Australian’s Cadel Evans rides in a village in a training session for US BMC cycling team on June 28, 2012 around Liege, Belgium, two days before the start of the 99th edition of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race. Running from June 30 to July 22, 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of one prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3.497 kilometres

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