2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge

2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge 2011–12 UCI America Tour August 20–26, 2012 7 25h 57' 34" Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b yellow Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2012 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 Jens Voigt GER RNT 2012 red Joseph Dombrowski USA BLS 2012 light blue Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012b green RNT 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the second edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race.USA Pro Cycling Challenge 2012: Results & News Cyclingnews.com2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge to go from Durango to Denver – The Denver Posthttp://thetourtracker.com/races/2012-usa-pro-cycling-challenge/ USA Pro Cycling Challenge Tour Tracker 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120822225717/http://thetourtracker.com/races/2012-usa-pro-cycling-challenge/ 2012-08-22 dead The race took place from August 20–26, and was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour. The race began in Durango, wound its way through the Rocky Mountains at heights of up to 12,000 ft, and finished in the streets of downtown Denver.USA Pro Cycling Challenge route announced for 2012 race – The Denver Post2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Route Revealed Cyclingnews.com Americans swept the podium, with Christian Vande Velde winning the race, Tejay van Garderen finishing second, and Levi Leipheimer finishing third.2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Christian Vande Velde Lays Claim To Yellow Jersey - SB Nation Denver http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings Standings USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120120102946/http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings 2012-01-20 dead Participating teams Included in the participating team rosters were many of the top 2012 Tour de France riders; Vincenzo Nibali (3rd), Tejay van Garderen (5th), Cadel Evans (7th), Janez Brajkovič (9th), Andreas Klöden (11th), Chris Horner (13th), Levi Leipheimer (32nd), and Christian Vande Velde (60th). The USA Pro Cycling Challenge invited six UCI ProTeams, and UCI Professional Continental Teams; as well as five UCI Continental Teams.http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/teams Teams USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120626081716/http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/teams 2012-06-26 dead UCI ProTeams OPQ 2012 BMC 2012 GRS 2011 RNT 2012 LIQ 2012 AST 2012 UCI Professional Continental Teams RVL 2012 UHC 2012 Champion System 2012 SPI 2012 BPC 2012 OPT 2012 UCI Continental Teams XRG 2012 EPM–UNE TT1 2012 BLS 2012 Stage Results + Stage resultsStageDateRouteTerrainLengthWinner 1 20 August Durango – Telluride 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage 125.6 mi on Tyler Farrar USA 2 21 August Montrose – Crested Butte alt=|link=|22px Mountain stage 99.2 mi on Tejay van Garderen USA 3 22 August Gunnison – Aspen alt=|link=|22px Mountain stage 130.5 mi on Tom Danielson USA 4 23 August Aspen – Beaver Creek alt=|link=|22px Mountain stage 97.2 mi on Jens Voigt GER 5 24 August Breckenridge – Colorado Springs 22px|alt=|link= Medium-mountain stage 117.9 mi on Tyler Farrar USA 6 25 August Golden – Boulder alt=|link=|22px Mountain stage 103.3 mi on Rory Sutherland AUS 7 26 August Denver alt=|link=Individual time trial|22px Individual time trial 9.5 mi on Taylor Phinney USA Stage 1 August 20, 2012 — Durango, to Telluride, 125.6 mi The opening road race for the pro challenge began in Durango. RiderTeamTime 1 Tyler Farrar USA 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Green jersey GRM 4h 42' 48" 2 Alessandro Bazzana ITA TT1 2012 s.t 3 Damiano Caruso ITA BMC 2012 s.t 4 Fred Rodriguez USA XRG 2012 s.t 5 Rory Sutherland AUS UHC 2012 s.t 6 Gavin Mannion USA 20px|White jersey BLS 2012 s.t 7 Kiel Reijnen USA TT1 2012 s.t 8 Alex Candelario USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey OPT 2012 s.t 9 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 s.t 10 Camilo Castiblanco COL EPM–UNE s.t http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-1 Stage 1 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015211054/http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-1 2013-10-15 dead Stage 2 August 21, 2012 — Montrose to Crested Butte, 99.2 mi RiderTeamTime 1 Tejay van Garderen USA 20px|Yellow jersey BMC 2012 3h 52' 24" 2 Christian Vande Velde USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey GRM 2012b s.t 3 Ivan Rovny RUS RVL 2012 + 6" 4 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 8" 5 Ramiro Rincón COL EPM–UNE + 8" 6 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 + 12" 7 Alessandro Bazzana ITA TT1 2012 + 12" 8 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 12" 9 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 12" 10 Lucas Euser USA SPI 2012 + 12" http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-2 Stage 2 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015201036/http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-2 2013-10-15 dead Stage 3 August 22, 2012 — Gunnison to Aspen, 130.5 mi RiderTeamTime 1 Tom Danielson USA 20px|Polka-dot jersey20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey GRM 5h 02' 06" 2 Damiano Caruso ITA 20px|Green jersey LIQ 2012 + 2" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 2" 4 Gavin Mannion USA BLS 2012 + 2" 5 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 2" 6 Andreas Klöden GER RNT 2012 + 2" 7 Javier Gómez COL EPM–UNE + 2" 8 Ivan Rovny RUS RVL 2012 + 2" 9 Christian Vande Velde USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey GRM + 2" 10 Christopher Baldwin USA BPC 2012 + 2" http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-3 Stage 3 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015220646/http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-3 2013-10-15 dead Stage 4 August 23, 2012 — Aspen to Beaver Creek, 97.2 mi RiderTeamTime 1 Jens Voigt GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 3h 54' 00" 2 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 2' 58" 3 Tejay van Garderen USA 20px|Yellow jersey BMC 2012 + 2' 58" 4 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 2' 58" 5 Oliver Zaugg SWI 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 2' 58" 6 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b + 2' 58" 7 Ivan Rovny RUS RVL 2012 + 2' 58" 8 Joseph Dombrowski USA 20px|White jersey BLS 2012 + 2' 58" 9 Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 2' 58" 10 Ramiro Rincón COL EPM–UNE + 3' 03" http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-4 Stage 4 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015190014/http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-4 2013-10-15 dead Stage 5 August 24, 2012 — Breckenridge to Colorado Springs, 117.9 mi RiderTeamTime 1 Tyler Farrar USA 20px|Green jersey GRM 2012b 3h 58' 27" 2 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2012 s.t 3 Alessandro Bazzana ITA TT1 2012 s.t 4 Alex Candelario USA OPT 2012 s.t 5 Hugo Houle CAN SPI 2012 s.t 6 Mathias Frank SWI BMC 2012 s.t 7 Alex Howes USA GRM 2012b s.t 8 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 s.t 9 Damiano Caruso ITA LIQ 2012 s.t 10 Róbigzon Oyola COL EPM–UNE s.t http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-5 Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015205155/http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-5 2013-10-15 dead Stage 6 August 25, 2012 — Golden to Boulder, 103.3 mi RiderTeamTime 1 Rory Sutherland AUS UHC 2012 4h 06' 12" 2 Fabio Aru ITA AST 2012 + 20" 3 Jens Voigt GER 20px|Polka-dot jersey RNT 2012 + 26" 4 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|Yellow jersey OPQ 2012 + 45" 5 Tim Duggan USA LIQ 2012 + 52" 6 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2012b + 1' 02" 7 Joseph Dombrowski USA 20px|White jersey BLS 2012 + 1' 02" 8 Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 1' 02" 9 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 1' 02" 10 Ramiro Rincón COL EPM–UNE + 1' 02" http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-6 Stage 6 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120826013916/http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-6 2012-08-26 dead Stage 7 August 26, 2012 — Denver, 9.5 mi The final stage was an individual time trial held through the streets of downtown Denver. RiderTeamTime 1 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2012 17' 25" 2 Christian Vande Velde USA 20px|Yellow jersey GRS 2012b + 10" 3 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2012 + 19" 4 Peter Velits SVK OPQ 2012 + 21" 5 Tom Danielson USA GRS 2012b + 29" 6 Tom Zirbel USA OPT 2012 + 31" 7 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 37" 8 Tanel Kangert EST AST 2012 + 40" 9 Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 43" 10 David Zabriskie USA GRS 2012b + 45" http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-7 Stage 7 USA Pro Challenge 2012-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120826013919/http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/standings/stage-7 2012-08-26 dead Classification leadership Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification in the Pro Cycling Challengee|alt=Yellow jersey Sprints classification25px Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Pro Cycling Challenge|alt=Polkadot jersey Young rider classification25px|link=Young rider classification|alt=White jersey Most Aggressive25px|link=Combativity award|alt=Orange Jersey Team classification1 Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar Tom Danielson Gavin Mannion Peter Stetina OPT 20122 Tejay van Garderen Tejay van Garderen Joseph Dombrowski Rafael Abreu GRM3 Tom Danielson Christian Vande Velde Damiano Caruso Francisco Colorado4 Jens Voigt Tejay van Garderen Jens Voigt RNT 20125 Tyler Farrar Tyler FarrarVincenzo Nibali6 Rory Sutherland Levi Leipheimer Jens VoigtRory Sutherland7 Taylor Phinney Christian Vande Velde Peter Stetina Final Christian Vande Velde Tyler Farrar Jens Voigt Joseph Dombrowski Peter Stetina RNT 2012 General classification RiderTeamTime 1. Christian Vande Velde USA 20px|Yellow jersey GRM 2012b 25h 57' 34" 2. Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2012 + 21" 3. Levi Leipheimer USA OPQ 2012 + 24" 4. Andreas Klöden GER 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 1' 08" 5. Janez Brajkovič SLO AST 2012 + 1' 14" 6. Jakob Fuglsang DEN 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 1' 24" 7. Tom Danielson USA GRM 2012b + 1' 28" 8. Matthew Busche USA 20px|Yellow-bibbed jersey RNT 2012 + 1' 32" 9. Peter Stetina USA GRM 2012b + 1' 28" 10. Joseph Dombrowski USA 20px|White jersey BLS 2012 + 1' 40" References External links http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ 2012 Category:2012 in road cycling Category:2012 in American sports Category:2012 in sports in Colorado Category:August 2012 sports events in the United States