- Schedule
- Teams
- Stages Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
- Classification leadership table
- Final standings General classification Points classification Combativity classification Young rider classification Team classification
- References
- External links
{{refimprove|date=June 2012}}{{Infobox cycling race report | image = Tour of Belgium Route 2012.png | name = 2012 Tour of Belgium | series = 2012 UCI Europe Tour | race_no = | season_no = | date = 23—27 May | stages = 5 | distance = 727 | unit = km | time = | speed = | first = | first_nat = | first_team = | first_color = red | second = | second_nat = | second_team = | third = | third_nat = | third_team = | points = | points_nat = | points_team = | points_color = yellow | youth = | youth_nat = | youth_team = | youth_color = white | sprints = | sprints_nat = | sprints_team = | sprints_color = black | team = | previous = 2011 | next = 2013 }}The 2012 Tour of Belgium was the 82nd edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 23 May to 27 May 2012 in Belgium. The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour. It began with three relatively short stages, followed by two stages meant to be deciding the tour: an individual time-trial on Saturday and a longer stage through the hills of the Ardennes. Different comparing to the previous years was that the leader in the race will wore a red jersey (instead of black), whereas the black jersey went to the most combative rider. To decide the combativity, there were three sprints in each stage (except for the time-trial), where in case of a breakaway, the first five riders earned points (10, 8, 6, 4 and 2). Based on the lead the breakaway has on the peloton, these riders received bonus points, going from 1 point for a 30-second lead up to 5 points for a lead of 4 minutes or more. Another change, as introduced during the 2011 Tour de France, was the so-called "supersprint": each stage had one supersprint, where riders earned points that counted for the yellow sprint jersey and bonification seconds for the general classification. ScheduleStage | Route | Distance | Date | Winner | 1 | Mechelen to Buggenhout | 162 km | Wednesday, May 23 | André Greipel|GER}} | 2 | Lochristi to Knokke-Heist | 169.5 km | Thursday, May 24 | André Greipel|GER}} | 3 | Knokke-Heist to Beveren | 163 km | Friday, May 25 | André Greipel|GER}} | 4 | Turnhout to Arendonk | 20.5 km | Saturday, May 26 | Tony Martin|GER}} | 5 | Clavier to Engis | 212 km | Sunday, May 27 | Carlos Betancur|COL}} | |
TeamsTwenty-one teams have been invited to the 2011 Tour of Belgium: 7 teams are from the UCI ProTeams, 7 are UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 are UCI Continental Teams. UCI ProTeams- {{flagicon|KAZ}} {{ct|AST|2012}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{ct|BMC|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|LTB|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|OPQ|2012}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} {{ct|RAB|2012}}
- {{flagicon|RUS}} {{ct|KAT|2012}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} {{ct|VAC|2012}}
| UCI Professional Continental Teams- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|WGG|2012}}
- {{flagicon|ITA}} {{ct|ASA|2012}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} {{ct|PRO|2012b}}
- {{flagicon|FRA}} {{ct|COF|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|LAN|2012}}
- {{flagicon|RUS}} {{ct|RVL|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|TSV|2012}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{ct|UHC|2012}}
| UCI Continental Teams- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|SKT|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|BKP|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Telenet-Fidea
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Sunweb-Revor
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{ct|WBC|2012}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium[1]
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1. ^Following a new regulation by the UCI, a sponsor name can not appear on the shirt of more than one team during a race. As such, although being invited, Jong Vlaanderen could not participate as a team due to the presence of {{ct|TSV|2012}}. Therefore, the race directors allowed Jong Vlaanderen to participate as a Belgian selection, where they selected 7 riders and were joined by Moreno De Pauw of the Rock Werchter Cycling Team. 2. ^{{cite news |title= Greipel wins photo-finish sprint |url=http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1308183 |publisher=sporza.be |date=2012-05-23|language=nl}} 3. ^{{cite news |title= Greipel scores two out of two in Tour of Belgium |url=http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1309151 |publisher=sporza.be |date=2012-05-24|language=nl}} 4. ^{{cite news |title= Greipel sprints to third win in Tour of Belgium|url=http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1310121 |publisher=sporza.be |date=2012-05-25|language=nl}}
StagesStage 123 May 2012 – Mechelen to Buggenhout, {{convert|162|km|mi|abbr=on}}Early throughout the race, a breakaway of eight riders formed, consisting of Paolo Ciavatta, Leonardo Duque, Simon Geschke, Arnaud Jouffroy, Egidijus Juodvalkis, Philippe Legrand, Michael Schär and Jelle Wallays. With only 17 kilometres to go, Ciavatta, Schär and Wallays sprinted away from the group. They were however not able to stay out of the grasp of the peloton, where mainly {{ct|OPQ|2012}} and {{ct|LTB|2012}} had been chasing hard. The peloton sprinted for the stage win in Buggenhout, where a photo finish was necessary to decide the winner as three riders crossed the line nearly simultaneously. Although Danilo Napolitano ostensively gestured and seemed sure of the victory, the photo finish clearly showed André Greipel to cross the line first, with Napolitano in second and Kenny van Hummel in third. Due to the bonification seconds, Greipel became the first overall leader. He also took the first yellow jersey as leader in the sprint classification, while Leonardo Duque took the black jersey as most combative.[2] Stage 1 ResultRider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|3h 33' 11"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | s.t. | 3 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | s.t. | 4 | Jacopo Guarnieri|ITA}} | AST|2012}} | s.t. | 5 | Adam Blythe|GBR}} | BMC|2012}} | s.t. | 6 | Michael Van Staeyen|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | s.t. | 7 | Stefan van Dijk|NED}} | WGG|2012}} | s.t. | 8 | Baptiste Planckaert|BEL}} | LAN|2012}} | s.t. | 9 | Robin Stenuit|BEL}} | WBC|2012}} | s.t. | 10 | Tom Meeusen|BEL}} | Telenet-Fidea | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 1Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|3h 33' 01"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | + 4" | 3 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | + 6" | 4 | Egidijus Juodvalkis|LTU}} | LAN|2012}} | + 7" | 5 | Simon Geschke|GER}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 8" | 6 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2012}} | + 9" | 7 | Jacopo Guarnieri|ITA}} | AST|2012}} | + 10" | 8 | Adam Blythe|GBR}} | BMC|2012}} | + 10" | 9 | Michael Van Staeyen|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | + 10" | 10 | Stefan van Dijk|NED}} | WGG|2012}} | + 10" |
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Stage 224 May 2012 – Lochristi to Knokke-Heist, {{convert|169.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}With still 145 kilometres to go, a group of five pelotonriders broke away from the peloton, achieving a lead of up to five minutes over the main bunch. The five riders were Pim Ligthart, Mark McNally, Aleksejs Saramotins, Ramon Sinkeldam and Jay Thomson. Again {{ct|OPQ|2012}} and {{ct|LTB|2012}} were chasing the group, but were unable to bring te gap down below three minutes with 20 kilometres to go. It was only when {{ct|BMC|2012}} stepped up to help, the gap reduced further. In the lead group, Sinkeldam sped away from the others and while the others were caught, he managed to stay out of the grasp of the peloton up to two kilometres of the finish line. For the second day in a row, the peloton sprinted for the stage win, with André Greipel and Danilo Napolitano again finishing first and second. Jacopo Guarnieri was the third man on the podium and due to the bonification seconds he became the new leader in the youth classification. Because of his win, Greipel strengthened his lead in both the general classification and the sprint classification. Leonardo Duque was still leading the combativity classification.[3] Stage 2 ResultRider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|3h 46' 13"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | s.t. | 3 | Jacopo Guarnieri|ITA}} | AST|2012}} | s.t. | 4 | Adrien Petit|FRA}} | COF|2012}} | s.t. | 5 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | s.t. | 6 | Michael Van Staeyen|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | s.t. | 7 | Timothy Dupont|BEL}} | Belgium | s.t. | 8 | Bert De Backer|BEL}} | PRO|2012b}} | s.t. | 9 | Alexei Tsatevich|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | s.t. | 10 | Sven Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | LAN|2012}} | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 2Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|7h 19' 04"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | + 8" | 3 | Jacopo Guarnieri|ITA}} | AST|2012}} | + 16" | 4 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | + 16" | 5 | Pim Ligthart|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 17" | 6 | Egidijus Juodvalkis|LTU}} | LAN|2012}} | + 17" | 7 | Simon Geschke|GER}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 18" | 8 | Mark McNally|GBR}} | SKT|2012}} | + 18" | 9 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2012}} | + 19" | 10 | Ramon Sinkeldam|NED}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 19" |
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Stage 325 May 2012 – Knokke-Heist to Beveren, {{convert|163|km|mi|abbr=on}}Maxim Belkov, Tijmen Eising, Alessandro Donati, Pieter Vanspeybrouck en Coen Vermeltfoort were the attackers of the day. Belkov held out the longest, being caught only 8 kilometres from the finish line, before the third peloton sprint in three days was a fact. André Greipel and Danilo Napolitano again took the top two places. The jerseys did not change hands, except for the white jersey, which went to Adam Blythe.[4]Stage 3 ResultRider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|4h 03' 34"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | s.t. | 3 | Adam Blythe|GBR}} | BMC|2012}} | s.t. | 4 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | s.t. | 5 | Andrew Fenn|GBR}} | OPQ|2012}} | s.t. | 6 | Tom Van Asbroeck|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | s.t. | 7 | Bert De Backer|BEL}} | PRO|2012b}} | s.t. | 8 | Lars Boom|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | s.t. | 9 | Alexei Tsatevich|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | s.t. | 10 | Borut Božič|SLO}} | AST|2012}} | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 3Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | {{nowrap|11h 22' 28"}} | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | + 12" | 3 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | + 26" | 4 | Adam Blythe|GBR}} | BMC|2012}} | + 26" | 5 | Jacopo Guarnieri|ITA}} | AST|2012}} | + 26" | 6 | Pim Ligthart|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 27" | 7 | Egidijus Juodvalkis|LTU}} | LAN|2012}} | + 27" | 8 | Maxim Belkov|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | + 27" | 9 | Lars Boom|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | + 28" | 10 | Mark McNally|GBR}} | SKT|2012}} | + 28" |
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Stage 426 May 2012 – Turnhout to Arendonk, {{convert|20.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}Stage 4 ResultRider | Team | Time |
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1 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | {{nowrap|24' 04"}} | 2 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 46" | 3 | Niki Terpstra|NED}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 52" | 4 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 00" | 5 | Alexander Serov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 05" | 6 | Lars Boom|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 11" | 7 | Andriy Hryvko|UKR}} | AST|2012}} | + 1' 15" | 8 | Tobias Ludvigsson|SWE}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 1' 19" | 9 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 21" | 10 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck|BEL}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 1' 23" |
| | General Classification after Stage 4Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | {{nowrap|11h 47' 02"}} | 2 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 46" | 3 | Niki Terpstra|NED}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 52" | 4 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 00" | 5 | Alexander Serov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 05" | 6 | Lars Boom|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 09" | 7 | Andriy Hryvko|UKR}} | AST|2012}} | + 1' 15" | 8 | Tobias Ludvigsson|SWE}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 1' 19" | 9 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 21" | 10 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck|BEL}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 1' 23" |
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Stage 527 May 2012 – Clavier to Engis, {{convert|212|km|mi|abbr=on}}Stage 5 ResultRider | Team | Time |
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1 | Carlos Betancur|COL}} | ASA|2012}} | {{nowrap|5h 04' 18"}} | 2 | Kevin Pauwels|BEL}} | Sunweb-Revor | + 2" | 3 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 2" | 4 | Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} | BMC|2012}} | + 5" | 5 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 5" | 6 | Bert De Waele|BEL}} | LAN|2012}} | + 8" | 7 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 8" | 8 | Dmitry Kozonchuk|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 8" | 9 | Alexandr Kolobnev|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | + 11" | 10 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | + 13" |
| | Final General ClassificationRider | Team | Time |
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1 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | {{nowrap|16h 51' 28"}} | 2 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 43" | 3 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 02" | 4 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 11" | 5 | Andriy Hryvko|UKR}} | AST|2012}} | + 1' 26" | 6 | Francesco Reda|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | + 1' 38" | 7 | Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} | BMC|2012}} | + 1' 45" | 8 | Simon Špilak|SLO}} | KAT|2012}} | + 1' 47" | 9 | Manuel Quinziato|ITA}} | BMC|2012}} | + 1' 50" | 10 | Maarten Wynants|BEL}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 58" |
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Classification leadership tableStage | Winner | General classification
Algemeen klassement | Points classification
Puntenklassement | Combativity Classification
Prijs van de strijdlust | Young Rider classification
Jongerenklassement | Team classification Ploegenklassement |
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1 | André Greipel | André Greipel | André Greipel | Leonardo Duque | Egidijus Juodvalkis | {{ct|LAN|2012}} | 2 | André Greipel | Jacopo Guarnieri | 3 | André Greipel | Adam Blythe | 4 | Tony Martin | Tony Martin | Tobias Ludvigsson | OPQ|2012}} | 5 | Carlos Betancur | Pieter Serry | RVL|2012}} | Final | Tony Martin | André Greipel | Leonardo Duque | Pieter Serry | {{ct|RVL|2012 |
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Final standings{{columns-start}}General classificationRider | Team | Time |
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1 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | {{nowrap|16h 51' 28"}} | 2 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 43" | 3 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 02" | 4 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | + 1' 11" | 5 | Andriy Hryvko|UKR}} | AST|2012}} | + 1' 26" | 6 | Francesco Reda|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | + 1' 38" | 7 | Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} | BMC|2012}} | + 1' 45" | 8 | Simon Špilak|SLO}} | KAT|2012}} | + 1' 47" | 9 | Manuel Quinziato|ITA}} | BMC|2012}} | + 1' 50" | 10 | Maarten Wynants|BEL}} | RAB|2012}} | + 1' 58" | {{column}}Points classificationRider | Team | Points |
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1 | André Greipel|GER}} | LTB|2012}} | 90 | 2 | Danilo Napolitano|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | 75 | 3 | Kenny van Hummel|NED}} | VAC|2012}} | 58 | 4 | Carlos Barredo|ESP}} | RAB|2012}} | 53 | 5 | Tony Martin|GER}} | OPQ|2012}} | 43 | 6 | Lieuwe Westra|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | 42 | 7 | Lars Boom|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | 42 | 8 | Adam Blythe|GBR}} | BMC|2012}} | 39 | 9 | Sergey Firsanov|RUS}} | RVL|2012}} | 33 | 10 | Carlos Betancur|COL}} | ASA|2012}} | 30 | {{columns-end}}{{columns-start}}Combativity classificationRider | Team | Points |
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1 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2012}} | 87 | 2 | Michael Schär|SUI}} | BMC|2012}} | 43 | 3 | Ramon Sinkeldam|NED}} | PRO|2012b}} | 35 | 4 | Alessandro Donati|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | 26 | 5 | Pim Ligthart|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | 21 | 6 | Jay Thomson|RSA}} | UHC|2012}} | 19 | 7 | Aleksejs Saramotins|LAT}} | COF|2012}} | 19 | 8 | Coen Vermeltfoort|NED}} | RAB|2012}} | 18 | 9 | Maxim Belkov|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | 16 | 10 | Paolo Ciavatta|ITA}} | ASA|2012}} | 14 | {{column}}Young rider classificationRider | Team | Time |
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1 | Pieter Serry|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | {{nowrap|16h 54' 08"}} | 2 | Romain Zingle|BEL}} | COF|2012}} | + 26" | 3 | Petr Ignatenko|RUS}} | KAT|2012}} | + 40" | 4 | Tobias Ludvigsson|SWE}} | PRO|2012b}} | + 1' 00" | 5 | Egidijus Juodvalkis|LTU}} | LAN|2012}} | + 1' 01" | 6 | Carlos Betancur|COL}} | ASA|2012}} | + 1' 39" | 7 | Laurens De Vreese|BEL}} | TSV|2012}} | + 3' 33" | 8 | Pim Ligthart|NED}} | VCD|2012}} | + 10' 15" | 9 | Lubomir Petrus|CZE}} | BKP|2012}} | + 11' 12" | 10 | Matteo Trentin|ITA}} | OPQ|2012}} | + 11' 25" | {{columns-end}}Team classificationTeam | Points |
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1 | RUS}} {{ct|RVL|2012}} | {{nowrap|50h 39' 05"}} | 2 | RUS}} {{ct|KAT|2012}} | + 1' 06" | 3 | USA}} {{ct|BMC|2012}} | + 2' 17" | 4 | NED}} {{ct|VCD|2012}} | + 3' 45" | 5 | BEL}} {{ct|LAN|2012}} | + 4' 35" | 6 | KAZ}} {{ct|AST|2012}} | + 9' 47" | 7 | NED}} {{ct|RAB|2012}} | + 11' 27" | 8 | ITA}} {{ct|ASA|2012}} | + 12' 23" | 9 | BEL}} {{ct|TSV|2012}} | + 12' 54" | 10 | FRA}} {{ct|COF|2012}} | + 15' 37" |
References{{reflist}}External links{{Tour of Belgium}}{{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Tour of Belgium}} 3 : Tour of Belgium|2012 in Belgian sport|2012 UCI Europe Tour |