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2012 Tour of Utah


FieldValue
name2012 Tour of Utah
series2011–12 UCI America Tour
dateAugust 7–12, 2012
stages6
time21h 26' 32"
firstJohann Tschopp
first_natSUI
first_team
first_coloryellow
secondMatthew Busche
second_natUSA
second_team
thirdLeopold König
third_natCZE
third_team
mountainsBen Jacques-Maynes
mountains_natUSA
mountains_team
mountains_colorred
youthJoseph Dombrowski
youth_natUSA
youth_team
youth_colorwhite
sprintsMichael Matthews
sprints_natAUS
sprints_team
sprints_colorgreen
team
previous2011
next2013

The 2012 Tour of Utah was the ninth edition of the Tour of Utah. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.1. As such, the race is only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between August 7–12, 2012 as a six-day, six-stage race, with some major differences to the prior editions, such as the elimination of the prologue and the inclusion of a team time trial instead of an individual time trial. The 2012 Tour of Utah was one of five UCI-ranked stage races in the United States in 2012 and one of three (along with the 2012 Tour of California and the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which are both ranked 2.HC) that attracted multiple ProTeams to compete.

Teams

In July, the Tour of Utah announced a 17-team field, made up of six ProTeams (up from five), five UCI Professional Continental teams (up from four) and six UCI Continental teams (down from seven), thus giving the race a total of 17 teams (up from 16). In total, eight of the 16 teams that competed in 2011 were invited to return to this event, as well as a ProTeam that merged into another ProTeam (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek) and a team that competed in 2010, but did not get a place in 2011 (Bontrager-Livestrong). EPM–UNE is based in Colombia, and four of the five Professional Continental teams are not US-based, coming from Canada, China, the Netherlands and Germany.

;UCI ProTeams

;UCI Professional Continental Teams

(* – participated in 2011)

;UCI Continental Teams

  • Competitive Cyclist Racing Team *
  • EPM–UNE
  • Team Exergy

Contenders

In addition to all of the last four champions of the race -- (Jeff Louder (UnitedHealthcare), Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) and two-time defending champion Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)) -- the race included potential contenders Tom Danielson (Garmin), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin), David Zabriskie (Garmin) and Chris Horner (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek). The race was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics, and 11 current or former Olympians competed. Although each of the 17 teams was permitted to bring up to 8 starters (for a maximum of 136), the race included only 129 starters, because 3 of the ProTour teams (BMC, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, and Liquigas-Cannondale) brought only 6 and a fourth (Rabobank) brought only 7.

Stages

url=http://tourofutah.com/the-race/2012-tourauthor=Press releasetitle=The Race: 2012 Tourpublisher=Tour of Utahaccessdate=6 August 2012archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612191642/http://tourofutah.com/the-race/2012-tourarchive-date=12 June 2012url-status=deaddf=dmy-all }}DateRouteTerrainLengthWinner
17 AugustOgden – Ogden[[Image:Mediummountainstage.svgalt=link=22px]] Medium mountain stage131 miRory Sutherland
28 AugustMiller Motorsports Park[[Image:Time Trial.svgalt=link=Team time trial22px]] Team time trial13.5 mi
39 AugustOgden – University of Utah[[Image:Mediummountainstage.svgalt=link=22px]] Medium mountain stage88.5 miMichael Matthews
410 AugustLehi – Salt Lake City[[Image:Hillystage.svgalt=link=22px]] Hilly stage134.3 miJake Keough
511 AugustKimball Junction – Snowbird[[Image:Mountainstage.svgalt=link=22px]] Mountain stage101.1 miJohann Tschopp
612 AugustPark City – Park City[[Image:Hillystage.svgalt=link=22px]] Hilly stage76.73 miLevi Leipheimer

Stage 1

August 7, 2012 -- Ogden – Ogden, Medium mountain stage, 131 mi

For the first time, the Tour of Utah started with a full stage instead of a prologue. Although the route included five categorized climbs, a select peloton of 40 returned to downtown Ogden with the lead, resulting in a sprint finish. After a few attempted breakaways in the final kilometers were thwarted, Rory Sutherland of outsprinted the field, finishing several bike lengths ahead of Damiano Caruso of , Brent Bookwalter of and Lawson Craddock of . Although the lead pack all finished in the same time, the first three across the finish line and intermediate sprint placers received time bonuses that gave them the lead.

RiderTeamTime
1Rory Sutherland
2Damiano Caruso
3Brent Bookwalter
4Lawson Craddock
5Leopold König
6Michael Schär
7Christian Vande Velde
8Mathias Frank
9Christopher Baldwin
10Ivan Santaromita

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

RiderTeamTime
1Rory Sutherland [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]] [[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]
2Damiano Caruso
3Brent Bookwalter
4Caleb Fairly
5Lawson Craddock [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
6Leopold König
7Michael Schär
8Christian Vande Velde
9Mathias Frank
10Christopher Baldwin

|}

Stage 2

August 8, 2012 -- Miller Motorsports Park, team time trial, 13.5 mi

Team time in the team time trial was determined by the fifth member of the team to cross the finish line. The stage was easily won by the team, pushing American Christian Vande Velde into the overall lead. Levi Leipheimer's chances to defend his championships probably came to an end on this stage, as his weak team, which only started with six riders, quickly dropped one rider and then repeatedly had to sit up to avoid dropping a second rider, placing last among the 17 teams and losing over two minutes as a result.

TeamTime
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8Competitive Cyclist Racing Team
9
10

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

RiderTeamTime
1Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
2Tom Danielson
3David Zabriskie
4Peter Stetina
5Wilco Kelderman [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
6Steven Kruijswijk
7Chris Horner
8Matthew Busche
9George Bennett
10Rory Sutherland [[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]

|}

Stage 3

August 9, 2012 -- Ogden to University of Utah, 88.5 mi

RiderTeamTime
1Michael Matthews
2Michael Schär
3Brent Bookwalter
4Rory Sutherland [[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]
5Caleb Fairly
6Gavin Mannion
7Damiano Caruso
8Fred RodriguezTeam Exergy
9Joshua Atkins
10Francisco ManceboCompetitive Cyclist Racing Team

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

RiderTeamTime
1Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
2Tom Danielson
3David Zabriskie
4Peter Stetina
5Wilco Kelderman [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
6Steven Kruijswijk
7Chris Horner
8Matthew Busche
9George Bennett
10Rory Sutherland

|}

Stage 4

August 10, 2012 -- Lehi – Salt Lake City, 134.3 mi

RiderTeamTime
1Jake Keough
2Marco Benfatto
3Tyler Farrar
4Michael Matthews [[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]
5Alexandro Candelario
6Fred RodriguezTeam Exergy
7Francisco ManceboCompetitive Cyclist Racing Team
8Brent Bookwalter
9Martin Velits
10Robigzon Leandro OyolaEPM–UNE

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

RiderTeamTime
1Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
2Tom Danielson
3David Zabriskie
4Peter Stetina
5Wilco Kelderman [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
6Steven Kruijswijk
7George Bennett
8Chris Horner
9Matthew Busche
10Brent Bookwalter

|}

Stage 5

August 11, 2012 -- Kimball Junction to Snowbird, 101.1 mi

RiderTeamTime
1Johann Tschopp
2Leopold König
3Joseph Dombrowski
4Ian Boswell
5Levi Leipheimer
6Lucas Euser
7Matthew Busche
8Mathias Frank
9Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
10Chris Horner

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

RiderTeamTime
1Johann Tschopp [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
2Christian Vande Velde
3Matthew Busche
4Leopold König
5Joseph Dombrowski [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
6Ian Boswell
7Chris Horner
8Lucas Euser
9Peter Stetina
10Mathias Frank

|}

Stage 6

August 12, 2012 -- Park City – Park City, 76.73 mi

RiderTeamTime
1Levi Leipheimer
2Steven Kruijswijk
3Leopold König
4Johann Tschopp [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
5Tom Danielson
6Joseph Dombrowski [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
7Matthew Busche
8Ian Boswell
9Lucas Euser
10Chris Horner

|| |Final General Classification

RiderTeamTime
1Johann Tschopp [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]
2Matthew Busche
3Leopold König
4Joseph Dombrowski [[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]
5Ian Boswell
6Levi Leipheimer
7Chris Horner
8Lucas Euser
9Steven Kruijswijk
10Mathias Frank

|}

Overall

Classification leadership

StageWinnerGeneral classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg25pxlink=General classificationalt=Yellow jersey]]Sprints classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]Mountains classification
[[Image:Jersey_white_dots_on_red.svg25pxlink=Mountains classification in the Pro Cycling Challengealt=Polkadot jersey]]Young rider classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg25pxlink=Young rider classificationalt=White jersey]]Most Aggressive
[[Image:Jersey_orange.svg25pxlink=Combativity awardalt=Orange Jersey]]Team classification123456FinalJohann TschoppMichael MatthewsBen Jacques-MaynesJoseph Dombrowskino award
Rory SutherlandRory SutherlandRory SutherlandBen Jacques-MaynesLawson CraddockJesse Anthony
Christian Vande VeldeWilco Keldermanno award
Michael MatthewsMichael MatthewsTimmy DugganMichael Matthews
Jake KeoughJasper Stuyven
Johann TschoppJohann TschoppBen Jacques-MaynesJoseph DombrowskiFrancisco Mancebo
Levi LeipheimerRory Sutherland

References

References

  1. VeloNews.com. (10 July 2012). "Field of 17 teams announced for 2012 Tour of Utah". VeloNews.
  2. Press release. (2 August 2012). "Riders to Watch at 2012 Tour of Utah- 11 Olympians on Rosters". Tour of Utah.
  3. Pat Malach. (3 August 2012). "Leipheimer and Omega Pharma-QuickStep confirmed for Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah". CyclingNews.com.
  4. Press release. "The Race: 2012 Tour". Tour of Utah.
  5. Pat Malach. (8 August 2012). "Sutherland wins stage 1 at Tour of Utah". CyclingNews.com.
  6. Kyle Moore. (8 August 2012). "Garmin–Sharp nails Tour of Utah team time trial, Vande Velde takes race lead". VeloNation.
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