Vuelta a España 2012
| Vuelta a España 2012 | |
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2012 |
| Host country |
 Spain and Andorra
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| Competition period | August 18, 2012 to September 9, 2012 |
| Stages | 21st |
| overall length | 3,281.6 km |
| Starting field | 189 in 22 teams |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Alberto Contador (STB) 84:59:49 h 2. Alejandro Valverde (MOV) +1: 16 min 3. Joaquim Rodríguez (KAT) +1: 37 min
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| Team evaluation |
(MOV) 254: 52: 49 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Alberto Contador (STB)
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 Scoring
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Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
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 Mountain scoring
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 Simon Clarke (OGE)
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 Combination scoring
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Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
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 Most combative driver
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Alberto Contador (STB)
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| course | |
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The 67th Vuelta a España took place from August 18, 2012 to September 9, 2012. It was 3,282 km long in total. It was won by the Spanish professional cyclist Alberto Contador .
The three-week Spanish tour consisted of 21 stages and started in Pamplona with a team time trial of 16.2 kilometers. A total of ten mountain stages , five of which were mountain arrivals , and nine flat stages took place. In addition, an individual time trial over 40.0 km from Cambados to Pontevedra was held. That the 2012 UCI World Tour scoring stage race ended on 9 September 2012 in Madrid .
Teams
According to the regulations of the UCI WorldTour , the 18 ProTeams were entitled and obliged to participate. Since the number of drivers per team was limited to nine and the total number of participants was limited to 200, the organizer invited four Professional Continental Teams via wildcards .
→ Main article driver field 2012
Stage overview
| Stages | Type | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner |
Most combative driver
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
Saturday, August 18 | Pamplona - Pamplona 1 | 16.2 | Movistar team | Imanol Erviti |
| 2. |  |
Sun., August 19th | Pamplona - Viana (Navarre) | 180 | John Degenkolb | Javier Aramendia |
| 3. |  |
Mon., August 20 | Bodegas Faustino V - Eibar Alto de Arrate | 153 | Alejandro Valverde | Philippe Gilbert |
| 4th | |
Tuesday, August 21 | Barakaldo - Val d' Ezcaray | 155.4 | Simon Clarke | Luis Ángel Maté |
| 5. | |
Wed., August 22 | Logroño - Logroño | 172 | John Degenkolb | Javier Chacón |
| 6th | |
Thursday, August 23 | Tarazona - Jaca | 174.8 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Thomas De Gendt |
| 7th | |
Friday, August 24th | Huesca - Alcañiz Motorland Aragón | 160 | John Degenkolb | Javier Aramendia |
| 8th. | |
Sat, August 25th | Lleida - Andorra - Collada de la Gallina | 175 | Alejandro Valverde | Javier Aramendia |
| 9. | |
Sun, August 26th | Andorra - Barcelona | 194 | Philippe Gilbert | Javier Chacón |
| R. |  |
Mon., August 27 | 1st day of rest | |||
| 10. | |
Tuesday, August 28th | Ponteareas - Sanxenxo | 166.4 | John Degenkolb | Javier Aramendia |
| 11. | |
Wed., August 29 | Cambados - Pontevedra 2 | 40 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Fredrik Kessiakoff |
| 12. | |
Thursday, August 30th | Vilagarcía de Arousa - Dumbria | 184.6 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Mikel Astarloza |
| 13. | |
Fri., August 31 | Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol | 172.7 | Steve Cummings | Juan Antonio Flecha |
| 14th | |
Sat., September 1st | Palas de Rei - Puerto de Ancares | 152 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Juan Manuel Gárate |
| 15th | |
Sun, September 2nd | La Robla - Lagos de Covadonga | 186.7 | Antonio Piedra | Antonio Piedra |
| 16. | |
Mon., September 3 | Gijón - Valgrande-Pajares - Cuitu Negru | 185 | Dario Cataldo | Dario Cataldo |
| R. | |
Tuesday, September 4th | 2nd day off | |||
| 17th | |
Wed., September 5th | Santander - Fuente Dé | 177 | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador |
| 18th | |
Thursday, September 6th | Aguilar de Campoo - Valladolid | 186.4 | Daniele Bennati | Gatis Smukulis |
| 19th | |
Friday, September 7th | Peñafiel - La Lastrilla | 169 | Philippe Gilbert | Ji Cheng |
| 20th |  |
Sat, September 8th | La Faisanera Golf Segovia - Bola del Mundo | 169.5 | Denis Menshov | Simon Clarke |
| 21st | |
Sun, September 9th | Cercedilla - Madrid | 111.9 | John Degenkolb | Alberto Contador |
1 team time trial
2 individual time trials
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification at the end of the respective stage.
| stage |
Overall ranking Jersey Rojo |
Points scoring Jersey Puntos |
Mountain classification Jersey Montaña |
Combination scoring Jersey Combinada |
Team evaluation Clasificación por equipos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jonathan Castroviejo | not forgiven | not forgiven | not forgiven | (MOV) |
| 2. | John Degenkolb | Javier Chacón | Javier Chacón | ||
| 3. | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde | Pim Ligthart | Alejandro Valverde | |
| 4th | Joaquim Rodríguez | Simon Clarke | Simon Clarke | Joaquim Rodríguez | (RAB) |
| 5. | John Degenkolb | ||||
| 6th | (SKY) | ||||
| 7th | |||||
| 8th. | Alejandro Valverde | (RAB) | |||
| 9. | Joaquim Rodríguez | ||||
| 10. | John Degenkolb | ||||
| 11. | |||||
| 12. | Joaquim Rodríguez | ||||
| 13. | |||||
| 14th | Simon Clarke | ||||
| 15th | (MOV) | ||||
| 16. | |||||
| 17th | Alberto Contador | ||||
| 18th | |||||
| 19th | |||||
| 20th | |||||
| 21st | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vuelta a Espana announces its 22 teams for 2012. Retrieved on April 24, 2012 .
