2012 Tour de Romandie

2012 Tour de Romandie 2011 2013 2012 UCI World Tour 14 28 Tour de Romandie 2012.jpg 250px 24–29 April 2012 5 + Prologuehttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012 Tour de Romandie 2012 ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 695.04 km 18h 05' 40" Bradley Wiggins SKY 2012 GBR yellow Andrew Talansky GRM 2012a USA Rui Costa MOV 2012 POR Petr Ignatenko KAT 2012 RUS pink Andrew Talansky GRM 2012a USA white SKY 2012 The 2012 Tour de Romandie was the 66th running of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race. It started on 24 April in Lausanne and ended on 29 April in Crans-Montana and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and a race-concluding individual time trial. It was the 14th race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins of SKY 2012, after winning two stages including the final stage time trial, to take the general classification on the final day. Wiggins won the general classification by 12 seconds over runner-up Andrew Talansky of GRM 2012a,https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=cycling&id=7869437 Bradley Wiggins wins six-day Tour de Romandie ESPN Associated Press 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 who finished second to Wiggins in the final stage; Talansky also won the young rider classification title. Third place was taken by MOV 2012's Rui Costa after he also put in a strong performance in the time trial,http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2012-4-29/costa-climbs-to-podium-in-final-itt Costa climbs to podium in final ITT MOV 2012 Movistar 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 and gained sufficient time to move up from ninth overnight. In the race's other classifications, Petr Ignatenko of KAT 2012 won both the green jersey for the most points gained in intermediate sprints,May 2026 and the pink jersey for the King of the Mountains classification, while SKY 2012 yes finished at the head of the teams classification,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/17886856 Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de Romandie for Team Sky BBC Sport 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 with three of the squad's riders – Wiggins, Richie Porte and Michael Rogers – finishing in the overall top five.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25179_7716159,00.html Wiggins crowned in Romandie SKY 2012 BSkyB 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121020133246/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0%2C27290%2C25179_7716159%2C00.html 20 October 2012 Participating teams As the Tour de Romandie was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads were given wildcard places into the race,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/romandie-features-13-ranked-climbs-in-2012 Romandie features 13 ranked climbs in 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 16 December 2011 24 April 2012http://www.tourderomandie.ch/en/actualite.php News Tour de Romandie Chassot Concept SA 24 April 2012 After Europcar, a second Pro Continental team was awarded a wild card for the Tour de Romandie which runs from April 24 to 29. This is training French Saur-Sojasun whose general manager is former rider Stéphane Heulot and leader Jérôme Coppel. The participation of Tour de Romandie is now complete including 20 teams of 8 riders (18 of the WorldTour and two Continental Pro). 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426233157/http://www.tourderomandie.ch/en/actualite.php dead and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton. The 20 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/start-list Tour de Romandie 2012 start list Cycling News 24 April 2012 Future Publishing Limited 24 April 2012 30em ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAU 2012 SAX 2012a SKY 2012 VCD 2012 Stages Prologue 24 April 2012 — Lausanne, 3.34 km, individual time trial (ITT) thumb|upright|SKY 2012's Geraint Thomas on the podium after winning the stage in Lausanne. Thomas was one of three SKY 2012 yes riders to place inside the top five of the stage results, along with team-mates Michael Rogers and Mark Cavendish. The race began once again with a short prologue stage held in and around Lausanne; the stage returning to the city after the race visited Martigny for the prologue in the 2011 edition of the race.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-upt/prologue/results Castroviejo stuns in Romandie prologue Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 26 April 2011 24 April 2012 Laura Weislo The stage itself, 3.34 km 1 on in length, was relatively flat, dropping only 39 m ft in altitude from the start, to the end. With rain expected to disrupt the stage, teams decided to spread their time trial specialists across the field in order to maximise their potential of winning the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-1/results Thomas quickest in Romandie prologue Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 For the first rider to depart the start in Lausanne, SAU 2012's Maxime Méderel,http://www.tourderomandie.ch/documents/liste-depart-prologue.pdf 66ème Tour de Romandie 2012: Prologue – Liste de départ fr 66th Tour de Romandie 2012: Prologue – Start List Tour de Romandie Tissot Timing; Chassot Concept SA 24 April 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes weather conditions were dry. Mederel ultimately recorded a time of 3' 51" for the stage,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11699/Geraint-Thomas-takes-rain-spoiled-Tour-de-Romandie-prologue.aspx Geraint Thomas takes rain-spoiled Tour de Romandie prologue Ben Atkins VeloNation 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 but his time only held for a minute as EUC 2012's Franck Bouyer completed the course 2.1 seconds quicker. Ramūnas Navardauskas (GRM 2012a) improved upon Bouyer's time by almost ten seconds, recording a time one-hundredth inside 3' 40". Navardauskas' time was marginally quicker than the times of RAB 2012's Maarten Wynants and his own GRM 2012a yes team-mate David Zabriskie, with the trio of riders maintaining their lead positions until the end of the second wave of riders, when Martin Velits assumed the lead for OPQ 2012. Velits completed the course four tenths of a second faster than what Navardauskas had achieved; but he was to only hold the lead for around quarter of an hour, as in the third wave of riders to start the prologue, Stef Clement took the lead for RAB 2012 yes; the former Dutch national champion in the discipline completed the course in slightly over 3' 37". Clement's time held for a while, as riders struggled to match the pace that he had set; it was not until Giacomo Nizzolo, a rider regarded as a sprinter at the RNT 2012 team, recorded a time of 3' 34". Only one rider bettered his time for the course, and it was the rider that started immediately after him; Geraint Thomas (SKY 2012) set the fastest time of 3' 29",http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24042012/58/thomas-wins-romandie-prologue.html Thomas wins Romandie prologue Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 taking his team's fourteenth victory of the year, and his first since returning to the roads after a successful UCI Track World Championships,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9224071/Tour-of-Romandy-2012-Geraint-Thomas-returns-to-road-with-prologue-victory-as-Team-Sky-dominate-podium.html Geraint Thomas returns to road with prologue victory as Team Sky dominate podium The Daily Telegraph 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 John MacLeary where he claimed a gold medal and a silver medal. Although he won the stage, Thomas' focus for the race was to support Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins in their respective classifications.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/thomas-wins-romandie-opener-as-sky-lands-3-in-top-5_214881 Thomas wins Romandie opener as Sky lands three in top-five VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426212155/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/thomas-wins-romandie-opener-as-sky-lands-3-in-top-5_214881 dead After these two placings had been wrapped up, further riders from SKY 2012 yes, OPQ 2012 yes and RAB 2012 yes looked to place themselves among the top ten riders for the stage. Kristof Vandewalle was third for a time, recording a 3' 35" for the parcours, before his time was bettered by Michael Rogers and then Cavendish, who set his time just as the weather conditions changed; rain began to become a factor in the stage proceedings from then on.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532573/geraint-thomas-wins-tour-de-romandie-prologue.html Geraint Thomas wins Tour de Romandie prologue Cycling Weekly 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 Hugh Gladstone With these conditions, it guaranteed most of the top ten placings for the early runners but Manuele Boaro recorded the best time of those that went out later in the start order; eventually setting the ninth-fastest time for the stage, with Alex Rasmussen rounding out the top ten for GRM 2012a yes. Overall contenders Tejay van Garderen (BMC 2012), Jérôme Coppel (SAU 2012 yes), as well as Wiggins and van Garderen's team-mate Cadel Evans all finished outside the top ten after starting in the worst of the conditions; Wiggins placed best in eleventh, having again encountered wet conditions as he had done in the opening stage of March's Paris–Nice race.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25179_7699964,00.html Thomas seals prologue win SKY 2012 BSkyB Richard Simpson 24 April 2012 24 April 2012 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426220732/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25179_7699964,00.html dead Prologue results 1 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2012 3' 29" 2 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 + 5" 3 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 + 6" 4 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 6" 5 Kristof Vandewalle BEL OPQ 2012 + 6" 6 Julien Vermote BEL OPQ 2012 + 8" 7 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 8" 8 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 8" 9 Manuele Boaro ITA SAX 2012a + 9" 10 Alex Rasmussen DEN GRM 2012a + 9" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/prologue Tour de Romandie 2012 Prologue results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after Prologue 1 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2012 3' 29" 2 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 + 5" 3 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 + 6" 4 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 6" 5 Kristof Vandewalle BEL OPQ 2012 + 6" 6 Julien Vermote BEL OPQ 2012 + 8" 7 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 8" 8 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 8" 9 Manuele Boaro ITA SAX 2012a + 9" 10 Alex Rasmussen DEN GRM 2012a + 9" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/prologue-gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Prologue results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Stage 1 25 April 2012 — Morges to La Chaux-de-Fonds, 184.5 km Four riders – BMC 2012's Martin Kohler, Kenny Dehaes of LTB 2012, Angelo Tulik (EUC 2012) and SAU 2012 rider Jimmy Engoulventhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-1/results Wiggins takes sprint victory in La Chaux-de-Fonds Laura Weislo Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 – advanced clear of the main field in the early running of the stage; the quartet managed to extend their advantage to a maximum of over five minutes around a third of the way through the stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11707/Bradley-Wiggins-sprints-into-the-lead-in-Tour-de-Romandie-stage-one.aspx Ben Atkins 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 VeloNation VeloNation LLC Bradley Wiggins sprints into the lead in Tour de Romandie stage one With all the riders close together time-wise following the prologue stage, SKY 2012 were mainstays at the front of the peloton, trying to chip away at the advantage of the breakaway prior to the final finishing loop of 65 km 1 on around La Chaux-de-Fonds. The quartet held an advantage of just under three-and-a-half minutes over the main field as the pack came across the line for the first time. SKY 2012 yes were in formation at the head of the field, with the entire team except for Richie Porte, setting the tempo and continued to steadily cutting into the advantage that the lead four riders held; with 50 km 1 on, the gap had been cut to around 2' 20", with LIQ 2012 also shadowing the British squad, but allowing them to take a free range of the pace being set. Over the next 20 km 1 on, the leaders' gap was cut to around a minute, prior to the second of the day's three categorised climbs, the second-category Haut de la Côte. Continued pressure at the head of the main field meant that riders were dislodged from the rear of pack, and those included prologue winner Geraint Thomas and Mark Cavendish.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25042012/58/wiggins-sprints-win-romandie-opener.html Wiggins sprints to win in Romandie opener Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 The breakaway was absorbed on the climb with Kohler trying to get clear but a counter-attack from Engoulvent's team-mate Fabrice Jeandesboz put him clear at the summit, although he was later brought back by the field. With his team on the front, Bradley Wiggins suffered a puncture at around 25 km 1 on to go,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/17847697 Bradley Wiggins wins stage and takes Tour de Romandie lead BBC Sport 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 but with Porte, Michael Rogers and Kanstantsin Sivtsov around him for pacing,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/25/bradley-wiggins-tour-of-romandie Bradley Wiggins sprints to win on first road stage of Tour de Romandie James Callow The Guardian 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 they all latched back on to the peloton prior to the final climb of the day, Le Communal de la Sagne at 13 km 1 on remaining. Out front at this point was a seven-rider move representing six teams but could not sustain a meaningful gap ahead of the main field. Several mini-moves tried to get away with force after the descent from the climb, but BMC 2012 yes started to push forward in the pack, and helping out SKY 2012 yes with the pace-making and their protection of team leader Cadel Evans. Jeandesboz and Pierre Rolland (EUC 2012 yes) were the last riders to attempt a move but were caught by the now-pacemaking RAB 2012 and LIQ 2012 yes teams in the closing stages. The latter squad's Polish tandem Sylwester Szmyd and Maciej Paterski looked to gain distance at the front of the field ahead of the sprint, but an elongated move from Wiggins ultimately proved successful as the British national champion managed to hold off on the front, to take the leader's jersey on the line.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/wiggins-wins-tour-de-romandie-stage-1-sprint_215201 Wiggins wins Tour de Romandie stage 1 sprint 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426141816/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/wiggins-wins-tour-de-romandie-stage-1-sprint_215201 dead Behind him, his rival from Paris–Nice, Lieuwe Westra (VCD 2012) finished second ahead of Paolo Tiralongo for AST 2012.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532572/wiggins-makes-it-two-out-of-two-for-sky-in-romandie.html Wiggins makes it two out of two for Sky in Romandie 25 April 2012 25 April 2012 Cycling Weekly Nick Bull Stage 1 results 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 4h 50' 23" 2 Lieuwe Westra NED VCD 2012 + 0" 3 Paolo Tiralongo ITA AST 2012 + 0" 4 Tejay Van Garderen USA BMC 2012 + 0" 5 Maciej Paterski POL LIQ 2012 + 0" 6 Vasil Kiryienka BLR MOV 2012 + 0" 7 Serge Pauwels BEL OPQ 2012 + 0" 8 Daniele Pietropolli ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 9 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2012a + 0" 10 Pieter Weening NED GEC 2012a + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-1 Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 1 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after stage 1 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 4h 53' 51" 2 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 7" 3 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 9" 4 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 9" 5 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 11" 6 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 11" 7 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012a + 12" 8 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 12" 9 Rubén Plaza SPA MOV 2012 + 12" 10 Tiago Machado POR RNT 2012 + 13" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-1-gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 1 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Stage 2 26 April 2012 — Montbéliard (France) to Moutier, 149.1 km Two riders – GEC 2012a's Christian Meier and LTB 2012 rider Lars Bakhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532599/hivert-breaks-team-sky-s-winning-run-at-romandie.html Hivert breaks Team Sky's winning run at Romandie Cycling Weekly 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 Andy McGrath – went clear of the main field in the early running of the stage – beginning just over the Swiss-French border in the city of Montbéliard – and managed to extend their advantage to a maximum of almost four minutes at one stage of the parcours, slightly less than the advantage that was given to a breakaway quartet the previous day.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-2/results Hivert surprises with stage 2 win in Romandie Daniel Benson 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Between them, Bak led across each of the three categorised climbs during the day – taking the pink jersey at the end of the stage, as the mountains classification leader – while Meier claimed the honours at the first of two intermediate sprints during the stage, coming after 63.2 km 1 on in Delémont.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11717/Jonathan-Hivert-wins-uphill-sprint-to-take-Tour-de-Romandie-stage-two.aspx Jonathan Hivert wins uphill sprint to take Tour de Romandie stage two Ben Atkins 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 VeloNation Meier and Bak held their advantage at around three minutes with around 60 km 1 on remaining. At this point, Branislau Samoilau attacked off the front of the peloton for the MOV 2012, but could not gather a sufficient advantage from the field; with a maximum gap of just 22 seconds, Samoilau was more likely to be reabsorbed into the pack, and that scenario played out several kilometres along the parcours – at around the 40 km 1 on to go mark – with the gap to Meier and Bak dropping to just over two-and-a-half minutes as they started to tire out front, having completed over 100 km 1 on together off the head of the peloton. SKY 2012 were again prominent at the peloton's front; although Mark Cavendish was not part of their squadron, after having to slow back to the team car after a mechanical problem.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26042012/58/hivert-claims-romandie-stage.html Hivert claims Romandie stage Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 Lee Walker On the La Caquerelle climb, Bak and Meier struggled off the front, with the climb reaching a gradient of 15% in places. Meier eventually cracked on the climb, leaving Bak on his own; at the summit, Bak led by just five seconds ahead of a two-man counter-attack from Fabrice Jeandesboz (SAU 2012) and GRM 2012a's Peter Stetina, and the peloton were eleven seconds further in arrears. After passing Bak on the road, Jeandesboz and Stetina continued to step up the pace, putting both riders in contention to take the virtual race lead from SKY 2012 yes's Bradley Wiggins, having started the stage within 30 seconds of Wiggins in the general classification. At the second Delémont intermediate sprint – coming with just 14.2 km 1 on to go – Jeandesboz and Stetina held an advantage of 31 seconds through the point, with Stef Clement maintaining the sprints classification lead for RAB 2012, by taking the single point on offer for third through the sprint. SKY 2012 yes, and later GEC 2012a yes, slowly brought the pair back, with Luke Durbridge setting the pace for the latter squad, and achieved the catch with 4 km 1 on to go. This ultimately set up a sprint finish in Moutier, where Stetina's team-mate Ryder Hesjedal attacked first, but was usurped by both Rui Costa (MOV 2012 yes),http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/news/hivert-wins-romandie-2nd-stage-wiggins-keeps-lead_215363 Hivert wins Romandie 2nd stage, Wiggins keeps lead VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 29 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120429033240/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/news/hivert-wins-romandie-2nd-stage-wiggins-keeps-lead_215363 dead and Luis León Sánchez (RAB 2012 yes); however, all three riders were beaten to the line by Jonathan Hivert,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/26/tour-de-romandie-bradley-wiggins Britain's Bradley Wiggins retains the lead in Tour de Romandie The Guardian 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 Associated Press taking his first win at World Tour level for SAU 2012 yes. Stage 2 results 1 Jonathan Hivert FRA SAU 2012 3h 48' 11" 2 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 0" 3 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 + 0" 4 Gianni Meersman BEL LTB 2012 + 0" 5 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2012a + 0" 6 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 + 0" 7 Daniele Pietropolli ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 8 blank Eduard Vorganov KAT 2012 + 0" 9 Allan Davis AUS GEC 2012a + 0" 10 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-2 Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 2 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after stage 2 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 8h 42' 02" 2 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 7" 3 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 9" 4 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 9" 5 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 11" 6 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 + 11" 7 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 11" 8 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012a + 12" 9 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 12" 10 Rubén Plaza SPA MOV 2012 + 12" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-2-gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 2 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Stage 3 27 April 2012 — La Neuveville to Charmey, 157.6 km A quintet of riders – OPQ 2012's Matt Brammeier, KAT 2012 rider Gatis Smukulis, Leigh Howard of GEC 2012a, LTB 2012's Tosh van der Sande and SAX 2012a rider Anders Lund – made the early breakaway from the field, and managed to extend their advantage over the main field to almost six minutes at one point during the stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11726/Luis-Leon-Sanchez-sprints-himself-close-to-the-lead-in-Romandie-stage-three.aspx Luis León Sánchez sprints himself close to the lead in Romandie stage three VeloNation VeloNation LLC 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 Ben Atkins As such, the riders between them managed to take all sub-classification points on offer during the stage, at the pair of intermediate sprints – coming after 112.8 km 1 on at La Cantine and 140.1 km 1 on at Bulle respectively – and all three categorised climbs during the stage. Their advantage out front was cut methodically by the peloton – led by SKY 2012, LAM 2012, GRM 2012a and RAB 2012 – with the breakaway holding an advantage of about three-and-a-half minutes with around 30 km 1 on to go.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-3/results Luis Leon Sanchez wins Romandie stage to Charmey Daniel Benson Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 After going through the intermediate sprint at Bulle, Smukulis stepped up his pace and left his fellow breakaway riders behind him. With a gap of nearly 20 seconds over them, Smukulis tried to further the gap but was starting to lose some ground; indeed, Brammeier and van der Sande tried to kick away from Howard and Lund, but all four riders remained together behind Smukulis. The gap to the peloton was tumbling quickly, as SAU 2012, the team of the previous day's winner Jonathan Hivert, were striving on the front of the main field. After all bar Smukulis were caught outside of 5 km 1 on remaining, Smukulis was brought back within the following kilometre. Further attacks from SAU 2012 yes's Fabrice Jeandesboz, AST 2012 pair Roman Kreuziger and Janez Brajkovič, KAT 2012 yes's Simon Špilak as well as VCD 2012 rider Johnny Hoogerland were all thwarted quickly. With their main sprinter Michael Matthews not in contention in the peloton, RAB 2012 yes put their sprint hopes in Luis León Sánchez, who had finished third into Moutier.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/bradley-wiggins-retains-yellow-in-tour-of-romandie/news-story/d9d1b31a946b5be5023cfc4cd5ba0abd Bradley Wiggins retains yellow in Tour of Romandie 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 The Australian 2012-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120427045607/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/bradley-wiggins-retains-yellow-in-tour-of-romandie/story-e6frg7mf-1226340696089 subscription live News Limited Indeed, once Hoogerland had been caught within the final 500 m on, SKY 2012 yes had Richie Porte and Michael Rogers pace race leader Bradley Wiggins on the front of the field,http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25179_7710023,00.html Brad still leads the way SKY 2012 BSkyB 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 26 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120626075303/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25179_7710023,00.html dead with Sánchez in position in third wheel behind Rogers and Wiggins, after Porte had fallen back. Sánchez launched his sprint first and was chased by LTB 2012 yes's Gianni Meersman and AST 2012 yes rider Paolo Tiralongo – both of whom had taken top-five stage placings in the race to that point – as well as the leader of the young rider classification, Andrew Talansky of GRM 2012a yes. Sánchez held his line to the far right of the road, pushing Meersman towards the barrier on the run-in, which left him frustrated; as he crossed the line behind Sánchez, in second place, he raised hand in protest at the finish.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532614/luis-leon-sanchez-sprints-to-victory-in-romandie.html Luis Leon Sanchez sprints to victory in Romandie Richard Abraham 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited His team protested the sprint, but the race commissaires took no further action.http://www.giannimeersman.com/archief_ind2011.php?id=632 2e in 3e rit Ronde van Romandië GianniMeersman.com Gianni Meersman 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 nl 2nd in 3rd stage of Tour de RomandieApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Sánchez moved into second place overall behind Wiggins; a ten-second bonus for winning the stage reduced his deficit to Wiggins to just one second.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27042012/58/sanchez-powers-romandie-victory.html Sanchez powers to Romandie victory Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 Lee Walker Stage 3 results 1 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 3h 58' 29" 2 Gianni Meersman BEL LTB 2012 + 0" 3 Paolo Tiralongo ITA AST 2012 + 0" 4 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 0" white 5 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 0" 6 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA A2R 2012 + 0" 7 Maciej Paterski POL LIQ 2012 + 0" 8 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2012 + 0" 9 Gorka Verdugo SPA EUS 2012 + 0" 10 Fabrice Jeandesboz FRA SAU 2012 + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-3 Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 3 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after stage 3 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 12h 40' 31" 2 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 + 1" 3 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 7" 4 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 9" 5 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 9" 6 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 11" 7 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 11" 8 David Zabriskie USA GRM 2012a + 12" 9 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 12" 10 Rubén Plaza SPA MOV 2012 + 12" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-3-gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 3 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Stage 4 28 April 2012 — Bulle to Sion, 184 km The race's queen stagehttp://www.irishprocycling.com/news/martin/martin-consistent-romandie-queen-stage https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025636/http://www.irishprocycling.com/news/martin/martin-consistent-romandie-queen-stage dead March 4, 2016 Cillian Kelly 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 Irish ProCycling McClure Media and PR Martin consistent on Romandie queen stage consisted of four categorised climbs over the 184 km 1 on parcours,https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-4/info/profiles Stage profiles Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 4 ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 including three first-category climbs; the Col des Mosses, the Piste de l'Ours and also the climb of the St-Martin, with each climb rising to in excess of 1450 m ft on above sea level. After several unsuccessful attacks set the course of the early running – as the field remained as one – for much of the first half-hour of racing; it was not until the Col des Mosses that the stage's primary breakaway had been formed.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-4/results Sanchez sprints to second straight victory at Tour de Romandie Peter Hymas Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 28 April 2012 29 April 2012http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11731/Luis-Leon-Sanchez-sprints-into-the-lead-with-second-straight-Romandie-stage.aspx Luis León Sánchez sprints into the lead with second straight Romandie stage Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 Six riders went clear on the climb, and the break consisted of ALM 2012's Jean-Christophe Péraud, KAT 2012 pair Petr Ignatenko and Eduard Vorganov, BMC 2012's Johann Tschopp, Guillaume Levarlet (SAU 2012) and Jorge Azanza of EUS 2012; Tschopp was best placed overall of the riders, having trailed by 25 seconds to Bradley Wiggins (SKY 2012) overnight. With Tschopp in such a prime position to Wiggins in the general classification, Wiggins' team was doing the lion's share of the work in the main field; a main field that was struggling to make headway due to the weather conditions. A strong headwind – gusting up to 60 km/h 0 on in placeshttp://www.bmcracingteam.com/news/news/datum/2012/04/28/tree-branch-knocks-van-garderen-out-at-romandie/ Tree Branch Knocks Van Garderen Out At Romandie BMC 2012 BMC Trading AG 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 30 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120430010654/http://www.bmcracingteam.com/news/news/datum/2012/04/28/tree-branch-knocks-van-garderen-out-at-romandie/ usurped – was keeping the speeds of the chase down. The headwinds did claim one victim as Tschopp's team-mate Tejay van Garderen was struck by a falling tree branch on the descent from the Col des Mosses.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-knocked-out-of-tour-de-romandie-by-tree-branch Van Garderen knocked out of Tour de Romandie by tree branch Cycling News 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 He received stitches for a wound on his nose, but was forced to abandon the race; he had been lying 17th overall in the general classification, trailing Wiggins by 15 seconds, and had been just four seconds behind countryman Andrew Talansky (GRM 2012a) in the under-25 classification.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11732/Tejay-van-Garderen-knocked-out-of-Tour-de-Romandie-by-falling-tree-branch.aspx Tejay van Garderen knocked out of Tour de Romandie by falling tree branch Ben Atkins VeloNation 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 As the breakaway reached the finish site in Sion for the first of two passings, their advantage was around the two-minute mark over the main field. The leaders split up after the second-category climb to Basse-Nendaz, as Tschopp, Ignatenko and Levarlet left the other three riders behind and set off to try and extend their ever-reducing advantage to the main pack. Not long later, a four-rider wave counter-attacked from the peloton; GRM 2012a yes rider Peter Stetina was joined by RAB 2012's Laurens ten Dam, Rui Costa (MOV 2012) and Giampaolo Caruso of KAT 2012 yes, setting off in pursuit of the lead trio. They caught them with around 30 km 1 on to go, through Euseigne; but as they were doing so, the peloton were almost on their tails, and were soon absorbing the seven riders back into the midsts of the main field. On the ascent of the day's final climb, Roman Kreuziger (AST 2012) was one of five riders to go clear, gaining twelve seconds on the peloton as they summited the St-Martin climb; joining him were Mikel Landa of EUS 2012, ALM 2012 yes pair John Gadret and Rinaldo Nocentini, and SAX 2012a's Jesús Hernández. A mini-group of around a dozen riders, including Wiggins, was prominent with around 10 km 1 on remaining. It eventually came down to a final sprint to the line in Sion, where Luis León Sánchez took the stage victory for the second consecutive day, winning by a bike length.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/news/sanchez-nabs-second-romandie-win-in-a-row-takes-overall-lead_215716 Sanchez nabs second straight Romandie win, takes overall lead VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 28 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120428162739/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/news/sanchez-nabs-second-romandie-win-in-a-row-takes-overall-lead_215716 dead With ten seconds on offer to the winner as a bonus,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532616/sanchez-wins-again-to-snatch-romandie-yellow.html Sanchez wins again to snatch Romandie yellow Cycling Weekly 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 Nick Bull Sánchez took the race leader's yellow jersey by nine seconds from Wiggins, ahead of the final stage time trial.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28042012/58/sanchez-takes-romandie-lead-wiggins.html Sanchez takes Romandie lead from Wiggins Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 Nocentini finished second on the stage, with MOV 2012 yes's Branislau Samoilau completing the podium.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/28/bradley-wiggins-tour-de-romandie Bradley Wiggins loses Tour de Romandie lead to Luis León Sánchez The Guardian Associated Press 28 April 2012 29 April 2012 Stage 4 results 1 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 4h 56' 13" 2 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA A2R 2012 + 0" 3 Branislau Samoilau BLR MOV 2012 + 0" 4 Gorka Verdugo SPA EUS 2012 + 0" 5 Paolo Tiralongo ITA AST 2012 + 0" 6 Pierre Rolland FRA EUC 2012 + 0" 7 Andreas Klöden GER RNT 2012 + 0" 8 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2012 + 0" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 0" 10 Fabrice Jeandesboz FRA SAU 2012 + 0" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-4 Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 4 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after stage 4 1 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 17h 36' 35" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 + 9" 3 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 16" 4 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 18" 5 Stef Clement NED RAB 2012 + 18" 6 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 20" 7 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 20" 8 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 21" 9 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 22" 10 Tiago Machado POR RNT 2012 + 22" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-4-gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 4 results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Stage 5 29 April 2012 — Crans-Montana, 16.5 km, individual time trial (ITT) As was expected,http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/36131/wiggins-a-surprise-sprinter-at-romandie https://archive.today/20120911144253/http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/36131/wiggins-a-surprise-sprinter-at-romandie dead September 11, 2012 Wiggins a surprise sprinter at Romandie Cycling Central Special Broadcasting Service 26 April 2012 29 April 2012 Agence France-Presse It is expected to go down to the wire in Sunday's final time-trial. the battle for the overall race victory came down to the final stage of the race; a technical 16.24 km 1 on individual time trial in and around the ski resort of Crans-Montana.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-romandie-2012/stage-5/results Wiggins wins Tour de Romandie Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 On the parcours was the first-category climb to Aminona, which would settle the destination of that particular jersey, coming around the midpoint of the stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11742/Bradley-Wiggins-climbs-to-overall-Romandie-victory-in-Crans-Montana-time-trial.aspx Bradley Wiggins climbs to overall Romandie victory in Crans-Montana time trial VeloNation VeloNation LLC 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 Ben Atkins As was customary of time trial stages, cyclists set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Thus, Danny Pate of SKY 2012, who, in 138th place, trailed overall leader Luis León Sánchez (RAB 2012) by forty-five minutes and twenty-six seconds, was the first rider to set off on the final stage. Pate recorded a time of 31' 20" for the course, but his team-mate Chris Froome bettered that time almost immediately, taking the benchmark through the 31-minute barrier, recording a time of 30' 41"; completing his first race on his return from a parasitic infection.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/froome-still-battling-parasitic-infection Froome still battling parasitic infection Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 25 April 2012 29 April 2012 No rider could get close to that time until Nelson Oliveira assumed the lead for RNT 2012, having taken the start around fifteen minutes after Froome; Oliveira's time edged Froome's by just over a second. His stay at the top of the timesheets was brief however, as SAX 2012a rider Manuele Boaro, a former Italian junior national champion who placed in the top five of the race-concluding time trial at Tirreno–Adriatico, soon lowered the best time for the stage down a time of 30' 24", taking fifteen seconds off Oliveira. FDJ 2012 rider Jérémy Roy troubled Boaro's time, but eventually finished just 0.67 seconds off the fastest time at that point; Paris–Nice opening time trial winner Gustav Larsson was eventually the first rider to go sub-thirty minutes, recording a 29' 58" for VCD 2012. Larsson's time was soon bettered by team-mate Thomas De Gendt, who went eight seconds quicker than Larsson over the stage. De Gendt's time held to well inside the last forty riders to start the stage; with the top 37 riders in the general classification being separated by 48 seconds overnight. De Gendt's time was eventually beaten by Thibaut Pinot, who went two seconds quicker for FDJ 2012 yes, but that time was bettered substantially by the next rider through the finish, Richie Porte. Porte recorded a time of 29' 13", which was guaranteed to move him up from 32nd overall; his time was not beaten until GRM 2012a's Andrew Talansky went below 29 minutes – using a time-trial bike, unlike many other ridershttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532617/bradley-wiggins-wins-tour-de-romandie.html Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de Romandie Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 – with a time of 28' 57" to guarantee himself the victory in the young rider classification; so dominant was his performance, that he almost caught his rival for that competition, RAB 2012 yes's Wilco Kelderman, on the road, after Kelderman had started two minutes before him. Talansky's time was only beaten by one other rider; SKY 2012 yes rider Bradley Wiggins recovered from an early mechanical problem – caused by a dropped chain – to go quickest for the course, although his margin to Talansky was a marginal 0.7 seconds.http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7716167/Wiggins-crowned-in-Romandie Wiggins crowned in Romandie Sky Sports 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 The time was more than good enough to win the race overall, as Sánchez lost over a minute as last man on the road, which dropped him from the lead to tenth place in the final standings. Behind Talansky, Rui Costa completed the overall podium for the MOV 2012, after recording the fourth-quickest stage time.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/wiggins-wins-romandie-tt-takes-back-final-leaders-jersey_215779 Wiggins wins Romandie TT, takes back final leader's jersey VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 1 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120501142344/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/wiggins-wins-romandie-tt-takes-back-final-leaders-jersey_215779 dead Following his Paris–Nice win earlier in the year, Wiggins became the first rider to win both races in the same year since Dario Frigo in 2001.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9234838/Tour-of-Romandy-2012-Bradley-Wiggins-wins-final-day-time-trial-to-clinch-overall-title-in-Switzerland.html Bradley Wiggins wins final day time-trial to clinch overall title in Switzerland The Daily Telegraph 29 April 2012 29 April 2012 Stage 5 results 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 28' 56" 2 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 1" white 3 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2012 + 17" 4 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 23" 5 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 40" 6 Sylwester Szmyd POL LIQ 2012 + 42" 7 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 43" 8 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 52" 9 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2012 + 54" 10 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 55" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-5 Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026General classification after stage 5 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 18h 05' 40" 2 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 12" 3 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 36" 4 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2012 + 45" 5 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 50" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 59" 7 Sylwester Szmyd POL LIQ 2012 + 1' 03" 8 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 1' 13" 9 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 1' 14" 10 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 + 1' 15" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/gc Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 18 May 2026 Classification leadership table May 2026 In the 2012 Tour de Romandie, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses in mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2012 Tour de Romandie, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. Additionally, there was a young rider classification, which awarded a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1987 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a pink jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth jersey represented the sprints classification, marked by a green jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 3 at intermediate sprint points during each stage, with the exception of the individual time trial stages. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification P Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas not awarded Giacomo Nizzolo SKY 2012 1 Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Fabrice Jeandesboz Andrew Talansky 2 Jonathan Hivert Lars Bak 3 Luis León Sánchez 4 Luis León Sánchez Luis León Sánchez Petr Ignatenko 5 Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Final Bradley Wiggins Petr Ignatenko Andrew Talansky SKY 2012 Classification standings General classification Final general classification (1–10) 1 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2012 18h 05' 40" 2 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a + 12" 3 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 36" 4 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2012 + 45" 5 Michael Rogers AUS SKY 2012 + 50" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 59" 7 Sylwester Szmyd POL LIQ 2012 + 1' 03" 8 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2012 + 1' 13" 9 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 1' 14" 10 Luis León Sánchez SPA RAB 2012 + 1' 15" Mountains classification Final mountains classification (1–10) yes 1 blank Petr Ignatenko KAT 2012 24 2 Lars Bak DEN LTB 2012 21 3 Johann Tschopp SWI BMC 2012 20 4 Guillaume Levarlet FRA SAU 2012 18 5 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 16 6 Fabrice Jeandesboz FRA SAU 2012 15 7 blank Eduard Vorganov KAT 2012 14 8 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2012 13 9 Gatis Smukulis LAT KAT 2012 13 10 Martin Kohler SWI BMC 2012 12 https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/kom Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 19 May 2026 Young rider classification Final young rider classification (1–10) 1 Andrew Talansky USA GRM 2012a 18h 05' 52" 2 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 1' 09" 3 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 1' 57" 4 Mikel Landa SPA EUS 2012 + 2' 48" 5 George Bennett NZL RNT 2012 + 3' 12" 6 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 4' 24" 7 Kenny Elissonde FRA FDJ 2012 + 5' 05" 8 Ángel Madrazo NED MOV 2012 + 7' 31" 9 Romain Sicard FRA EUS 2012 + 22' 24" 10 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2012 + 23' 30" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/youth Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 19 May 2026 Team classification Final team classification (1–10) no 1 GBR SKY 2012 54h 18' 26" 2 KAZ AST 2012 + 2' 16" 3 SPA MOV 2012 + 2' 56" 4 FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 56"" 5 NED RAB 2012 + 3' 17" 6 NED RNT 2012 + 3' 38" 7 USA GRM 2012a + 4' 08" 8 USA BMC 2012 + 5' 03" 9 SPA EUS 2012 + 5' 30" 10 DEN SAX 2012a + 5' 51" https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2012/stage-5-teams Tour de Romandie 2012 Stage 5 (ITT) results ProCyclingStats.com 19 May 2026 Notes N References 30em External links http://www.tourderomandie.ch/ fr Tour de Romandie Category:Tour de Romandie Category:2012 in Swiss sport