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Tour de Romandie 2012

Final classification (after time trial 29/04)

1.     Bradley Wiggins (UK)     18h05'40"
2.     Andrew Talansky (USA)     12"
3.     Rui Costa (Por)     36"
4.     Richie Porte (Aus)     45"
5.     Michael Rogers (Aus)     50"
6.     Roman Kreuziger (Tsj)     59"
7.     Sylwester Szmyd (Pol)     1'03"
8.     Simon Spilak (Svn)     1'13"
9.     Janez Brajkovic (Svn)     1'14"
10.     Luis Leon Sanchez (Es)     1'15"


 

 

General information per stage :

The 66th edition of the Tour de Romandie, which takes place in the French speaking part of Switzerland, will be held from April 24 to April 29, 2012.
The Tour is in total 695 km (431.85 mi) long and is part of the UCI World Tour 2012.

24/04 Prologue Lausanne 3.34 km (2.07 mi)

Results prologue :

1. Thomas Geraint (GBR, Sky) in 3'29''43'''
2. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA, Radioshack-Nissan) in 3'34''7'''
3. Mark Cavendish (GBR, Sky) in 3'35''56''
4. Michael Rogers (AUS, Sky) in 3'35''60'''
5. Kristof Vandewalle (BEL, Omega Pharma) in 3'35''90'''

25/04
1st stage: Morgens - La Chaux-de-Fonds 184.5 km (114.64 mi)

Bradley Wiggins team Sky) wins in sprint from Westra and Tiralongo.

1.     Bradley Wiggins (UK)     184 km in 4h50'23"
2.     Lieuwe Westra (Nl)    
3.     Paolo Tiralongo (It)     
4.     Tejay Van Garderen (US) S.T.    
5.     Maciej Paterski (Pol)     
6.     Vasil Kirijenka (WRu)     
7.     Serge Pauwels (Be)
8.     Daniele Pietropolli (It)     
9.     Ryder Hesjedal (Can)     
10.   Pieter Weening (Nl)

26/04
2nd stage: Montbéliard (France) - Moutier 149.1 km (92.64 mi)Uitslag rit 2
Jonathan Hivert (Fr, Saur-Sojasun) was the fastest of the sprint uphill.

1.     Jonathan Hivert (Fr)     149 km 3h48'11"
2.     Rui Costa (Po)     
3.     Luis Leon Sanchez (Es)     
4.     Gianni Meersman (Be)    
5.     Ryder Hesjedal (Can)     
6.     Giacomo Nizzolo (It)     
7.     Daniele Pietropolli (It)     
8.     Eduard Vorganov (Rus)
9.     Allan Davis (Aus)     
10.   Roman Kreuziger (Tsj)

27/04
3rd stage: La Neuveville - Charmey 157.6 km (97.92 mi)

Luis Leon Sanchez won the third stage in the Tour de Romandie. He was the fastest in a mass sprint, and reached the finish just before the Belgian Gianni Meersman.

1.     Luis Leon Sanchez (Es)     158 km 3h58'29"
2.     Gianni Meersman (Be)    s.t.
3.     Paolo Tiralongo (It)     
4.     Adam Talansky (USA)     
5.     Bauke Mollema (Nl)     
6.     Roberto Nocentini (It)     
7.     Maciej Paterski (Pol)     
8.     Giampaolo Caruso (It)     
9.     Gorka Verdugo (Es)     
10.   Fabrice Jeandebosz (Fr)

28/04
4th stage: Bulle - Sion 184 km (114.33 mi)

Luis Leon Sanchez wins for the second time and takes over the first place from Wiggins.

Results :
1.     Luis Leon Sanchez (Es)     184 km in 4u56'13"
2.     Rinaldo Nocentini (It)     z.t.
3.     BranislavSamojlav (WRu)     
4.     Gorka Verdugo (Es)     
5.     Paolo Tiralongo (It)     
6.     Pierre Rolland (Fr)     
7.     Andreas Klöden (De)     
8.     Cadel Evans (Aus)     
9.     Roman Kreuziger (Tsj)     
10.   Fabrice Jeandebosz (Be)

29/04 - 5th stage: Time trial Crans-Montana 16.5 km (10.25 mi)

Wiggins wins the final time trial with less then 1 second advance on Talansky and becomes final winner of the Tour of Romandia edition 2012.

Results :
1.     Bradley Wiggins (UK)     16,2 km in 28'56"50
2.     Andrew Talansky (USA)  0"70
3.     Richie Porte (Aus)     17"
4.     Rui Costa (Por)     23"
5.     Roman Kreuziger (Tsj)     40"
6.     Sylwester Szmyd (Pol)     42"
7.     Michael Rogers (Aus)     43"
8.     Thibaut Pinot (Fr)     52"
9.     Thomas De Gendt (Be)    54"
10.   Janez Brajkovic (Svn)     55"


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