2012 Tour of Turkey

2012 Tour of Turkey Tour of Turkey 2012.png 250px 22–29 April 2012 8 1174 km 28h 48' 10" Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 blue Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 Maxim Belkov RUS KAT 2012 white Marco Bandiera ITA OPQ 2012 red Matthew Goss AUS GEC 2012a green AST 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tour of Turkey was the 48th edition of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey cycling stage race. It was held from 22 April–29 April 2012, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. Bulgarian Ivailo Gabrovski originally won the race after dominating the third stage, but was later found to have used EPO and was disqualified.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12858/Tour-of-Turkey-winner-Gabrovski-faces-disqualification-with-B-sample-also-positive-for-EPO.aspx Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO Velo Nation Velo Nation LLC 14 September 2012 14 September 2012 Shane Stokes It was officially announced in October 2012 that the winner of the Tour of Turkey is Alexsandr Dyachenko of AST 2012.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13011/Disqualified-Tour-of-Turkey-winner-Ivailo-Gabrovski-gets-a-two-year-suspension-for-EPO.aspx Disqualified Tour of Turkey winner Ivaïlo Gabrovski gets a two-year suspension for EPO Velo Nation Velo Nation LLC 7 October 2012 7 October 2012 Shane Stokes Teams and cyclists There are 25 teams in the 2012 Tour of Turkey. Among them were 9 UCI ProTeams, 14 UCI Professional Continental teams, and 2 Continental teams. Each team was allowed eight riders on their squad, giving the event a peloton of 194 cyclists at its outset.http://www.tourofturkey.org/2012/media/stages/results/stage1_STA.pdf Archived copy 2012-04-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120526162109/http://www.tourofturkey.org/2012/media/stages/results/stage1_STA.pdf 2012-05-26 dead UCI ProTour Teams ALM 2012 AST 2012 GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LTB 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 SAX 2012a UCI Professional Continental Teams WGG 2012 ACG 2012 FST 2012 CJR 2012 COG 2012 COL 2012 EUC 2012 FAR 2012 ARG 2012b APP 2012 SPI 2012 TT1 2012 UHC 2012 UNA 2012 UCI Continental Teams Salcano – Arnavutköy Cycling Team Konya – Torku Seker Spor Stages Stage 1 22 April 2012 – Alanya, 135 km 1 on A huge crash decimated about half the field with a few kilometers to go. Some riders had to withdraw from the race due to injuries. As per the UCI rules, since the crash occurred less than 3 kilometers away from the finish, all riders caught in the accident were credited the same time as the winner.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-1/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 1 Results 22 April 2012 Stage 1 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Theo Bos NED RAB 2012 3h 05' 55" 2 Matthew Goss AUS GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 0" 4 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 5 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 + 0" 6 Francesco Chicchi ITA OPQ 2012 + 0" 7 Takashi Miyazawa JPN SAX 2012a + 0" 8 Rafael Andriato BRA FAR 2012 + 0" 9 Filippo Baggio ITA UNA 2012 + 0" 10 Tom Veelers NED ARG 2012b + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Theo Bos NED 20px|Blue jersey 20px|Green jersey RAB 2012 3h 05' 45" 2 Matthew Goss AUS GEC 2012a + 4" 3 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 6" 4 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 + 10" 5 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 + 10" 6 Francesco Chicchi ITA OPQ 2012 + 10" 7 Takashi Miyazawa JPN SAX 2012a + 10" 8 Rafael Andriato BRA FAR 2012 + 10" 9 Filippo Baggio ITA UNA 2012 + 10" 10 Tom Veelers NED ARG 2012b + 10" Stage 2 23 April 2012 – Alanya to Antalya, 153 km 1 on https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-2/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 2 Results 23 April 2012 A breakaway formed at kilometer 48 composed of Alexander Vinokourov (AST 2012), Laurent Pichon (FST 2012), Paolo Locatelli (COG 2012), László Bodrogi (TT1 2012) and Matteo Fedi (DER 2012). They were caught with 5 kilometers to go, leading to a mass sprint finish. Stage 2 results CyclistTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER LTB 2012 3h 16' 04" 2 Matthew Goss AUS GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Matteo Pelucchi ITA EUC 2012 + 0" 4 Mark Renshaw AUS RAB 2012 + 0" 5 André Schulze GER APP 2012 + 0" 6 Francesco Chicchi ITA OPQ 2012 + 0" 7 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2012 + 0" 8 Filippo Baggio ITA UNA 2012 + 0" 9 Alexey Tsatevitch RUS KAT 2012 + 0" 10 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey 20px|Green jersey GEC 2012a 6h 21' 47" 2 André Greipel GER LTB 2012 + 2" 3 Matteo Pelucchi ITA EUC 2012 + 8" 4 Theo Bos NED RAB 2012 + 8" 5 Francesco Chicchi ITA OPQ 2012 + 12" 6 Filippo Baggio ITA UNA 2012 + 12" 7 Mark Renshaw AUS RAB 2012 + 12" 8 Valentin Iglinsky KAZ AST 2012 + 12" 9 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 + 12" 10 Alexey Tsatevitch RUS KAT 2012 + 12" Stage 3 24 April 2012 – Antalya to Elmalı, 152 km 1 on Bulgarian Ivailo Gabrovski (TRK 2012) accelerated 8 kilometers away from the finish line in the first mountain top finish stage in the race's history. He went on to win solo and took the leader's jersey. A doping test performed after this stage would eventually lead to Gabrovski's disqualification.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-3/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 3 Results 24 April 2012 Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL TRK 2012 4h 21' 09" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'29" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'32" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'34" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 1'51" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'13" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'19" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'38" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 2'52" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 2'55"General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 10h 43' 04" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'48" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'05" Stage 4 25 April 2012 – Fethiye to Marmaris, 132 km 1 on The mass sprint was very close with Mark Renshaw (RAB 2012) taking the win over fellow Australian Matthew Goss (GEC 2012a) by a margin that was impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-4/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 4 Results 25 April 2012 Stage 4 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Mark Renshaw AUS RAB 2012 3h 14' 01" 2 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Green jersey GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 0" 4 Boy Van Poppel NED UHC 2012 + 0" 5 Davide Viganò ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 6 Alexey Tsatevitch RUS KAT 2012 + 0" 7 Florian Vachon FRA FST 2012 + 0" 8 James Van Landschoot BEL VWA 2012 + 0" 9 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SAX 2012a + 0" 10 Sébastien Turgot FRA EUC 2012 + 0"General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 13h 57' 05" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'48" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'05" Stage 5 26 April 2012 – Marmaris to Turgutreis, 178 km 1 on First professional victory for 23-year-old Andrea Di Corrado (COG 2012), who dropped his 5 breakaway companions to solo his way to the finish line.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-5/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 5 Results 26 April 2012 Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Andrea Di Corrado ITA COG 2012 4h 50' 25" 2 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen DEN SAX 2012a + 40" 3 Jérôme Cousin FRA EUC 2012 + 40" 4 Alfredo Balloni ITA FAR 2012 + 42" 5 Sébastien Duret FRA FST 2012 + 42" 6 Dmitriy Gruzdev KAZ AST 2012 + 42" 7 Matteo Pelucchi ITA EUC 2012 + 1' 27" 8 Alexey Tsatevich RUS KAT 2012 + 1' 27" 9 Rafaâ Chtioui TUN EUC 2012 + 1' 27" 10 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 + 1' 27"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 18h 48' 57" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'58" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'05" Stage 6 27 April 2012 – Bodrum to Kuşadası, 179 km 1 on Gabrovski defended his leader's jersey with the few of his teammates of Konya – Torku Seker Spor who had the resources to help, as they were left in front of the peloton without any help to catch the 3 escapees. They ultimately reeled them in, and a long series of attacks ensued with about 20 kilometers to go, all of which were covered by Gabrovski himself since his team did not have the resources to keep the frantic pace up. Twenty-four-year-old Sacha Modolo (COG 2012) won the sprint finish.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-6/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 6 Results 27 April 2012 Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Sacha Modolo ITA COG 2012 4h 34' 00" 2 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Green jersey GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Mark Renshaw AUS RAB 2012 + 0" 4 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SAX 2012a + 0" 5 Alexey Tsatevich RUS KAT 2012 + 0" 6 Rafael Andriato BRA FAR 2012 + 0" 7 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 0" 8 Davide Viganò ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 9 Marco Coledan ITA COG 2012 + 0" 10 Blaž Jarc SLO APP 2012 + 0"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 23h 22' 57" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'58" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'14" Stage 7 28 April 2012 – Kuşadası to İzmir, 124 km 1 on Belgian Iljo Keisse of OPQ 2012 won the stage after dropping his 6 breakaway companions with 6 kilometers to go, building a sizable gap with them and the surging peloton. In a finish that was most dramatic, Keisse crashed while negotiating the final bend with 1 km to go. He picked himself up and was almost swept up by the charging bunch, who were on his back wheel as he crossed the finish line.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-7/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 7 Results 28 April 2012 Stage 7 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Iljo Keisse BEL OPQ 2012 2h 52' 38" 2 Marcel Kittel GER ARG 2012b + 0" 3 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 4 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 + 0" 5 Mark Renshaw AUS RAB 2012 + 0" 6 Robert Förster GER UHC 2012 + 0" 7 Jean-Pierre Drucker LUX VWA 2012 + 0" 8 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 0" 9 Alexey Tsatevitch RUS KAT 2012 + 0" 10 Juan Jose Haedo ARG SAX 2012a + 0"General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 26h 15' 35" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'58" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'14" Stage 8 29 April 2012 – Istanbul, 121 km 1 on General classification contender Vladimir Gusev of KAT 2012 (12th before the stage) got away with 3 other cyclists so the bunch chased relentlessly. They caught the escapees with less than 7 kilometers to go. Theo Bos of RAB 2012 won the sprint after a crash eliminated some top sprinters from the race. Ivailo Gabrovski kept the turquoise jersey and was declared the general classification winner.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-8/results Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 8 Results 29 April 2012 Stage 8 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Theo Bos NED RAB 2012 2h 32' 35" 2 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2012 + 0" 3 Stefan van Dijk NED VWA 2012 + 0" 4 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 + 0" 5 Matteo Pelucchi ITA EUC 2012 + 0" 6 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 + 0" 7 Robert Förster GER UHC 2012 + 0" 8 Juan Jose Haedo ARG SAX 2012a + 0" 9 Daniele Colli ITA TT1 2012 + 0" 10 Jonas Vangenechten BEL LTB 2012 + 0"General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 Ivailo Gabrovski BUL 20px|Blue jersey TRK 2012 28h 48' 10" 2 Alexsandr Dyachenko KAZ AST 2012 + 1'33" 3 Danail Petrov BUL CJR 2012 + 1'38" 4 Adrián Palomares ESP ACG 2012 + 1'44" 5 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2012 + 2'01" 6 Alexander Efimkin RUS TT1 2012 + 2'23" 7 Florian Guillou FRA FST 2012 + 2'29" 8 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2012 + 2'58" 9 Michał Gołaś POL OPQ 2012 + 3'02" 10 Will Routley CAN SPI 2012 + 3'14" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Turkish Beauties Classification25px|link=|alt=Team Classification 1 Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos not awarded Fréderique Robert UNA 2012 2 André Greipel Matthew Goss Matthew Goss László Bodrogi KAT 2012 3 Alexsandr Dyachenko Ivailo GabrovskiIvaïlo Gabrovski Matteo Fedi AST 2012 4 Mark Renshaw 5 Andrea Di Corrado 6 Sacha ModoloMarco BandieraMaxim Belkov 7 Iljo Keisse 8 Theo Bos Final Alexsandr Dyachenko Matthew Goss Marco Bandiera Maxim Belkov AST 2012 References 33em Tour of Turkey Tour of Turkey Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey by year