Tour Down Under 2012

Tour Down Under 2012
Racing series	UCI Pro Tour
Host country	Australia
Competition period	January 15-22, 2012
Stages	6 stages
overall length	803 kilometers
Starting field	133 from 19 nations in 19 teams (126 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Simon Gerrans 20:46:12 h 2. Alejandro Valverde same time 3. Tiago Machado + 0:08 min
Team evaluation	RadioShack-Nissan 62:19:53 h
Scoring jerseys
Mountain scoring	Rohan Dennis
Scoring	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Young talent evaluation	Rohan Dennis
Most aggressive driver	Jan Bakelants
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Final score

First	Simon Gerrans	20:46:12 h
Second	Alejandro Valverde	same time
Third	Tiago Machado	+ 0:08 min
Fourth	Michael Rogers	+ 0:14 min
fifth	Rohan Dennis	same time
Sixth	Jan Bakelants	+ 0:16 min
seventh	Edvald Boasson Hagen	+ 0:18 min
Eighth	Javier Moreno	+ 0:23 min
Ninth	Michael Matthews	+ 0:29 min
Tenth	Eduard Worganow	+ 0:32 min
Scoring	Edvald Boasson Hagen	56 P.
Second	André Greipel	50 p.
Third	Jauheni Hutarowitsch	39 P.
Mountain scoring	Rohan Dennis	29 p.
Second	Thomas De Gendt	24 p.
Third	Simon Gerrans	24 p.
Young talent evaluation	Rohan Dennis	20:46:26 h
Second	Edvald Boasson Hagen	+ 0:04 min
Third	Michael Matthews	+ 0:15 min
Team evaluation	RadioShack Nissan	62:19:53 h
Second	Sky ProCycling	+ 0:24 min
Third	Movistar team	+ 0:31 min

The 14th Tour Down Under took place from January 15th to 22nd, 2012. The bike race consisted of six stages , the first starting on January 17th. Two days earlier, the race was opened with the Down Under Classic criterion (entered as Down Under Criterium in the UCI criterion calendar ), which does not count towards the overall ranking. The total distance of the race was 803 kilometers, 45 kilometers more than in the previous year. The Tour Down Under was the first competition of the UCI World Tour 2012 .

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
UniSA-Australia

The 18 ProTeams as well as a team from the University of South Australia, who completed the peloton of 133 riders, were entitled to start.

Stages

Stage overview

stage	date	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Leader
Down Under Classic	15. January	Adelaide	51		André Greipel
1st stage	January 17th	Prospect - Clare	149		André Greipel	André Greipel
2nd stage	January 18th	Lobethal - Stirling	148		William Clarke	Martin Kohler
3rd stage	January 19th	Unley - Victor Harbor	134.5		André Greipel	André Greipel
4th stage	January 20th	Norwood - Tanunda	130		Óscar Freire	Martin Kohler
5th stage	21th January	McClaren Vale - Willunga	151.5		Alejandro Valverde	Simon Gerrans
6th stage	22nd of January	Adelaide City Council Street Circuit	90		André Greipel	Simon Gerrans

Ratings

Ratings in the course of the tour

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Sprint scoring	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team evaluation
1st stage	André Greipel	André Greipel	Marcello Pavarin	Rohan Dennis	Sky ProCycling
2nd stage	Martin Kohler	William Clarke	William Clarke	Michael Matthews	UNI SA-Australia
3rd stage	André Greipel	André Greipel	Thomas De Gendt
4th stage	Martin Kohler	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Rohan Dennis		Sky ProCycling
5th stage	Simon Gerrans			Rohan Dennis	RadioShack Nissan
6th stage

The stages in detail

The race took place in the province of South Australia around the capital Adelaide . As every year, the Tour Down Under was the focus of the Festival of Cycling , a week-long event that is all about bikes in South Australia.

Down Under Classic

The criterion over 51 kilometers in Adelaide , the capital of South Australia , opened the Tour Down Under 2012 and included four premium sprints. It does not count towards the overall ranking or the ranking of the UCI World Tour and consisted of 30 flat laps of 1.7 kilometers each. Before the Down Under Classic, the participating teams were presented to the audience.

Result Down Under Classic

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	1:03:17 h
2.	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sky ProCycling	same time
3.	Heinrich Haussler		Garmin Barracuda	same time
4th	José Joaquín Rojas		Movistar	same time
5.	Steele Von Hoff		UNI SA-Australia	same time

1st stage, Prospect - Clare

The first stage began in the Adelaid suburb of Prospect and led over 149 kilometers north to Clare. Two intermediate sprints and a third category mountain classification were passed on the track, which is continuously rising slightly.

Result 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	4:33:40 h
2.	Alessandro Petacchi		Lampre ISD	same time
3.	Jauheni Hutarowitsch		FDJ-Big Mat	same time
4th	Fabio Sabatini		Liquigas-Cannondale	same time
5.	Daniele Bennati		RadioShack Nissan	same time

Overall ranking after the 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	4:33:30 h
2.	Alessandro Petacchi		Lampre ISD	+ 0:04 min
3.	Martin Kohler		BMC Racing Team	same time
4th	Jauheni Hutarowitsch		FDJ-Big Mat	+ 0:06 min
5.	Rohan Dennis		UNI SA-Australia	+ 0:07 min

2nd stage, Lobethal - Stirling

The second stage of the Tour Down Under was 148 kilometers long and included the mandatory two sprint classifications and a second category mountain classification. At the end of the day, the finish line in Stirling was passed three times. On this circuit, which corresponds to the third section of the previous year, the road climbs towards the destination.

Result 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	William Clarke		UNI SA-Australia	3:58:35 h
2.	Michael Matthews		Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 1:02 min
3.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
4th	Alejandro Valverde		Movistar	same time
5.	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sky ProCycling	same time

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Martin Kohler		BMC Racing Team	8:33:05 h
2.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	+ 0:02 min
3.	Michael Matthews		Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 0:04 min
4th	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:08 min
5.	Rohan Dennis		UNI SA-Australia	+ 0:09 min

3rd stage, Unley - Victor Harbor

The third part of the day led the field over a distance of 134.5 largely flat kilometers, on the two sprint and one mountain classification of the second category, from Unley south to Victor Harbor.

Result 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	3:21:55 h
2.	Jauheni Hutarowitsch		FDJ-Big Mat	same time
3.	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sky ProCycling	same time
4th	Mark Renshaw		Rabobank Cycling Team	same time
5.	Robbie McEwen		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	11:54:52 h
2.	Martin Kohler		BMC Racing Team	+ 0:08 min
3.	Michael Matthews		Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 0:12 min
4th	Thomas De Gendt		Vacansoleil DCM	+ 0:14 min
5.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:16 min

4th stage, Norwood - Tanunda

The path on the fourth stage was 130 kilometers long between Norwood , a district of Adelaide, which, as in 2011, formed the start of the fourth section, and Tanunda in the northwest. Two sprint and two mountain classifications (one of the first category and one of the second) were held on a predominantly flat route.

Result 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Óscar Freire		Katusha team	3:08:34 h
2.	Gerald Ciolek		Omega Pharma-Quick Step	same time
3.	Daniele Bennati		RadioShack Nissan	same time
4th	Edvald Boasson Hagen		Sky ProCycling	same time
5.	Michael Matthews		Rabobank Cycling Team	same time

Overall ranking after the 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Martin Kohler		BMC Racing Team	15:03:34 h
2.	Michael Matthews		Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 0:02 min
3.	Óscar Freire		Katusha team	same time
4th	Gerald Ciolek		Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 0:06 min
5.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	+ 0:08 min

5th stage, McClaren Vale - Willunga

As in previous years, the fifth day section in the south of the province was the “king's stage” of the Tour Down Under and this year, at 151.5 kilometers, it was also the longest section. With Willunga Hill, which had to be climbed twice, the most difficult climb of the tour had to be taken. The two mountain classifications of the first category of the day were carried out on the summit, and there are two sprints on the route. For the first time in the history of the race, the finish line was on Willunga Hill, so a small mountain finish decided the outcome of the race.

Result 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Alejandro Valverde		Movistar	3:45:48 h
2.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	same time
3.	Tiago Machado		RadioShack Nissan	+0: ​​02 min
4th	Michael Rogers		Sky ProCycling	+0: ​​04 min
5.	Rohan Dennis		UNI SA-Australia	+0: ​​07 min

Overall ranking after the 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	18:49:24 h
2.	Alejandro Valverde		Movistar	same time
3.	Tiago Machado		RadioShack Nissan	+0: ​​08 min
4th	Michael Rogers		Sky ProCycling	+0: ​​14 min
5.	Rohan Dennis		UNI SA-Australia	same time

Stage 6, Adelaide City Council Street Circuit

The Tour Down Under 2012 ended with a 90-kilometer criterion over 20 laps of 4.5 kilometers each in Adelaide . The route was flat and included a mountain classification in the third category, which was scored twice, as well as two intermediate sprints on the finish line.

Result 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	André Greipel		Lotto Belisol team	1:56:48 h
2.	Mark Renshaw		Rabobank Cycling Team	same time
3.	Alessandro Petacchi		Lampre ISD	same time
4th	Jauheni Hutarowitsch		FDJ-Big Mat	same time
5.	José Joaquín Rojas		Movistar	same time

Overall ranking after the 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Simon Gerrans		GreenEdge Cycling Team	20:46:12 h
2.	Alejandro Valverde		Movistar	same time
3.	Tiago Machado		RadioShack Nissan	+0: ​​08 min
4th	Michael Rogers		Sky ProCycling	+0: ​​14 min
5.	Rohan Dennis		UNI SA-Australia	same time

Web links

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