding 15 percent - a short but steep climb that should reveal the state of the favourites' legs.

After a tricky stage eight to Porrentruy, again perfect for breakaways, the next decisive day will be stage nine's 38km time trial from Arc-et-Senans to Besançon, setting up the potential candidates for the overall victory on a hilly parcours.

Stage 10 in the medium mountain range of Jura will feature the difficult Col du Grand Colombier, located 40 kilometres from the finish. Then, the second of the three summit finishes will take the riders to La Toussuire - Les Sybelles on July 12 via the mythical Cols de la Madeleine et de la Croix de Fer.

Coming down the Alps,  the bunch will cross Southern France via another certain bunch sprint finish in the Mediterranean seaside resort Cap d'Agde on Bastille Day before entering the Pyrenees. There, the Cols of Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde on stage 18 could shake up the classification even one day before the third and final mountain top finish in the ski station of Peyragudes on stage 19.

Moving up north again, the Grande Boucle will stage a second time trial, this time covering 52km, in Chartres on the penultimate day.

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This parcours should see even more fireworks from the climbers on the mountaintop finishes to gather a maximum advantage over the better time triallists on GC. A total of 25 climbs will count for Cat 2, Cat 1 or HC points for the mountains classification. Again, Prudhomme has elaborated a route which he hopes will "expand the riders' possibilities and give more importance to the medium mountain ranges."

There will be nine flat stages, four medium mountain stages (including one summit finish), five mountain stages including two summit finishes (one on stage 11 in the Alpine La Toussuire, and one on stage 17 in Peyragudes in the Pyrenees), two individual time trials and one prologue.

2012 Tour de France stages:

P Prologue Sat 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km 1 Road stage Sun 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km 2 Road stage Mon 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km 3 Road stage Tues 3 July Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km 4 Road stage Weds 4 July Abbeville > Rouen 214 km 5 Road stage Thurs 5 July Rouen > Saint-Quentin 197 km 6 Road stage Fri 6 July Épernay > Metz 210 km 7 Road stage Sat 7 July Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km 8 Road stage Sun 8 July Belfort > Porrentruy 154 km 9 Time trial Mon 9 July Arc-et-Senans > Besançon 38 km 10 Road stage Weds 11 July Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194 km 11 Mountains Thurs 12 July Albertville > La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 140 km 12 Mountains Fri 13 July Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay 220 km 13 Road stage Sat 14 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap d’Agde 215 km 14 Road stage Sun 15 July Limoux > Foix 192 km 15 Road stage Mon 16 July Samatan > Pau 160 km 16 Mountains Weds 18 July Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km 17 Mountains Thurs 19 July Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes 144 km 18 Road stage Fri 20 July Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde 215 km 19 Time trial Sat 21 July Bonneval > Chartres 52 km 20 Road stage Sun 22 July Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées 130 km

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