Tour of Catalonia 2012
| 92. Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | |
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| Racing series | UCI World Tour 2012 |
| Host country |
 Spain
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| Competition period | 19.-25. March 2012 |
| Stages | 7th |
| overall length | 1198.6 km |
| Starting field | 178 in 23 teams (of which 123 arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Michael Albasini 24:15:45 h 2. Samuel Sánchez + 1:30 min 3. Jurgen Van Den Broeck + 1:32 min 
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| Team evaluation |
 Garmin-Barracuda 72:51:51 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Michael Albasini
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 Mountain scoring
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 Chris Anker Sørensen
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 Sprint scoring
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 Tomasz Marczyński
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| course | |
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| ← 2011 | 2013 → |
The 92nd Cycling Tour of Catalonia ( Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in Catalan ) took place from March 19 to 25, 2012. The stage race was part of the UCI World Tour 2012 and the fifth race within it. The total distance of the race was approximately 1200 kilometers.
The participants
The 18 ProTeams are entitled to start . In addition, the organizer “Volta” Ciclista a Catalunya Associació Esportiva gave five wild cards to professional continental teams .
Stage overview
| stage | date | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
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| 1 | 19th March | Calella - Calella | 138 |
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Michael Albasini ( GEC )
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| 2 | March, 20th | Girona - Girona | 161 |
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| 3 | March 21st |
La Vall d'en Bas - Port del Canto |
155 |
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 Janez Brajkovic ( AST )
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| 4th | March 22 | Tremp - Ascó | 199 |
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 Rigoberto Uran ( SKY )
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| 5 | March 23 | Ascó - Manresa | 207 |
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 Julien Simon ( SAU )
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| 6th | March 24th | Sant Fruitós de Bages - Badalona | 169 |
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Samuel Sánchez ( EUS )
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| 7th | 25th March | Badalona - Barcelona (Sarrià) | 119 |
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Julien Simon ( SAU )
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Stages
1st stage
Result of the 1st stage
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2nd stage
Result of the 2nd stage
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Overall ranking after the 2nd stage
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3rd stage
Due to the onset of winter, the stage was canceled and no official timekeeping was recorded.
| Result of the 3rd stage |
Overall ranking after the 2nd stage
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4th stage
5th stage
Result of the 5th stage
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Overall ranking after the 5th stage
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6th stage
Result of the 6th stage
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Overall ranking after the 6th stage
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7th stage
Result of the 7th stage
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Overall ranking after the 7th stage
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Ratings in the course of the tour
| stage |
Overall rating
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Mountain scoring
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Sprint scoring
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Team evaluation |
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| 1 | Michael Albasini ( GEC ) | Michael Albasini ( GEC ) | Anthony Delaplace ( SAU ) | GreenEdge Cycling Team |
| 2 | Sky ProCycling | |||
| 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen ( SAX ) | Michael Albasini ( GEC ) | ||
| 4th | Julián Sánchez ( CJR ) | Garmin Barracuda | ||
| 5 | Tomasz Marczyński ( VCD ) | |||
| 6th | ||||
| 7th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The result of the 3rd stage is not included in the overall ranking. March 21, 2012, Retrieved April 25, 2012 .