Naked Fans & Tacks - 2012 Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France is the 99th. The first race was held in 1903.
It was initially planned as a five-stage race from 31 May to 5 July, starting in Paris and stopping in Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Nantes before returning to Paris.
Sixty cyclists pedalled out of Paris suburb for a 1,509-mile ride and a legendary sporting event was born. This epic journey has come to be seen as a great exploration and one that pushes an athlete as far as he can go mentally and physically.
This year proved to be an exciting year full of surprises and even horrific crashes and tacks on the road. The following is a look at some iconic images from this year’s race which concludes Sunday, July 22.
more images here
photo 1. Fans watch as the peloton passes through sunflower fields during stage eighteen of the 2012 Tour de France from Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde on July 20, 2012 in Blagnac, France. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
photo 2: Thomas Voeckler of France and Team Europcar won stage ten of the 2012 Tour de France from Macon to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine on July 11, 2012 in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, France. (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
photo 3: A tack found on the road. (YouTube)
photo 4: A fan in a cow suit chases and cheers on cyclists as the Sky Procycling team drives the peloton on the climb of the Port de Lers during stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France from Limoux to Foix on July 15, 2012 in Le Port, France. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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