Tour de France riders will face steeper mountain climbs and longer time trials, making for a wide-open race aimed to give stars like defending champion Cadel Evans and Alberto Contador plenty of challengers.
At Tuesday’s presentation of the 2012 course, Tour director Christian Prudhomme said “more favorites can potentially be in the mix†in the quest for the leader’s yellow jersey over the 2,162-mile route.
The Tour’s 99th edition starts  … More