Milan – Turin 2012
| Milan – Turin 2012 | |
| Host country |
 Italy
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| Competition period | September 26, 2012 |
| overall length | 193.5 kilometers |
| Starting field | 140 drivers from 25 nations in 18 teams (95 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Alberto Contador 4:32:12 h 2. Diego Ulissi + 0:15 min 3. Fredrik Kessiakoff + 0:24 min 
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| ← 2007 | 2013 → |
The 93rd Milan – Turin (officially: Milano-Torino - Trofeo Nobili Rubinetterie ) cycle race took place on September 26, 2012 in Italy for the first time since 2007. The one-day race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2012 and was classified in the 1st HC category within this. The distance of the oldest cycling race in the world was 193.5 kilometers.
Attendees
At the start there were ten ProTeams , seven Professional Continental Teams and one Continental Team . Well-known participating drivers included defending champion Danilo Di Luca from Acqua e Sapone , Diego Ulissi and Damiano Cunego (both Lampre-ISD ), Ivan Basso , Vincenzo Nibali and Moreno Moser ( Liquigas-Cannondale ), Fredrik Kessiakoff , Paolo Tiralongo ( Astana Pro Team ), Sylvain Chavanel ( Omega Pharma-Quickstep ), Ryder Hesjedal ( Garmin-Sharp ), Joaquim Rodríguez , Daniel Moreno ( Katusha Team ), Daniele Bennati , Chris Horner , the Swiss Oliver Zaugg ( RadioShack-Nissan ), Alberto Contador ( Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank ), Pierrick Fédrigo , Sandy Casar , Thibaut Pinot ( FDJ-Big Mat ), John Gadret ( Ag2r La Mondiale ), the Italian champion Franco Pellizotti ( Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela ), Filippo Pozzato ( Farnese Vini-Selle Italia ) and Domenico Pozzovivo ( Colnago-CSF Inox ). Johannes Fröhlinger and Simon Geschke (both Argos-Shimano ) represented the colors of Germany at the start. Many of the 143 participants used the race as preparation for the Lombardy Tour, which took place three days later .
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Track and course of the race
The start of Milan – Turin 2012 took place in the Milan suburb of Settimo Milanese in the west of the metropolis. The first forty kilometers led the field on flat terrain to the west to the city of Novara , from where it went on a gently sloping road first north and then south again towards Vercelli . Eventually the drivers moved to the southwest. Shortly before Turin, a first 4.1 kilometer climb was on the program. After the descent into the metropolis, the 3.5 km long final ascent (9.2% steep) to the pilgrimage church of Superga in the east of the city began.
After 24 kilometers, the two Italians Alfredo Balloni ( Farnese Vini-Selle Italia ) and Federico Rocchetti ( Utensilnord Named ) were the two outliers of the day who managed to work out a lead of a maximum of nine minutes. On the ascent eighteen kilometers before the end, the two were caught up with, while Eros Capecchi ( Liquigas-Cannondale ) and Pole Przemysław Niemiec ( Lampre-ISD ), who fell at the end of the descent, were in the lead. Capecchi was caught by the pursuers at the beginning of the final ascent, the Swede Fredrik Kessiakoff from the Astana Pro Team took the lead as a soloist, counterattacks from the chasing group initially remained unsuccessful, until finally Joaquim Rodríguez ( Katusha team ) and Diego Ulissi (Lampre -ISD). Shortly afterwards, Alberto Contador ( Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank ) came up, while Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was unable to hold the Spaniard's rear wheel. Shortly before the one-kilometer mark, Contador then pulled the other one away and celebrated an undisputed solo victory with a fifteen-second lead over Ulissi. For the Vuelta winner this was the first victory in a one-day race in his entire professional career.
Final score
| driver | nation | team | time | |
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| 1. | Alberto Contador |
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Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank | 4:32:12 h |
| 2. | Diego Ulissi |
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Lampre ISD | + 0:15 min |
| 3. | Fredrik Kessiakoff |
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Astana Pro Team | + 0:24 min |
| 4th | Joaquim Rodríguez |
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Katusha team | + 0:36 min |
| 5. | Carlos Betancur |
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Acqua & Sapone | same time |
| 6th | Fabio Taborre |
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Acqua & Sapone | + 0:43 min |
| 7th | Domenico Pozzovivo |
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Colnago-CSF Inox | + 0:45 min |
| 8th. | Chris Anker Soerensen |
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Tinkoff | same time |
| 9. | Vincenzo Nibali |
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Liquigas-Cannondale | same time |
| 10. | Franco Pellizotti |
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Androni Giocattoli Venezuela | + 0:53 min |
| 11. | Chris Horner |
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RadioShack Nissan | same time |
| 12. | Ryder Hesjedal |
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Garmin-Sharp | same time |
| 13. | Stefano Locatelli |
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Colnago-CSF Inox | same time |
| 14th | Daniel Moreno |
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Katusha team | same time |
| 15th | Matteo Rabottini |
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Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | same time |