2012 Tour de Suisse

2012 Tour de Suisse Tour de Suisse 2012.png The route of the 2012 Tour de Suisse 300px 2012 UCI World Tour 17 28 9–17 June 2012 9http://s288581967.onlinehome.fr/LIVE/resultat/TDS/pdf/Etape_09/09_Gessamt.pdf PDF Classement General 9 fr General ranking 9 MATsport Timing Onlinehome 17 June 2012 17 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 1,398.6 km 35h 54' 49" Rui Costa Portugal MOV 2012 yellow Fränk Schleck Luxembourg RNT 2012 Levi Leipheimer United States OPQ 2012 Matteo Montaguti Italy ALM 2012 green Peter Sagan Slovakia LIQ 2012 white AST 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tour de Suisse was the 76th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 9 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended on 17 June, in Sörenberg after nine stages.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11104/Time-trial-and-two-summit-finishes-mark-tough-finale-to-Tour-de-Suisse.aspx Time trial and two summit finishes mark tough finale to Tour de Suisse Shane Stokes VeloNation VeloNation LLC 8 February 2012 9 June 2012 It was the 17th race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by MOV 2012 rider Rui Costa,http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2012-6-17/glorious-sunday-for-movistar-team Glorious Sunday for Movistar Team MOV 2012 Movistar 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after winning the second stage, and maintained the lead of the race until its conclusion holding off attacks from his rivals during the final two stages. Costa's winning margin over runner-up Fränk Schleck of RNT 2012 – the 2010 winner – was fourteen seconds,http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/frank-schleck-goes-all Fränk Schleck goes all in RNT 2012 Leopard SA 17 June 2012 18 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120619173358/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/frank-schleck-goes-all 19 June 2012 dead dmy-all and OPQ 2012's Levi Leipheimer, the defending champion, completed the podium, seven seconds down on Schleck and twenty-one behind Costa.http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-de-suisse-stage-9-leipheimer-battles-for-3rd-in-gc/662 Leipheimer Battles for 3rd in GC OPQ 2012 Decolef 17 June 2012 18 June 2012 https://archive.today/20120906013316/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-de-suisse-stage-9-leipheimer-battles-for-3rd-in-gc/662 6 September 2012 dead dmy-all In the race's other classifications, ALM 2012 rider Matteo Montaguti won the mountains classification,Ryan Barry Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 9 Results https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-9/results/ Cyclingnews 4 January 2021 17 June 2012 LIQ 2012's Peter Sagan comfortably won the white jersey for the points classification,http://inrng.com/2012/06/tour-de-suisse-winning-moment/ The Moment The Race Was Won: Tour de Suisse The Inner Ring WordPress 17 June 2012 18 June 2012 having won four stages during the race including the race-opening time trial stage. AST 2012 finished at the head of the teams classification, winning two of the last three stages through Fredrik Kessiakoff's seventh stage time trial victoryhttp://proteam-astana.com/en/news/tour-de-suisse-2012-stage-7 Kessiakoff wins Tour de Suisse time trial AST 2012 Abacanto SA 15 June 2012 17 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120618041912/http://www.proteam-astana.com/en/news/tour-de-suisse-2012-stage-7 18 June 2012 dead dmy-all and Tanel Kangert winning the final stage.http://proteam-astana.com/en/news/tour-de-suisse-last-stage Double glory for Pro Team Astana! AST 2012 Abacanto SA 17 June 2012 18 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130131195551/http://proteam-astana.com/en/news/tour-de-suisse-last-stage 31 January 2013 dead dmy-all Participating teams As the Tour de Suisse was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – SPI 2012 and TT1 2012 – were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/spidertech-earns-wildcard-to-tour-de-suisse_211099 SpiderTech earns wildcard to Tour de Suisse Andrew Hood VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 28 March 2012 9 June 2012 14 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120614210749/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/spidertech-earns-wildcard-to-tour-de-suisse_211099 deadhttp://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11818/Team-Type-1-Sanofi-secures-repeat-invite-to-the-Tour-de-Suisse.aspx Team Type 1 – Sanofi secures repeat invite to the Tour de Suisse VeloNation VeloNation LLC 9 May 2012 9 June 2012 The twenty teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/start-list Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 June 2012 Tour de Suisse 2012 start list 22em ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 OGE 2012b RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAX 2012a SKY 2012 SPI 2012 TT1 2012 VCD 2012 Stages Stage 1 9 June 2012 — Lugano, 7.3 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT)http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_1._Etappe_Lugano_-_Lugano.pdf PDF 1st stage, Lugano: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes For the third successive year, the race began with a short individual time trial in around the city of Lugano. Although starting and finishing at relatively the same height above sea level, the stage had a small hill – the western flank of Monte Brè – around midway through the 7.3 km 1 on parcours, being used in the race for the second year in succession,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-1/results Susan Westemeyer Sagan wins stage 1 at Tour de Suisse Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 after then-world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the stage in a time of 9' 41" in 2011.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8722/Cancellara-storms-to-yet-another-Tour-de-Suisse-prologue-win.aspx Cancellara storms to yet another Tour de Suisse prologue win 11 June 2011 10 June 2012 VeloNation VeloNation LLC Bjorn Haake Race organisers expected the best time for the stage to be four seconds slower than Cancellara's time from 2011, predicting a winning time of 9' 45" for the stage. After returning from injury in May's Bayern-Rundfahrt, Cancellara of RNT 2012 was the undoubted favourite for the stage,http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/cancellara-comeback-continues-impress Cancellara comeback continues to impress RNT 2012 Leopard SA 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120613174629/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/cancellara-comeback-continues-impress 13 June 2012 dead dmy-allhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533248/sagan-beats-cancellara-in-tour-de-suisse-opening-time-trial.html Sagan beats Cancellara in Tour de Suisse opening time trial Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 having won the opening stage of the race on five occasions. The first rider to depart the start in Lugano was SPI 2012 rider Will Routley,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12074/Tour-de-Suisse-Peter-Sagan-descends-fearlessly-to-take-opening-time-trial.aspx Peter Sagan descends fearlessly to take opening time trial 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 VeloNation VeloNation LLC Ben Atkins who recorded a time of 11' 33" for the course. His stay at the top of the timesheets was short, as the next two riders – TT1 2012's Daniele Colli and Chris Anker Sørensen for SAX 2012a – went substantially quicker than his time. Julien Bérard lowered the benchmark to 10' 29" for ALM 2012, before former Lithuanian national champion Ignatas Konovalovas (MOV 2012) reduced the leading time further to 10' 24" before SKY 2012 rider Thomas Löfkvist pushed the leading time into the low 10-minute times, setting a time of 10' 05" for the course; his time was the best of the first wave of riders to start. Berard's team-mate Martin Elmiger was the first rider to record a time below ten minutes, beating Löfkvist's time by eleven seconds to set a time of 9' 54". Elmiger held the top spot for all of fifteen minutes as LIQ 2012 neo-pro Moreno Moser recorded the quickest time at the intermediate point 3 km 1 on into the stage, and maintained that form to the finish line, setting a time of 9' 50" to surpass the time of Elmiger by four seconds. The times of Moser and Elmiger remained untroubled for the majority of the following riders, and it was not until Cancellara took to the course, around two hours after they had completed their efforts, that their times came under significant pressure. Cancellara was nine seconds slower than Moser at the intermediate time-point, but paced the second half of the course more efficiently and was three seconds quicker at the end of the stage. As Cancellara was finishing, Sagan was starting the course and was six seconds quicker to the same time-point; Cancellara closed out the course quicker, but Sagan held on by four seconds to take the stage victory.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/peter-sagan-takes-opening-time-trial-at-tour-de-suisse_223058 Peter Sagan takes opening time trial at Tour de Suisse VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France-Presse 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 Moser and Elmiger maintained third and fourth to the end, with the top five being rounded out by AST 2012 rider Fredrik Kessiakoff.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09062012/58/sagan-claims-opening-stage-switzerland.html Sagan claims opening stage in Switzerland Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 9 June 2012 10 June 2012 Stage 1 Result and General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px20px LIQ 2012 9' 43" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px RNT 2012 + 4" 3 Moreno Moser ITA LIQ 2012 + 7" 4 Martin Elmiger SUI ALM 2012 + 11" 5 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2012 + 15" 6 Michael Albasini SUI OGE 2012b + 17" 7 Dario Cataldo ITA OPQ 2012 + 18" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 19" 9 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 20" 10 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 22" Stage 2 10 June 2012 — Verbania (Italy) to Verbier, 218.3 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_2._Etappe_Verbania__I__-_Verbier.pdf PDF 2nd stage, Verbania to Verbier: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The race's second stage started across the Swiss border, in the Italian city of Verbania on the shores of Lake Maggiore.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12086/Tour-de-Suisse-Rui-Costa-takes-stage-and-lead-on-the-climb-to-Verbier.aspx Rui Costa takes stage and lead on the climb to Verbier VeloNation VeloNation LLC 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 Ben Atkins The parcours featured two categorised climbs during its 218.3 km 1 on itinerary; of which both were rated as hors catégorie and both came as the race returned to Swiss soil. The Simplonpass, reaching an altitude of 2005 m on, was the first of the two on the route after 87.8 km 1 on, with the other coming on the run-in to Verbier; that particular climb to Verbier had an average gradient of 7.5% for its 8.8 km 1 on duration. Although the points were on offer with under 2 km 1 on to go, the route climbed slightly further to the finish line. The breakaway of the day was formed by one member of each of the two wildcard teams in the race, TT1 2012 and SPI 2012. The former team's Alessandro Bazzana was the instigator as soon as the race left Verbania, and was later joined by Ryan Anderson as the two riders quickly set up an advantage over the main field.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-2/results Costa steals Schleck's thunder in Verbier Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 As such, after only 10 km 1 on of racing, the pairing held an advantage of around ten minutes over the peloton, but this was cut by half as the race entered Switzerland. Anderson took the maximum haul of points at the top of the Simplonpass ahead of Bazzana, while the peloton had closed to four minutes behind at that point, but soon slowed down and the advantage was back out towards eight minutes at the foot of the descent. The peloton then started to close the advantage back down, mainly led by BMC 2012 and LIQ 2012, and the leaders were caught prior to the intermediate sprint point in Martigny, where race leader Peter Sagan (LIQ 2012 yes) was first across the line to extend his points classification lead. Sagan also took maximum points at the following intermediate sprint several kilometres later in Sembrancher, which also gave him six bonus seconds towards the general classification.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/rui-costa-wins-stage-2-seizes-overall-lead-at-2012-tour-de-suisse_223127 Rui Costa wins stage 2, seizes overall lead at 2012 Tour de Suisse VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 Rain was starting to play a part in proceedings, making the final climb slightly more trickier than what was expected. ALM 2012 and GRM 2012a moved towards the front to set the tempo on the climb, but Laurens ten Dam of RAB 2012 was the first rider to make a move on the climb, but RNT 2012 closed down the move immediately with Linus Gerdemann leading the peloton across. Gerdemann's team-mate Fränk Schleck – the winner of the race in 2010 – was next to attack, and gathered more ground than what ten Dam achieved, with no immediate reaction from the main field. Schleck had built up a 30-second lead with 4 km 1 on remaining, when John Gadret (ALM 2012 yes) attacked. He was brought back, but soon caught up with a secondary move by GRM 2012a yes's Tom Danielson.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533253/costa-denies-schleck-stage-two-win-in-tour-de-suisse.html Nigel Wynn Costa denies Schleck stage two win in Tour de Suisse Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 MOV 2012 rider Rui Costa soon accelerated past both riders and set off after Schleck, who was tiring in the closing stages. Costa caught, passed and gapped Schleck in the closing metres, eventually taking the stage victory by four seconds,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10062012/58/costa-claims-stage-swiss-lead.html Costa claims stage to take Swiss lead Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 with Mikel Nieve third for EUS 2012. Costa, who moved into the race lead with his result, later dedicated his performance to his former team-mate Mauricio Soler,http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2012-6-10/rui-finds-his-reward Rui finds his reward MOV 2012 Movistar 10 June 2012 11 June 2012 who won the second stage of the 2011 edition of the race, before he suffered serious injuries during a sixth stage crash from which he is still recovering from.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/soler-back-in-europe-for-further-examinations-and-enjoying-giro-ditalia Soler back in Europe for further examinations and enjoying Giro d'Italia Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 29 May 2012 11 June 2012 Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 6h 21' 13" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 4" 3 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 12" 4 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2012 + 13" 5 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 13" 6 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 16" 7 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2012a + 16" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 16" 9 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 18" 10 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 22"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 6h 31' 22" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px|Green jersey RNT 2012 + 8" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 15" 4 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 19" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 21" 6 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 21" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 23" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 24" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 26" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 29" Stage 3 11 June 2012 — Martigny to Aarberg, 194.7 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_3._Martigny_-_Aarberg.pdf PDF 3rd stage, Martigny to Aarberg: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The parcours for the stage had several uncategorised hills during its 194.7 km 1 on itinerary; indeed, for the points and mountains classifications, points were on offer in the final 39.1 km 1 on circuit around Aarberg. In that final 39.1 km 1 on circuit, there were two intermediate sprint points in Wiler and Uettligen, as well as the two categorised climbs; a third-category climb at Frienisberg, and a fourth-category pass on the Aarbergstrasse, with the latter coming at around 10 km 1 on before the finish in Aarberg itself. There was a fast-paced start to the stage with several short and punchy attacks, but were closed down immediately. However, a three-rider move was allowed to be initiated after 3 km 1 on, with ALM 2012's Guillaume Bonnafond, SAX 2012a rider Michael Mørkøv and Jonas Vangenechten of LTB 2012 all breaking free,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-3/results Mark Robinson Sagan wins stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 11 June 2012 11 June 2012http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533268/sagan-sprints-to-second-suisse-stage-win.html Richard Abraham Sagan sprints to second Suisse stage win Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 with Bonnafond being best-placed at over nine minutes down on race leader Rui Costa of the MOV 2012.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12094/Tour-de-Suisse-Peter-Sagan-wins-stage-three-as-Swiss-Railways-gives-the-breakaway-a-chance.aspx Ben Atkins Peter Sagan wins stage three as Swiss Railways gives the breakaway a chance VeloNation VeloNation LLC 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 The leaders got clear by over seven minutes in the early running of the stage, which eventually reached a margin of eleven minutes approaching the midpoint of the stage where rain started to fall once again. With Bonnafond being the virtual leader on the road, several of the sprinters' teams looked to close down the advantage that the trio held, with the MOV 2012 yes and OGE 2012b leading the way on the front of the peloton. In Murten, a railway crossing closed with members of those teams able to get through while the rest of the field had to wait until it was cleared; race commissaires later ruled that the riders – around twenty in total – that got through the crossing without waiting were ordered to drop back to the peloton once again.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25694_7807035,00.html Swifty sprints to third SKY 2012 BSkyB 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 With 40 km 1 on to go, the three leaders still held an advantage of around eight minutes. Vangenechten dropped back at Frienisberg, while Mørkøv and Bonnafond managed to resist capture until inside the final kilometre, which ultimately set up the bunch sprint. The sprint itself was won by LIQ 2012's Peter Sagan for his tenth victory of the season,http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/nc/en/news/news_detail/article/second-stage-win-for-peter-sagan/ Second Stage Win for Peter Sagan Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 https://archive.today/20120914152520/http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/nc/en/news/news_detail/article/second-stage-win-for-peter-sagan/ 14 September 2012 dead dmy-all ahead of OGE 2012b yes's Baden Cooke and SKY 2012 rider Ben Swift.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/sagan-wins-again-in-switzerland_223214 Sagan wins again in Switzerland VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 Costa maintained his overall lead, finishing within the peloton three seconds later.http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2012-6-11/rui-costa-keeps-yellow Rui Costa keeps yellow MOV 2012 Movistar 11 June 2012 11 June 2012 Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 4h 35' 32" 2 Baden Cooke AUS OGE 2012b s.t. 3 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2012 s.t. 4 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2012 + 3" 5 Allan Davis AUS OGE 2012b + 3" 6 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2012 + 3" 7 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2012 + 3" 8 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a + 3" 9 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 3" 10 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2012 + 3"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 11h 06' 57" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px|Green jersey RNT 2012 + 8" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 15" 4 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 19" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 21" 6 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 21" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 23" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 24" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 26" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 29" Stage 4 12 June 2012 — Aarberg to Trimbach-Olten, 188.8 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_4._Etappe_Aarberg_-_Trimbach-Olten.pdf PDF 4th stage, Aarberg to Trimbach-Olten: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Having started from the previous day's finish in Aarberg, the fourth stage saw the itinerary take in several uncategorised passes in the early kilometres of the 188.8 km 1 on parcours, before the first-category Scheltenpass at the 81.5 km 1 on mark. Having descended from the climb, the race went over several small hills before entering a 42.3 km 1 on finishing circuit around the towns of Trimbach and Olten.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12101/Tour-de-Suisse-Sagan-unbeatable-again-in-a-rain-sodden-fourth-stage.aspx Sagan unbeatable again in a rain sodden fourth stage Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 During the finishing circuit, there were two more categorised climbs; the third-category Unterer Hauenstein and the second-category Salhöhe, with the latter climb summiting at 17.8 km 1 on remaining. The riders then descended back into Trimbach, via the second and final intermediate sprint point, for the finish. Two nine-rider groups tried to get clear in the run up to the Scheltenpass, but only the second wave managed to gain a sufficient advantage after the first wave was closed down by the peloton. Nine different teams were represented in the group, with OPQ 2012 rider Dario Cataldo best-placed of the riders – having started the stage in 21st position – 1' 15" behind the overall leader,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-4/results Sagan sprints to stage 4 win in the Tour de Suisse Barry Ryan Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 MOV 2012's Rui Costa. Having held a lead of three minutes at the top of the climb,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12104/Team-Type-1-Sanofis-Javier-Megias-attacks-through-the-Tour-de-Suisse-rain.aspx Team Type 1-Sanofi‘s Javier Megias attacks through the Tour de Suisse rain Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 the nine riders' advantage was reduced to just over two minutes by the time that the riders had reached the finishing circuit with 42.3 km 1 on to go. Martin Kohler of BMC 2012 was the first rider to attack out of the group on the Unter Hauenstein climb; he was closed down on the first instance, but re-established his momentum, taking SPI 2012 rider Brian Vandborg, SAX 2012a's Sérgio Paulinho and Javier Mejías of TT1 2012 with him. They were brought back several kilometres later, with the group remaining at nine riders after the addition of two more Swiss riders – Mathias Frank of BMC 2012 yeshttp://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12103/Tour-de-Suisse-BMC-Racing-Team-on-the-attack-in-its-home-stage.aspx BMC Racing Team on the attack in its "home" stage Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 and OGE 2012b's Michael Albasini – to replace Mathew Hayman (SKY 2012) and Rubén Pérez (EUS 2012), after both riders had been dropped. Cataldo attacked inside of 30 km 1 on to go, while Hayman's team-mate Lars Petter Nordhaug bridged the small gap between the peloton and the leaders, joining Cataldo for a time before soloing away from him.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25694_7809304,00.html Nordhaug makes the break SKY 2012 BSkyB 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 BMC 2012 yes's Greg Van Avermaet and ALM 2012 rider Martin Elmiger also caught up to Cataldo, and like Nordhaug, dropped him on the Salhöhe; ultimately, the main field caught back to them all,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533309/sagan-wins-once-again-in-switzerland.html Nick Bull Sagan wins once again in Switzerland Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 with LIQ 2012 doing the majority of the work on the front. Ultimately, it was the team's sprinter Peter Sagan that took the stage victory, his third in four days and eleventh of the season.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/sagan-moves-within-one-of-greipel-for-most-wins-in-2012_223550 Sagan moves within one of Greipel for most wins in 2012 Andrew Hood VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 Sagan praised the work of his team-mates after the stages, giving special mention to Moreno Moser after he had closed down the attacks in the closing stages.http://www.teamliquigascannondale.com/2012/eng/main.php?mod=news&m=06&n=0 Sagan, Sagan and... Sagan! Three out of four at the Tour de Suisse LIQ 2012 Brixia Sport 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130203174259/http://www.teamliquigascannondale.com/2012/eng/main.php?mod=news&m=06&n=0 3 February 2013 dead dmy-all Costa maintained his 8-second overall lead, as all the main contenders finished within the peloton. Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 4h 36' 55" 2 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2012 s.t. 3 Michael Albasini SUI OGE 2012b s.t. 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRM 2012a s.t. 5 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2012 s.t. 6 Vladimir Gusev RUS KAT 2012 s.t. 7 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2012 s.t. 8 Wout Poels NED VCD 2012 s.t. 9 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 s.t. 10 Mathias Frank SUI 20px|Red jersey BMC 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 15h 43' 52" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX 20px|Green jersey RNT 2012 + 8" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 15" 4 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 19" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 21" 6 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 21" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 23" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 24" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 26" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 29" Stage 5 13 June 2012 — Olten-Trimbach to Gansingen, 192.7 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_5._Etappe___Olten-Trimbach_-_Gansingen.pdf PDF 5th stage, Olten-Trimbach to Gansingen: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Third-category climbs were prominent in the itinerary for the fifth stage, with six in total during the 192.7 km 1 on parcours, of which two – the Bürersteig and Kaistenberg passes – were climbed twice. These climbs were carried out in such a manner, as two laps of a 40.9 km 1 on finishing circuit around Gansingen were completed before the finish. Once again, the stage was run in conditions of heavy rain, but this did not stop some riders trying to break away from the main field within the opening 10 km 1 on of the stage. Among those were sprinters Tom Boonen (OPQ 2012) and LIQ 2012's Elia Viviani but neither rider could establish a sufficient gap from the peloton.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12109/Tour-de-Suisse-Vladimir-Isaychev-is-the-strongest-of-the-stage-five-break-as-the-peloton-sleeps.aspx Vladimir Isaychev is the strongest of the stage five break as the peloton sleeps VeloNation VeloNation LLC 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 Ben Atkins Not long after, Viviani's team-mate Daniel Oss was able to breach the confines of the peloton and was joined by SAX 2012a's Karsten Kroon; the pair were later joined by five more riders – KAT 2012's Vladimir Isaichev, EUS 2012 rider Rubén Pérez, Salvatore Puccio of SKY 2012, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC 2012) and Sébastien Minard representing the ALM 2012 team – and they quickly established a sizable lead over the peloton, as Puccio was the best-placed rider at over thirteen minutes behind race leader Rui Costa of the MOV 2012.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-5/results Isaichev wins stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 Daniel Benson The advantage remained between eight and ten minutes for the majority of the stage, and as the breakaway moved onto their final lap of the circuit, it looked likely that they would stay away and move up the general classification as a result. Lodewyck was the first to launch an attack halfway around the finishing circuit, and was closed down by Isaichev who brought the rest of the group back up to him. On the second climb of the Kaistenberg, Lodewyck was dropped – due to being physically "broken"http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/athletes/bmc-racing-team/news/team/tour-de-suisse-stage-5-lodewyck-seventh-and-most-aggressive.html https://archive.today/20130118102357/http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/athletes/bmc-racing-team/news/team/tour-de-suisse-stage-5-lodewyck-seventh-and-most-aggressive.html dead 18 January 2013 Lodewyck Seventh And Most Aggressive BMC 2012 BMC Trading 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 – as Pérez pushed the tempo higher, making two attacks off the front but Isaichev closed him down on both occasions. Oss and Kroon both launched solo moves as a disjointed wave of attacks continued in the closing stages, and momentarily split into two small groups before reforming as a group of six with around 5 km 1 on remaining of the stage. Minard, Pérez and Oss were slightly clear as they passed under the flamme rouge indicating 1 km 1 on to go, but Isaichev, Kroon and Puccio pulled back up to the other trio and the six battled it out for the stage victory. Isaichev attacked with 250 m on to go and held off his rivals to the line, taking the first victory of his professional career – as well as the lead of the mountains competitionhttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13062012/58/isaichev-maiden-win-rui-costa-stays-ahead.html Isaichev in maiden win, Rui Costa stays ahead 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group – ahead of Pérez and Puccio.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533395/isaychev-wins-tour-de-suisse-stage-five-from-break.html Isaychev wins Tour de Suisse stage five from break Nigel Wynn 13 June 2012 14 June 2012 Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited Viviani led the main field across the line over eleven minutes down in eighth place, with Costa maintaining his 8-second overall lead for another day. Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Vladimir Isaichev RUS KAT 2012 4h 58' 28" 2 Rubén Pérez ESP EUS 2012 s.t. 3 Salvatore Puccio ITA SKY 2012 s.t. 4 Karsten Kroon NED SAX 2012a s.t. 5 Sébastien Minard FRA ALM 2012 s.t. 6 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2012 + 5" 7 Klaas Lodewyck BEL BMC 2012 + 1' 50" 8 Elia Viviani ITA LIQ 2012 + 11' 07" 9 Kris Boeckmans BEL VCD 2012 + 11' 07" 10 Alessandro Bazzana ITA TT1 2012 + 11' 07"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 20h 53' 27" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 8" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 15" 4 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 19" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 21" 6 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 21" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 23" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 24" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 26" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 29" Stage 6 14 June 2012 — Wittnau to Bischofszell, 198.5 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_6._Etappe___Wittnau_-_Bischofszell__TG_.pdf PDF 6th stage, Wittnau to Bischofszell: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The sixth stage was seen as the final chance for the sprinters to take a stage victory during the race with an individual time trial and two mountainous stages still to be contested over the remaining three days. An undulating parcours of 198.5 km 1 on was set out for the riders with five categorised passes to be climbed, with the Schocherswil and Ärgete climbs undertaken twice as part of the final 64 km 1 on of the stage. These climbs were also part of two finishing circuits of a 29.1 km 1 on-long loop – with each climb categorised on an alternate lap, along with intermediate sprints at Waldkirch and Muolen – while the finish in Bischofszell was uphill and narrow, and pavé featured within the final 200 m on of the stage. A five-rider breakaway was formed around 30 km 1 on into the stage, consisting of ALM 2012's Matteo Montaguti, SAX 2012a rider Troels Vinther, Baden Cooke of OGE 2012b, Vicente Reynès (LTB 2012) and home rider Rubens Bertogliati representing TT1 2012.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12120/Tour-de-Suisse-Scintillating-Sagan-on-top-yet-again.aspx Scintillating Sagan on top yet again Shane Stokes VeloNation VeloNation LLC 14 June 2012 15 June 2012 With Bertogliati just 1' 45" behind overall leader Rui Costa (MOV 2012) overnight, the peloton were keeping a close margin to the breakaway in the early stages of the breakaway, but Bertogliati later dropped back to the peloton in order for the advantage to be extended.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-6/results Sagan wins stage 6 in Bischofszell Susan Westemeyer Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 14 June 2012 15 June 2012 LIQ 2012, LAM 2012 and the MOV 2012 yes were mainstays at the front of the peloton as they continue to close down the breakaway; Reynès and Cooke were caught with 6 km 1 on remaining, with Montaguti and Vinther holding off until 2 km 1 on remaining. The sprint finish was thus set up, and despite being hemmed in towards the barriers by OGE 2012b yes's Michael Albasini,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/sagan-wins-again-switzerland-153712626.html Sagan wins again in Switzerland Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 14 June 2012 15 June 2012 Peter Sagan (LIQ 2012 yes) out-sprinted SKY 2012's Ben Swift and Albasini's team-mate Allan Davis for his fourth win of the race.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533444/sagan-strikes-again-to-win-tour-de-suisse-stage-six.html Sagan strikes again to win Tour de Suisse stage six Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 14 June 2012 15 June 2012 Costa maintained his overall lead of eight seconds into the individual time trial. Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 4h 30' 08" 2 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2012 s.t. 3 Allan Davis AUS OGE 2012b s.t. 4 Michael Albasini SUI OGE 2012b s.t. 5 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 s.t. 6 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2012 s.t. 7 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2012 s.t. 8 Alessandro Bazzana ITA TT1 2012 s.t. 9 Matti Breschel DEN RAB 2012 s.t. 10 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 25h 23' 38" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 8" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 15" 4 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 19" 5 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 21" 6 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 21" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 23" 8 John Gadret FRA ALM 2012 + 24" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 26" 10 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 29" Stage 7 15 June 2012 — Gossau, 34.3 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT)http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabellen/Marschtabelle%207.%20Etappe%20Gossau%20(ZH)%20-%20Gossau%20(ZH).pdf PDF 7th stage, Gossau: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Unlike most individual time trials, race organisers created a hilly and technical parcours with several climbs located within its scheduled 34.3 km 1 on distance. Most prominent was the climb of the Pfannenstiel around a third of the way through the course – the summit marked the first intermediate time point of the course – up to a height of 727 m on, before descending back down, via an undulating section, to the starting town of Gossau; the estimated time to complete the course was just over 45 minutes. As was customary of time trial stages, the riders set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Thus, Fréderique Robert of LTB 2012, who, in 148th place, trailed overall leader Rui Costa (MOV 2012) by fifty-two minutes and forty-five seconds, was the first rider to set off on the stage.http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/Medien/06_Start_TT.pdf PDF Ordre de depart de l'etape 7 fr Starting order of stage 7 Tour de Suisse Matsport Timing; ongoing GmbH 16 June 2012 14 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Robert ultimately recorded a time of 51' 31" for the course,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-7/results Kessiakoff wins time trial in Gossau Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 15 June 2012 16 June 2012 but was instantaneously beaten by EUS 2012's Pablo Urtasun; Urtasun finished just one second behind on the road, having made up the gap of one minute between the starting times of the two riders. Having passed Grega Bole of LAM 2012 before the finish, Nikita Novikov lowered the benchmark to below 50 minutes, as the VCD 2012 rider recorded a time of 49' 22" for the course.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12128/Kessiakoff-stuns-in-beating-Cancellara-in-Tour-de-Suisse-time-trial.aspx Shane Stokes Kessiakoff stuns in beating Cancellara in Tour de Suisse time trial VeloNation VeloNation LLC 15 June 2012 16 June 2012 OGE 2012b rider Stuart O'Grady got closest to Novikov's time, finishing a second off, before it was eventually beaten by Fabian Cancellara, riding for the RNT 2012 team. Cancellara completed the course almost three minutes faster than Novikov, recording a time of 46' 38". Cancellara's time held for around half an hour before Fredrik Kessiakoff (AST 2012) surprisinglyhttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/kessiakoff-takes-shock-swiss-win-163215730.html Kessiakoff takes shock Swiss win Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 15 June 2012 16 June 2012http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/6/15/3089457/tour-de-suisse-stage-7-surprises-abound Douglas Ansel Tour de Suisse Stage 7 - Surprises Abound! Podium Cafe Vox Media 15 June 2012 16 June 2012 bettered his time by two seconds; Kessiakoff's time was ultimately good enough for the stage victory, his first since the Tour of Austria in July 2011. Costa extended his overall lead to fifty seconds after recording the eighth-fastest time of 47' 17" for the course; Kessiakoff's team-mate Roman Kreuziger moved into second,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/kessiakoff-tops-cancellara-in-suisse-tt-costa-defends_224225 Kessiakoff tops Cancellara in Suisse TT; Costa defends VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 15 June 2012 16 June 2012 as Fränk Schleck (RNT 2012 yes) dropped to fifth overall, while a fifth-place performance for the stage by RAB 2012's Robert Gesink moved him into third overall, five seconds behind Kreuziger.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533462/kessiakoff-wins-tour-de-suisse-tt-as-costa-strengthens-overall-lead.html Nigel Wynn Kessiakoff wins Tour de Suisse TT as Costa strengthens overall lead Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 15 June 2012 16 June 2012 Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE AST 2012 46' 36" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 2" 3 Maxime Monfort BEL RNT 2012 + 20" 4 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2012 + 25" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 27" 6 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2012 + 34" 7 Andreas Klöden GER RNT 2012 + 38" 8 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 + 41" 9 Peter Velits SVK OPQ 2012 + 43" 10 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2012 + 51"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 26h 10' 55" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 50" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 55" 4 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 1' 04" 5 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 1' 04" 6 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 1' 12" 7 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 1' 15" 8 Vladimir Gusev RUS KAT 2012 + 1' 17" 9 Thomas Löfkvist SWE SKY 2012 + 1' 22" 10 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 1' 27" Stage 8 16 June 2012 — Bischofszell to Arosa, 148.2 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_8._Etappe_Bischofszell__TG__-_Arosa._Etappe_Bischofszell__TG__-_Arosa.pdf PDF 8th stage, Bischofszell to Arosa: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Following the previous day's individual time trial in Gossau, the race returned to the town of Bischofszell – the finishing town of the race's sixth stage – for the start to the penultimate stage. The stage itself was undulating to start off, with the first third of the 148.2 km 1 on parcours running between 600 m on and 1000 m on in elevation. Having reached the town of Altstätten, the roads levelled out and the succeeding 70 km 1 on was relatively flat before the uphill finish to Arosa, incorporating two categorised climbs. After a second-category pass in Castiel, the race climbed yet further with the hors catégorie climb to Arosa – the summit came with 1.5 km 1 on remaining – reaching an elevation of 1739 m on. Four riders – Peter Velits of OPQ 2012, OGE 2012b rider Michael Albasini, GRM 2012a's Thomas Dekker and Rémi Cusin (TT1 2012) – went clear around 15 km 1 on into the stage,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-8/results Albasini solos to Tour de Suisse stage 8 win Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 Barry Ryan making the early breakaway from the field, and the duo managed to extend their advantage over the main field to around seven minutes, at the halfway point of the stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12137/Tour-de-Suisse-Albasini-scoops-mountain-stage-win-Costa-under-pressure.aspx Albasini scoops mountain stage win, Costa under pressure VeloNation VeloNation LLC 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 Shane Stokes Behind the lead quartet at this point, RAB 2012 and RNT 2012 were setting the tempo on the front of the peloton in the hopes of reducing the numbers in the peloton ahead of the run-in to Arosa, while race leader Rui Costa (MOV 2012) punctured but was able to make back to the main field. Albasini and Velits increased their pace at the front of the field, which split the lead quartet apart, as Dekker and Cusin could not sustain the accelerated tempo. That pairing were eventually swept up by the peloton. Albasini dropped Velits with 18 km 1 on remaining – prior to the final climbhttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/albasini-solos-swiss-stage-eight-155046248.html Albasini solos to Swiss stage eight Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 – and soloed away to victory by over a minute from the rest of the field; he had been over three minutes clear with around 10 km 1 on to go, but the attacking moves in the peloton helped to reduce the time gap there had been. RAB 2012 yes and RNT 2012 yes remained at the front, continually maintaining the pace before the latter team's main general classification rider Fränk Schleck attacked off the front with EUS 2012's Mikel Nieve and OPQ 2012 yes rider Levi Leipheimer, the race's defending champion. Costa was struggling at the rear, and eventually became dislodged at the back. The attacking trio maintained a gap off the front all the way to the finish in Arosa, finishing 1' 15" behind Albasini,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533473/albasini-wins-tour-de-suisse-mountain-stage-as-costa-clings-on-to-lead.html Albasini wins Tour de Suisse mountain stage as Costa clings on to lead Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 moving Schleck and Leipheimer into the top three and Nieve into fifth overall. Costa finished 50 seconds behind that group, thanks to help from team-mate Alejandro Valverde,http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2012-6-16/agony-gets-rewarded-for-costa Agony gets rewarded for Costa MOV 2012 Movistar 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 holding on to the leader's jersey by 14 seconds ahead of Schleck.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/michael-albasini-wins-stage-8-of-2012-tour-de-suisse_224465 Michael Albasini wins stage 8 of 2012 Tour de Suisse VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 Stage 8 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI OGE 2012b 3h 45' 39" 2 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 1' 15" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 1' 15" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 1' 15" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 1' 36" 6 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 1' 36" 7 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 1' 36" 8 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 1' 39" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 1' 57" 10 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 1' 57"General Classification after Stage 8 RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 29h 58' 39" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 14" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 21" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 25" 5 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 40" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 42" 7 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 43" 8 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 1' 01" 9 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 1' 04" 10 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2012 + 1' 13" Stage 9 17 June 2012 — Näfels-Lintharena to Sörenberg, 215.8 km 1 onhttp://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/TDS/Marschtabelle_neu/Marschtabelle_9._Etappe_Naefels-Lintharena_-_Soerenberg.pdf PDF 9th stage, Näfels-Lintharena to Sörenberg: Time schedule Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 9 June 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes With six riders within a minute of MOV 2012 rider Rui Costa – the overall leader – the final, and queen,http://cyclingmagazine.ca/2012/06/sections/news/spidertech-barry-for-tour-de-suisse/ Rob Sturney SpiderTech, Barry for Tour de Suisse Canadian Cycling Gripped Publishing Inc. 6 June 2012 18 June 2012 The Tour de Suisse kicks off Saturday with a 7.3-kilometre time trial in Lugano and ends June 17 on the summit of the Cat. 2 Sorenberg, culminating the queen stage of the race’s 76th edition. stage was set up for numerous attacks and the potential for one of the contenders, including RNT 2012's Fränk Schleck, to try a solo move and possibly claim the race as a whole.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/frank-schleck-confident-he-can-snatch-tour-de-suisse-title Fränk Schleck confident he can snatch Tour de Suisse title Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 Uncategorised passes were key to the first half of the stage prior to four categorised climbs during the second half; this started with the second-category Rengg climb before a finishing circuit around 60 km 1 on in length. On the finishing circuit were two hors catégorie climbs; the Glaubenbielen 6.5 km 1 on into the lap, having climbed yet further from the finish line, as well as the Glaubenberg about halfway around the circuit. The summit of the final climb – the Südelhöhe – came with just 3.3 km 1 on before the finish in Sörenberg. Mini-attacks set the course of the early running of the stage, with the field remaining as a whole for the first hour of racing after the attacks were closed down within minutes. As it was, it was not until 40 km 1 on into the stage that the breakaway was formed. A group of five riders – FDJ 2012 rider Jérémy Roy, Kris Boeckmans (VCD 2012), Brent Bookwalter of BMC 2012, AST 2012's Tanel Kangert and Matteo Montaguti, representing the ALM 2012 teamhttp://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12143/Tour-de-Suisse-Costa-scoops-overall-Tangert-beats-Roy-for-stage.aspx Costa scoops overall while Tangert beats Roy for stage Shane Stokes VeloNation VeloNation LLC 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 – were allowed to break free from the confines of the peloton, and soon gained a lead in excess of twelve minutes on the road,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2012/stage-9/results Barry Ryan Costa wins Tour de Suisse overall Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 in effect putting Kangert into the race lead if they had managed to maintain such an advantage to the end of the stage. This was not to last however, as Schleck's RNT 2012 yes team were setting the tempo on the front of the peloton via riders Grégory Rast and Linus Gerdemann. The pace was maintained all the way until after the Glaubenbielen, where Schleck primed himself for an attack, and eventually did so on the Glaubenberg,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/frank-schleck-attacks-rui-costa-defends-to-win-2012-tour-de-suisse_224631 Frank Schleck attacks, Rui Costa defends to win 2012 Tour de Suisse VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120620232923/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/frank-schleck-attacks-rui-costa-defends-to-win-2012-tour-de-suisse_224631 20 June 2012 dead countering a move by EUS 2012's Mikel Nieve, who had been fifth overnight. Schleck's move forced the other overall contenders to form a chase group in order to bring him back; Nieve and Costa were joined in the group by amongst others, Robert Gesink (RAB 2012) and Tom Danielson (GRM 2012a), fifth and seventh overall respectively. Schleck's advantage grew to a maximum of around one minute, but the chase group were able to re-establish contact with Schleck, and thus negating the chance for anyone to get clear. Up front, Kangert, Roy and Montaguti had dropped their two breakaway companions, before Montaguti himself was dropped; he eventually finished 31 seconds down in third. Kangert and Roy were left to contend the sprint, where Roy launched his sprint first but fatigue got the better of him, leaving Kangert to take the victory,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/rui-costa-wins-tour-suisse-154734731.html Rui Costa wins Tour de Suisse Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 a result that he could not believe at the end. Costa finished 1' 48" behind Kangert in a group with Schleck, Gesink, Nieve and OPQ 2012's Levi Leipheimer, to take his first overall World Tour win, and the biggest win of his career to date.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533476/costa-wins-tour-de-suisse-overall-as-kangert-takes-final-stage.html Nigel Wynn Costa wins Tour de Suisse overall as Kangert takes final stage Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 17 June 2012 17 June 2012 Stage 9 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2012 5h 54' 22" 2 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2012 + 2" 3 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2012 + 31" 4 Robert Kišerlovski CRO AST 2012 + 1' 46" 5 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 1' 46" 6 Mathias Frank SUI 20px|Red jersey BMC 2012 + 1' 46" 7 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2012a + 1' 46" 8 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 1' 48" 9 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 1' 48" 10 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 + 1' 48"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Rui Costa POR 20px|Yellow jersey MOV 2012 35h 54' 49" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 14" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 21" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 25" 5 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 40" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 47" 7 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012a + 48" 8 Steven Kruijswijk NED RAB 2012 + 59" 9 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 + 1' 42" 10 Nicolas Roche IRL ALM 2012 + 1' 52" Classification leadership table In the 2012 Tour de Suisse, 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 intermediate sprints and at the finish in mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey.http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/Medien/Technischer_Guide_Mail.pdf PDF Tour de Suisse 2012: Technischer Guide/Guide technique Tour de Suisse ongoing GmbH 30 December 2013 10 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232006/http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/2012/Medien/Technischer_Guide_Mail.pdf 2013-12-30 dead This classification was considered the most important of the 2012 Tour de Suisse, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green 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; there were twenty-four categorised climbs in the race, split into five distinctive categories. The third jersey represented the points classification, marked by a white-and-red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing highly in a stage. For stages 3 to 6, the win earned 25 points, second place earned 20 points, third 16, fourth 13, fifth 11, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th. For all other stages, the win earned 15 points, second place earned 12 points, third 10, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 12th. Points could also be earned at intermediate sprints for finishing in the top 3 at intermediate sprint points during each stage on a 6–3–1 scale. The fourth jersey represented the Swiss rider classification, marked by a red jersey. This was calculated in the same manner as the general classification, calculated by adding each Swiss cyclist's finishing times on each stage. 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 Winner General Classification25px|Yellow jersey Mountains Classification25px|Green jersey Points Classification25px|White jersey Best Swiss Rider Classification25px|Red jersey Team Classification 1 Peter Sagan Peter Sagan not awarded Peter Sagan Fabian Cancellara LIQ 2012 2 Rui Costa Rui Costa Fränk Schleck Mathias Frank AST 2012 3 Peter Sagan RNT 2012 4 Peter Sagan AST 2012 5 Vladimir Isaichev Vladimir Isaichev EUS 2012 6 Peter Sagan 7 Fredrik Kessiakoff 8 Michael Albasini Michael Albasini 9 Tanel Kangert Matteo Montaguti AST 2012 Final Rui Costa Matteo Montaguti Peter Sagan Mathias Frank AST 2012 References 30em External links http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/ Category:Tour de Suisse Tour de Suisse Tour de Suisse