Tour du Cameroun 2012

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Tour du Cameroun 2012
Host country CameroonCameroon Cameroon
Competition period March 8-17, 2012
Stages eight stages and two rest days
Starting field 64 drivers from 8 nations
(47 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating 1. Yves Ngue Ngock 24:28:35 h 2. Vincent Graczyk + 1:58 min 3. Issiaka Fofana + 1:59 minCameroonCameroon 
FranceFrance 
Ivory CoastIvory Coast 
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating Overall rating CameroonCameroon Yves Ngue Ngock
Scoring Scoring SlovakiaSlovakia Milan Barenyi
Mountain scoring Mountain scoring Ivory CoastIvory Coast Issiaka Cissé
Young talent evaluation Young talent evaluation CameroonCameroon Yves Ngue Ngock
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The 10th Tour du Cameroun (English: Cameroon Tour ) took place from March 8th to 17th, 2012. The bike race was held in eight stages with two days of rest. It was part of the UCI Africa Tour 2012 and was classified in category 2.2 . The first eight drivers in the overall ranking and the first three of each stage as well as those wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader received points for the Africa ranking list after each stage.

Overall winner of the stage race which was locals Yves Ngue Ngock (National Cameroon), who last October with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya had already won the other international cycling race in his homeland. He won with almost two minutes ahead of second-placed Vincent Graczyk from France and Ivorian Issiaka Fofana .

Attendees

National teams from the host country, Ivory Coast , Gabon , the Republic of the Congo , the Central African Republic and Switzerland were at the start . Drivers from Slovakia and France also took part.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Type Stage winner Yellow jersey Overall leader
1. 8th of March Figuil - Garoua 105 CameroonCameroon Damien Tekou CameroonCameroon Damien Tekou
2. 9th March Ngaouyanga - Ngaoundéré 78.5 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Issiaka Cissé CameroonCameroon Yves Ngue Ngock
R. March 10th 1st day of rest Rest day
3. March 11 Bafoussam - Bafoussam 104 FranceFrance Julien Morin
4th March 12th Bafang - Mbanga 125.2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Yves Mercier
5. March 13th Limbé - Kumba 98 FranceFrance Noël Richet
6th the 14th of March Kumba - Douala 131.3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Andreas Anderegg
7th March, 15 Douala - Kribi FranceFrance Sébastien Zammit
R. March 16 2nd day off Rest day
8th. 17. March Pouma - Yaoundé 131 SlovakiaSlovakia Milan Barenyi

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