Tour de Suisse 2012

76th Tour de Suisse 2012
Host country	Switzerland Italy
Competition period	9-17 June 2012
Stages	9
overall length	1398.6 km
Starting field	160 in 20 teams (91 of which arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Rui Costa 35:54:49 h 2. Fränk Schleck + 0:14 min 3. Levi Leipheimer + 0:21 min
Team evaluation	Astana Pro Team 107: 46: 30 h
Scoring jerseys
Scoring	Peter Sagan
Mountain scoring	Matteo Montaguti
Best Swiss	Mathias Frank
course
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The 76th Tour de Suisse took place from June 9th to 17th, 2012 in nine stages.

Stage overview

The stage plan was presented to the public on June 19, 2011. The total of nine stages lead over 1398.6 km.

stage	Day	Start and finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
1.	0June 9th	Lugano - Lugano	007.3		Peter Sagan ( Liquigas-Cannondale )	Peter Sagan
2.	June 10th	Verbania (ITA) - Verbier	218.3		Rui Costa ( Movistar )	Rui Costa
3.	June 11th	Martigny - Aarberg	194.7		Peter Sagan ( Liquigas-Cannondale )
4th	June 12	Aarberg - Trimbach	188.8		Peter Sagan ( Liquigas-Cannondale )
5.	June 13th	Trimbach - Gansingen	192.7		Vladimir Issaichev ( Katusha Team )
6th	14th June	Wittnau AG - Bischofszell	198.5		Peter Sagan ( Liquigas-Cannondale )
7th	15th June	Gossau ZH - Gossau ZH	034.3		Fredrik Kessiakoff ( Astana Pro Team )
8th.	June 16	Bischofszell - Arosa	148.2		Michael Albasini ( Orica GreenEdge )
9.	17th of June	Näfels - Sörenberg	215.8		Tanel Kangert ( Astana Pro Team )

Stages

1st stage: Lugano - Lugano (EZF)

Result and overall classification driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Liquigas-Cannondale 9:43 min 2. Fabian Cancellara RadioShack Nissan + 0:04 min 3. Moreno Moser Liquigas-Cannondale + 0:07 min 4th Martin Elmiger Ag2r + 0:11 min 5. Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 6th Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0:17 min 7th Dario Cataldo Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 0:18 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:19 min 9. Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:20 min 10. Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack Nissan + 0:22 min

2nd stage: Verbania - Verbier

Result driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 6:21:13 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:04 min 3. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:12 min 4th Giampaolo Caruso Katusha team + 0:13 min 5. Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:13 min 6th Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:16 min 7th Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 0:16 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:16 min 9. Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:18 min 10. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:22 min

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 6:31:22 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:08 min 3. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:19 min 5. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:21 min 6th Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 0:21 min 7th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:23 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:24 min 9. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:26 min 10. Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:29 min

3rd stage: Martigny - Aarberg

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Liquigas-Cannondale 4:35:32 h 2. Bathing Cooke Orica GreenEdge + 0 min 3. Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 0 min 4th Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 0:03 min 5. Allan Davis Orica GreenEdge + 0:03 min 6th Jauheni Hutarowitsch FDJ-Big Mat + 0:03 min 7th Lloyd Mondory Ag2r + 0:03 min 8th. Tyler Farrar Garmin Barracuda + 0:03 min 9. Daniele Colli Team Type 1-Sanofi + 0:03 min 10. Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 0:03 min

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 11:06:57 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:08 min 3. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:19 min 5. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:21 min 6th Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 0:21 min 7th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:23 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:24 min 9. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:26 min 10. Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:29 min

4th stage: Aarberg - Trimbach

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Liquigas-Cannondale 4:36:55 h 2. José Joaquín Rojas Gil Movistar + 0 min 3. Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0 min 4th Heinrich Haussler Garmin Barracuda + 0 min 5. Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team + 0 min 6th Vladimir Gusev Katusha team + 0 min 7th Matteo Montaguti Ag2r + 0 min 8th. Wout Poels Vacansoleil DCM + 0 min 9. Óscar Freire Katusha team + 0 min 10. Mathias Frank BMC Racing Team + 0 min

Overall ranking after the 4th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 15:43:52 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:08 min 3. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:19 min 5. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:21 min 6th Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 0:21 min 7th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:23 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:24 min 9. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:26 min 10. Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:29 min

5th stage: Trimbach - Gansingen

Result driver team time 1. Vladimir Issaichev Katusha team 4:58:28 h 2. Rubén Pérez Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0 min 3. Salvatore Puccio Sky ProCycling + 0 min 4th Karsten Kroon Team Saxo Bank + 0 min 5. Sébastien Minard Ag2r + 0 min 6th Daniel Oss Liquigas-Cannondale + 0:05 min 7th Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team + 1:50 min 8th. Elia Viviani Liquigas-Cannondale + 11:07 min 9. Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil DCM + 11:07 min 10. Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1-Sanofi + 11:07 min

Overall ranking after the 5th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 20:53:27 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:08 min 3. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:19 min 5. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:21 min 6th Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 0:21 min 7th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:23 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:24 min 9. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:26 min 10. Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:29 min

6th stage: Wittnau AG - Bischofszell

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Liquigas-Cannondale 4:30:08 h 2. Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 0 min 3. Allan Davis Orica GreenEdge + 0 min 4th Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0 min 5. Óscar Freire Katusha team + 0 min 6th Lloyd Mondory Ag2r + 0 min 7th Marco Marcato Vacansoleil DCM + 0 min 8th. Alessandro Bazzana Team Type 1-Sanofi + 0 min 9. Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team + 0 min 10. Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team + 0 min

Overall ranking after the 6th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 25:23:38 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:08 min 3. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:15 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 0:19 min 5. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 0:21 min 6th Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 0:21 min 7th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 0:23 min 8th. John Gadret Ag2r + 0:24 min 9. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:26 min 10. Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:29 min

7th stage: Gossau ZH - Gossau ZH (EZF)

Result driver team time 1. Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana Pro Team 46:36 min 2. Fabian Cancellara RadioShack Nissan + 0:02 min 3. Maxime Monfort Orica GreenEdge + 0:20 min 4th Jérémy Roy FDJ-Big Mat + 0:25 min 5. Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:27 min 6th Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team + 0:34 min 7th Andreas Klöden RadioShack Nissan + 0:38 min 8th. Rui Costa Movistar + 0:41 min 9. Peter Velits Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 0:43 min 10. Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 0:51 min

Overall ranking after the 7th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 26:10:55 h 2. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:50 min 3. Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:55 min 4th Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 1:04 min 5. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 1:04 min 6th Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 1:12 min 7th Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 1:15 min 8th. Vladimir Gusev Katusha team + 1:17 min 9. Thomas Lövkvist Sky ProCycling + 1:22 min 10. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:27 min

8th stage: Bischofszell - Arosa

The field of drivers in the final ascent of Schanfiggerstrasse from Litzirüti to Arosa

Result driver team time 1. Michael Albasini Liquigas-Cannondale 3:45:39 h 2. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 1:15 min 3. Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 1:15 min 4th Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 1:15 min 5. Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:36 min 6th Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 1:36 min 7th Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 1:36 min 8th. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:39 min 9. Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 1:57 min 10. Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack Nissan + 1:57 min

Overall ranking after the 8th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 29:58:39 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:14 min 3. Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 0:21 min 4th Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:25 min 5. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:40 min 6th Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:42 min 7th Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:43 min 8th. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:01 min 9. Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 1:04 min 10. Thibaut Pinot FDJ-Big Mat + 1:13 min

9th stage: Näfels - Sörenberg

Result driver team time 1. Tanel Kangert Astana Pro Team 5:54:22 h 2. Jérémy Roy FDJ-Big Mat + 0:02 min 3. Matteo Montaguti Ag2r + 0:31 min 4th Robert Kišerlovski Astana Pro Team + 1:46 min 5. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:46 min 6th Mathias Frank BMC Racing Team + 1:46 min 7th Chris Soerensen Team Saxo Bank + 1:46 min 8th. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 1:48 min 9. Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 1:48 min 10. Rui Costa Movistar + 1:48 min

Overall ranking after the 9th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Movistar 35:54:49 h 2. Frank Schleck RadioShack Nissan + 0:14 min 3. Levi Leipheimer Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 0:21 min 4th Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:25 min 5. Mikel Nieve Euskaltel-Euskadi + 0:40 min 6th Roman Kreuziger Astana Pro Team + 0:47 min 7th Tom Danielson Garmin Barracuda + 0:48 min 8th. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 0:59 min 9. Alejandro Valverde Movistar + 1:42 min 10. Nicolas Roche Ag2r + 1:52 min

Overall rating and special ratings

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

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Best Swiss	Team evaluation
1st stage	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	not forgiven	Fabian Cancellara	Liquigas-Cannondale
2nd stage	Rui Costa		Frank Schleck	Mathias Frank	Astana Pro Team
3rd stage					RadioShack Nissan
4th stage					Astana Pro Team
5th stage			Vladimir Issaichev		Euskaltel-Euskadi
6th stage
7th stage
8th stage			Michael Albasini
9th stage			Matteo Montaguti		Astana Pro Team

Prize money

Prize money totaling € 160,500 was distributed during the tour.

Prize money for the various ratings

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	Every day
Overall rating	€ 18,000	€ 9,000	€ 4,500	€ 2,250	1,800 €	€ 1,350	€ 1,350	€ 300
Scoring	€ 2,000	€ 1,000	0750 €	-				€ 200
Mountain scoring	€ 2,000	€ 1,000	€ 7,500	-				€ 200
Best Swiss	0€ 2,000	-						€ 200

1. ↑ The total prize money is staggered up to 20th place. For the 8th and 9th place the drivers receive 900 € and from the 10th to the 20th place each driver receives a bonus of 450 €.

Prize money at the stages

placement	1.	2.	3.	annotation
Stage ranking	€ 4,000	€ 2,000	€ 1,000	staggered up to 20th place (100 €)
Intermediate sprints	0€ 200	-		14 intermediate sprints during the tour
Mountain classification cat. HC	0€ 300	-
Mountain classification cat. 1	0250 €	-
Mountain classification cat. 2	0€ 200	-
Mountain classification cat. 3	0150 €	-
Mountain classification cat. 4	0100 €	-
Best Swiss	0€ 200	-

Special ratings:

• On the 2nd stage Sprint Città di Domodos sola for the first € 1,000, for the second € 300 and for the third € 200.

Web links

Commons : Tour de Suisse 2012  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Organizer website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour plan 2012: Destination in Sörenberg ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Organizer's website (accessed June 19, 2011) 
2. ↑ Technical Guide Tour de Suisse 2012 (PDF; 9.9 MB) ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 4, 2013)