2012 Tour de Picardie explained

2012 Tour de Picardie
Series:	2012 UCI Europe Tour
Race No:	15
Season No:	27
Date:	11–13 May
Stages:	3
Distance:	516
Unit:	km
Time:	12h 09' 59"
Speed:	42.4
First:	John Degenkolb
First Nat:	Germany
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Kenny van Hummel
Second Nat:	Netherlands
Third:	Leonardo Duque
Third Nat:	Colombia
Points:	John Degenkolb
Points Nat:	Germany
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Leonardo Duque
Mountains Nat:	Colombia
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Tour de Picardie was the 66th edition of the Tour de Picardie cycling stage race. It started on 11 May in Clermont and ended on 13 May in Maignelay-Montigny and consisted of three stages.

The race was won by Argos-Shimano rider John Degenkolb, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after winning the first and the third stage. His winning margin over runner-up Kenny van Hummel of Vacansoleil-DCM was 10 seconds, and Cofidis' Leonardo Duque completed the podium, 15 seconds down on Degenkolb.

In the race's other classifications, Argos-Shimano rider John Degenkolb won the points classification's green jersey. Cofidis rider Leonardo Duque King of the Mountains classification, with Team Europcar finishing at the head of the teams classification.

Stages

1

11 May 2012 – Clermont to Braine, 166.5 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st"
3			st"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 6"

2

12 May 2012 – Tergnier to Villers-Bocage, 178.5 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st"
3			st"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 8"

3

13 May 2012 – Fressenneville to Maignelay-Montigny, 171 kmStage Result and General Classification after Stage

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			st"
3			st"

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 10"
3			+ 15"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	King of the Mountains	Team classification in the Tour de France
1	John Degenkolb	John Degenkolb	John Degenkolb	Jonathan Hivert
2	Kenny van Hummel
3	John Degenkolb			Leonardo Duque
Final		John Degenkolb	John Degenkolb	Leonardo Duque

Winners

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 10"
3			+ 15"

Points

	Rider	Team	Time
1			70 points
2			52 points
3			48 points

Mountains

	Rider	Team	Time
1			12 points
2			8 points
3			7 points

Team

Pos.	Team	Time
1		36h 29' 57"
2		st″
3		st″

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120516153029/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDO/LIVE/fr/100/classement/index.html
• https://archive.today/20130213123858/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDO/HISTO/fr/palmaresdepuis.html

See also

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110623140759/http://www.letour.fr/fr/homepage_courseTDO.html