2012 Baltic Chain Tour Explained

2012 Baltic Chain Tour
Series:	2012 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	21—25 August 2012
Stages:	5
Distance:	873.9
Unit:	km
First:	Gediminas Bagdonas
First Nat:	LTU
First Team:	National Team Lithuania
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Viktor Shmalko
Second Nat:	RUS
Third:	Ian Wilkinson
Third Nat:	GBR
Sprints:	Gediminas Bagdonas
Sprints Nat:	LTU
Sprints Team:	National Team Lithuania
Sprints Color:	green
Mountains:	Mihkel Räim
Mountains Nat:	EST
Mountains Team:	SJK Viiking
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth:	Viktor Shmalko
Youth Nat:	RUS
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Baltic Chain Tour was the second modern era edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of four days between 21 and 25 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by Lithuanian cyclist Gediminas Bagdonas.^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Start	Finish	Distance	Date
1	Tallinn	Viljandi	187.0 km	21 August
2	Viljandi	Otepää	183.0 km	22 August
3	Smiltene	Rīga	180.9 km	23 August
4	Šiauliai	Utena	180.6 km	24 August
5	Utena	Vilnius	142.4 km	25 August

Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Thüringer Energie Team

National Teams

National Team Belarus
National Team Estonia
National Team Finland
National Team Lithuania
National Team Slovakia

Elite Teams

SJK Viiking
Team Trek Sweden

Stages

Stage 1

21 August 2012 – Tallinn to Viljandi, 187km (116miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Team	Time
1	Team Trek Sweden
2		2"
3		21"
4	National Team Lithuania	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Thüringer Energie Team	32"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1	Team Trek Sweden
2		6"
3		27"
4	National Team Lithuania	28"
5		31"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		40"

Stage 2

22 August 2012 – Viljandi to Otepää, 183km (114miles)

Stage 2 Result

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Thüringer Energie Team	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Team	Time
1	Team Trek Sweden
2		6"
3	National Team Lithuania	15"
4		27"
5		s.t.
6		31"
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		36"

Stage 3

23 August 2012 – Smiltene to Rīga, 280.9km (174.5miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Team	Time
1
2	National Team Lithuania	s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	SJK Viiking	s.t.
9	Thüringer Energie Team	s.t.
10	National Team Lithuania	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Team	Time
1	Team Trek Sweden
2	National Team Lithuania	8"
3		14"
4		27"
5		s.t.
6		28"
7		31"
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		32"

Stage 4

24 August 2012 – Šiauliai to Utena, 180.6km (112.2miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		3"
8	National Team Lithuania	19"
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2		41"
3		s.t.
4		45"
5		49"
6		s.t.
7		52"
8		53"
9		s.t.
10		57"

Stage 5

25 August 2012 – Utena to Vilnius, 142.4km (88.5miles)

Stage 5 Result

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2	Thüringer Energie Team	s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	National Team Belarus	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2		48"
3		49"
4		55"
5		58"
6		1'03"
7		s.t.
8		1'06"
9		1'07"
10		s.t.

Classification leadership table

Stage	Stage winner	General Classification	Sprint	King of the Mountains	Young riders classification (U26)	Team classification
1	Alexander Gingsjö	Alexander Gingsjö	Gediminas Bagdonas	Alexander Gingsjö	Rick Ottema
2	Gediminas Bagdonas
3	Yuri Metlushenko	Mihkel Räim
4	Gediminas Bagdonas	Gediminas Bagdonas	Viktor Shmalko
5	Gediminas Bagdonas
Final		Gediminas Bagdonas	Gediminas Bagdonas	Mihkel Räim	Viktor Shmalko

Final standings

General classification

	Team	Time
1	National Team Lithuania
2		48"
3		49"
4		55"
5		58"
6		1'03"
7		s.t.
8		1'06"
9		1'07"
10		s.t.

Sprint classification

	Team	Points
1	National Team Lithuania	12
2		10
3		5
4		3
5		3
6		3
7		3
8	National Team Lithuania	2
9	National Team Lithuania	2
10		2

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1	SJK Viiking	7
2		5
3		3
4	Team Trek Sweden	3
5		2
6		2
7		2
8	National Team Belarus	2
9	National Team Lithuania	1
10		1

Young riders classification

	Team	Time
1
2		18"
3		19"
4		20
5		26"
6		27"
7		30"
8		s.t.
9	National Team Lithuania	35"
10		37"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1
2		19"
3		21"
4	National Team Lithuania	26"
5		27"
6		45"
7		3'46"
8		7'26"
9		8'22"
10		s.t.

Notes and References

http://balticchaintour.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5StageGeneral.pdf Official results