29 June 2012 Last updated at 22:29 GMT

Tour de France 2012: Can Bradley Wiggins win le Tour?

Tour de France

  • Venue: Starts in Liege; three days in Belgium before 20 days in France, including two rest days
  • Date: Sat, 30 June to Sun, 22 July

Coverage: Live text commentary and reports on each stage on BBC Sport website, plus Radio 5 live commentary

BBC Sport's Matt Slater takes a look at the task Bradley Wiggins faces if he is to become Britain's first winner of the Tour de France.

Wiggins goes into this year's race as one of the favourites, alongside defending champion Cadel Evans of Australia.

The Tour begins in Liege on Saturday.