2012 in men's road cycling

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2012 in road cycling
List of men's road bicycle races
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Olympic Games
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Race Date Winner Second Third
Men's Road race July 28  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)  Rigoberto Urán (COL)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Men's Time trial August 1  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Tony Martin (GER)  Chris Froome (GBR)

World Championships

The World Road Championships was held in Limburg, Netherlands.

Race Date Winner Second Third
World Championship Team Time Trial September 16 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step BMC Racing Team Orica–GreenEDGE
World Championship Time Trial September 19  Tony Martin (GER)  Taylor Phinney (USA)  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
World Championship Road Race September 23  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

Grand Tours
Race Date Winner Second Third
Giro d'Italia May 5–27  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
Tour de France June 30 – July 22  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Chris Froome (GBR)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Vuelta a España August 18 – September 9  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)

UCI World Tour
Main article: 2012 UCI World Tour
Race Date Winner Second Third
Tour Down Under [1] January 17–22  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Tiago Machado (POR)
Paris–Nice March 4–11  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Lieuwe Westra (NED)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
Tirreno–Adriatico March 7–13  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Chris Horner (USA)  Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
Milan–San Remo March 17  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Fabian Cancellara (SWI)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Volta a Catalunya March 19–25  Michael Albasini (SUI)  Samuel Sánchez (ESP)  Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
E3 Harelbeke March 23  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Óscar Freire (ESP)  Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
Gent–Wevelgem March 25  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Matti Breschel (DEN)
Tour of Flanders April 1  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Filippo Pozzato (ITA)  Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Tour of the Basque Country April 2–7  Samuel Sánchez (ESP)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Bauke Mollema (NED)
Paris–Roubaix April 8  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Sébastien Turgot (FRA)  Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Amstel Gold Race April 15  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)  Jelle Vanendert (BEL)  Peter Sagan (SVK)
La Flèche Wallonne April 18  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Michael Albasini (SUI)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège April 22  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)
Tour de Romandie April 24–29  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Andrew Talansky (USA)  Rui Costa (POR)
Critérium du Dauphiné June 3–10  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Michael Rogers (AUS)  Cadel Evans (AUS)
Tour de Suisse June 9–17  Rui Costa (POR)  Fränk Schleck (LUX)  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Tour de Pologne July 10–16  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)  Sergio Henao (COL)
Eneco Tour August 6–12  Lars Boom (NED)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Niki Terpstra (NED)
Clásica de San Sebastián August 14  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Gianni Meersman (BEL)
Vattenfall Cyclassics August 19  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  André Greipel (GER)  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
GP Ouest-France August 26  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Rui Costa (POR)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS)
GP de Québec September 7  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Rui Costa (POR)
GP de Montréal September 9  Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS)
Giro di Lombardia September 29  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Samuel Sánchez (ESP)  Rigoberto Urán (COL)
Tour of Beijing October 9–13  Tony Martin (GER)  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)

2.HC Category Races
Race Date Winner Second Third
Tour of Qatar [2] February 5–10  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Tyler Farrar (USA)  Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)
Tour of Oman February 14–19  Peter Velits (SVK)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Tony Gallopin (FRA)
Tour de Langkawi[3] February 24 – March 4  José Serpa (COL)  José Rujano (VEN)  Victor Niño (COL)
Critérium International March 24–25  Cadel Evans (AUS)  Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)  Michael Rogers (AUS)
Three Days of De Panne March 27–29  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Lieuwe Westra (NED)  Maciej Bodnar (POL)
Giro del Trentino April 17–20  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)  Damiano Cunego (ITA)  Sylwester Szmyd (POL)
Presidential Tour of Turkey April 22–29  Ivailo Gabrovski (BUL)  Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)  Danail Petrov (BUL)
Four Days of Dunkirk May 4–8  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA)  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)  John Degenkolb (GER)
Tour of California May 13–20  Robert Gesink (NED)  David Zabriskie (USA)  Tom Danielson (USA)
Tour of Belgium May 23–27  Tony Martin (GER)  Lieuwe Westra (NED)  Carlos Barredo (ESP)
Bayern-Rundfahrt May 23–27  Michael Rogers (AUS)  Jérôme Coppel (FRA)  Vladimir Gusev (RUS)
Tour de Luxembourg May 30 – June 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Wout Poels (NED)  Fränk Schleck (LUX)
Österreich Rundfahrt July 1–8  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Steve Morabito (SUI)  Robert Vrečer (SLO)
Tour of Qinghai Lake July 13–22  Hossein Alizadeh (IRN)  Cameron Wurf (AUS)  Giovanny Báez (COL)
Tour de Wallonie July 21–25  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)  Gianni Meersman (BEL)  Pim Ligthart (NED)
Vuelta a Burgos August 1–5  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Sergio Henao (COL)  Esteban Chaves (COL)
Tour du Limousin August 14–17  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)  Jérémy Roy (FRA)  Fabien Schmidt (FRA)
USA Pro Cycling Challenge August 20–26  Christian Vande Velde (USA)  Tejay van Garderen (USA)  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Damark Rundt August 22–26  Lieuwe Westra (NED)  Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU)  Manuele Boaro (ITA)
Tour of Hainan October 20–28  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)  Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ)  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)

1.HC Category Races
Race Date Winner Second Third
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad February 25  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)
Clásica de Almería February 26  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Borut Božič (SLO)  Roger Kluge (GER)
GP Miguel Indurain March 31  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Mikel Landa (ESP)  Ángel Madrazo (ESP)
Scheldeprijs April 4  Marcel Kittel (GER)  Tyler Farrar (USA)  Theo Bos (NED)
Brabantse Pijl April 11  Thomas Voeckler (FRA)  Óscar Freire (ESP)  Pieter Serry (BEL)
Rund um den Finanzplatz May 1  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Dominik Nerz (GER)  Sergey Firsanov (RUS)
TD Bank International Cycling Championship June 2  Alexander Serebryakov (RUS)  Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO)  Fred Rodriguez (USA)
Tre Valli Varesine August 18  David Veilleux (CAN)  Andrea Palini (ITA)  Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
Paris–Bruxelles September 8  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Mark Renshaw (AUS)  Óscar Freire (ESP)
Grand Prix de Fourmies September 9  Lars Bak (DEN)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Marcel Kittel (GER)
Milano–Torino September 26  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)
Giro del Piemonte September 27  Rigoberto Urán (COL)  Luca Paolini (ITA)  Gorka Verdugo (ESP)
Giro dell'Emilia October 6  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)  Franco Pellizotti (ITA)
Paris–Tours October 7  Marco Marcato (ITA)  Laurens De Vreese (BEL)  Niki Terpstra (NED)
Tour de Vendée October 14  Wesley Kreder (NED)  Sébastien Hinault (FRA)  Jonathan Hivert (FRA)
Japan Cup October 21  Ivan Basso (ITA)  Dan Martin (IRL)  Rafał Majka (POL)

UCI tours
Tour Individual champion Individual champion's team Team champion Nations champion
World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha Team Sky  Spain
Africa Tour  Tarik Chaoufi (MAR) No team MTN–Qhubeka  Morocco
America Tour  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) Team Nippo Funvic–Pindamonhangaba  Colombia
Asia Tour  Hossein Alizadeh (IRN) Tabriz Petrochemical Team Terengganu Cycling Team  Japan
Europe Tour  John Degenkolb (GER) Argos–Shimano Saur–Sojasun  Italy
Oceania Tour  Paul Odlin (NZL) Subway Cycling Team Team Jayco-AIS  Australia

Continental Championships

African Cycling Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race November 13, 2011  Natnael Berhane (ERI)  Tesfay Abraha (ERI)  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
Individual time trial November 11, 2011  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI)  Louis Meintjes (RSA)  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
Team time trial November 9, 2011  Eritrea

Daniel Teklehaymanot
Frekalsi Debesay
Natnael Berhane
Jani Tewelde

  South Africa

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Jaco Venter
Louis Meintjes
Herman Fouche

  Morocco

Adil Jelloul
Mouhssine Lahsaini
Abdelatif Saadoune
Reda Aadel

Asian Cycling Championships
Main article: 2012 Asian Cycling Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race February  Wong Kam Po (HKG)  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)  Taiji Nishitani (JPN)
Individual time trial February  Evgeny Vakker (KGZ)  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)  Hossein Askari (IRI)

U23 European Championships
Main article: 2012 European Road Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race Jan Tratnik Andžs Flaksis Wouter Wippert
Individual time trial Rasmus Quaade Bob Jungels Oleksandr Golovash

Oceania Cycling Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race Paul Odlin Nick Aitken Mark O'Brien
Individual time trial Sam Horgan Paul Odlin Michael Cupitt

National Championships
Main article: 2012 national road cycling championships
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References
  1. "Tour Down Under 2012 Overall Standings". Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. "Tour of Qatar 2012 Overall Standings". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. "Tour de Langkawi 2012 Overall Standings".

See also
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