2012 Volta a Portugal
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| Dates | August 15–26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 10 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Volta a Portugal is a men's road bicycle race held from 15 to 26 August 2012. It is the 74th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. A part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Stage | Route | Distance | Date | Winner |
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| Prologue | Castelo Branco > Castelo Branco | 2.2 km | August 15 |  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
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| 1 | Termas de Monfortinho > Oliveira do Hospital | 200.8 km | August 16 | Jay Thomson (RSA)
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| 2 | Oliveira do Bairro > Trofa | 191.5 km | August 17 |  Francesco Lasca (ITA)
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| 3 | Vila Nova de Cerveira > Fafe | 176.1 km | August 18 |  César Fonte (POR)
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| 4 | Viana do Castelo > Mondim de Basto | 151.9 km | August 19 | Rui Sousa (POR)
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| 5 | Armamar > Oliveira de Azeméis | 176.9 km | August 20 | Sérgio Ribeiro (POR)
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| 6 | Aveiro > Viseu | 184.1 km | August 21 |  Jason McCartney (USA)
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| 7 | Gouveia > Sabugal | 185.3 km | August 23 |  Kai Reus (NED)
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| 8 | Guarda > Torre | 154.9 km | August 24 |  David Blanco (ESP)
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| 9 ITT | Pedrogão > Leiria | 32.6 km | August 25 | Alejandro Marque (ESP)
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| 10 | Sintra > Lisboa | 149.5 km | August 26 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
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Participating teams
[edit]In total, 17 teams are set to compete.
- National teams:
- Carmim-Prio
- Efapel-Glassdrive
- LA-Antarte
- Onda
- Portuguese National Team
- International teams:
Classification leadership
[edit]| Stage | Winner | General classification Classificação Geral Individual |
Points classification Classificação dos Pontos |
Mountains classification Classificação da Montanha |
Young rider classification Classificação da Juventude |
Team classification Classificação por Equipas |
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| Prologue | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | Non-attribué | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | LA-Antarte |
| 1 | Jay Thomson | Jay Thomson | Jay Robert Thomson | Jay Thomson | José Gonçalves | Unitedhealthcare |
| 2 | Francesco Lasca | Hugo Sabido | ||||
| 3 | Cesar Fonte | |||||
| 4 | Rui Sousa | Hugo Sabido | David de la Cruz | Efapel-Glassdrive | ||
| 5 | Sergio Ribeiro | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | Rui Sousa | |||
| 6 | Jason McCartney | |||||
| 7 | Kai Reus | |||||
| 8 | David Blanco | David Blanco | Sergio Ribeiro | |||
| 9 | Alejandro Marque | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | ||||
| 10 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | |||||
| Final Classification | David Blanco | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | Rui Sousa | David de la Cruz | Efapel-Glassdrive | |
References
[edit]- ^ ThoVer Webproducties / www.thover.com. "2012 UCI cycling calendar | 2012 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta :: velowire.com (paris.thover.com) :: (photos, videos + actualités)". velowire.com. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
External links
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