Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 22, 2017

The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21 race stages, including the prologue, covered 3496.9 km, from the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June to the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. Bradley Wiggins (pictured) from won the overall general classification, becoming the first British rider to win the Tour. Wiggins's teammate Chris Froome placed second, and Vincenzo Nibali was third. Wiggins maintained leadership of the race after stage seven, the first mountainous stage. The points classification was won by Nibali's teammate Peter Sagan, who won three stages, as did André Greipel of and  rider Mark Cavendish. 's Thomas Voeckler won the mountains classification. 's Tejay van Garderen, in fifth place overall, won the young rider classification. The team classification was won by, and Chris Anker Sørensen was given the award for the most combative rider.