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2012 UCI World Tour

Road cycling competitions

Field	Value
name	2012 UCI World Tour
edition	2
competition	UCI World Tour
dates	17 January – 13 October
location	Europe, Canada, Australia and China
rounds	29
individual_champion	Joaquim Rodríguez
individual_champion_team
teams_champion
nations_champion	Spain
previous	[2011](2011-uci-world-tour)
next	[2013](2013-uci-world-tour)

The 2012 UCI World Tour was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 17 January, and consisted of 14 stage races, 14 one-day races, and one team time trial (which only counted towards the team rankings). The Tour of Hangzhou which was originally included in the list of races was postponed until 2013. TOC

Teams

The 18 UCI ProTeams competed in the World Tour, with UCI Professional Continental teams, or national squads, able to enter at the discretion of the organisers of each event. The ProTeams, which were obliged to take part in all 29 events, were:

(known as from May onwards) was a new team, while regained ProTour status, which it lost for the previous season. These teams replaced , which folded after 21 years, and , which largely merged with to form . A change in sponsorship saw become , while 2011's became . Two teams each changed their names twice to reflect changes of sponsorship: reverting to its previous name, having been known as in 2011, before becoming in June; while the serial addition of new sponsors gave rise to the names and .

Events

All 27 events from the 2011 UCI World Tour were included, and E3 Harelbeke, a one-day race in Belgium, and the World Team Trial Championships, were added.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Other points
(4th place onwards)	Stage points
Australia [Tour Down Under](2012-tour-down-under)	January 17–22	Simon Gerrans	100 pts	Alejandro Valverde	80 pts	Tiago Machado
France [Paris–Nice](2012-paris-nice)	March 4–11	Bradley Wiggins	100 pts	Lieuwe Westra	80 pts	Alejandro Valverde
Italy [Tirreno–Adriatico](2012-tirreno-adriatico)	March 7–13	Vincenzo Nibali	100 pts	Chris Horner	80 pts	Roman Kreuziger
Italy [Milan–San Remo](2012-milan-san-remo)	March 17	Simon Gerrans	100 pts	Fabian Cancellara	80 pts	Vincenzo Nibali
Spain [Volta a Catalunya](2012-volta-a-catalunya)	March 19–25	Michael Albasini	100 pts	Samuel Sánchez	80 pts	Jurgen Van den Broeck
Belgium [E3 Harelbeke](2012-e3-harelbeke)	March 23	Tom Boonen	80 pts	Óscar Freire	60 pts	Bernhard Eisel
Belgium [Gent–Wevelgem](2012-gent-wevelgem)	March 25	Tom Boonen	80 pts	Peter Sagan	60 pts	Matti Breschel
Belgium [Tour of Flanders](2012-tour-of-flanders)	April 1	Tom Boonen	100 pts	Filippo Pozzato	0 pts	Alessandro Ballan
Spain [Tour of the Basque Country](2012-tour-of-the-basque-country)	April 2–7	Samuel Sánchez	100 pts	Joaquim Rodríguez	80 pts	Bauke Mollema
France [Paris–Roubaix](2012-paris-roubaix)	April 8	Tom Boonen	100 pts	Sébastien Turgot	0 pts	Alessandro Ballan
Netherlands [Amstel Gold Race](2012-amstel-gold-race)	April 15	Enrico Gasparotto	80 pts	Jelle Vanendert	60 pts	Peter Sagan
Belgium [La Flèche Wallonne](2012-la-fleche-wallonne)	April 18	Joaquim Rodríguez	80 pts	Michael Albasini	60 pts	Philippe Gilbert
Belgium [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](2012-liege-bastogne-liege)	April 22	Maxim Iglinsky	100 pts	Vincenzo Nibali	80 pts	Enrico Gasparotto
Switzerland [Tour de Romandie](2012-tour-de-romandie)	April 24–29	Bradley Wiggins	100 pts	Andrew Talansky	80 pts	Rui Costa
Italy [Giro d'Italia](2012-giro-d-italia)	May 5–27	Ryder Hesjedal	170 pts	Joaquim Rodríguez	130 pts	Thomas De Gendt
France [Critérium du Dauphiné](2012-criterium-du-dauphine)	June 3–10	Bradley Wiggins	100 pts	Michael Rogers	80 pts	Cadel Evans
Switzerland [Tour de Suisse](2012-tour-de-suisse)	June 9–17	Rui Costa	100 pts	Fränk Schleck	80 pts	Levi Leipheimer
France [Tour de France](2012-tour-de-france)	June 30 – July 22		200 pts	Chris Froome	150 pts	Vincenzo Nibali
Poland [Tour de Pologne](2012-tour-de-pologne)	July 10–16	Moreno Moser	100 pts	Michał Kwiatkowski	80 pts	Sergio Henao
BelgiumNetherlands [Eneco Tour](2012-eneco-tour)	August 6–12	Lars Boom	100 pts	Sylvain Chavanel	80 pts	Niki Terpstra
Spain [Clásica de San Sebastián](2012-clasica-de-san-sebastian)	August 14	Luis León Sánchez	80 pts	Simon Gerrans	60 pts	Gianni Meersman
Spain [Vuelta a España](2012-vuelta-a-espana)	August 18 – September 9	Alberto Contador	170 pts	Alejandro Valverde	130 pts	Joaquim Rodríguez
Germany [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2012-vattenfall-cyclassics)	August 19	Arnaud Démare	80 pts	André Greipel	60 pts	Giacomo Nizzolo
France [GP Ouest-France](2012-gp-ouest-france)	August 26	Edvald Boasson Hagen	80 pts	Rui Costa	60 pts	Heinrich Haussler
Canada [GP de Québec](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec)	September 7	Simon Gerrans	80 pts	Greg Van Avermaet	60 pts	Rui Costa
Canada [GP de Montréal](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal)	September 9	Lars Petter Nordhaug	80 pts	Moreno Moser	60 pts	Alexandr Kolobnev
Netherlands TTT at [World Championships](2012-uci-road-world-championships)†	September 16		200 pts		170 pts
Italy [Giro di Lombardia](2012-giro-di-lombardia)	September 29	Joaquim Rodríguez	100 pts	Samuel Sánchez	80 pts	Rigoberto Urán
China [Tour of Beijing](2012-tour-of-beijing)	October 9–13	Tony Martin	100 pts	Francesco Gavazzi	80 pts	Edvald Boasson Hagen

† The World Team Time Trial Championship gives points only in the team rankings, not in the individual or national standings.

Final standings

Individual

Source:

Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.

Rank	Name	Points
1	Joaquim Rodríguez	692
2	Bradley Wiggins	601
3	Tom Boonen	410
4	Vincenzo Nibali	400
5	Alejandro Valverde	394
6	Simon Gerrans	390
7	Chris Froome	376
8	Peter Sagan	351
9	Samuel Sánchez	332
10	Rui Costa	320
11	Edvald Boasson Hagen	317
12	Alberto Contador	290
13	Ryder Hesjedal	241
14	Jurgen Van den Broeck	237
15	Rigoberto Urán	199
16	Dan Martin	196
17	Michael Rogers	194
18	Bauke Mollema	194
19	Sergio Henao	194
20	Roman Kreuziger	189
21	Damiano Cunego	184
22	Michele Scarponi	184
23	Michael Albasini	183
24	Cadel Evans	182
25	Óscar Freire	181

248 riders scored points. 40 other riders finished in positions that would have earned them points, but they were ineligible as members of non-ProTour teams.

Team

Source:

Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders of a team in the table, plus points gained in the World Team Time Trial Championship (WTTT).

Rank	Points	Top 5 riders	WTTT
1	1767	Wiggins (601), Froome (376), Boasson Hagen (317), Urán (199), Rogers (194)	80
2	1273	Rodríguez (692), Freire (181), Kolobnev (110), D. Moreno (104), Špilak (86)	100
3	1197	Nibali (400), P. Sagan (351), Moser (175), Basso (88), Capecchi (53)	130
4	1162	Boonen (410), T. Martin (171), Terpstra (160), Chavanel (113), Kwiatkowski (108)	200
5	952	Valverde (394), Costa (320), Intxausti (47), Kiryienka (41), Castroviejo (40)	110
6	920	Gerrans (390), Albasini (183), Goss (114), Durbridge (56), Tuft (37)	140
7	917	Evans (182), Ballan (172), van Garderen (160), Van Avermaet (121), Gilbert (112)	170
8	799	Mollema (194), Boom (148), L. L. Sánchez (143), Gesink (134), Breschel (60)	120
9	762	Hesjedal (241), D. Martin (196), Talansky (145), Haussler (70), Le Mével (40)	70
10	645	Kreuziger (189), Gasparotto (150), Brajkovič (106), Iglinsky (100), Gavazzi (100)	0
11	625	Van Den Broeck (237), Greipel (162), J. Vanendert (104), Meersman (70), Roelandts (52)	0
12	619	Cancellara (134), Horner (120), Zubeldia (94), Machado (92), F. Schleck (89)	90
13	555	S. Sánchez (332), Nieve (98), J. Izagirre (46), Antón (44), Verdugo (35)	0
14	435	Cunego (184), Scarponi (184), Ulissi (30), Petacchi (22), Niemiec (15)	0
15	401	Contador (290), Majka (30), Tosatto (30), C. A. Sørensen (30), J. J. Haedo (21)	0
16	364	De Gendt (134), Westra (97), Hoogerland (51), Marczyński (45), Marcato (37)	0
17	315	Nocentini (162), Roche (63), Péraud (42), Gadret (33), Belletti (15)	0
18	246	Démare (87), Pinot (85), Jeannesson (40), Fédrigo (20), Ladagnous (14)	0

Nation

Source:

National rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders registered in a nation in the table. The national rankings as of the 21st event, Clásica de San Sebastián, were used to determine how many riders a country could have in the World Championships.

Rank	Nation	Points	Top five riders
1	ESP	1889	Rodríguez (692), Valverde (394), S. Sánchez (332), Contador (290), Freire (181)
2	GBR	1163	Wiggins (601), Froome (376), Cavendish (128), Swift (36), Thomas (22)
3	ITA	1115	Nibali (400), Cunego (184), Scarponi (184), Moser (175), Ballan (172)
4	BEL	1014	Boonen (410), Van Den Broeck (237), De Gendt (134), Van Avermaet (121), Gilbert (112)
5	AUS	962	Gerrans (390), Rogers (194), Evans (182), Goss (114), Porte (82)
6	NED	733	Mollema (194), Terpstra (160), Boom (148), Gesink (134), Westra (97)
7	USA	530	van Garderen (160), Talansky (145), Horner (120), Leipheimer (75), Danielson (30)
8	NOR	449	Boasson Hagen (317), Nordhaug (122), Kristoff (9), Hushovd (1)
9	GER	447	T. Martin (171), Greipel (162), Gerdemann (51), Klöden (40), Wegmann (23)
10	POR	412	Costa (320), Machado (92)
11	COL	404	Urán (199), Henao (194), Quintana (6), Anacona (4), Sarmiento (1)
12	FRA	367	Chavanel (113), Démare (87), Pinot (85), Péraud (42), Le Mével (40)
13	SVK	361	P. Sagan (351), P. Velits (10)
14	SUI	357	Albasini (183), Cancellara (134), Zaugg (20), Tschopp (18), Frank (2)
15	CAN	278	Hesjedal (241), Tuft (37)

Riders from 35 countries scored points.

Leader Progress

Event
(Winner)	Individual	Team	Nation
[Tour Down Under](2012-tour-down-under)
(Simon Gerrans)	Simon Gerrans		Australia
[Paris–Nice](2012-paris-nice)
(Bradley Wiggins)	Alejandro Valverde		Spain
[Tirreno–Adriatico](2012-tirreno-adriatico)
(Vincenzo Nibali)
[Milan–San Remo](2012-milan-san-remo)
(Simon Gerrans)	Simon Gerrans	Italy
[E3 Harelbeke](2012-e3-harelbeke)
(Tom Boonen)	Spain
[Volta a Catalunya](2012-volta-a-catalunya)
(Michael Albasini)
[Gent–Wevelgem](2012-gent-wevelgem)
(Tom Boonen)
[Tour of Flanders](2012-tour-of-flanders)
(Tom Boonen)	Tom Boonen		Belgium
[Tour of the Basque Country](2012-tour-of-the-basque-country)
(Samuel Sánchez)		Spain
[Paris–Roubaix](2012-paris-roubaix)
(Tom Boonen)
[Amstel Gold Race](2012-amstel-gold-race)
(Enrico Gasparotto)
[Flèche Wallonne](2012-la-fleche-wallonne)
(Joaquim Rodríguez)
[Liège–Bastogne–Liège](2012-liege-bastogne-liege)
(Maxim Iglinsky)
[Tour de Romandie](2012-tour-de-romandie)
(Bradley Wiggins)
[Giro d'Italia](2012-giro-d-italia)
(Ryder Hesjedal)	Joaquim Rodríguez
[Critérium du Dauphiné](2012-criterium-du-dauphine)
(Bradley Wiggins)
[Tour de Suisse](2012-tour-de-suisse)
(Rui Costa)
[Tour de Pologne](2012-tour-de-pologne)
(Moreno Moser)
[Tour de France](2012-tour-de-france)
(Bradley Wiggins)	Bradley Wiggins
[Eneco Tour](2012-eneco-tour)
(Lars Boom)
[Clásica de San Sebastián](2012-clasica-de-san-sebastian)
(Luis León Sánchez)
[Vattenfall Cyclassics](2012-vattenfall-cyclassics)
(Arnaud Démare)
[GP Ouest-France](2012-gp-ouest-france)
(Edvald Boasson Hagen)
[GP de Québec](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec)
(Simon Gerrans)
[Vuelta a España](2012-vuelta-a-espana)
(Alberto Contador)
[GP de Montréal](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal)
(Lars Petter Nordhaug)
[World TTT Championships](2012-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-team-time-trial)
()
[Giro di Lombardia](2012-giro-di-lombardia)
(Joaquim Rodríguez)	Joaquim Rodríguez
[Tour of Beijing](2012-tour-of-beijing)
(Tony Martin)

References

"UCI Postpones Tour Of Hangzhou". Cyclingnews.com.
(26 June 2012). "UCI WorldTour licence for the Tour of Hangzhou and five other events renew their licence". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
"Points allocation".
Riders on UCI Professional Continental teams are not eligible to receive points towards World Tour rankings.
[http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYzNDI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NzkyNzg&LangId=1 Team Time Trial competitions guide], UCI
(13 October 2012). "UCI WorldTour Ranking - 2012: Individual". Infostrada Sports; [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/evans-martin-tied-in-worldtour Evans, Martin Tied In WorldTour. Cyclingnews.com]
Among these riders, from 9 different teams, is [[Thomas Voeckler]], whose 156 points would have placed him in 33rd place in the individual table. Inclusion of these riders in the national rankings would have also moved France to 7th, Colombia to 12th and the Czech Republic to 15th: in the team rankings, {{UCI team code. EUC. 2012 would have been 15th, and {{UCI team code. FAR. 2012 19th.
(13 October 2012). "UCI WorldTour Ranking - 2012: Team". Infostrada Sports; [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
(13 October 2012). "UCI WorldTour Ranking - 2012: Nation". Infostrada Sports; [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].

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