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2012 Tour route - Tour de France

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A route for the 2012 Tour de France has appeared briefly online a week ahead of the official unveiling. The details, which have not been legitimate, would appear to favour the chances of cyclists like Britain's Bradley Wiggins, with considerably less mountain stages and two individual time trials as well as a prologue. The Amuary Sports Organisation, who organise the tour, neither confirmed nor denied whether the route which appeared online was correct. "I can't tell you anything about this. We are fixing it now internally. The only person who could comment on it would be (race director) Christian Prudhomme himself," Claude Rasch told Cyclingnews. But with brief details of each stage appearing to fit some of the rumours circulating about the route, many have taken it as genuine. Wiggins' ability on mountain stages is not thought of as highly as the likes of current champion Cadel Evans, previous winner Alberto Contador, or the Schleck brothers. His 2011 Tour ende...