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2012 Vuelta a Andalucía

Field	Value
name	2012 Vuelta a Andalucía
date	19–23 February
stages	5
distance	649
unit	km
time	16h 08' 49"
first	Alejandro Valverde
first_nat	Spain
first_team
first_color	red
second	Rein Taaramäe
second_nat	Estonia
second_team
third	Jérôme Coppel
third_nat	France
third_team
sprints	Luis Ángel Maté
sprints_nat	Spain
sprints_team
sprints_color	white
mountains	Luis Ángel Maté
mountains_nat	Spain
mountains_team
mountains_color	black
points	Alejandro Valverde
points_nat	Spain
points_team
points_color	blue
team
previous	2011
next	2013

The 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 58th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía, a regional Spanish road bicycle race. It was rated as a 2.1 event and was the 13th race of the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held over 19–23 February.

The race was won by Spain's Alejandro Valverde, of the , after taking the overall lead with victory on the second stage, and held the lead to the end of the race. Valverde's winning margin over runner-up Rein Taaramäe () was three seconds, and 's Jérôme Coppel completed the podium, five seconds behind Taaramäe and eight seconds down on Valverde. In the race's other classifications, Valverde won the points and combination classifications, rider Luis Ángel Maté won both the mountains and sprints classifications, and finished at the head of the teams classification.

Teams

Sixteen teams participated in the 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía, consisting of seven UCI ProTour teams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, and one UCI Continental Team.

;UCI ProTour Teams

;UCI Professional Continental Teams

;UCI Continental Teams

Team NSP–Ghost

Stages

Prologue

;19 February 2012 — San Fernando 6 km, Prologue (ITT)

Rider	Team	Time
1	Patrick Gretsch [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey blue.svg	20px]]
2	Markel Irizar
3	Jérôme Coppel
4	Michael Matthews
5	Gaëtan Bille
6	Matthias Brändle
7	Maxime Monfort
8	Wilco Kelderman
9	Tom Dumoulin
10	Iván Gutiérrez

Stage 1

;20 February 2012 — Zahara de los Atunes to Benalmádena, 197.9 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Javier Ramírez
2	Luis Ángel Maté
3	Will Routley
4	Óscar Freire
5	Juan José Lobato
6	Manuel Antonio Cardoso
7	Michael Matthews
8	Daniele Bennati
9	Pim Ligthart
10	Simon Geschke

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Rider	Team	Time
1	Patrick Gretsch [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey blue.svg	20px]]
2	Markel Irizar
3	Jérôme Coppel
4	Michael Matthews
5	Gaëtan Bille
6	Matthias Brändle
7	Maxime Monfort
8	Wilco Kelderman
9	Tom Dumoulin
10	Iván Gutiérrez

Stage 2

;21 February 2012 — Málaga to Lucena, 144.7 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde
2	Denis Menchov
3	Rein Taaramäe
4	Fränk Schleck
5	Sergey Lagutin
6	Igor Antón
7	Matteo Carrara
8	Adrián Palomares
9	Samuel Sánchez
10	Jérôme Coppel

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey blue.svg	20px]]
2	Rein Taaramäe
3	Jérôme Coppel
4	Denis Menchov
5	Sergey Lagutin
6	Tom Dumoulin
7	Samuel Sánchez
8	Fränk Schleck
9	Matthias Brändle
10	Haimar Zubeldia

Stage 3

;22 February 2012 — Montemayor to Las Gabias, 157.1 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire
2	Daniel Schorn
3	Michael Matthews
4	Marco Marcato
5	Simon Geschke
6	Pim Ligthart
7	Stéphane Poulhies
8	Daniele Bennati
9	Rein Taaramäe
10	Sergey Lagutin

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]]
2	Rein Taaramäe
3	Jérôme Coppel
4	Denis Menchov
5	Sergey Lagutin
6	Tom Dumoulin
7	Fränk Schleck
8	Matthias Brändle
9	Haimar Zubeldia
10	Mikel Astarloza

Stage 4

;23 February 2012 — Jaén to La Guardia de Jaén, 135.7 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Daniel Moreno
2	Alejandro Valverde [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]]
3	Samuel Sánchez
4	Sergey Lagutin
5	Jelle Vanendert
6	Robert Gesink
7	Denis Menchov
8	Bauke Mollema
9	Igor Antón
10	Rein Taaramäe

|| |Final General Classification

Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey blue.svg	20px]]
2	Rein Taaramäe
3	Jérôme Coppel
4	Denis Menchov
5	Sergey Lagutin
6	Tom Dumoulin
7	Fränk Schleck
8	Haimar Zubeldia
9	Maxime Monfort
10	Wilco Kelderman

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General Classification
[[Image:Jersey red.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Mountains Classification
[[Image:Jersey black.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Sprints Classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Points Classification
[[Image:Jersey blue.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Combination Classification	Best Andalusian Rider Classification	Best Spanish Rider Classification	Teams Classification	Final	Alejandro Valverde	Luis Ángel Maté	Luis Ángel Maté	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Javier Moreno	Alejandro Valverde
P	Patrick Gretsch	Patrick Gretsch	not awarded	not awarded	Patrick Gretsch	Patrick Gretsch	Pablo Lechuga	Markel Irizar
1	Javier Ramírez	Luis Ángel Maté	Luis Ángel Maté	Luis Ángel Maté	Javier Moreno
2	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Mickaël Buffaz	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde
3	Óscar Freire	Óscar Freire
4	Daniel Moreno	Luis Ángel Maté	Alejandro Valverde

References

"2012 UCI Europe Tour Calendar". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
(23 February 2012). "Moreno wins finale as Valverde wraps up Ruta del Sol". [[TF1 Group]].
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(16 February 2012). "Official starters as of February 16, 2012". Cycling News.
(19 February 2012). "Gretsch wins Andalucia prologue". Cycling News.
Moore, Kyle. (19 February 2012). "Patrick Gretsch fastest in the prologue in Vuelta a Andulucía". Velonation.
"Clasificaciones Generales". Deporte Internacional, S.A..
(20 February 2012). "Javier Ramírez wins stage of Andalucia into Benalmádena". Cycling News.
(21 February 2012). "Valverde victorious atop Alto del Santuario". Cycling News.
(22 February 2012). "Freire prevails in Las Gabias".
Hymas, Peter. (23 February 2012). "Valverde wins Vuelta a Andalucía".

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