2012 Bayern Rundfahrt Explained

2012 Bayern Rundfahrt
Series:	2012 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	22–27 May
Stages:	5
Distance:	801.9
Unit:	km
Time:	19h 26' 20"
Speed:	41.3
First:	Michael Rogers
First Nat:	AUS
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Jérôme Coppel
Second Nat:	FRA
Third:	Vladimir Gusev
Third Nat:	RUS
Points:	Alessandro Petacchi
Points Nat:	ITA
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Steffen Radochla
Mountains Nat:	GER
Mountains Team:	Team NSP–Ghost
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth:	Tony Gallopin
Youth Nat:	FRA
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Bayern Rundfahrt was the 33rd edition of the Bayern Rundfahrt, an annual cycling road race. Departing from Traunstein on 22 May, it concluded in Bamberg on 27 May. The 801.9 km long stage race was part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event. Michael Rogers of Team Sky was the eventual winner.

Teams

19 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 9 UCI ProTeams, 5 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 5 UCI Continental Teams.^[1]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Stages

Stage 1

23 May 2012 – Traunstein to Penzberg, 215.7km (134miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st
3			st
4			st
5			st

Stage 2

24 May 2012 – Penzberg to Kempten, 195.6km (121.5miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st
3			st
4			st
5			st

Stage 3

25 May 2012 – Kempten to Treuchtlingen, 196.4km (122miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st
3			st
4		Nutrixxion–Abus	st
5			st

Stage 4

26 May 2012 – individual time trial (ITT) in Feuchtwangen, 26.4km (16.4miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+16"
4			+24"
5			+35"

Stage 5

27 May 2012 – Feuchtwangen to Bamberg, 167.8km (104.3miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st
3			st
4			st
5			st

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi	David Boucher	Steffen Radochla	Alexander Smith
2	Michael Rogers	Michael Rogers	Michael Rogers		Michael Blackman
3	Alessandro Petacchi		Alessandro Petacchi
4	Michael Rogers				Tony Gallopin
5	Alessandro Petacchi
Final		Michael Rogers	Alessandro Petacchi	Steffen Radochla	Tony Gallopin

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 25"
3			+ 30"
4			+ 41"
5			+ 47"
6			+ 1' 13"
7			+ 1' 17"
8			+ 5' 47"
9			+ 1' 30"
10			+ 6' 43"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Start list / list of participants – Bayern Rundfahrt . Int. Tour of Bavaria eV . German . 24 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120526141725/http://www.bayern-rundfahrt.com/en/startliste.html . 26 May 2012 . dead . dmy-all .