2012 Vuelta a Andalucía

2012 Vuelta a Andalucía 19–23 February 5 649 km 16h 08' 49" Alejandro Valverde Spain MOV 2012 red Rein Taaramäe Estonia COF 2012 Jérôme Coppel France SAU 2012 Luis Ángel Maté Spain COF 2012 white Luis Ángel Maté Spain COF 2012 black Alejandro Valverde Spain MOV 2012 blue RNT 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 58th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía, a regional Spanish road bicycle race. It was rated as a 2.1 event and was the 13th race of the UCI Europe Tour.2012 UCI Europe Tour Calendar http://www.ucieuropetour.com/templates/UCI/UCI1/layout.asp?MenuId=MjA2Ng&LangId=1 UCI Continental Circuits Union Cycliste Internationale 11 February 2012 1 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130701184127/http://www.ucieuropetour.com/templates/UCI/UCI1/layout.asp?MenuId=MjA2Ng&LangId=1 dead The race was held over 19–23 February. The race was won by Spain's Alejandro Valverde,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23022012/58/moreno-wins-finale-valverde-wraps-ruta-del-sol.html 23 February 2012 23 February 2012 Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Moreno wins finale as Valverde wraps up Ruta del Sol of the MOV 2012, after taking the overall lead with victory on the second stage, and held the lead to the end of the race. Valverde's winning margin over runner-up Rein Taaramäe (COF 2012) was three seconds, and SAU 2012's Jérôme Coppel completed the podium, five seconds behind Taaramäe and eight seconds down on Valverde. In the race's other classifications, Valverde won the points and combination classifications, COF 2012 yes rider Luis Ángel Maté won both the mountains and sprints classifications, and RNT 2012 finished at the head of the teams classification.http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/third-team-win-2012-season Third Team win for 2012 season 23 February 2012 23 February 2012 RNT 2012 Leopard S.A. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224155611/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/third-team-win-2012-season 24 February 2012 dead dmy-all Teams Sixteen teams participated in the 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía, consisting of seven UCI ProTour teams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, and one UCI Continental Team.Official starters as of February 16, 2012 http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-start-list-1 19 February 2012 Cycling News 16 February 2012 UCI ProTour Teams EUS 2012 KAT 2012 OLO 2012 MOV 2012 RAB 2012 RNT 2012 VAC 2012 UCI Professional Continental Teams VWA 2012 ACG 2012 CJR 2012 COF 2012 SUN 2012a SAU 2012 SPI 2012 APP 2012 UCI Continental Teams Team NSP–Ghost Stages Prologue 19 February 2012 — San Fernando 6 km 1 on, Prologue (ITT)Gretsch wins Andalucia prologue http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2012/prologue-itt/results 19 February 2012 Cycling News 19 February 2012 Prologue ResultsMoore Kyle Patrick Gretsch fastest in the prologue in Vuelta a Andulucía http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11188/Patrick-Gretsch-fastest-in-the-prologue-in-Vuelta-a-Andulucia.aspx 19 February 2012 Velonation 19 February 2012 and General Classification after PrologueClasificaciones Generales http://www.vueltaandalucia.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=98 Deporte Internacional, S.A. 19 February 2012 Spanish https://web.archive.org/web/20120222124021/http://www.vueltaandalucia.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=98 2012-02-22 dead RiderTeamTime 1 Patrick Gretsch GER 20px20px SUN 2012a 6' 49" 2 Markel Irizar ESP RNT 2012 + 2" 3 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 3" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 + 6" 5 Gaëtan Bille BEL OLO 2012 + 8" 6 Matthias Brändle AUT APP 2012 + 10" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL RNT 2012 + 10" 8 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 11" 9 Tom Dumoulin NED SUN 2012a + 11" 10 Iván Gutiérrez ESP MOV 2012 + 12" Stage 1 20 February 2012 — Zahara de los Atunes to Benalmádena, 197.9 km 1 on Stage 1 resultJavier Ramírez wins stage of Andalucia into Benalmádena http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2012/stage-1/results 21 February 2012 Cycling News 20 February 2012 RiderTeamTime 1 Javier Ramírez ESP ACG 2012 5h 02' 10" 2 Luis Ángel Maté ESP COF 2012 s.t. 3 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3" 4 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 + 3" 5 Juan José Lobato ESP ACG 2012 + 3" 6 Manuel Antonio Cardoso POR CJR 2012 + 3" 7 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 + 3" 8 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 + 3" 9 Pim Ligthart NED VCD 2012 + 3" 10 Simon Geschke GER SUN 2012a + 3"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Patrick Gretsch GER 20px20px SUN 2012a 5h 09' 02" 2 Markel Irizar ESP RNT 2012 + 2" 3 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 3" 4 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 + 6" 5 Gaëtan Bille BEL OLO 2012 + 8" 6 Matthias Brändle AUT APP 2012 + 10" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL RNT 2012 + 10" 8 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 11" 9 Tom Dumoulin NED SUN 2012a + 11" 10 Iván Gutiérrez ESP MOV 2012 + 12" Stage 2 21 February 2012 — Málaga to Lucena, 144.7 km 1 on Stage 2 resultValverde victorious atop Alto del Santuario http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2012/stage-2/results 21 February 2012 Cycling News 21 February 2012 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2012 4h 02' 37" 2 Denis Menchov RUS KAT 2012 + 10" 3 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 + 10" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 10" 5 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 + 13" 6 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2012 + 15" 7 Matteo Carrara ITA VCD 2012 + 21" 8 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 21" 9 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 + 23" 10 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 24"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px20px MOV 2012 9h 11' 58" 2 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 + 3" 3 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 8" 4 Denis Menchov RUS KAT 2012 + 14" 5 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 + 15" 6 Tom Dumoulin NED SUN 2012a + 18" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 + 21" 8 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 22" 9 Matthias Brändle AUT APP 2012 + 23" 10 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RNT 2012 + 26" Stage 3 22 February 2012 — Montemayor to Las Gabias, 157.1 km 1 on Stage 3 resultFreire prevails in Las Gabias http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2012/stage-3/results 22 February 2012 Cycling News 22 February 2012 RiderTeamTime 1 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 3h 41' 55" 2 Daniel Schorn AUT APP 2012 s.t. 3 Michael Matthews AUS RAB 2012 s.t. 4 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2012 s.t. 5 Simon Geschke GER SUN 2012a s.t. 6 Pim Ligthart NED VCD 2012 s.t. 7 Stéphane Poulhies FRA SAU 2012 s.t. 8 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 s.t. 9 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 s.t. 10 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2012 12h 53' 53" 2 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 + 3" 3 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 8" 4 Denis Menchov RUS KAT 2012 + 14" 5 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 + 15" 6 Tom Dumoulin NED SUN 2012a + 18" 7 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 22" 8 Matthias Brändle AUT APP 2012 + 23" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RNT 2012 + 26" 10 Mikel Astarloza ESP EUS 2012 + 27" Stage 4 23 February 2012 — Jaén to La Guardia de Jaén, 135.7 km 1 on Stage 4 resultValverde wins Vuelta a Andalucía http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2012/stage-4/results 23 February 2012 Cycling News 23 February 2012 Peter Hymas RiderTeamTime 1 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2012 3h 14' 54" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2012 + 2" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 + 2" 4 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 + 2" 5 Jelle Vanendert BEL LTB 2012 + 2" 6 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2012 + 2" 7 Denis Menchov RUS KAT 2012 + 2" 8 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 2" 9 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2012 + 2" 10 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 + 2"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px20px MOV 2012 16h 08' 49" 2 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2012 + 3" 3 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 8" 4 Denis Menchov RUS KAT 2012 + 14" 5 Sergey Lagutin UZB VCD 2012 + 15" 6 Tom Dumoulin NED SUN 2012a + 18" 7 Fränk Schleck LUX RNT 2012 + 22" 8 Haimar Zubeldia ESP RNT 2012 + 26" 9 Maxime Monfort BEL RNT 2012 + 27" 10 Wilco Kelderman NED RAB 2012 + 28" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Sprints Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Combination ClassificationBest Andalusian Rider ClassificationBest Spanish Rider ClassificationTeams Classification P Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch not awarded not awarded Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch Pablo Lechuga Markel Irizar RNT 2012 1 Javier Ramírez Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Javier Moreno ACG 2012 2 Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Mickaël Buffaz Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde RNT 2012 3 Óscar Freire Óscar Freire 4 Daniel Moreno Luis Ángel Maté Alejandro Valverde Final Alejandro Valverde Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Javier Moreno Alejandro Valverde RNT 2012 References External links http://www.vueltaandalucia.es/ 2012 Category:2012 in Spanish road cycling Category:2012 UCI Europe Tour Category:February 2012 sports events in Spain Category:2012 in Andalusia