Vuelta Ciclista de Chile 2012

Vuelta Chile 2012
Host country	Chile
Competition period	January 5 - January 15, 2012
Stages	10
overall length	1400 km
Starting field	119 from 15 nations in 20 teams (90 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Patricio Almonacid 30:51:47 h 2. Félix Cárdenas + 0:18 min 3. Gonzalo Garrido + 1:54 min
Team evaluation	Shimano GW 92:04:55 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Patricio Almonacid
Mountain scoring	Gonzalo Garrido
Intermediate sprint ranking	Gonzalo Miranda
Combination scoring	Luis Mansilla
Junior ranking U-23	Wolfgang Burmann
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The 31st Vuelta Chile took place from January 5th to 15th, 2012. The bike race was held in ten stages over a distance of 1,400 kilometers. It belonged to the UCI America Tour 2012 and was classified in category 2.2 .

Overall winner of the stage race was the Chilean Patricio Almonacid of the Clos de Pirque - Trek team with only 18 seconds ahead of the Colombian Félix Cárdenas (Shimano GW) and just under two minutes before his compatriot Gonzalo Garrido .

Participating teams

Twenty teams received invitations, including the Spanish Professional Continental Team Andalucía and the Austrian Continental Team ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer and three national teams.

Professional Continental Teams Andalucía 0 0	Continental teams Jamis-Sutter Home ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer Team Nippo	Colombia-Comcel Clube DataRo de Ciclismo 0	National teams Argentina Mexico Uruguay
Others Arquitectura USM by Triciclo Films Mostazal Cycling Adventure Clos de Pirque Trek	Bicy Club Macul Felix Geraldo-Sali Hochschild Scanavini full runners	Club Ciclista Chacabuco Scott Chilemat Thermos Shimano GW	Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico Bianchi-R2-Shimano

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Overall leader
1.	January 5th	La Serena - Coquimbo - La Serena ( team time trial )	18.8		Clos de Pirque Trek	Antonio Cabrera
2.	6th January	La Serena - Tongoy - La Serena	137.5		Juan José Lobato	Luis Mansilla
3.	January 7th	Los Vilos - Viña del Mar	187.9		Luis Mansilla
4th	January 8th	Viña del Mar - Piedra Roja - Santa Martina	143.7		Patricio Almonacid
R.	January 9th	Rest day			0 - 0
5. (A)	10. January	Puerto Montt ( individual time trial )	20th		Sergio Godoy
5. (B)	10. January	Puerto Montt - Osorno	131.1		Adrian Palomares
6th	11th January	Valdivia - Villarrica	128.8		Luis Mansilla
7th	January 12th	Temuco - Angol - Los Ángeles	221.7		Javier Ramirez
8th.	13th January	Talca - Molina - Curicó	137.5		Christopher Mansilla
9.	January 14th	Rancagua - Farellones	141.6		Félix Cárdenas	Patricio Almonacid
10.	15. January	Santiago de Chile	79.3		Juan José Lobato

Web links

• Vuelta Ciclista de Chile 2012 in the database of ProCyclingStats.com