2012 Tour of Britain

March 2014 February 2020 2012 Tour of Britain 2012 Tour of Britain, Stage 2.jpg 2012 UCI Europe Tour 9–16 September 2012 8 1347.4 km 33h 11' 22" Nathan Haas Australia GRM 2012b gold Damiano Caruso Italy LIQ 2012 Leigh Howard Australia OGE 2012b Boy Van Poppel Netherlands UHC 2012 blue Kristian House Great Britain RCS 2012 white Peter Williams Great Britain NGR 2012 green SAU 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tour of Britain was the ninth running of the current Tour of Britain and the 73rd British tour in total. The race consisted of eight stages, starting on 9 September in Ipswich, and finishing on 16 September in Guildford. The race was part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 category race. The race was originally won by EDR 2012 rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, who became the first British rider to win the race in its current guise and the first to win a British tour since Chris Lillywhite won the 1993 Milk Race.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19615568 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke wins race BBC Sport 16 September 2012 16 September 2012http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20120913-road-Tour-of-Britain-stage-8-0 Tiernan-Locke takes the overall win in the Tour of Britain British Cycling British Cycling Federation 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 Tiernan-Locke assumed the race lead with a second-place finish on the sixth stage and maintained the lead until the end of the race. He won by eighteen seconds ahead of Australia's Nathan Haas, who rode for the GRM 2012b squad, and the podium was rounded out by LIQ 2012's Damiano Caruso, who finished five seconds behind Haas and twenty-three seconds in arrears of Tiernan-Locke.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534779/tiernan-locke-wins-2012-tour-of-britain-as-cavendish-takes-stage.html Tiernan-Locke wins 2012 Tour of Britain as Cavendish takes stage Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 In 2014 however, following investigation for biological passport irregularities, Tiernan-Locke was banned for two years and stripped of his 2012 victory.http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU3Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzk5OTY&LangId=1 Archived copy 12 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140715214800/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU3Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzk5OTY&LangId=1 15 July 2014 In the race's other classifications, UHC 2012 rider Boy Van Poppel won the points classificationhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=377 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke wins The Tour of Britain 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot for the most consistent finisher in each of the stages; despite not winning any stages, Van Poppel placed four times inside the top three placings of a stage. The mountains classification was won by a RCS 2012 rider for the second year in succession, as Kristian House succeeded Tiernan-Locke as the winner; the sprints classification was won by Peter Williams of the NGR 2012 team, while SAU 2012 won the teams classification. Teams The winner of the 2012 Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins, participated in the race, alongside 2011 World Champion Mark Cavendish for SKY 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19519572 Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish set for Tour of Britain BBC Sport 7 September 2012 7 September 2012 Two-time Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso also contested the race for LIQ 2012 – the squad making their debut in the racehttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=265 Ivan Basso to lead Liquigas Cannondale at Tour of Britain 12 July 2012 7 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot – and Samuel Sánchez also competed in the race for the first time as part of the EUS 2012 team.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=285 Samuel Sánchez to lead Euskaltel Euskadi at Tour of Britain 16 August 2012 7 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Among the domestic teams, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke was the designated leader of the EDR 2012 team.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/default.asp?news_id=332 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke leads Endura Racing at The Tour of Britain 4 September 2012 7 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 22em SKT 2012 EDR 2012 EUS 2012 GRM 2012b Great Britain (national team) IGS 2012 LIQ 2012 APP 2012 NGR 2012 OGE 2012b RAL 2012 RCS 2012 SAU 2012 SKY 2012 UKY 2012 UHC 2012 VCD 2012 Stages Stage 1 9 September 2012 – Ipswich to Royal Norfolk Showground, 203 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage1_profile.pdf 1: Ipswich – Norfolk Showground 9 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119192443/http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage1_profile.pdf dead The opening stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain was a primarily flat stage, with the first of the Yodel intermediate sprint points coming in the village of Melton, before the first Škoda King of the Mountains climb came in another Suffolk village, in Snape. The second King of the Mountains point came at the village of Westleton, with the second sprint coming in Great Yarmouth. The final sprint was at Coltishall, with the final King of the Mountains climb coming at Swanton Morley; all three climbs during the stage were third-category ascents. A quartet of riders – SKT 2012's Niels Wytinck, RCS 2012 rider Kristian House, Rony Martias of SAU 2012 and Jonathan Clarke, representing the UHC 2012 teamhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9531767/Mark-Cavendish-and-Bradley-Wiggins-crash-on-first-stage-of-Tour-of-Britain-as-Team-Skys-Luke-Rowe-takes-honours.html Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins crash on first stage of Tour of Britain as Team Sky's Luke Rowe takes honours The Daily Telegraph 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Brendan Gallagher – made the early breakaway from the field, locking out the top placings at each of the three intermediate sprint points and the three categorised climbs during the stage. Martias finished first at two of the three sprints, and thus took the race's first sprints jersey, while House earned the polka-dot jersey for heading the mountains classification, and Wytinck earned the award for the day's most combative rider.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12829/Rowe-salvages-Tour-of-Britain-stage-win-for-Sky-after-Cavendish-crashes.aspx Rowe salvages Tour of Britain stage win for Sky after Cavendish crashes VeloNation 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Shane Stokes The breakaway, which had an advantage of seven minutes over the field at one point during the stage, was caught with around 10 km 1 on remaining, which was expected set up a sprint finish at the Royal Norfolk Showground.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-1/results Rowe wins first stage of Tour of Britain for Sky Cycling News 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Rob Lampard However, a large crash with around 2 km 1 on remaining delayed a large portion of the peloton, leaving few riders to contest the final sprint; SKY 2012 rider Luke Rowe prevailed to take his first professional victory ahead of Clarke's team-mate Boy Van Poppel and EDR 2012's Russell Downing.http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/8067978/Rowe-takes-British-opener Rowe takes British opener Sky Sports BSkyB 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Rowe took the first leader's jersey by three seconds ahead of Martias, who was sixth on the stage but moved up due to bonus seconds from the intermediate sprints.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=353 Luke Rowe sprints to Tour of Britain lead in Norfolk 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 4h 51' 05" 2 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 s.t. 3 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 4 Jérémie Galland FRA SAU 2012 s.t. 5 Peter Hawkins IRL IGS 2012 s.t. 6 Rony Martias FRA SAU 2012 s.t. 7 Barry Markus NED VCD 2012 s.t. 8 Paolo Longo Borghini ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 10 Ben Grenda AUS RCS 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Luke Rowe GBR 20px 20px SKY 2012 4h 50' 55" 2 Rony Martias FRA 20px SAU 2012 + 3" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 + 4" 4 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 + 6" 5 Jérémie Galland FRA SAU 2012 + 10" 6 Peter Hawkins IRL IGS 2012 + 10" 7 Barry Markus NED VCD 2012 + 10" 8 Paolo Longo Borghini ITA LIQ 2012 + 10" DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 + 10" 10 Ben Grenda AUS RCS 2012 + 10" Stage 2 10 September 2012 – Nottingham to Knowsley Safari Park, 180.7 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage2_profile.pdf 2: Nottingham – Knowsley 11 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119192435/http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage2_profile.pdf dead thumb|right|The peloton, being led by SKY 2012, during the stage. Race leader Luke Rowe – in the gold jersey – lost the jersey post-stage, after a one-second time gap was implemented at the finish. The first sprint point on the second stage was contested just over 20 km 1 on into the stage, at Duffield. After the sprint point, there were three successive first-category climbs on the 180.7 km 1 on parcours, coming at Cross o' th' Hands, Alstonefield and finally Morridge. The two final sprint points were at Chelford and Culcheth with the stage finishing, for the first time, at Knowsley Safari Park on the outskirts of Liverpool. The breakaway for the stage consisted of six riders, and they managed to remain off the front of the field for the majority of the stage. Making up the group were LIQ 2012 stagiaire Matthias Krizek, Jack Bobridge of OGE 2012b, Peter Williams representing the NGR 2012 team, RCS 2012's Richard Handley, RAL 2012 rider Russell Hampton and Pablo Urtasun for the EUS 2012 squad.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-2/results Howard pips Cavendish on stage 2 Cycling News 10 September 2012 11 September 2012 Rob Lampard The sextet managed to establish a lead of over four minutes at one stage on the roads,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12837/Tour-of-Britain-Leigh-Howard-sprints-to-victory-in-Knowsley-on-stage-two.aspx Leigh Howard sprints to victory in Knowsley on stage two VeloNation 10 September 2012 11 September 2012 Ben Atkins but were gradually brought back by the peloton, led once again by SKY 2012 with assistance from EDR 2012; both teams were looking to set up their sprinters Mark Cavendish and Russell Downing respectively. The leaders managed to remain clear until around 25 km 1 on; Bobridge and Williams resisted capture for another few kilometres,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534699/howard-edges-out-cavendish-to-win-tour-of-britain-stage-two.html Howard edges out Cavendish to win Tour of Britain stage two Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 10 September 2012 11 September 2012 but all was together before the 20 km 1 on to go banner. There were several late-stage attacks from riders representing the domestic teams, but it was ultimately a sprint finish within the safari park for the stage honours. SKY 2012 yes were on the front with race leader Luke Rowe leading out Cavendish, but the pair became separated in the closing stages, allowing Boy Van Poppel (UHC 2012) and Bobridge's team-mate Leigh Howard into space. Howard beat a recovering Cavendish to the line for his first win of the year,http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/leigh-howard-wins-tour-of-britain-stage-two-sprint Leigh Howard Wins Tour of Britain Stage Two Sprint OGE 2012b GreenEDGE Cycling 11 September 2012 11 September 2012 while a third place for Van Poppel,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-poppel-credits-teammates-for-gold-jersey-at-tour-of-britain Van Poppel credits teammates for gold jersey at Tour of Britain Cycling News 11 September 2012 11 September 2012 compared to a tenth for Rowe – with a one-second time gaphttp://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12838/Boy-van-Poppel-delighted-with-unexpected-Tour-of-Britain-lead.aspx Boy van Poppel delighted with unexpected Tour of Britain lead VeloNation 10 September 2012 11 September 2012 Ben Atkins – allowed Van Poppel to take the lead in the general and points classifications from Rowe. This was despite Rowe receiving the leader's jersey during the post-stage podium ceremonies. Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b 4h 31' 09" 2 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 s.t. 3 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 s.t. 4 Steele Von Hoff AUS GRM 2012b s.t. 5 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 6 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b s.t. 7 Wesley Kreder NED VCD 2012 s.t. 8 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b s.t. 9 Sam Bennett IRL SKT 2012 + 1" 10 Luke Rowe GBR 20px SKY 2012 + 1"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px 20px UHC 2012 9h 22' 04" 2 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 0" 3 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 + 1" 4 Rony Martias FRA SAU 2012 + 4" 5 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 + 4" 6 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 + 6" 7 Steele Von Hoff AUS GRM 2012b + 10" 8 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b + 10" 9 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 10" 10 Peter Hawkins IRL IGS 2012 + 11" Stage 3 11 September 2012 – Jedburgh to Dumfries, 152.6 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage3_profile.pdf 3: Jedburgh – Dumfries 12 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119192427/http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage3_profile.pdf dead thumb|upright|The peloton, around halfway through the stage in the Southern Uplands The third stage of the race started with an almost immediate sprint point, 10 km 1 on into the stage at Hawick. Like the second stage, there were three successive King of the Mountain points, with two first-category climbs and a second-category climb coming at Roberton, Turner Cleuch and Grey Mare's Tail respectively. The two final sprints were contested at 107 km 1 on and 122 km 1 on respectively, at Lochmaben and Whitesands in Dumfries. Following a finishing loop of around 30 km 1 on in length,http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,26972_8044086,00.html Tour of Britain Race Guide 6 September 2012 12 September 2012 SKY 2012 BSkyB the finish of the stage itself was contested on Whitesands for the second successive year; Mark Cavendish led home THR 2011 team-mate Mark Renshaw in a 1–2 finish in the race-opening stage, in 2011.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/default-archive.asp?news_id=202 Mark Cavendish wins Stage One of The Tour 11 September 2011 12 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Five riders were part of the breakaway during the stage; the group consisted of riders mainly from the domestic teams – all bar one of the five – as Bernard Sulzberger of RAL 2012 was joined by IGS 2012 rider Peter Hawkins, RCS 2012's Kristian House and Peter Williams, representing the NGR 2012 team, with the group completed by VCD 2012 stagiaire Wesley Kreder.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-3/results Cavendish wins stage 3 Cycling News 11 September 2012 12 September 2012 Rob Lampard Williams was looking to defend his lead in the sprints classification, while House was out to regain the lead in the mountains classification, that he had lost the previous day to EUS 2012 rider Pablo Urtasun.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12843/Tour-of-Britain-Mark-Cavendish-wins-stage-three-as-Team-Sky-gets-it-right-this-time.aspx Mark Cavendish wins stage three as Team Sky gets it right this time VeloNation 11 September 2012 12 September 2012 Ben Atkins House ultimately regained his mountains lead with a first and two seconds – both to Sulzberger – while Williams extended his lead with two intermediate sprint wins. The peloton had given them a maximum advantage of four minutes during the stage, before gradually pulling them back, being led by the UHC 2012 team of race leader Boy Van Poppel. Hawkins and Kreder left their breakaway companions behind on the finishing loop around Dumfries, while GRS 2012b rider Sep Vanmarcke attacked out of the peloton to join up with the two leaders around 10 km 1 on later. Hawkins was almost immediately dropped after that, with Kreder and Vanmarcke managing to hold off the peloton until around 2 km 1 on to go,http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/mark-cavendish-wins-tour-of-britain-1320370 Borders go wild for Mark Cavendish as he wins third stage of Tour of Britain Alan Marshall Daily Record 12 September 2012 12 September 2012 as the SKY 2012 and OGE 2012b had ramped up the pace in the peloton ahead of the sprint finish. With a lead-out from opening stage winner Luke Rowe,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9535916/Tour-of-Britain-2012-stage-three-Mark-Cavendish-eases-to-victory-after-Bradley-Wiggins-delivers-sprinter-to-the-line.html Mark Cavendish eases to victory after Bradley Wiggins delivers sprinter to the line The Daily Telegraph 11 September 2012 12 September 2012 Brendan Gallagher Cavendish took victory in Dumfries for the second consecutive year, ahead of OGE 2012b yes pairing Leigh Howard and Aidis Kruopis.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=361 Mark Cavendish's rainbow stripes shine in Scotland 11 September 2012 12 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot With six bonus seconds on the line, Howard assumed the overall lead of the race,http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=363 Leigh Howard pulls on the IG Gold Jersey after Stage Three 12 September 2012 12 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot with Cavendish level on time; Van Poppel fell to third but held on to the lead of the points classification.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=364 Chain Reaction Cycles Points Jersey for Boy Van Poppel 12 September 2012 12 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 3h 54' 30" 2 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b s.t. 3 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2012b s.t. 4 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 s.t. 5 Sam Bennett IRL SKT 2012 s.t. 6 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 7 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 s.t. 8 Jonathan McEvoy GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 9 Barry Markus NED VCD 2012 s.t. 10 Yanto Barker GBR UKY 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2012b 13h 16' 28" 2 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 + 0" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 4" 4 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 + 4" 5 Rony Martias FRA SAU 2012 + 10" 6 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 + 12" 7 Steele Von Hoff AUS GRM 2012b + 16" 8 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 16" 9 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b + 16" 10 Sam Bennett IRL SKT 2012 + 17" Stage 4 12 September 2012 – Carlisle to Blackpool, 156 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage4_profile.pdf 4: Carlisle – Blackpool 13 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot The fourth stage of the race started in Carlisle, where two sprints and two King of the Mountain points were all contested within the first 80 km 1 on of the stage. The first two sprint points were held at Shap and Kendal, interspersed with two-second-category climbs at Shap Fell and Old Hutton. The final sprint of the day was situated at Caton and the final King of the Mountain point of the day was the third-category climb at Quernmore. The stage finished on the Golden Mile in Blackpool,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19575437 Mark Cavendish wins stage four to lead Tour BBC Sport 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 where André Greipel had won the most recent finish therehttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/sep/11/andre-greipel-tour-of-britain André Greipel sets pace to win opening stage of Tour of Britain William Fotheringham William Fotheringham The Guardian 11 September 2010 13 September 2012 in the race-opening stage in 2010; the stage scheduled to finish in Blackpool in 2011 was cancelled due to inclement weather conditions after the remnants of Hurricane Katia hit the country.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/14879182 Second stage cancelled due to weather BBC Sport 12 September 2011 13 September 2012 The main breakaway of the day was initiated during the opening kilometres of the stage, and involved six riders. The group – consisting of mountains classification leader Kristian House (RCS 2012), Ronan McLaughlin of SKT 2012, UKY 2012 yes's Niklas Gustavsson, IGS 2012 rider Dan Craven, Matt Cronshaw of NGR 2012 and David Lelay representing the SAU 2012 teamhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-4/results Cavendish quickest in Blackpool at Tour of Britain Cycling News 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 – quickly gained an advantage of around seven minutes on the peloton, before they started attacking one another with around 40 km 1 on remaining. House and Gustavsson were initially dropped, while in the peloton, echelons were formed with 25 km 1 on, reducing the group to twenty-seven riders in depth.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=365 Mark Cavendish takes Tour of Britain lead in Blackpool 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Cavendish sprinted to victory in the shadow of Blackpool Tower, as strong winds and heavy rain split the field in half, leaving a select 27 rider group at the front to contest victory in the Carlisle to Blackpool stage. McLaughlin and Craven pushed on together off the front, before they were caught with 10 km 1 on remaining. This ultimately set up a reduced sprint finish, where SKY 2012 rider Mark Cavendish won for the second day running, ahead of Australian pair Steele Von Hoff (GRS 2012b) and race leader Leigh Howard of OGE 2012b. Cavendish assumed the race lead from Howard by six seconds,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12848/Tour-of-Britain-Mark-Cavendish-sprints-into-yellow-on-Blackpools-Golden-Mile.aspx Mark Cavendish sprints into gold on Blackpool's Golden Mile Ben Atkins VeloNation 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 having previously stated that he did not want to hold the leader's jersey,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12847/Tour-of-Britain-Cavendish-prefers-world-champions-jersey-to-race-leaders-tunic-tips-Rowe.aspx Cavendish prefers world champion's jersey to race leader's tunic, tips Rowe VeloNation 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 to remain in the world champion's jersey ahead of defending his title in Valkenburg in the Netherlands. Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 3h 51' 33" 2 Steele Von Hoff AUS GRM 2012b s.t. 3 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2012b s.t. 4 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 s.t. 5 Daniel Schorn AUT APP 2012 s.t. 6 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 7 Magnus Bäckstedt SWE UKY 2012 s.t. 8 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b s.t. 9 Rony Martias FRA SAU 2012 s.t. 10 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px SKY 2012 17h 07' 51" 2 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 6" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 14" 4 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 + 14" 5 Rony Martias FRA SAU 2012 + 20" 6 Steele Von Hoff AUS GRM 2012b + 20" 7 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 + 22" 8 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b + 26" 9 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 26" 10 Yanto Barker GBR UKY 2012 + 27" Stage 5 13 September 2012 – Stoke-on-Trent to Stoke-on-Trent, 147 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage5_profile.pdf 5: The Stoke-on-Trent Stage 13 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot thumb|SKY 2012's Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish at the start of the stage. Cavendish lost the race lead on the stage, eventually losing almost twelve minutes on stage winner Marc de Maar of UHC 2012. For the fifth successive year the Tour of Britain held a stage in Stoke-on-Trent,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-19584597 Stoke-on-Trent stage five BBC News Stoke and Staffordshire 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 with the fifth stage of the race commencing at Trentham Gardens. The first sprint of the day was contested at only 7.3 km 1 on into the stage, at Stone. The second sprint point was situated at Uttoxeter and the final such point was located at Rocester. There were three categorised climbs during the stage, with two-second-category climbs coming in Glacial Boulder – at Cannock Chase – and Oakamoor respectively, while there was also a first-category climb at Gun Hill. The field remained together for the first hour of racing during the stage; at the first intermediate sprint point, OGE 2012b's Leigh Howard took three bonus seconds towards the general classification, ahead of Luke Rowe of SKY 2012 and EDR 2012 rider Russell Downing.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12855/Tour-of-Britain-Marc-de-Maar-escapes-the-break-to-win-in-Stoke-on-Trent.aspx Marc de Maar escapes the break to win in Stoke-on-Trent Ben Atkins VeloNation 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 Three riders – LIQ 2012 rider Ivan Basso, Bartosz Huzarski of APP 2012 and RAL 2012's Bernard Sulzbergerhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-5/results De Maar wins alone in Stoke Rob Lampard Cycling News 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 – were able to break clear before the second climb of the day at Oakamoor, also taking maximum points in the process at both of the intermediate sprints en route to the climb. Strong crosswinds at this point allowed the main field to split apart, forming echelons, and also allowed a group of 21 riders to break clear of the peloton, and ultimately joined up with Basso and Huzarski after Sulzberger was dropped to form a 23-man group. Thirteen of the race's seventeen teams were represented in the group, including four members – Howard, Boy Van Poppel (UHC 2012) and GRM 2012b pairing Sep Vanmarcke and Nathan Haas – of the overnight top ten in the general classification. The distance between the leaders and the remains of the main field continued to increase, eventually reaching four minutes with around 20 km 1 on remaining, while race leader Mark Cavendish, of SKY 2012, was four minutes further behind after losing contact on the earlier climbs. Cavendish eventually lost almost twelve minutes on the day, comfortably losing his race lead.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9541278/Tour-of-Britain-2012-Mark-Cavendish-loses-overall-lead-as-Dutchman-Marc-de-Maar-wins-stage-5-in-Stoke.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120913234255/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9541278/Tour-of-Britain-2012-Mark-Cavendish-loses-overall-lead-as-Dutchman-Marc-de-Maar-wins-stage-5-in-Stoke.html dead 13 September 2012 Brendan Gallagher Mark Cavendish loses overall lead as Dutchman Marc de Maar wins stage 5 in Stoke The Daily Telegraph 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 In the lead group, Paul Voss (EDR 2012) misjudged a right-hand turn with 9 km 1 on, with Marc de Maar of UHC 2012 yes and SAU 2012 rider Jérémie Galland also hitting the tarmac as a result.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534748/de-maar-takes-solo-stoke-win-as-tour-of-britain-takes-shape.html Richard Abraham De Maar takes solo Stoke win as Tour of Britain takes shape Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 Galland had to abandon the race with a fractured collarbone.http://www.saur-sojasun.com/actualites/370-fracture-de-la-clavicule-pour-galland.html Fracture de la clavicule pour Galland SAU 2012 Breizh Cyclisme Compétition 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 French Fracture of the clavicle for Galland https://web.archive.org/web/20121103164558/http://www.saur-sojasun.com/actualites/370-fracture-de-la-clavicule-pour-galland.html 3 November 2012 dead Galland's team-mate Jérôme Coppel then put in an attack on the group, closely followed by Haas before this was chased down. De Maar, having returned to the group after his fall, went on the attack with 6.5 km 1 on and was not brought back as the Curaçao national champion soloed to his first victory of the year by fifteen seconds.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19587243 Mark Cavendish toils as Marc de Maar wins stage BBC Sport 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 Vanmarcke beat out Van Poppel, Haas and Howard for second place, with Howard retaking the leader's gold jersey by seven seconds ahead of Van Poppel.http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/?news_id=366 UnitedHealthcare serve up perfect cocktail for de Maar 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 Marc de Maar CUW UHC 2012 3h 30' 26" 2 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b + 15" 3 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 15" 4 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 15" 5 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 15" 6 Sam Bennett IRL SKT 2012 + 15" 7 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 15" 8 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 15" DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 + 15" 10 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 15"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2012b 20h 38' 35" 2 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 7" 3 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b + 17" 4 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 23" 5 Christian Knees GER SKY 2012 + 24" DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 + 24" 7 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 24" 8 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 34" 9 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 2' 02" 10 David Lelay FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 02" Stage 6 14 September 2012 – Welshpool to Caerphilly, 189.6 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage6_profile.pdf 6: Welshpool – Caerphilly 15 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot The sixth stage started and ended in Wales with a profile similar to the Welsh stages that had been held during previous Tours of Britain, while it was also denoted as the queen stage of the race.http://www.enduraracing.com/Item.aspx?dept_id=5&item_id=508 Tiernan-Locke takes race lead in Wales EDR 2012 Primitive Media 14 September 2012 15 September 2012http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/tiernan-locke-takes-tour-britain-lead-142224787.html Lee Walker Tiernan-Locke takes Tour of Britain lead Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 Stage 6 also marked one of the hardest days in terms of climbing, with four first-category climbs at Cwm Owen, Brecon Beacons, as well as two ascents of Caerphilly mountain. The three sprint points were contested at 25.2 km 1 on, 71.9 km 1 on and 154.2 km 1 on respectively, located at Kerry, Llandrindod Wells and Mountain Ash. Six riders formed the breakaway for the stage, which was instigated within the opening few kilometres of the stage; it consisted of mountains classification leader Kristian House (RCS 2012), 2011 sprints winner Pieter Ghyllebert of SKT 2012, NGR 2012 rider Marcin Białobłocki, IGS 2012's Dan Craven, Graham Briggs representing RAL 2012 and UKY 2012 yes's Magnus Bäckstedt.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-6/results König king of Caerphilly Rob Lampard Cycling News 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 The group held a lead of eight minutes after the first intermediate point in Kerry, which was won by Bialoblocki, before the peloton – led by EDR 2012 and OGE 2012b – started to gradually cut into their lead. House continued to extend his mountains classification lead by taking the first two climbs of the day,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534770/tiernan-locke-moves-into-tour-of-britain-lead-as-koenig-takes-stage.html Tiernan-Locke moves into Tour of Britain lead as Koenig takes stage Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 while the peloton remained four minutes behind at the Brecon Beacons, although the group splintered on the descent from the climb – with eleven riders going clearhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/14/bradley-wiggins-tour-of-britain Bradley Wiggins out of Tour of Britain as Tiernan-Locke takes lead William Fotheringham William Fotheringham The Guardian 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 – before eventually coming back together before the Mountain Ash intermediate sprint. At the foot of Caerphilly mountain, EDR 2012 yes's Jonathan Tiernan-Locke attacked out of the peloton, surpassing the remnants of the breakaway,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19599053 Bradley Wiggins out of Tour of Britain as Tiernan-Locke leads BBC Sport 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 with only Briggs catching up with Tiernan-Locke.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/tour-of-britain-tiernan-locke-hits-the-front.18888616 Tiernan-Locke hits the front The Herald 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 APP 2012's Leopold König linked up with the leaders from a small chasing group, while Ghyllebert tried to rejoin the leaders before being dropped again. Briggs was also dropped with König and Tiernan-Locke remaining clear until the end, where König won the stage and Tiernan-Locke assumed the leader's gold jersey,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12861/Tour-of-Britain-Jonathan-Tiernan-Locke-attacks-into-gold-over-Caerphilly-Mountain.aspx Jonathan Tiernan-Locke attacks into gold over Caerphilly Mountain Ben Atkins VeloNation 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 after OGE 2012b yes's Leigh Howard finished 33 seconds behind on the stage.http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/leigh-howard-limits-losses-in-caerphilly Leigh Howard Limits Losses in Caerphilly OGE 2012b GreenEDGE Cycling 14 September 2012 15 September 2012 Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 4h 38' 02" DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 + 2" 3 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 19" 4 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 19" 5 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 + 19" 6 Paul Voss GER EDR 2012 + 19" 7 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 19" 8 Simon Yates GBR Great Britain + 19" 9 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 19" 10 Liam Holohan GBR RAL 2012 + 19"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px EDR 2012 25h 16' 57" 2 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 13" 3 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 18" 4 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 20" 5 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 23" 6 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 33" 7 Christian Knees GER SKY 2012 + 1' 34" 8 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 2' 01" 9 David Lelay FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 01" 10 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 4' 16" Stage 7 15 September 2012 – Barnstaple to Dartmouth, 170.7 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage7_profile.pdf 7: Barnstaple – Dartmouth 15 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119192453/http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage7_profile.pdf dead thumb|The leading group of riders that remained clear of the peloton towards the end of the stage. The penultimate stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain started in north Devon, and contained two first-category climbs at Merrivale and Coffin Stone, as well as a second-category climb at South Hill. The day's intermediate sprint points were heavily favoured towards the latter part of the stage, with the final two sprints both coming within the final 30 km 1 on of the stage. These were situated at Kingsbridge Promenade and Slapton Ley, with the day's first sprint contested at Great Torrington; the field had remained as one complete entity until this point, where Leigh Howard of OGE 2012b reduced the overall lead of EDR 2012 rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke by three bonus seconds to ten seconds.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/15/jonathan-tiernan-locke-tour-of-britain Jonathan Tiernan-Locke poised to be Tour of Britain home winner William Fotheringham William Fotheringham The Guardian 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 After that, the race split apart on the first climbhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534775/urtasun-wins-tour-of-britain-stage-seven-as-tiernan-locke-extends-lead.html Urtasun wins Tour of Britain stage seven as Tiernan-Locke extends lead Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 at South Hill, before eventually reforming; the breakaway was formed during this phase of the race, with ten riders eventually going clear at the front. They eventually established an advantage of around four minutes at its maximum before Tiernan-Locke's squad along with APP 2012 started bringing them back at a gradual rate, falling to 1' 20" with around 25 km 1 on before the advantage started to increase once again. Tiernan-Locke attacked with around 10 km 1 on remaining, taking the other race contenders Nathan Haas of GRM 2012b and Damiano Caruso (LIQ 2012) with him.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12866/Tour-of-Britain-Pablo-Urtasun-wins-Devon-stage-as-Tiernan-Locke-consolidates-lead.aspx Pablo Urtasun wins Devon stage as Tiernan-Locke consolidates lead Ben Atkins VeloNation 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 Their group eventually finished 46 seconds down on the stage-winning group of four riders,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/19610516 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke leads Tour of Britain after stage seven BBC Sport 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 who had remained out front from the breakaway; Pablo Urtasun took his first win of the season for EUS 2012 ahead of fifth stage winner Marc de Maar (UHC 2012), Caruso's team-mate Ivan Basso and team-mate of Urtasun, Samuel Sánchez.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-7/results Urtasun wins in Dartmouth Rob Lampard Cycling News 15 September 2012 15 September 2012 Stage 7 result RiderTeamTime 1 Pablo Urtasun ESP EUS 2012 4h 20' 31" 2 Marc de Maar CUW UHC 2012 s.t. 3 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 + 2" 5 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 + 38" 6 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 46" 7 Bernard Sulzberger AUS RAL 2012 + 46" 8 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px EDR 2012 + 46" 9 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 46" 10 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 46"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px EDR 2012 29h 38' 14" 2 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 18" 3 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 23" 4 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 1' 02" 5 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 1' 12" 6 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 2' 01" 7 David Lelay FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 01" 8 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 2' 23" 9 Christian Knees GER SKY 2012 + 2' 26" 10 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 4' 21" Stage 8 16 September 2012 – Reigate to Guildford, 147.8 km 1 onhttp://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage8_profile.pdf 8: Reigate – Guildford 16 September 2012 Tour of Britain SweetSpot 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119192523/http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/2012/tob2012_stage8_profile.pdf dead The final stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain contained four categorised climbs: two third-category climbs at Staple Lane and Crocknorth Road, a second-category climb at Leith Hill and a final first-category climb at Barhatch Lane. Early in the stage there were two sprint points: the first at Dorking just over 10 km 1 on into the stage, the second on the High Street in the finish town of Guildford; the final sprint of the 2012 Tour was at Ockley. Four riders formed the day's breakaway, consisting of NGR 2012 rider Peter Williams – the sprints classification leader, who secured the jersey by getting into the breakaway – as well as VCD 2012's Wesley Kreder, Jack Bobridge of OGE 2012b and Simon Richardson, representing IGS 2012.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2012-2-1/stage-8/results Tiernan-Locke wins Tour of Britain overall Rob Lampard Cycling News 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 The break only got three minutes clear before the peloton gradually brought them back. On the final categorised climb of the race, Barhatch Lane,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/16/tour-of-britain-mark-cavendish Mark Cavendish enjoys happy return to Surrey William Fotheringham William Fotheringham The Guardian 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 the overall leader Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (EDR 2012) ramped up the pace and split the main field for a time before it eventually reformed on the descent. Bobridge attacked on his own with 30 km 1 on remaining of the stage,http://road.cc/content/news/66690-tour-britain-stage-8-cavendish-sprints-victory-tiernan-locke-takes-overall Cavendish sprints to victory as Tiernan-Locke takes overall Tony Farrelly Road.cc Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 pulling clear by around half a minute before SKY 2012 set up station on the front of the peloton to keep Mark Cavendish out of trouble ahead of a likely sprint finish. After Bobridge was caught, three other riders tried solo attacks on the run-in to Guildford without success; setting up the sprint finish, Luke Rowe led it out for Cavendish again,http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,26972_8083512,00.html Perfect finish for Cav Nick Howes SKY 2012 BSkyB 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 and Cavendish won the sprint – for his third win of the racehttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cavendish-tunes-worlds-defence-win-154410470--spt.html Cavendish tunes up for worlds defence with win Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Reuters 16 September 2012 16 September 2012 Tom Pilcher – by several bike lengths ahead of UHC 2012's Boy Van Poppel, who secured the points classification on the line. Tiernan-Locke finished within the peloton to secure the overall victory. Stage 8 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 3h 33' 05" 2 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 s.t. 3 Fabio Sabatini ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 4 Russell Downing GBR EDR 2012 s.t. 5 Cesare Benedetti ITA APP 2012 + 3" 6 Yanto Barker GBR UKY 2012 + 3" 7 Pieter Ghyllebert BEL SKT 2012 + 3" 8 Bernard Sulzberger AUS RAL 2012 + 3" 9 Niels Wytinck BEL SKT 2012 + 3" 10 Richard Lang AUS RCS 2012 + 3"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px EDR 2012 33h 11' 22" 2 Nathan Haas AUS GRM 2012b + 18" 3 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 23" 4 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 1' 02" 5 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 1' 12" 6 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 2' 01" 7 David Lelay FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 01" 8 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 2' 14" 9 Christian Knees GER SKY 2012 + 2' 35" 10 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 4' 30" Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam ClassificationCombativity award 1 Luke Rowe Luke Rowe Rony Martias Kristian House Luke Rowe SAU 2012 Niels Wytinck 2 Leigh Howard Boy Van Poppel Peter Williams Pablo Urtasun Boy Van Poppel GRM 2012b Jack Bobridge 3 Mark Cavendish Leigh Howard Kristian House Peter Hawkins 4 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Ronan McLaughlin 5 Marc de Maar Leigh Howard SAU 2012 Ivan Basso 6 Leopold König Graham Briggs 7 Pablo Urtasun Nathan Haas Samuel Sánchez 8 Mark Cavendish Simon Richardson Final Nathan Haas Peter Williams Kristian House Boy Van Poppel SAU 2012 n/a Final standings General classification RiderTeamTime DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 33h 11' 22" 1 Nathan Haas AUS 20px GRM 2012b + 18" 2 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 23" 3 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b + 1' 02" 4 Christopher Jones USA UHC 2012 + 1' 12" 5 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 + 2' 01" 6 David Lelay FRA SAU 2012 + 2' 01" 7 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 + 2' 14" 8 Christian Knees GER SKY 2012 + 2' 35" 9 Jérôme Coppel FRA SAU 2012 + 4' 30" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Boy Van Poppel NED 20px UHC 2012 76 2 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 59 3 Nathan Haas AUS 20px GRS 2012b 56 4 Russell Downing GBR OGE 2012b 56 5 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b 53 6 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 50 DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR EDR 2012 38 7 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 34 8 Sep Vanmarcke BEL GRM 2012b 32 9 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 31 King of the Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Kristian House GBR 20px RCS 2012 86 2 Pablo Urtasun ESP EUS 2012 67 3 Bernard Sulzberger AUS RAL 2012 49 DSQ Jonathan Tiernan-Locke GBR 20px EDR 2012 44 5 Jack Bobridge AUS OGE 2012b 44 6 Peter Williams GBR 20px NGR 2012 43 7 Leopold König CZE APP 2012 34 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2012 26 9 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 25 10 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 25 Sprints classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Peter Williams GBR 20px NGR 2012 45 2 Marcin Białobłocki POL NGR 2012 23 3 Mathew Cronshaw GBR NGR 2012 13 4 Kristian House GBR 20px RCS 2012 11 5 Jack Bobridge AUS OGE 2012b 11 6 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2012b 10 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2012 10 8 Wesley Kreder NED VCD 2012 10 9 Bernard Sulzberger AUS RAL 2012 9 10 Bartosz Huzarski POL APP 2012 8 Team classification Pos.TeamTime1SAU 2012 99h 41' 34"2UHC 2012 + 2' 51"3APP 2012 + 5' 50"4GRS 2012b + 12' 36"5EDR 2012 + 14' 33"6LIQ 2012 + 18' 17"7EUS 2012 + 20' 46"8SKT 2012 + 21' 50"9NGR 2012 + 24' 06"10UKY 2012 + 29' 10" References 30em External links 2012 Tour of Britain http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/ 2012 Category:2012 UCI Europe Tour Category:2012 in British sport Category:September 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom