2012 Tour of Slovenia explained

2012 Tour of Slovenia
Series:	UCI Europe Tour (2.1 race)
Date:	14–17 June 2012
Stages:	4
Distance:	566.2
Unit:	km
Time:	14h 20' 42"
First Color:	blue
Third:	Bruno Pires
Points:	Simone Ponzi
Points Color:	green
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Tour of Slovenia (Slovenian: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 19th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 14 and 17 June 2012.^{[1] [2]}

The race consisted of 4 stages with 566.2 km (351.8 mi) in total.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The yellow jersey reserved for overall classification since the 1st edition, was replaced with blue jersey, because Planet–Siol.net company was the new main sponsor, which turned out to be the only time.^[7]

Teams

Total 117 riders (99 finished it) from 15 teams started the race.

UCI ProTeams

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• Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
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• Orica–GreenEDGE

UCI Professional Continental

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UCI Continental

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Route and stages

Type!Winner

1	14 June		152km (94miles)		Intermediate stage	Simone Ponzi
2	15 June	Kočevje – Metlika	177.4km (110.2miles)		Intermediate stage	Daryl Impey
3	16 June		219km (136miles)		Mountain stage	Domenico Pozzovivo
4	17 June	Ljubljana – Ljubljana	17.8km (11.1miles)		Individual time trial	Adriano Malori Kristjan Koren
Total		566.2km (351.8miles)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Simone Ponzi	Simone Ponzi	Simone Ponzi	Klemen Štimulak	Arthur Vanoverberghe	not awarded
2	Daryl Impey	not awarded	Jan Polanc
3	Domenico Pozzovivo	Domenico Pozzovivo	Preben Van Hecke
4	Kristjan Koren Adriano Malori	Janez Brajkovič	Kristjan Koren Simone Ponzi
Final			Kristjan Koren Simone Ponzi

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the team classification

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	width=200		width=200		width=76 align=right
2			+ 06"
DSQ	Kristjan Koren		+ 1' 16"
align=center style="border-top-width:2px"	3		Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	+ 2' 12"
4			+ 2' 23"
5			+ 2' 35"
6			+ 2' 39"
7			+ 2' 45"
8			+ 0' 45"
9			+ 2' 51"
10	Francesco Failli		+ 2' 53"

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
DSQ	width=200 style="border-top-width:2px"	Kristjan Koren	width=200 style="border-top-width:2px"		65
1			45
2			44
3		Orica–GreenEDGE
4
5
6
7
8
9

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	width=200		width=200		width=76 align=center	30
2			25
3			12
4
5
6
7		Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
8
9
10		Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank

Young rider classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	width=200		width=200		width=76 align=right
2			+ 10' 58"
3	Arthur Vanoverberghe		+ 11' 11"
4			+ 15' 03"
5			+ 16' 29"
6			+ 18' 59"
7			+ 23' 16"
8			+ 29' 59"
9			+ 34' 00"
10			+ 36' 46"

External links

• • wvcycling.com
• procyclingstats.com
• cyclingarchives.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vrhunci Dirke po Sloveniji na Soriški planini, Pokljuki in v Ljubljani. 12 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
2. Web site: Koren na Glavnem trgu nehote ustavil "dolenjsko puščico". 14 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
3. Web site: Impeyju etapa, Brajkoviču največji aplavz. 15 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
4. Web site: Brajkovič prepustil kraljevsko etapo Pozzovivu. 16 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
5. Web site: Brajkovič pogrešal vmesne čase, a vendarle ugnal Pozzoviva. 17 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
6. Web site: Zmaga na slovenski pentlji šteje vedno več. 18 June 2012. MMC RTV Slovenija. sl.
7. Web site: Modra majica za vodilnega v seštevku. 14 June 2012. Siol. sl.