Tour of Vietnam 2012
| ADC Tour of Vietnam 2012 | |
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| Host country |
 Vietnam
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| Competition period | 17.-22. December 2012 |
| Stages | five stages and one criterion |
| overall length | 874 km |
| Starting field | 133 drivers from 18 nations in 17 teams (of which 83 arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. En Huang 19:40:47 h 2. Hưng Mai Nguyễn + 0:02 min 3. Mohamad Rajablou + 0:36 min 
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| Team evaluation |
Eximbank 59:10:10 h
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 Overall rating
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En Huang
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 Scoring
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 Mohd Harrif Salleh
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 Young talent evaluation
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 Yat Wai Chan
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| 2013 → | |
The 1st Tour of Vietnam took place from December 17th to 22nd, 2012 in the south of Vietnam around Ho Chi Minh City and Cần Thơ on flat terrain, which is why no mountain classification was carried out. The race was part of the UCI Asia Tour 2013 , where it was classified in category 2.2 . The first eight drivers in the overall standings and the first three of each stage as well as those wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader received points for the Asia ranking list after each stage. The Tour of Vietnam was the first international cycling race in this country in the history of cycling. After the five regular stages, another criterion took place in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22nd, but it did not count towards the overall ranking.
The overall winner of the stage race was En Huang ( Max Success Sports ). He won by just two seconds over the second placed Vietnamese Hưng Mai Nguyễn from Eximbank. Thanks to his success on the second stage, he was able to achieve the first ever victory for a Vietnamese in an international cycling race. The podium was completed by the Iranian Mohamad Rajablou ( Ayandeh Iran ). The German Timo Scholz ( CCN Cycling Team ) achieved seventh place overall.
Attendees
Local Vietnamese teams as well as foreign teams, including from Brunei , Kazakhstan and Malaysia, were at the start . Four Continental teams visited the tour. The only German-speaking participant was Timo Scholz from the CCN Cycling Team . For the local team ADC-THVL, the French professional Loïc Desriac - otherwise under contract with Roubaix Lille Métropole - started together with his brother Gael .
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Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
Overall leader
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| 1. | December 17th | Ho Chi Minh City - Cần Thơ | 161 |  |
Ki Ho Choi
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Ki Ho Choi
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| 2. | December 18th | Cần Thơ - Cần Thơ | 215 | |
Hng Mai Nguyễn
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Hng Mai Nguyễn
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| 3. | 19. December | Cần Thơ - Cần Thơ | 124 | |
Mohd Harrif Salleh
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En Huang
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| 4th | 20th of December | Long Xuyên - Cần Thơ | 175 | |
 Dias Omiazakov
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| 5. | 21st December | Cơn Thơ - Ho Chi Minh City | 160 | |
Mohd Harrif Salleh
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