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Jean-Etienne Amaury, President of the Amaury Sport Organisation, speaks during the official presentation of 2012 Tour de France route.
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Tour director Christian Prudhomme presents the 2012 route.
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Plenty of star power on stage for the 2012 Tour route presentation (l-r): Alberto Contador, Pierre Rolland, Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, Frank and Andy Schleck, and Thomas Voeckler.
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Thor Hushovd had a memorable 2011 Tour with two individual stage wins plus a stint in the yellow jersey.
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2011 Tour green jersey winner Mark Cavendish hopes to add to his career total of 20 Tour stage wins in 2012.
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Alexandre Vinokourov in attendance in Paris.
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2011 Tour champion Cadel Evans was dressed to the nines for the 2012 route presentation.
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Three of the stars of the 2011 Tour de France, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, and Thomas Voeckler, with the 2012 Tour route.
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2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans with Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert.
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Tour podium finisher Frank Schleck takes in the 2012 route presentation.
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Cadel Evans, Thomas Voeckler and Mark Cavendish in attendance at the 2012 Tour presentation.
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French tennis star Yannick Noah and French cycling legend Bernard Hinault with the Tour de France leader's jersey.
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme
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Philippe Gilbert has a look at the 2012 Tour de France route.
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ASO's technical director Jean-François Pescheux speaks with Philippe Gilbert.
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2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans peruses the 2012 parcours.
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Christian Prudhomme on stage at the 2012 Tour de France presentation.
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme, larger than life.
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French tennis champion Yannick Noah and five-time Tour de France champion Bernard Hinault present the Tour's yellow jersey.
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2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert and Thomas Voeckler on stage with a 2012 Tour de France route map.
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Spaniards Sammy Sanchez and Alberto Contador at the unveiling of the 2012 Tour de France route.
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Andy Schleck hopes to be one step higher on the final Tour podium in 2012.
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Three-time Tour champion Alberto Contador at the presentation of the 2012 Tour de France route.
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Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert at the Tour presentation in Paris.
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2011 world champion and Tour green jersey winner Mark Cavendish shakes hands with Tour Philippe Gilbert.
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Frank and Andy Schleck take their seats next to Philippe Gilbert.
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Future BMC teammates Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans see what's in store for them at the 2012 Tour de France.
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