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2012 Tour of Qatar
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2012 Tour of Qatar |
| image | Carte du tracé du Tour du Qatar 2012.svg |
| image_caption | Route of the 2012 Tour of Qatar |
| date | 5–10 February 2012 |
| stages | 6 |
| distance | 727.3 |
| unit | km |
| time | 15h 42' 14" |
| first | Tom Boonen |
| first_nat | Belgium |
| first_team | |
| first_color | gold |
| second | Tyler Farrar |
| second_nat | United States |
| second_team | |
| third | Juan Antonio Flecha |
| third_nat | Spain |
| third_team | |
| points | Tom Boonen |
| points_nat | Belgium |
| points_team | |
| points_color | |
| youth | Ramūnas Navardauskas |
| youth_nat | Lithuania |
| youth_team | |
| youth_color | white |
| team | |
| previous | [2011](2011-tour-of-qatar) |
| next | [2013](2013-tour-of-qatar) |
The 2012 Tour of Qatar was the eleventh edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 5 and 10 February 2012, in Qatar.
The race was won for the fourth time by Belgium's Tom Boonen, of the team, leading the race from start to finish and taking two stage victories along the way. Boonen's winning margin over runner-up Tyler Farrar () – the winners of the team time trial stage near the Losail International Circuit – was 28 seconds, and 's Juan Antonio Flecha completed the podium, five seconds behind Farrar and 33 seconds down on Boonen. In the race's other classifications, Boonen also won the points classification, having held the lead of the standings from start to finish, Farrar's teammate Ramūnas Navardauskas won the white jersey for the youth classification, by placing eighth overall in the general classification, and finished at the head of the teams classification.
Teams
Sixteen teams competed in the 2012 Tour of Qatar. These included eleven UCI ProTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams, and two Continental teams.
The teams that participated in the race were:
- RTS Racing Team
Stages
Stage 1
;5 February 2012 – Barzan Towers to College of the North Atlantic, 141.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen | |
| 2 | Adam Blythe | |
| 3 | Peter Sagan | |
| 4 | Tyler Farrar | |
| 5 | Daniel Oss | |
| 6 | Mark Renshaw | |
| 7 | Alexander Kristoff | |
| 8 | Davide Appollonio | |
| 9 | Jonas Vangenechten | |
| 10 | Robert Wagner |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Adam Blythe [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 3 | Peter Sagan | |||
| 4 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 5 | Adam Hansen | |||
| 6 | Davide Appollonio | |||
| 7 | Marco Haller | |||
| 8 | Mark Renshaw | |||
| 9 | Nikolas Maes | |||
| 10 | Daniel Oss |
|}
Stage 2
;6 February 2012 – Losail, 11.3 km team time trial (TTT)
| Team | Time |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 3 | Johan Vansummeren | |||
| 4 | Ramūnas Navardauskas [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 5 | Thomas Dekker | |||
| 6 | Robert Hunter | |||
| 7 | Davide Appollonio | |||
| 8 | Francesco Chicchi | |||
| 9 | Gert Steegmans | |||
| 10 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck |
|}
Stage 3
;7 February 2012 – Dukhan to Al-Gharafa Stadium, 146.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | ||
| 2 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]] | |
| 3 | Aidis Kruopis | ||
| 4 | Mark Renshaw | ||
| 5 | John Degenkolb | ||
| 6 | Tyler Farrar | ||
| 7 | Rüdiger Selig | ||
| 8 | David Boucher | ||
| 9 | Robert Wagner | ||
| 10 | Aleksandr Kuschynski |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 3 | Mark Cavendish | |||
| 4 | Johan Vansummeren | |||
| 5 | Thomas Dekker | |||
| 6 | Robert Hunter | |||
| 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | |||
| 8 | Bernhard Eisel | |||
| 9 | Rüdiger Selig [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 10 | Adam Blythe |
|}
Stage 4
;8 February 2012 – Al Thakhira to Madinat ash Shamal, 147.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tom Veelers | ||
| 3 | Fabian Cancellara | ||
| 4 | Juan Antonio Flecha | ||
| 5 | Gert Steegmans | ||
| 6 | Nikolas Maes | ||
| 7 | Yoann Offredo | ||
| 8 | Bernhard Eisel | ||
| 9 | Tyler Farrar | ||
| 10 | Ian Stannard |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 3 | Juan Antonio Flecha | |||
| 4 | Gert Steegmans | |||
| 5 | Bernhard Eisel | |||
| 6 | Tom Veelers | |||
| 7 | Fabian Cancellara | |||
| 8 | Ramūnas Navardauskas [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 9 | Aidis Kruopis | |||
| 10 | Adam Blythe |
|}
Stage 5
;9 February 2012 – Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche, 160 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | |
| 2 | Daniel Oss | |
| 3 | Peter Sagan | |
| 4 | John Degenkolb | |
| 5 | Rüdiger Selig | |
| 6 | Allan Davis | |
| 7 | Arnaud Démare | |
| 8 | Andrea Guardini | |
| 9 | Denis Galimzyanov | |
| 10 | Greg Henderson |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 3 | Juan Antonio Flecha | |||
| 4 | Gert Steegmans | |||
| 5 | Bernhard Eisel | |||
| 6 | Tom Veelers | |||
| 7 | Mark Cavendish | |||
| 8 | Fabian Cancellara | |||
| 9 | Ramūnas Navardauskas [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 10 | Aidis Kruopis |
|}
Stage 6
;10 February 2012 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, 120.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnaud Démare | |
| 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | |
| 3 | Mark Renshaw | |
| 4 | Roger Kluge | |
| 5 | Alexander Kristoff | |
| 6 | Tyler Farrar | |
| 7 | Daniel Oss | |
| 8 | Allan Davis | |
| 9 | Aaron Kemps | |
| 10 | Jens Debusschere |
|| |Final General Classification
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen [[File:Jersey gold.svg | 20px]][[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |||
| 3 | Juan Antonio Flecha | |||
| 4 | Gert Steegmans | |||
| 5 | Tom Veelers | |||
| 6 | Mark Cavendish | |||
| 7 | Fabian Cancellara | |||
| 8 | Ramūnas Navardauskas [[File:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 9 | Aidis Kruopis | |||
| 10 | Adam Blythe |
|}
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General Classification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey gold.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Points Classification | |||||
| [[File:Silver jersey.jpg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Young Rider Classification | |||||
| [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Teams Classification | **Final** | Tom Boonen | Tom Boonen | Ramūnas Navardauskas | |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Tom Boonen | Tom Boonen | Adam Blythe | |||||
| 2 | Ramūnas Navardauskas | ||||||||
| 3 | Mark Cavendish | Rüdiger Selig | |||||||
| 4 | Tom Boonen | Ramūnas Navardauskas | |||||||
| 5 | Mark Cavendish | ||||||||
| 6 | Arnaud Démare |
References
References
- McLeary, John. (10 February 2012). "Mark Cavendish crashes in final sprint as Tom Boonen wins general classification". Telegraph Media Group.
- (10 February 2012). "Mark Cavendish crashes as Tom Boonen wins Tour of Qatar". [[BBC]].
- (10 February 2012). "Démare opens professional account in Doha". Future Publishing Limited.
- (20 January 2012). "16 teams selected for Qatar". Future Publishing Limited.
- McGrath, Andy. (5 February 2012). "Boonen denies Blythe in Qatar". IPC Media Limited.
- Tripathi, Raajiv. (7 February 2012). "Garmin wins team time trial". Qatar Information and Marketing Company.
- Robinson, Mark. (7 February 2012). "World Champion Mark Cavendish wins in Qatar". Future Publishing Limited.
- (8 February 2012). "Boonen in charge in Qatar". [[BSkyB]].
- Robinson, Mark. (9 February 2012). "Cavendish roars to victory at Al Khor Corniche". Future Publishing Limited.
- "Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].
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