2012 Tour of Utah

2012 Tour of Utah 2011–12 UCI America Tour August 7–12, 2012 6 21h 26' 32" Johann Tschopp SUI BMC 2012 yellow Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 Ben Jacques-Maynes USA BPC 2012 red Joseph Dombrowski USA BLS 2012 white Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 green RNT 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tour of Utah was the ninth edition of the Tour of Utah. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.1. As such, the race is only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between August 7–12, 2012 as a six-day, six-stage race, with some major differences to the prior editions, such as the elimination of the prologue and the inclusion of a team time trial instead of an individual time trial. The 2012 Tour of Utah was one of five UCI-ranked stage races in the United States in 2012 and one of three (along with the 2012 Tour of California and the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which are both ranked 2.HC) that attracted multiple ProTeams to compete. Teams In July, the Tour of Utah announced a 17-team field, made up of six ProTeams (up from five), five UCI Professional Continental teams (up from four) and six UCI Continental teams (down from seven), thus giving the race a total of 17 teams (up from 16).http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/07/news/field-of-17-teams-announced-for-tour-of-utah_228813 Field of 17 teams announced for 2012 Tour of Utah VeloNews.com 10 July 2012 VeloNews 6 August 2012 In total, eight of the 16 teams that competed in 2011 were invited to return to this event, as well as a ProTeam that merged into another ProTeam (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek) and a team that competed in 2010, but did not get a place in 2011 (Bontrager-Livestrong). EPM–UNE is based in Colombia, and four of the five Professional Continental teams are not US-based, coming from Canada, China, the Netherlands and Germany. UCI ProTeams BMC 2012 * GRM 2012b * LIQ 2012 * RNT 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 UCI Professional Continental Teams UHC 2012 * SPI 2012 * SKS 2012b Champion System 2012 APP 2012 (* – participated in 2011) UCI Continental Teams BPC 2012 * OPT 2012 * Competitive Cyclist Racing Team * BLS 2012 EPM–UNE Team Exergy Contenders In addition to all of the last four champions of the race -- (Jeff Louder (UnitedHealthcare), Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) and two-time defending champion Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)) -- the race included potential contenders Tom Danielson (Garmin), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin), David Zabriskie (Garmin) and Chris Horner (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek). The race was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics, and 11 current or former Olympians competed.http://tourofutah.com/blog/riders-to-watch-at-2012-tour-of-utah-11-olympians-on-rosters Riders to Watch at 2012 Tour of Utah- 11 Olympians on Rosters Press release Tour of Utah 2 August 2012 6 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130204172520/http://tourofutah.com/blog/riders-to-watch-at-2012-tour-of-utah-11-olympians-on-rosters 4 February 2013 dead dmy-all Although each of the 17 teams was permitted to bring up to 8 starters (for a maximum of 136), the race included only 129 starters, because 3 of the ProTour teams (BMC, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, and Liquigas-Cannondale) brought only 6 and a fourth (Rabobank) brought only 7.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leipheimer-and-omega-pharma-quickstep-confirmed-for-larry-h-miller-tour-of-utah Leipheimer and Omega Pharma-QuickStep confirmed for Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Pat Malach CyclingNews.com 3 August 2012 8 August 2012 Stages + Stage resultsStagehttp://tourofutah.com/the-race/2012-tour Press release The Race: 2012 Tour Tour of Utah 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120612191642/http://tourofutah.com/the-race/2012-tour 12 June 2012 dead dmy-all DateRouteTerrainLengthWinner 1 7 August Ogden – Ogden alt=|link=|22px Medium mountain stage 131 mi on Rory Sutherland AUS 2 8 August Miller Motorsports Park alt=|link=Team time trial|22px Team time trial 13.5 mi on GRM 2012b 3 9 August Ogden – University of Utah alt=|link=|22px Medium mountain stage 88.5 mi on Michael Matthews AUS 4 10 August Lehi – Salt Lake City alt=|link=|22px Hilly stage 134.3 mi on Jake Keough USA 5 11 August Kimball Junction – Snowbird alt=|link=|22px Mountain stage 101.1 mi on Johann Tschopp SUI 6 12 August Park City – Park City alt=|link=|22px Hilly stage 76.73 mi on Levi Leipheimer USA Stage 1 August 7, 2012 -- Ogden – Ogden, Medium mountain stage, 131 mi For the first time, the Tour of Utah started with a full stage instead of a prologue. Although the route included five categorized climbs, a select peloton of 40 returned to downtown Ogden with the lead, resulting in a sprint finish.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-utah-2012/stage-1/results Sutherland wins stage 1 at Tour of Utah Pat Malach 8 August 2012 CyclingNews.com 8 August 2012 After a few attempted breakaways in the final kilometers were thwarted, Rory Sutherland of UHC 2012 outsprinted the field, finishing several bike lengths ahead of Damiano Caruso of LIQ 2012, Brent Bookwalter of BMC 2012 and Lawson Craddock of BLS 2012. Although the lead pack all finished in the same time, the first three across the finish line and intermediate sprint placers received time bonuses that gave them the lead. Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 Rory Sutherland AUS UHC 2012 5h 25' 41" 2 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 s. t. 3 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 s. t. 4 Lawson Craddock USA BLS 2012 s. t. 5 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 s. t. 6 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2012 s. t. 7 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b s. t. 8 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2012 s. t. 9 Christopher Baldwin USA BPC 2012 s. t. 10 Ivan Santaromita ITA BMC 2012 s. t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Rory Sutherland AUS 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey 25px UHC 2012 5h 25' 31" 2 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 4" 3 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 + 6" 4 Caleb Fairly USA SPI 2012 + 8" 5 Lawson Craddock USA 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey BLS 2012 +10" 6 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 10" 7 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2012 + 10" 8 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b + 10" 9 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2012 + 10" 10 Christopher Baldwin USA BPC 2012 + 10" Stage 2 August 8, 2012 -- Miller Motorsports Park, team time trial, 13.5 mi Team time in the team time trial was determined by the fifth member of the team to cross the finish line. The stage was easily won by the GRM 2012b team, pushing American Christian Vande Velde into the overall lead.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12594/Garmin-Sharp-nails-Tour-of-Utah-team-time-trial-Vande-Velde-takes-race-lead.aspx Garmin–Sharp nails Tour of Utah team time trial, Vande Velde takes race lead Kyle Moore VeloNation 8 August 2012 8 August 2012 Levi Leipheimer's chances to defend his championships probably came to an end on this stage, as his weak OPQ 2012 team, which only started with six riders, quickly dropped one rider and then repeatedly had to sit up to avoid dropping a second rider, placing last among the 17 teams and losing over two minutes as a result. Stage 2 result TeamTime 1 GRM 2012b 22' 35" 2 RAB 2012 + 33" 3 RNT 2012 + 38" 4 BPC 2012 + 50" 5 UHC 2012 + 53" 6 BMC 2012 + 58" 7 OPT 2012 + 1' 03" 8 Competitive Cyclist Racing Team + 1' 06" 9 BLS 2012 + 1' 08" 10 APP 2012 + 1' 10"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Christian Vande Velde USA 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey GRM 2012b 5h 48' 16" 2 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012b s. t. 3 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012b s. t. 4 Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012b + 30" 5 Wilco Kelderman NED 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey RAB 2012 + 33" 6 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 33" 7 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 38" 8 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 38" 9 George Bennett NZL RNT 2012 + 38" 10 Rory Sutherland AUS 25px UHC 2012 + 43" Stage 3 August 9, 2012 -- Ogden to University of Utah, 88.5 mi Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 3h 24' 07" 2 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2012 s. t. 3 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 s. t. 4 Rory Sutherland AUS 25px UHC 2012 s. t. 5 Caleb Fairly USA SPI 2012 s. t. 6 Gavin Mannion USA BLS 2012 s. t. 7 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 s. t. 8 Fred Rodriguez USA Team Exergy s. t. 9 Joshua Atkins NZL BLS 2012 s. t. 10 Francisco Mancebo ESP Competitive Cyclist Racing Team s. t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Christian Vande Velde USA 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey GRM 2012b 9h 12' 23" 2 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012b s. t. 3 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012b s. t. 4 Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012b + 30" 5 Wilco Kelderman NED 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey RAB 2012 + 33" 6 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 33" 7 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 38" 8 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 38" 9 George Bennett NZL RNT 2012 + 38" 10 Rory Sutherland AUS UHC 2012 + 43" Stage 4 August 10, 2012 -- Lehi – Salt Lake City, 134.3 mi Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Jake Keough USA UHC 2012 4h 47' 06" 2 Marco Benfatto ITA LIQ 2012 s. t. 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012b s. t. 4 Michael Matthews AUS 25px RAB 2012 s. t. 5 Alexandro Candelario USA OPT 2012 s. t. 6 Fred Rodriguez USA Team Exergy s. t. 7 Francisco Mancebo ESP Competitive Cyclist Racing Team s. t. 8 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 s. t. 9 Martin Velits SVK OPQ 2012 s. t. 10 Robigzon Leandro Oyola COL EPM–UNE s. t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Christian Vande Velde USA 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey GRM 2012b 13h 59' 29" 2 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012b + 3" 3 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012b + 3" 4 Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012b + 33" 5 Wilco Kelderman NED 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey RAB 2012 + 36" 6 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 36" 7 George Bennett NZL RNT 2012 + 41" 8 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 41" 9 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 41" 10 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 + 50" Stage 5 August 11, 2012 -- Kimball Junction to Snowbird, 101.1 mi Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 Johann Tschopp SUI BMC 2012 4h 18' 20" 2 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 43" 3 Joseph Dombrowski USA BLS 2012 + 47" 4 Ian Boswell USA BLS 2012 + 52" 5 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 1' 00" 6 Lucas Euser USA SPI 2012 + 1' 02" 7 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 1' 02" 8 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2012 + 1' 23" 9 Christian Vande Velde USA 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey GRM 2012b + 1' 38" 10 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 1' 38"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Johann Tschopp SUI 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey BMC 2012 18h 18' 49" 2 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b + 38" 3 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 43" 4 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 53" 5 Joseph Dombrowski USA 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey BLS 2012 + 58" 6 Ian Boswell USA BLS 2012 + 1' 03" 7 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 1' 19" 8 Lucas Euser USA SPI 2012 + 1' 21" 9 Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012b + 1' 22" 10 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2012 + 1' 24" Stage 6 August 12, 2012 -- Park City – Park City, 76.73 mi Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 3h 06' 54" 2 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 49" 3 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 49" 4 Johann Tschopp SUI 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey BMC 2012 + 49" 5 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012b + 49" 6 Joseph Dombrowski USA 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey BLS 2012 + 49" 7 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 49" 8 Ian Boswell USA BLS 2012 + 49" 9 Lucas Euser USA SPI 2012 + 49" 10 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 49"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Johann Tschopp SUI 25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey BMC 2012 21h 26' 32" 2 Matthew Busche USA RNT 2012 + 43" 3 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 49" 4 Joseph Dombrowski USA 25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey BLS 2012 + 58" 5 Ian Boswell USA BLS 2012 + 1' 03" 6 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 1' 08" 7 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 1' 19" 8 Lucas Euser USA SPI 2012 + 1' 21" 9 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 1' 29" 10 Mathias Frank SUI BMC 2012 + 1' 31" Overall Classification leadership Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification|alt=Yellow jersey Sprints classification25px Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Pro Cycling Challenge|alt=Polkadot jersey Young rider classification25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey Most Aggressive25px|link=Combativity award|alt=Orange Jersey Team classification1 Rory SutherlandRory SutherlandRory SutherlandBen Jacques-MaynesLawson CraddockJesse AnthonyBMC 20122 GRM 2012bChristian Vande VeldeWilco Kelderman no awardGRM 2012b3 Michael Matthews Michael MatthewsTimmy Duggan Michael Matthews4 Jake Keough Jasper Stuyven5 Johann TschoppJohann TschoppBen Jacques-MaynesJoseph Dombrowski Francisco Mancebo6 Levi Leipheimer Rory SutherlandRNT 2012 Final Johann Tschopp Michael Matthews Ben Jacques-Maynes Joseph Dombrowski no award RNT 2012 References 2012 Category:2012 in road cycling Category:2012 in American sports Category:2012 in sports in Utah 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