2012 Tour de Suisse

2012 Tour de Suisse
2012 UCI World Tour, race 17 of 28
The route of the 2012 Tour de Suisse
The route of the 2012 Tour de Suisse
Race details
Dates9–17 June 2012
Stages9[1]
Distance1,398.6 km (869.0 mi)
Winning time35h 54' 49"
Results
Winner  Rui Costa (Portugal) (Movistar Team)
  Second  Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg) (RadioShack–Nissan)
  Third  Levi Leipheimer (United States) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
Points  Peter Sagan (Slovakia) (Liquigas–Cannondale)
Mountains  Matteo Montaguti (Italy) (Ag2r–La Mondiale)
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The 2012 Tour de Suisse was the 76th running of the Tour de Suisse cycling stage race. It started on 9 June with an individual time trial in Lugano and ended on 17 June, in Sörenberg after nine stages.[2] It was the 17th race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

The race was won by Movistar Team rider Rui Costa,[3] who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after winning the second stage, and maintained the lead of the race until its conclusion holding off attacks from his rivals during the final two stages. Costa's winning margin over runner-up Fränk Schleck of RadioShack–Nissan – the 2010 winner – was fourteen seconds,[4] and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Levi Leipheimer, the defending champion, completed the podium, seven seconds down on Schleck and twenty-one behind Costa.[5]

In the race's other classifications, Ag2r–La Mondiale rider Matteo Montaguti won the mountains classification,[6] Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan comfortably won the white jersey for the points classification,[7] having won four stages during the race including the race-opening time trial stage. Astana finished at the head of the teams classification, winning two of the last three stages through Fredrik Kessiakoff's seventh stage time trial victory[8] and Tanel Kangert winning the final stage.[9]

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  2. ^ Stokes, Shane (8 February 2012). "Time trial and two summit finishes mark tough finale to Tour de Suisse". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Glorious Sunday for Movistar Team". Movistar Team. Movistar. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Fränk Schleck goes all in". RadioShack–Nissan. Leopard SA. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Leipheimer Battles for 3rd in GC". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  6. ^ Ryan, Barry (17 June 2012). "Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 9 Results". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ^ "The Moment The Race Was Won: Tour de Suisse". The Inner Ring. WordPress. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Kessiakoff wins Tour de Suisse time trial". Astana. Abacanto SA. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Double glory for Pro Team Astana!". Astana. Abacanto SA. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.