2012 Giro d'Italia

the women's race 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile 2012 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2012.png 300px 2012 UCI World Tour 15 28 5–27 May 2012 21 3502.1 km 91h 39' 02" Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2012a pink Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2012 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 red Matteo Rabottini ITA FAR 2012 blue Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2012 white LAM 2012 GRM 2012a 2011 2013 The 2012 Giro d'Italia was the 95th edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Danish city of Herning,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/updated-giro-ditalia-2012-start-in-denmark-confirmed Updated: Giro d'Italia 2012 start in Denmark confirmed cyclingnews.com 2011-07-21 2010-07-21 and ended in Milan. The complete route of the 2012 Giro d'Italia was announced in mid October. For the first time since the 2007 edition no climbing time trial was included in the route. The colour of the jersey for the mountains classification was changed for this year's edition from green to blue. The move came at the behest of sponsor Banca Mediolanum, who renewed its support of the mountains classification for a further four years.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/blue-mountains-jersey-for-2012-giro-ditalia Blue mountains jersey for 2012 Giro d'Italia 17 April 2012 23 April 2012 The race was won by Canada's Ryder Hesjedal of GRM 2012a,https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Hesjedal+first+Canadian+Grand+Tour+winner/6687726/story.html Ryder Hesjedal becomes first Canadian Grand Tour winner The Montreal Gazette Alan Allnutt; Postmedia Network 27 May 2012 29 May 2012 Terry Bell 3 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120903055319/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Hesjedal+first+Canadian+Grand+Tour+winner/6687726/story.html dead becoming the first Canadian rider to win a Grand Tour event and the second non-European rider to win the Giro (the first being Andrew Hampsten in 1988); he also became only the second rider to take the leader's jersey from another rider on the final day, after Francesco Moser did so in 1984.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/ryder-hesjedal-wins-prestigious-giro-d-italia-1.1133409 Ryder Hesjedal wins prestigious Giro d'Italia CBC Sports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Malcolm Kelly 27 May 2012 29 May 2012 Hesjedal won the general classification by 16 seconds over runner-up Joaquim Rodríguez of Spain, representing KAT 2012 – the closest race-winning margin since Eddy Merckx beat Gianbattista Baronchelli by 12 seconds in the 1974 editionhttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/cycling-hesjedal-wins-one-of-the-closest-ever-giro-ditalia-races-by-just-16-seconds-7792520.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/cycling-hesjedal-wins-one-of-the-closest-ever-giro-ditalia-races-by-just-16-seconds-7792520.html 2022-05-01 subscription Hesjedal wins one of the closest ever Giro d'Italia races by just 16 seconds Ben Parfitt 27 May 2012 The Independent 29 May 2012 – who also won two stages and the points classification title,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532943/hesjedal-wins-2012-giro-d-italia-overall-pinotti-wins-final-time-trial.html Hesjedal wins 2012 Giro d'Italia overall, Pinotti wins final time trial Cycling Weekly 27 May 2012 29 May 2012 Nigel Wynn edging out SKY 2012 sprinter Mark Cavendish by one point. Third place was taken by VCD 2012's Thomas De Gendt of Belgium, after he put in strong performances on the final two stages of the race; he won the race's queen stage, finishing at the high-point of the itinerary, at the Stelvio Pass and also finished in the top five of the time trial.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-gendt-delighted-by-giro-performance De Gendt delighted by Giro performance Cycling News 28 May 2012 29 May 2012 As such, he gained sufficient time to move up from ninth to third over those stages, becoming the first Belgian rider to take a Grand Tour podium since Johan Bruyneel finished third at the 1995 Vuelta a España.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11975/Im-still-the-same-Thomas-De-Gendt-but-with-different-ambitions.aspx I’m still the same Thomas De Gendt but with different ambitions Ben Atkins VeloNation 28 May 2012 29 May 2012 In the race's other classifications, SKY 2012 yes rider Rigoberto Urán of Colombia finished as the best rider aged 25 or under in the general classification,http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25248_7781997,00.html Team end Giro on a high SKY 2012 BSkyB 27 May 2012 29 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120531024022/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25248_7781997,00.html 31 May 2012 dead finishing in seventh place overall; the mountains competition was won by Italy's Matteo Rabottini of the FAR 2012 team, scoring almost double the number of points that his nearest rival in the standings accrued. Rabottini was the only Italian to feature on the podium, as for the first time since 1995,https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/story/_/id/7977163/ryder-hesjedal-first-canadian-win-giro-ditalia Ryder Hesjedal wins Giro d'Italia 27 May 2012 ESPN 29 May 2012 no Italian riders finished in the top three overall, as LAM 2012's Michele Scarponi – the defending champion – could only finish fourth overall. Teams thumb|2012 Giro d'Italia team presentation in Herning List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Giro d'Italia All 18 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend. In addition four UCI Professional Continental were announced in January 2012.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2012-giro-ditalia-wildcards-named 2012 Giro D'Italia Wildcards Named Cyclingnews.com 2011-10-05 2012-01-10 The full list of participating teams is: ProTeams ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a  KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012  GEC 2012b RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAX 2012a SKY 2012 VCD 2012Professional Continental Teams AND 2012 CSF 2012  FAR 2012 APP 2012 Pre-race favourites 2011 winner Alberto Contador was banned for two years on 6 February for doping during 2010 Tour de France and therefore did not start in the Giro. Ivan Basso, winner of the Giro of 2006 and 2010, announced on 13 November 2011 that he was aiming for a third pink jersey.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bassos-focus-on-tour-in-2011-a-disappointment Basso's focus on Tour in 2011 a disappointment cyclingnews.com 13 November 2011 14 November 2011 Johan Bruyneel, manager of the new fusion team between Leopard-Trek and Team Radioshack, stated that it would be hard for three-time runner-up Andy Schleck and his brother Fränk Schleck to win the 2012 Tour de France because of the large number of kilometers against the clock. There was a chance that one of the brothers would target the Giro d'Italia instead.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-bruyneel-on-tour-de-france-route-and-the-schlecks Bruyneel on Tour de France route and the Schlecks 19 October 2011 14 November 2011 On 19 November 2011 Fränk initially announced that the Schleck brothers would not ride the Giro and will focus on the Tour despite the time trialing kilometers.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-giro-ditalia-for-the-schleck-brothers No Giro d'Italia for the Schleck brothers 19 November 2011 24 November 2011 Eventually on 29 April 2012 it was announced that Fränk Schleck would replace the injured Jakob Fuglsang as the team leader during the race.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/frank-schleck-to-head-up-radioshack-nissan-at-2012-giro-ditalia Fränk Schleck To Head Up RadioShack-Nissan At 2012 Giro D'Italia Cyclingnews.com 2012-04-29 On 17 April Michele Scarponi, winner of the 2011 edition after Contador's suspension, announced that he wanted to win the Giro on the road and not after a suspension of another rider.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/scarponi-confirms-giro-ditalia-participation Scarponi confirms Giro d'Italia participation 17 April 2012 23 April 2012 Scarponi teamed-up with Lampre–ISD teammate and 2004 Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego. Cunego aimed for a high finish in the Giro and skipped the 2012 Tour de France due to the large amount of time trialing kilometers.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cunego-at-classics-with-giro-ditalia-in-mind Cunego at classics with Giro d'Italia in mind 14 April 2012 23 April 2012 Other riders named as overall contendersMay 2012 were Ag2r–La Mondiale's John Gadret (third overall in the 2011 Giro d'Italia), 2011 Youth classification winner Roman Kreuziger of team Astana, Team Katusha's Joaquim Rodríguez (fourth overall in the 2011 Giro d'Italia) and the Venezuelan climber José Rujano of the Androni Giocattoli team. Route and stages 2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21 The first three stages were announced on 5 October 2011, with the remaining stages announced on 16 October.http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2011/10-2011-Comunicati/giro-d-italia-2012-start-first-time-ever-scandinavia-803170504280.shtml Giro d’Italia 2012 start: first time ever in Scandinavia La Gazzetta dello Sport 2011-10-05 2011-10-052012 Giro d'Italia route unveiled in Milan On 18 April 2012 it was announced that the route for Stage 12 Seravezza to Sestri Levante had been altered because the coastal road through the Cinque Terre remains unusable following the severe landslides which struck the area on 25 October 2011. The new route is 155 km 0 on long.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cinque-terre-roads-unusable-for-giro-ditalia Cinque Terre roads unusable for Giro d'Italia cyclingnews.com 18 April 2012 23 April 2012 The stages were divided into five categories of difficulty; category A, B for flat stages (from A for "stages presenting no particular difficulty"), category C for medium mountain stage, category D for mountain stages and category E for time trial stages. These categories were used to determine the time limit on the stage.http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/en/Regulation.pdf Formula and Itinerary Gazzetta della Sport 2012 29 June 2012 11–12 + Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 5 May Herning (Denmark) 8.7 km 1 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Taylor Phinney USA 2 6 May Herning (Denmark) 206 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR 3 7 May Horsens (Denmark) 190 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Matthew Goss AUS 8 May Rest day 4 9 May Verona 33.2 km 1 on 20px|link= Team time trial GRM 2012a 5 10 May Modena to Fano 209 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR 6 11 May Urbino to Porto Sant'Elpidio 210 km 0 on 22px Medium mountain stage Miguel Ángel Rubiano COL 7 12 May Recanati to Rocca di Cambio 205 km 0 on 22px Medium mountain stage Paolo Tiralongo ITA 8 13 May Sulmona to Lago Laceno 229 km 0 on 22px Medium mountain stage Domenico Pozzovivo ITA 9 14 May San Giorgio del Sannio to Frosinone 166 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Francisco Ventoso ESP 10 15 May Civitavecchia to Assisi 186 km 0 on 22px Hilly stage Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 11 16 May Assisi to Montecatini Terme 255 km 0 on 22px Hilly stage Roberto Ferrari ITA 12 17 May Seravezza to Sestri Levante 155 km 0 on 22px Medium mountain stage Lars Bak DEN 13 18 May Savona to Cervere 121 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR 14 19 May Cherasco to Cervinia 206 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Andrey Amador CRC 15 20 May Busto Arsizio to Lecco–Pian dei Resinelli 169 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Matteo Rabottini ITA 21 May Rest day 16 22 May Limone sul Garda to Pfalzen 173 km 0 on 22px Hilly stage Ion Izagirre ESP 17 23 May Pfalzen to Cortina d'Ampezzo 186 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 18 24 May San Vito di Cadore to Vedelago 149 km 0 on 22px Flat stage Andrea Guardini ITA 19 25 May Treviso to Alpe di Pampeago 198 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Roman Kreuziger CZE 20 26 May Caldes-Val di Sole to Stelvio Pass 219 km 0 on 22px Mountain stage Thomas De Gendt BEL 21 27 May Milan 28.2 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-time-trial-course-shortened Giro d'Italia time trial course shortened Cycling News 27 May 2012 27 May 2012 20px|link= Individual time trial Marco Pinotti ITA Classification leadership In the 2012 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner was considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News 27 August 2009 thumb|left|Some of the 48 hairpin turns near the top of the eastern ramp of the Stelvio Pass|alt=A mountain pass with paved roads. Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. Unlike in the better known points classification in the Tour de France, the type of stage had no effect on what points were on offer – each stage had the same points available on the same scale. The win earned 25 points, second place earned 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. The jersey had been green since the jersey was first awarded, but with a sponsorship change, the jersey color was changed to blue. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded still more points than the other first-category climbs. The Cima Coppi for the 2012 Giro d'Italia was the Stelvio Pass. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Thomas De Gendt. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1987 were eligible. There were also two classifications for teams. In the Trofeo Fast Team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time; the Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Trofeo Fast TeamTrofeo Super Team 1 Taylor Phinney Taylor Phinney Taylor Phinney not awarded Taylor Phinney GRM 2012a GRM 2012a 2 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Alfredo Balloni 3 Matthew Goss Matthew Goss 4 GRM 2012a Ramūnas Navardauskas Ramūnas Navardauskas 5 Mark Cavendish 6 Miguel Ángel Rubiano Adriano Malori Miguel Ángel Rubiano Adriano Malori 7 Paolo Tiralongo Ryder Hesjedal Peter Stetina 8 Domenico Pozzovivo Damiano Caruso LIQ 2012 9 Francisco Ventoso 10 Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez 11 Roberto Ferrari Mark Cavendish 12 Lars Bak Michał Gołaś MOV 2012 13 Mark Cavendish 14 Andrey Amador Ryder Hesjedal Rigoberto Urán 15 Matteo Rabottini Joaquim Rodríguez Matteo Rabottini Sergio Henao 16 Jon Izagirre 17 Joaquim Rodríguez Rigoberto Urán 18 Andrea Guardini 19 Roman Kreuziger 20 Thomas De Gendt Joaquim Rodríguez LAM 2012 21 Marco Pinotti Ryder Hesjedal Final Ryder Hesjedal Joaquim Rodríguez Matteo Rabottini Rigoberto Urán LAM 2012 GRM 2012a Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification   20px|alt=A red jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px|Pink jersey GRM 2012a 91h 39' 02" 2 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2012 + 16" 3 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2012 + 1' 39" 4 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 2' 05" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2012 + 3' 44" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2012 + 4' 40" 7 Rigoberto Urán COL 20px|White jersey SKY 2012 + 5' 57" 8 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 + 6' 28" 9 Sergio Henao COL SKY 2012 + 7' 50" 10 Mikel Nieve ESP EUS 2012 + 8' 08" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2012 139 2 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 138 3 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px GRM 2012a 113 4 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 81 5 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 80 6 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2012 76 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2012 58 8 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 58 9 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2012 53 10 Andrey Amador CRC MOV 2012 52 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Matteo Rabottini ITA 20px FAR 2012 84 2 Stefano Pirazzi ITA COG 2012 44 3 Andrey Amador CRC MOV 2012 43 4 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 34 5 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 26 6 Jan Bárta CZE APP 2012 24 7 Miguel Ángel Rubiano COL AND 2012 24 8 Ryder Hesjedal CAN 20px GRM 2012a 24 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 20px KAT 2012 23 10 Thomas De Gendt BEL VCD 2012 21 Young riders classification RiderTeamTime1 Rigoberto Urán COL 20px|White jersey SKY 2012 91h 44′ 59″2 Sergio Henao COL SKY 2012 + 1' 53″3 Gianluca Brambilla ITA COG 2012 + 8' 23″4 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2012 + 31' 20″5 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 43' 48″6 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2012 + 44' 52″7 Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012a + 48' 28″8 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 51' 27″9 Stefano Pirazzi ITA COG 2012 + 1h 35' 00″10 Jon Izagirre ESP EUS 2012 + 1h 42' 57″ Trofeo Fast Team classification TeamTime1ITA LAM 2012 274h 19′ 46″2ESP MOV 2012 + 10' 53″3GBR SKY 2012 + 37' 07″4KAZ AST 2012 + 43' 12″5USA GRM 2012a + 51' 52"6ITA LIQ 2012 + 54' 09″7ESP EUS 2012 + 56' 27″8IRL COG 2012 + 1h 10' 25″9FRA ALM 2012 + 1h 22' 12″10RUS KAT 2012 + 1h 30' 51″ Trofeo Super Team classification TeamPoints1USA GRM 2012a 3632GBR SKY 20123453RUS KAT 20123014IRL COG 20122535BEL OPQ 20122446ESP MOV 20122397LUX RNT 20122348ITA LIQ 20122219AUS OGE 2012b21210FRA FDJ 2012197 References Citations 30em External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/en/index.shtml?lang=en en 2012 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Category:2012 in Italian sport Giro d'Italia Category:May 2012 sports events in Italy