As Peter Sagan has just won Stage 6 of the Tour in Metz, let’s now take a look back at the first week of racing: the winners of each stage, the current standings, the withdrawals and the crashes, which have unfortunately caused their fair share of problems during this 99th Tour de France.
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Stage winners
Prologue Liège – Liège: Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan)
Stage 1 Liège – Seraing: Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
Stage 2 Visé – Tournai: Mark Cavendish (Sky)
Stage 3 Orchies – Boulogne-sur-Mer: Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
Stage 4 Abbeville – Rouen: Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol)
Stage 5 Rouen – Saint Quentin: Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol)
Stage 6 Epernay – Metz: Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
Jersey wearers
Yellow jersey: Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan)
Green jersey: Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
Polka-dot jersey: Michael Morkov (SAXO Bank -Tinkoff Bank)
Individual classifications
- Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan) 29h 22′ 36”
- Bradley Wiggins (Sky) + 00′ 07”
- Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) + 00′ 07”
Team classifications
- Sky Procycling 88h 08′ 22”
- Radioshack-Nissan + 00′ 04”
- BMC Racing Team + 00′ 06”
Withdrawals
Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano)
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar)
Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank)
Konstantsin Sivtsov (Sky)
Crashes
Crash into barbed wire on Stage 3 (via Eurosport)
Crash 2.7km from the finish line on Stage 4 (via melty and Eurosport)
This weekend: an eagerly-anticipated and important stage
> profile for Stage 7, Saturday July 7, 2012: Tomblaine – La Planche des Belles Filles
- the sprint will take place in Gérardmer on Rue Charles de Gaulle
- Col de Grosse Pierre – Category 3 – km 112 – 3.1 km at 6.4%
- Col du Mont de Fourche – Category 3 – km 150.5 – 3.1 km at 6.4%
- La Planche des Belles Filles – Category 1 – km 199 (stage finish) – 5.9 km at 8.5%
>> find out all the information for this stage on velowire.com
> profile for Stage 8, Sunday July 8, 2012: Belfort – Porrentruy
- the sprint will take place in Les Genevez, Switzerland, on the outskirts of the village
- côte de Bondeval – Category 4 – km 20 – 4.4 km at 3.9%
- côte du Passage de la Douleur – Category 3 – km 32 – 3.8 km at 6.4%
- côte de Maison-Rouge – Category 2 – km 50 – 7.9 km at 5%
- côte de Saignelégier – Category 2 – km 73 – 7.8 km at 6.1%
- côte de Saulcy – Category 2 – km 97 – 4.6 km at 8.6%
- côte de la Caquerelle – Category 2 – km 130.5 – 4.3 km at 7.6%
- col de la Croix – Category 1 – km 141.5 – 3.7 km at 9.2%
>> find all the information for this stage on velowire.com
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