Jean-Etienne Amaury, President of the Amaury Sport Organisation, sꦛpeaks during the official presentation ൲of 2012 Tour de France route.(Image credit: AFP)
Tour director Chri😼stian Prudhomme presents the 2012 route.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Plenty of star power on stage for the 2012 Tour route presentation (l-r): Alberto Contador, Pierre Rolland, Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gil🐭bert, Frank and Andy Schleck, and Thomas Voeckler.(Image credit: AFP)
Thor Hushovd had a memorable 2011 Tour with two individual stage wins plus a stint in the yell𝕴♊ow jersey.(Image credit: AFP)
2011 Tour green jersey winner Marꦬk Cavendish hopes to🦂 add to his career total of 20 Tour stage wins in 2012.(Image credit: AFP)
Alexandre Vinokourov in attendance in Paris.(Image credit: AFP)
2011 Tour champion Cadel Evans was dressed to the ninꦛes for the 2012 r༒oute presentation.(Image credit: AFP)
Three of🦩 the stars of the 2011 Tour de France, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, and Thomas Voeckler, with the 2012 Tour route.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2011 Tour de France 🍷champion Cadel Evans with Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour podium finisher Frank Scཧhleck takes in the 2012 route൩ presentation.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans, Thomas Voeckler and Mark Cavendish in attendance at the 2012💧 Tour presentation.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fr♑ench tennis star Yannick Noah and French cycling legend Bernard Hinault with the Tour de France leader's jersey.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Philippe Giꦗlbe🤡rt has a look at the 2012 Tour de France route.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
ASO's technical 🌳director Jean-François Pescheux speaks with Philippe Gilbert.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans peruses the 2012 par💛cours.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Christian Prudhomme on sꦚtage🦹 at the 2012 Tour de France presentation.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour de Franc🔯e director Christian Prudhomme, larger than life.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
French tennis champion Yannick Noah and five-time Tour de France champion Bernard Hinault pr♒esent the Tour's yellow jer🙈sey.(Image credit: AFP)
2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert and T😼homas Voeckler on stage with a 2012 To🐷ur de France route map.(Image credit: AFP)
Spaniards Sammy Sanchez and Alberto Contador at the unveiဣling of t🌼he 2012 Tour de France route.(Image credit: AFP)
Andy Schleck🙈 hopes to be one step higher on the final Tour podium in 2012.(Image credit: AFP)
Three-time Tour champ⛦ion Alberto Contaꦫdor at the presentation of the 2012 Tour de France route.(Image credit: AFP)
Belgiꩵan champion Philippe Gilbert at the Tour presentation in Paris.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2011 world champion and Tour green ꦅjersey winner Mark Cavendish shakes hands with Tour Phili▨ppe Gilbert.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Frܫank and Andy Schleck take their seats next to Philippe Gilbert.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Future BMC teammates Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans see what's iཧn store for t🥃hem at the 2012 Tour de France.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Virtually all of the riders who made the 2011 Tour de France memorable were on hand, decked out in stylish attire and tuned into the presentation by race director Christian Prudhomme: overall champion Cadel Evans, multi-stage winner and maillot jaune wearer Thor Hushovd, green jersey winner and recently crowned world champion Mark Cavendish, podium finishers Frank and Andy Schleck, three-time Tour winner Alberto Contador, stage one winner Philippe Gilbert, Luz-Ardiden stage winner Sammy Sanchez, French hero Thomas Voeckler,𓃲 and Alpe-d’Huez winner and race revelation Pierre Rolland.
With the 2011 road season over, the riders were all smiles as they took in the parcours for 2012 and head into the off-season to plan their retur♏n in 2012 for the biggest race on the planet.
View our photo gallery of the proceeding🌜s during today's Tour route presentation.
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