The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one race stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of .

The race was contested by a total of twenty-two teams. All eighteen of the 2012 UCI World Tour's ProTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter. In April 2012, the organizer of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations, of which three were French-based (, and ) and one Dutch (). The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place outside the Prince-Bishops' Palace in Liège, two days before the first stage.

Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders. Of these, 35 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. From the riders that began the race, 153 crossed the finish line in Paris. The average rider age was 30.17, with 22-year-old Thibaut Pinot () as the youngest rider, and 40-year-old Jens Voigt () the oldest. Of the total average ages, was the youngest team and the oldest. The riders came from 31 countries; France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Australia all had 12 or more riders in the race. Riders from six countries won at least one stage; British riders won the largest number of stages, a total of seven.

Fabian Cancellara () won the prologue and held the general classification leader's yellow jersey for the first week. 's Bradley Wiggins, second in the prologue, took the leadership of the race on stage seven, the first mountainous stage. He maintained his lead for the remainder of the race, winning the two longest time trials, and not losing time to his main challengers for the overall title in the mountains. Wiggins's teammate Chris Froome placed second, and Vincenzo Nibali () was third. The points classification was won by Nibali's teammate Peter Sagan, who won three stages. 's Thomas Voeckler, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification, and 's Tejay van Garderen, in fifth place overall, won the award for the best young rider. The team classification was won by , and Chris Anker Sørensen () was given the award for the most combative rider.

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+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification ‡ Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1987 eligible for the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ‡) Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award DNS Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew HD Denotes a rider who finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so (French: Hors delai) DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race Age correct as of 30 June 2012, the date on which the Tour began

By starting number

No. Rider Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 7 + 15' 49″ 2 58 + 1h 57' 39" 3 95 + 2h 47' 03" 4 46 + 1h 41' 35" 5 38 + 1h 30' 38" 6 45 + 1h 41' 00" 7 109 + 2h 56' 27" 8 49 + 1h 43' 53" 9 ‡ 5 + 11' 04″ 11 DNS-16 — 12 DNS-11 — 13 ‡ DNF-13 — 14 13 + 19' 55" 15 11 + 17' 54" 16 16 + 28' 30" 17 76 + 2h 21' 56" 18 52 + 1h 50' 41" 19 6 + 15' 41″ 21 26 + 1h 04' 41" 22 84 + 2h 29' 13" 23 DNF-15 — 24 ‡ 61 + 1h 58' 55" 25 139 + 3h 26' 58" 26 DNF-15 — 27 83 + 2h 29' 01" 28 ‡ 59 + 1h 57' 45" 29 8 + 16' 26″ 31 DNF-8 — 32 DNF-6 — 33 74 + 2h 18' 58" 34 ‡ 39 + 1h 32' 19" 35 17 + 31' 46" 36 87 + 2h 37' 56" 37 DNS-7 — 38 134 + 3h 21' 34" 39 DNF-8 — 41 24 + 58' 37" 42 DNF-16 — 43 86 + 2h 37' 55" 44 HD-11 — 45 DNS-10 — 46 80 + 2h 24' 46" 47 HD-11 — 48 69 + 2h 13' 39" 49 DNF-6 — 51 3 + 6' 19″ 52 25 + 59' 44" 53 114 + 2h 58' 41" 54 98 + 2h 51' 34" 55 ‡ 47 + 1h 42' 12" 56 ‡ 105 + 2h 55' 24" 57 ‡ 42 + 1h 38' 37" 58 71 + 2h 16' 15" 59 118 + 3h 04' 39" 61 DNS-7 — 62 DNF-6 — 63 151 + 3h 54' 45" 64 DNS-7 — 65 35 + 1h 25' 23" 66 106 + 2h 55' 24" 67 147 + 3h 40' 01" 68 60 + 1h 58' 38" 69 100 + 2h 53' 26" 71 44 + 1h 40' 44" 72 55 + 1h 52' 30" 73 62 + 1h 59' 53" 74 DNS-7 — 75 122 + 3h 08' 57" 76 89 + 2h 41' 14" 77 65 + 2h 06' 32" 78 73 + 2h 17' 31" 79 12 + 19' 33" 81 ‡ 36 + 1h 27' 52" 82 DNS-10 — 83 107 + 2h 56' 02" 84 ‡ 128 + 3h 17' 16" 85 149 + 3h 42' 31" 86 ‡ 152 + 3h 57' 04" 87 130 + 3h 18' 11" 88 DNF-12 — 89 ‡ 90 + 2h 41' 44" 91 21 + 45' 43" 92 ‡ DNF-7 — 93 153 + 3h 57' 36" 94 91 + 2h 41' 50" 95 54 + 1h 52' 28" 96 136 + 3h 23' 55" 97 75 + 2h 19' 43" 98 131 + 3h 18' 20" 99 92 + 2h 46' 04" 101 1 87h 34' 47" 102 56 + 1h 52' 34" 103 142 + 3h 27' 49" 104 146 + 3h 38' 48" 105 2 + 3' 21″ 106 82 + 2h 26' 43" 107 34 + 1h 20' 49" 108 23 + 54' 52" 109 DNF-3 — 111 4 + 10' 15″ 112 96 + 2h 48' 05" 113 102 + 2h 53' 52" 114 123 + 3h 09' 02" 115 81 + 2h 25' 29" 116 124 + 3h 13' 06" 117 104 + 2h 55' 04" 118 132 + 3h 19' 36" 119 29 + 1h 08' 26" 121 DNF-11 — 122 ‡ 115 + 3h 02' 57" 123 67 + 2h 11' 36" 124 DNF-11 — 125 57 + 1h 55' 30" 126 ‡ DNF-6 — 127 DNF-11 — 128 ‡ 41 + 1h 37' 57" 129 DNF-15 — 131 DSQ + 27' 22" 132 37 + 1h 28' 32" 133 DNS-7 — 134 DNF-16 — 135 119 + 3h 06' 27" 136 145 + 3h 38' 24" 137 108 + 2h 56' 21" 138 51 + 1h 47' 31" 139 19 + 38' 16" 141 22 + 46' 52" 142 48 + 1h 42' 39" 143 DNF-15 — 144 85 + 2h 33' 14" 145 133 + 3h 20' 24" 146 ‡ 10 + 17' 17″ 147 ‡ 126 + 3h 16' 38" 148 66 + 2h 10' 17" 149 ‡ 94 + 2h 46' 51" 151 DNS-12 — 152 ‡ 33 + 1h 16' 52" 153 DNF-11 — 154 DNF-11 — 155 64 + 2h 05' 43" 156 144 + 3h 31' 24" 157 28 + 1h 05' 39" 158 DNS-4 — 159 DNS-7 — 161 20 + 42' 26" 162 30 + 1h 09' 19" 163 18 + 37' 03" 164 DNS-7 — 165 DNS-7 — 166 53 + 1h 51' 43" 167 77 + 2h 22' 02" 168 101 + 2h 53' 35" 169 DNF-3 — 171 137 + 3h 25' 08" 172 140 + 3h 27' 28" 173 143 + 3h 28' 56" 174 127 + 3h 17' 07" 175 93 + 2h 46' 14" 176 121 + 3h 08' 29" 177 50 + 1h 47' 14" 178 14 + 25' 27" 179 99 + 2h 53' 11" 181 9 + 16' 33″ 182 129 + 3h 17' 44" 183 63 + 2h 03' 55" 184 43 + 1h 38' 41" 185 116 + 3h 03' 38" 186 78 + 2h 23' 09" 187 40 + 1h 34' 33" 188 DNF-14 — 189 31 + 1h 15' 21" 191 32 + 1h 16' 29" 192 DNF-15 — 193 68 + 2h 12' 22" 194 70 + 2h 13' 49" 195 125 + 3h 13' 06" 196 DNS-10 — 197 112 + 2h 57' 58" 198 88 + 2h 40' 47" 199 27 + 1h 05' 10" 201 79 + 2h 24' 35" 202 110 + 2h 57' 20" 203 117 + 3h 04' 30" 204 120 + 3h 06' 55" 205 111 + 2h 57' 29" 206 DNF-15 — 207 150 + 3h 50' 12" 208 97 + 2h 50' 31" 209 72 + 2h 17' 30" 211 ‡ DNF-5 — 212 135 + 3h 23' 44" 213 103 + 2h 54' 13" 214 DNS-8 — 215 ‡ 141 + 3h 28' 36" 216 138 + 3h 26' 43" 217 113 + 2h 58' 15" 218 148 + 3h 40' 37" 219 DNF-12 —

By team

+ (BMC) No. Rider Pos. 1 7 2 58 3 95 4 46 5 38 6 45 7 109 8 49 9 ‡ 5Directeur sportif: John Lelangue+ (RNT) No. Rider Pos. 11 DNS-16 12 DNS-11 13 ‡ DNF-13 14 13 15 11 16 16 17 76 18 52 19 6 Directeur sportif: Alain Gallopin+ (EUC) No. Rider Pos. 21 26 22 84 23 DNF-15 24 ‡ 61 25 139 26 DNF-15 27 83 28 ‡ 59 29 8 Directeur sportif: Dominique Arnould+ (EUS) No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF-8 32 DNF-6 33 74 34 ‡ 39 35 17 36 87 37 DNS-7 38 134 39 DNF-8 Directeur sportif: Gorka Gerrikagoitia+ (LAM) No. Rider Pos. 41 24 42 DNF-16 43 86 44 HD-11 45 DNS-10 46 80 47 HD-11 48 69 49 DNF-6 Directeur sportif: Maurizio Piovani+ (LIQ) No. Rider Pos. 51 3 52 25 53 114 54 98 55 ‡ 47 56 ‡ 105 57 ‡ 42 58 71 59 118 Directeur sportif: Mario Scirea+ (GRS) No. Rider Pos. 61 DNS-7 62 DNF-6 63 151 64 DNS-7 65 35 66 106 67 147 68 60 69 100 Directeur sportif: Jonathan Vaughters+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 71 44 72 55 73 62 74 31 75 122 76 89 77 65 78 73 79 12 Directeur sportif: Vincent Lavenu+ (COF) No. Rider Pos. 81 ‡ 36 82 DNS-10 83 107 84 ‡ 128 85 149 86 ‡ 152 87 130 88 DNF-12 89 ‡ 90 Directeur sportif: Didier Rous+ (SAU) No. Rider Pos. 91 21 92 ‡ DNF-7 93 153 94 91 95 54 96 136 97 75 98 131 99 92 Directeur sportif: Lylian Lebreton+ (SKY) No. Rider Pos. 101 1 102 ‡ 56 103 142 104 146 105 2 106 82 107 34 108 23 109 DNF-3 Directeur sportif: Sean Yates+ (LTB) No. Rider Pos. 111 4 112 96 113 102 114 123 115 81 116 124 117 104 118 132 119 29 Directeur sportif: Herman Frison+ (VCD) No. Rider Pos. 121 DNF-11 122 ‡ 115 123 67 124 DNF-11 125 57 126 ‡ DNF-6 127 DNF-11 128 ‡ 41 129 DNF-15 Directeur sportif: Hilaire Van der Schueren+ (KAT) No. Rider Pos. 131 DSQ 132 37 133 DNS-7 134 DNF-16 135 119 136 145 137 108 138 51 139 19 Directeur sportif: Valerio Piva+ (FDJ) No. Rider Pos. 141 22 142 48 143 DNF-15 144 85 145 133 146 ‡ 10 147 ‡ 126 148 66 149 ‡ 94 Directeur sportif: Thierry Bricaud+ (RAB) No. Rider Pos. 151 DNS-12 152 ‡ 33 153 DNF-11 154 DNF-11 155 64 156 144 157 28 158 DNS-4 159 DNS-7 Directeur sportif: Frans Maassen+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 161 20 162 30 163 18 164 DNS-7 165 DNS-7 166 53 167 77 168 101 169 DNF-3 Directeur sportif: Yvon Ledanois+ (SAX) No. Rider Pos. 171 137 172 140 173 143 174 127 175 93 176 121 177 50 178 14 179 99 Directeur sportif: Dan Frost+ (AST) No. Rider Pos. 181 9 182 129 183 63 184 43 185 116 186 78 187 40 188 DNF-14 189 31 Directeur sportif: Giuseppe Martinelli+ (OPQ) No. Rider Pos. 191 32 192 DNF-15 193 68 194 70 195 125 196 DNS-10 197 112 198 88 199 27 Directeur sportif: Brian Holm+ (OGE) No. Rider Pos. 201 79 202 110 203 117 204 120 205 111 206 DNF-15 207 150 208 97 209 72 Directeur sportif: Matt White+ (ARG) No. Rider Pos. 211 ‡ DNF-5 212 135 213 103 214 DNS-8 215 ‡ 141 216 138 217 113 218 148 219 DNF-12 Directeur sportif: Christian Guiberteau

By nationality

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 1 1 12 9 1 1 4 2 14 13 1 0 1 0 5 5 1 1 44 35 5 (Thomas Voeckler ×2, Thibaut Pinot, Pierre Rolland, Pierrick Fédrigo) 13 10 3 (André Greipel ×3) 2 2 15 13 1 1 4 4 1 0 18 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 4 3 3 3 (Peter Sagan ×3) 4 3 2 1 21 13 2 (Luis León Sánchez, Alejandro Valverde) 2 1 3 2 1 (Fabian Cancellara) 2 2 5 5 7 (Mark Cavendish ×3, Bradley Wiggins ×2, Chris Froome, David Millar) 8 7 Total 198 153 21

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