The 2012 Tour De France route was properly unveiled on Tuesday in Paris.
The route had mistakenly been put onto the official website a week before the launch which was attended by a number of riders.
The 2012 Tour has been forced to start early due to the London Olympics and will start in Liege on June 30th and finish in Paris on July 22nd.
The full route is as follows:
| Prologue | Jun 30, 2012 | Liège (Individual Time Trial) | 6.1 km | |||
| Stage 1 | Jul 1, 2012 | Liège - Seraing | 198 km | |||
| Stage 2 | Jul 2, 2012 | Visé - Tournai | 207 km | |||
| Stage 3 | Jul 3, 2012 | Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer | 197 km | |||
| Stage 4 | Jul 4, 2012 | Abbeville - Rouen | 214 km | |||
| Stage 5 | Jul 5, 2012 | Rouen - Saint-Quentin | 197 km | |||
| Stage 6 | Jul 6, 2012 | Épernay - Metz | 210 km | |||
| Stage 7 | Jul 7, 2012 | Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles | 199 km | |||
| Stage 8 | Jul 8, 2012 | Belfort - Porrentruy | 154 km | |||
| Stage 9 | Jul 9, 2012 | Arc-et-Senans - Besançon (ITT) | 38 km | |||
| Rest Day 1 | Jul 10, 2012 | |||||
| Stage 10 | Jul 11, 2012 | Mâcon - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | 194 km | |||
| Stage 11 | Jul 12, 2012 | Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles | 140 km | |||
| Stage 12 | Jul 13, 2012 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davézieux | 220 km | |||
| Stage 13 | Jul 14, 2012 | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Le Cap d’Agde | 215 km | |||
| Stage 14 | Jul 15, 2012 | Limoux - Foix | 192 km | |||
| Stage 15 | Jul 16, 2012 | Samatan - Pau | 160 km | |||
| Rest Day 2 | Jul 17, 2012 | |||||
| Stage 16 | Jul 18, 2012 | Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon | 197 km | |||
| Stage 17 | Jul 19, 2012 | Bagnères-de-Luchon - Peyragudes | 144 km | |||
| Stage 18 | Jul 20, 2012 | Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde | 215 km | |||
| Stage 19 | Jul 21, 2012 | Bonneval - Chartres (ITT) | 52 km | |||
| Stage 20 | Jul 22, 2012 | Rambouillet - Paris Champs-Élysées | 130 km |