Tirreno – Adriatico 2012

Tirreno – Adriatico 2012
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	Italy
Competition period	March 7-13, 2012
Stages	7 stages
overall length	1,063.2 kilometers
Starting field	176 from 40 nations in 22 teams (143 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Vincenzo Nibali ( LIQ ) 29:38:08 h 2. Christopher Horner ( RNT ) + 0:14 min 3. Roman Kreuziger ( AST ) + 0:26 min
Team evaluation	Ag2r 88:22:03 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Vincenzo Nibali ( LIQ )
Scoring	Vincenzo Nibali ( LIQ )
Mountain scoring	Stefano Pirazzi ( CSF )
Young talent evaluation	Wouter Poels ( VCD )
course
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The 47th long-distance bike ride Tirreno – Adriatico took place from 7th to 13th March 2012. It was part of the UCI WorldTour 2012 and within this the third race after the Tour Down Under and the Paris – Nice long-distance trip , which overlapped with Tirreno – Adriatico. The total distance of the race was 1,063.2 kilometers.

After the victory of his GreenEdge Cycling Team in the team time trial of the first stage, the Australian Matthew Goss led the overall standings of the race for three stages, before the American Christopher Horner of the RadioShack-Nissan team took the overall lead in the fourth stage . In the final time trial, however, he was intercepted by the Italian Vincenzo Nibali .

Attendees

ProTeams Ag2r Astana Pro Team BMC Racing Team Euskaltel-Euskadi FDJ-Big Mat Garmin Barracuda	GreenEdge Cycling Team Katusha team Lampre ISD Liquigas-Cannondale Lotto Belisol team Movistar	Omega Pharma-Quick Step Rabobank Cycling Team RadioShack Nissan Sky ProCycling Team Saxo Bank Vacansoleil DCM
Professional Continental Teams Acqua & Sapone Colnago-CSF Inox	Colombia-Coldeportes Farnese Vini-Selle Italia

The 18 ProTeams are entitled to start . In addition, the organizer RCS gave four wildcards to the Italian professional Continental teams Acqua & Sapone and Farnese Vini-Selle Italia and Colnago-CSF Inox as well as the Colombian team Colombia-Coldeportes .

Stage overview

The route was presented to the public on February 1, 2012.

As in the previous year, the “Race between the Seas” starts with a 16.9 kilometer team time trial. The next two stages will be completed in largely flat terrain, where mass sprints are to be expected. On the fourth, which is the longest of the race at 252 kilometers, and the fifth stage, there are also mountainous sections on the program; the fifth section ends on the Prati di Tivo . In contrast to previous years, longer mountains will be driven on in 2012. The overall ranking will be decided on the last day with an individual time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto . But the penultimate part of the day also has several smaller climbs.

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Blue jersey
1st stage	7th March	San Vincenzo - Donoratico	16.9		GreenEdge Cycling Team	Matthew Goss ( Mitchelton-Scott )
2nd stage	8th of March	San Vincenzo - Indicatore ( Arezzo )	230		Mark Cavendish ( Ineos )
3rd stage	9th March	Indicatore (Arezzo) - Terni	178		Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Ineos )
4th stage	March 10th	Amelia - Chieti	252		Peter Sagan ( LIQ )	Christopher Horner ( Trek-Segafredo )
5th stage	March 11	Martinsicuro - Prati di Tivo	196		Vincenzo Nibali ( Cannondale )
6th stage	March 12th	Offida - Offida	181		Joaquim Rodríguez ( Katusha Alpecin )
7th stage	March 13th	San Benedetto del Tronto	9.3		Fabian Cancellara ( RNT )	Vincenzo Nibali ( Cannondale )

Stages

1st stage, San Vincenzo - Donoratico (MZF)

Result 1st stage

	team	nation	time
1.	GreenEdge Cycling Team		18:41 min
2.	RadioShack Nissan		+ 0:17
3.	Garmin Barracuda		same time
4th	Sky ProCycling		+ 0:23
5.	Astana Pro Team		+ 0:30

Overall ranking after the 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Matthew Goss		GreenEdge Cycling Team	18:41 min
2.	Svein Tuft		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
3.	Sebastian Langeveld		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
4th	Stuart O'Grady		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
5.	Cameron Meyer		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time

2nd stage, San Vincenzo - Indicatore (Arezzo)

Result 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Mark Cavendish		Sky ProCycling	6:32:32 h
2.	Óscar Freire		Katusha team	same time
3.	Tyler Farrar		Garmin Barracuda	same time
4th	Peter Sagan		Liquigas-Cannondale	same time
5.	Sacha Modolo		Colnago-CSF Inox	same time

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Matthew Goss		GreenEdge Cycling Team	6:51:13 h
2.	Stuart O'Grady		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
3.	Sebastian Langeveld		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
4th	Cameron Meyer		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
5.	Mark Cavendish		Sky ProCycling	+ 0:13

3rd stage, Indicatore (Arezzo) - Terni

Result 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sky ProCycling	4:45:31 h
2.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	same time
3.	Peter Sagan		Liquigas-Cannondale	same time
4th	Tyler Farrar		Garmin Barracuda	same time
5.	Manuel Belletti		Ag2r	same time

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Matthew Goss		GreenEdge Cycling Team	11:36:44 h
2.	Stuart O'Grady		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:03
3.	Cameron Meyer		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:03
4th	Sebastian Langeveld		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:03
5.	Tyler Farrar		Garmin Barracuda	+ 0:13

4th stage, Amelia - Chieti

Result 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Peter Sagan		Liquigas-Cannondale	7:24:50 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		Astana Pro Team	same time
3.	Vincenzo Nibali		Liquigas-Cannondale	same time
4th	Danilo Di Luca		Acqua & Sapone	same time
5.	Christopher Horner		RadioShack Nissan	same time

Overall ranking after the 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Christopher Horner		RadioShack Nissan	19:01:54 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		Astana Pro Team	+ 0:07
3.	Cameron Meyer		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:13
4th	Peter Sagan		Liquigas-Cannondale	+ 0:21
5.	Danilo Di Luca		Acqua & Sapone	+ 0:22

5th stage, Martinsicuro - Prati di Tivo

Result 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Vincenzo Nibali		Liquigas-Cannondale	5:46:33 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		Astana Pro Team	+ 0:16
3.	Christopher Horner		RadioShack Nissan	same time
4th	Johnny Hoogerland		Vacansoleil DCM	+ 0:18
5.	Michele Scarponi		Lampre ISD	same time

Overall ranking after the 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Christopher Horner		RadioShack Nissan	24:48:39 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		Astana Pro Team	+ 0:05
3.	Vincenzo Nibali		Liquigas-Cannondale	+ 0:12
4th	Rinaldo Nocentini		Ag2r	+ 0:45
5.	Michele Scarponi		Lampre ISD	+ 0:47

6th stage, Offida - Offida

Result 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Joaquim Rodríguez		Katusha team	4:38:27 h
2.	Vincenzo Nibali		Liquigas-Cannondale	same time
3.	Danilo di Luca		Acqua & Sapone	same time
4th	Chris Horner		RadioShack Nissan	same time
5.	Rinaldo Nocentini		Ag2r	same time

Overall ranking after the 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Christopher Horner		RadioShack Nissan	29:27:06 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		Astana Pro Team	+ 0:05
3.	Vincenzo Nibali		Liquigas-Cannondale	+ 0:06
4th	Rinaldo Nocentini		Ag2r	+ 0:45
5.	Michele Scarponi		Lampre ISD	+ 0:47

7th stage, San Benedetto del Tronto

Result 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		RadioShack Nissan	10:36 min
2.	Daniele Bennati		RadioShack Nissan	+ 0:12 min
3.	Cameron Meyer		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:16 min
4th	Svein Tuft		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
5.	Manuele Boaro		Team Saxo Bank	same time

Web links

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• Tirreno – Adriatico 2012 in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Official website (Italian / English)