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2012 Volta ao Algarve

Field	Value
name	2012 Volta ao Algarve
date	15–19 February 2012
stages	5
distance	745.2
unit	km
time	19h 02' 43"
first	Richie Porte
first_nat	AUS
first_team
first_color	yellow
second	Tony Martin
second_nat	GER
second_team
third	Bradley Wiggins
third_nat	GBR
third_team
sprints	Raúl Alarcón
sprints_nat	ESP
sprints_team
sprints_color	blue
mountains	Sérgio Sousa
mountains_nat	POR
mountains_team
mountains_color	green
points	Edvald Boasson Hagen
points_nat	NOR
points_team
points_color	white
team
previous	[2011](2011-volta-ao-algarve)
next	[2013](2013-volta-ao-algarve)

The 2012 Volta ao Algarve was the 38th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was held from 15 to 19 February 2012, and was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

The race was won by Australia's Richie Porte, of , after taking the overall lead with victory on the third stage, and held the lead to the end of the race. Porte's winning margin over runner-up Tony Martin () – the defending race winner – was 37 seconds, and Porte's team-mate Bradley Wiggins completed the podium, seven seconds behind Martin and 44 seconds down on Porte. In the race's other classifications, 's Edvald Boasson Hagen won the points classification, pairing Sérgio Sousa and Raúl Alarcón won the mountains and sprints classifications respectively, and finished at the head of the teams classification.

Teams and cyclists

20 teams competed in the 2012 Volta ao Algarve. Among them were 11 UCI ProTour teams, four UCI Professional Continental teams, and five Continental teams.

The teams competing were:

;UCI ProTour Teams

;UCI Professional Continental Teams

;UCI Continental Teams

Stages

Stage 1

;15 February 2012 — Dunas Douradas to Albufeira, 151.0 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Gianni Meersman
2	Greg Van Avermaet
3	Matti Breschel
4	Björn Leukemans
5	Nicolas Roche
6	Anthony Ravard
7	Rui Costa
8	Michael Van Staeyen
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen
10	Jan Bakelants

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gianni Meersman [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px]]
2	Greg Van Avermaet
3	Matti Breschel
4	Björn Leukemans
5	Nicolas Roche
6	Anthony Ravard
7	Rui Costa
8	Michael Van Staeyen
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen
10	Jan Bakelants

Stage 2

;16 February 2012 — Faro to Lagoa, 187.5 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen
2	Kris Boeckmans
3	Gerald Ciolek
4	Matti Breschel
5	Anthony Ravard
6	Lloyd Mondory
7	Francesco Lasca
8	Koldo Fernández
9	Nikolas Maes
10	Pieter Vanspeybrouck

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]]
2	Gianni Meersman
3	Kris Boeckmans
4	Greg Van Avermaet
5	Matti Breschel [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px]]
6	Anthony Ravard
7	Björn Leukemans
8	Fabian Wegmann
9	Rui Costa
10	Jan Bakelants

Stage 3

;17 February 2012 — Castro Marim to Alto do Malhão, 194.6 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Richie Porte
2	Tiago Machado
3	Rui Costa
4	Johnny Hoogerland
5	Wout Poels
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck
7	Andrew Talansky
8	José Mendes
9	Tony Martin
10	Bradley Wiggins

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Richie Porte [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]]
2	Tiago Machado
3	Rui Costa
4	Johnny Hoogerland
5	Wout Poels
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck
7	José Mendes
8	Andrew Talansky
9	Gianni Meersman
10	Tony Martin

Stage 4

;18 February 2012 — Vilamoura to Tavira, 186.3 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Gerald Ciolek
2	Matteo Trentin
3	Heinrich Haussler
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen
5	Francesco Lasca
6	Koldo Fernández
7	Kris Boeckmans
8	Anthony Ravard
9	Gianni Meersman
10	Michael Van Staeyen

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Richie Porte [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]]
2	Rui Costa
3	Tiago Machado
4	Johnny Hoogerland
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck
6	Wout Poels
7	José Mendes
8	Andrew Talansky
9	Gianni Meersman
10	Tony Martin

Stage 5

;19 February 2012 — Lagoa to Portimão, 25.8 km, individual time trial (ITT)

Rider	Team	Time
1	Bradley Wiggins
2	Tony Martin
3	Richie Porte [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]]
4	Tejay van Garderen
5	Jesse Sergent
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck
7	Andrew Talansky
8	Michał Kwiatkowski
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px]]
10	Luis León Sánchez

|| |Final General Classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Richie Porte [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px]]
2	Tony Martin
3	Bradley Wiggins
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck
5	Rui Costa
6	Tiago Machado
7	Tejay van Garderen
8	Andrew Talansky
9	Johnny Hoogerland
10	Gianni Meersman

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General Classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Mountains Classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Sprints Classification
[[Image:Jersey blue.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Points Classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Teams Classification	Final	Richie Porte	Sérgio Sousa	Raúl Alarcón	Edvald Boasson Hagen
1	Gianni Meersman	Gianni Meersman	Karsten Kroon	Karsten Kroon	Gianni Meersman
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Raúl Alarcón	Matti Breschel
3	Richie Porte	Richie Porte	Sérgio Sousa
4	Gerald Ciolek	Edvald Boasson Hagen
5	Bradley Wiggins

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