The 2012 UCI Europe Tour was the eighth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2012 season began on 29 January 2012 with the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise and ended on 21 October 2012 with the Chrono des Nations.
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Giovanni Visconti of Italy was the defending champion of the 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour. John Degenkolb of Germany was crowned the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determine how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2
Events Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team 29 January Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 1.1 1–5 February Étoile de Bessèges 2.1 4 February Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 1.1 5 February Trofeo Palma 1.1 6 February Trofeo Migjorn 1.1 7 February Trofeo Deià 1.1 9–12 February Tour Méditerranéen 2.1 11–12 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 2.1 15–19 February Volta ao Algarve 2.1 18 February Trofeo Laigueglia 1.1 18–19 February Tour du Haut Var 2.1 19–23 February Vuelta a Andalucía 2.1 25 February Ster van Zwolle 1.2 Koga Cycling Team 25 February Beverbeek Classic 1.2 25 February Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 1.HC 26 February Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1.1 26 February Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche 1.1 26 February GP di Lugano 1.1 26 February Clásica de Almería 1.HC 29 February Le Samyn 1.1 2–4 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2.1 3 March Strade Bianche 1.1 3 March De Vlaamse Pijl 1.2 3–4 March Vuelta a Murcia 2.1 4 March Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 1.2 4 March Trofeo Zsšdi 1.2 Casati–MI Impianti 9 March Dwars door Drenthe 1.1 10 March Ronde van Drenthe 1.1 11 March Trofeo Franco Balestra 1.2 Casati–MI Impianti 11 March Paris–Troyes 1.2 11 March Rabobank Dorpenomloop Rucphen 1.2 11 March Poreč Trophy 1.2 11 March Kattekoers 1.2 11 March Omloop van het Waasland 1.2 14 March Nokere Koerse 1.1 15–18 March Istrian Spring Trophy 2.2 16 March Handzame Classic 1.1 17 March Classic Loire Atlantique 1.1 18 March Cholet-Pays de Loire 1.1 18 March La Roue Tourangelle 1.2 18 March GP San Giuseppe 1.2 Hopplà-Vega-Truck Italia 19–25 March Tour de Normandie 2.2 20–24 March Settimana Coppi & Bartali 2.1 21 March Dwars door Vlaanderen 1.1 22–25 March Volta ao Alentejo 2.2 24–25 March Critérium International 2.HC 27–29 March Three Days of De Panne 2.HC 30 March Route Adélie de Vitré 1.1 30 March–1 April Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 2.2 31 March Volta Limburg Classic 1.1 31 March GP Miguel Induráin 1.HC 1 April Flèche d'Emeraude 1.1 1 April GP de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise 1.2 1 April Trofeo Piva 1.2U Team Jayco–AIS 3–6 April Circuit de la Sarthe 2.1 4 April Scheldeprijs 1.HC 4–8 April GP of Sochi 2.2 Salcano–Arnavutkoy 5 April GP Pino Cerami 1.1 6–8 April Circuit des Ardennes 2.2 7 April Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 1.Ncup Belgium (national team) 8 April Klasika Primavera 1.1 9 April Rund um Köln 1.1 9 April Dwars door het Hageland 1.2 Ovyta-Eijssen-Acrog 9 April Giro del Belvedere 1.2U 10 April Paris–Camembert 1.1 10 April GP Palio del Recioto 1.2U Hopplà-Vega-Truck Italia 11 April Brabantse Pijl 1.HC 11 April La Côte Picarde 1.Ncup Norway (national team) 11–15 April Tour du Loir-et-Cher 2.2 12 April GP de Denain 1.1 13–15 April Vuelta a Castilla y León 2.1 14 April Tour du Finistère 1.1 14 April Trofeo Edil C 1.2 Hopplà-Vega-Truck Italia 14 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 1.2U Glud & Marstrand–LRØ 14 April ZLM Tour 1.Ncup France (national team) 15 April Tro-Bro Léon 1.1 15 April Giro dell'Appennino 1.1 15 April Zellik–Galmaarden 1.2 15 April Grand Prix of Donetsk 1.2 17–20 April Giro del Trentino 2.HC 17–21 April Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo 2.Ncup Italy (national team) 18–22 April GP of Adygeya 2.2 21 April Arno Wallaard Memorial 1.2 21 April Banja Luka-Beograd I 1.2 22 April Vuelta a La Rioja 1.1 22 April Ronde van Noord-Holland 1.2 22 April Val d'Ille U Classic 35 1.2 22 April Banja Luka-Beograd II 1.2 22–29 April Presidential Tour of Turkey 2.HC 25 April Gran Premio della Liberazione 1.2U 25 April–1 May Tour de Bretagne 2.2 26–30 April Vuelta a Asturias 2.1 28 April GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 1.1 29 April Giro della Toscana 1.1 29 April GP Industrie del Marmo 1.2 Petroli Firenze 29 April Rutland–Melton Classic 1.2 29 April Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines 1.2 29 April Himmerland Rundt 1.2 Glud & Marstrand–LRØ 1 May Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego 1.2 1 May Trofeo Papà Cervi 1.2 Team Colpack 1 May Grote 1-MeiPrijs 1.2 1 May Mayor Cup 1.2 1 May Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt U23 1.2U Team Øster Hus-Ridley 1 May Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt 1.HC 2 May Memorial Oleg Dyachenko 1.2 2–6 May Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2.2 Palazzago–Elledent–Rad Logistica 2–6 May Carpathia Couriers Path 2.2U 3 May GP of Moscow 1.2 4 May GP Dobrich I 1.2 CC Nessebar Shockblaze 4–5 May Ronde van Overijssel 1.2 4–6 May Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich 2.1 4–8 May 4 Jours de Dunkerque 2.HC 5–6 May Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2.1 5–9 May Five Rings of Moscow 2.2 6 May Circuit de Wallonie 1.2 6 May Circuito del Porto 1.2 Zalf Désirée Fior 6 May GP Dobrich II 1.2 Bulgaria (national team) 6 May Omloop der Kempen 1.2 10–12 May Tour of Małopolska 2.2 10–13 May Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 2.2 11–13 May Tour de Picardie 2.1 12 May Scandinavian Race 1.2 Team CykelCity 13 May Rogaland GP 1.1 14–19 May Olympia's Tour 2.2 16–20 May Circuit de Lorraine 2.1 16–20 May Tour of Norway 2.1 16–20 May Flèche du Sud 2.2 Leopard-Trek Continental Team 16–20 May International Tour of Hellas 2.2 17 May Ronde van Limburg 1.2 17–20 May Tour de Berlin 2.2U LKT Team Brandenburg 17–20 May Ronde de l'Isard 2.2U 19 May Jūrmala GP 1.1 19 May Grand Prix Criquielion 1.2 T.Palm-Pôle Continental Wallon 20 May Neuseen Classics 1.1 20–27 May An Post Rás 2.2 Atlas Personal–Jakroo 23–27 May Bayern Rundfahrt 2.HC 23–27 May Tour of Belgium 2.HC 24–27 May Tour of Trakya 2.2 25 May Tallinn–Tartu GP 1.1 26 May GP de Plumelec-Morbihan 1.1 26 May Tartu GP 1.1 26–28 May Tour de Gironde 2.2 27 May Boucles de l'Aulne 1.1 27 May Race Horizon Park 1.2 27 May Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 1.2U 27 May Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano 1.2U 30 May–3 June Tour de Luxembourg 2.HC 2 June Trofeo Melinda 1.1 2 June Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 1.2 2–9 June Romanian Cycling Tour 2.2 3 June Riga GP 1.2 Latvia (national team) 3 June Grand Prix Südkärnten 1.2 3 June Coppa della Pace 1.2 3 June Memorial Van Coningsloo 1.2 5–9 June Tour de Slovaquie 2.2 7 June GP du canton d'Argovie 1.1 7–10 June Ronde de l'Oise 2.2 8–17 June Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 2.2 United States (national team) 9 June Ronde van Zeeland Seaports 1.1 9–15 June Thüringen Rundfahrt U23 2.2U Team Jayco–AIS 10 June ProRace Berlin 1.1 12–17 June Tour de Serbie 2.2 13–17 June Ster ZLM Toer 2.1 14–17 June Tour of Slovenia 2.1 14–17 June Route du Sud 2.1 14–17 June Boucles de la Mayenne 2.2 14–17 June Tour des Pays de Savoie 2.2 CC Nogent-sur-Oise 15–17 June Oberösterreichrundfahrt 2.2 17 June Flèche Ardennaise 1.2 Colba-Superano Ham 20 June Halle–Ingooigem 1.1 27 June I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig 1.2 28 June–1 July Czech Cycling Tour 2.2 30 June Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 1.2 Ovyta-Eijssen-Acrog 1–8 July Österreich Rundfahrt 2.HC 4–8 July Course de la Solidarité Olympique 2.1 4–8 July Sibiu Cycling Tour 2.2 SP Tableware 8 July La Ronde Pévèloise 1.2 CC Nogent-sur-Oise 8 July Giro del Medio Brenta 1.2 Team Idea U23 11 July GP Stad Geel 1.2 12–15 July GP Torres Vedras 2.2 14 July GP Nobili Rubinetterie 1.1 16–22 July Giro della Valle d'Aosta 2.2 Palazzago-Elledent-Rad Logistica 21 July Miskolc GP 1.2 Tușnad Cycling Team 21–25 July Tour de Wallonie 2.HC 22 July Budapest GP 1.2 22 July GP Ville de Pérenchies 1.2 25 July Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 1.1 25–28 July Dookoła Mazowsza 2.2 25–29 July Tour Alsace 2.2 28–30 July Kreiz Breizh Elites 2.2 Glud & Marstrand–LRØ 29 July Polynormande 1.1 29 July Trofeo Matteotti 1.1 31 July Circuito de Getxo 1.1 1–2 August Paris–Corrèze 2.1 1–5 August Vuelta a Burgos 2.HC 3–12 August Tour de Guadeloupe 2.2 USC Goyave 5 August Trofeo Bastianelli 1.2 Gragnano S.C. 5 August Antwerpse Havenpijl 1.2 7–11 August Tour de l'Ain 2.1 7–11 August Vuelta a León 2.2 GSport-Valencia Terra i Mar 9–12 August Mi-Août Bretonne 2.2 9–12 August Tour of Szeklerland 2.2 10 August European Road Championships (U23) – Time Trial CC Denmark (national team) 11 August GP Città di Camaiore 1.1 11 August Memoriał Henryka Łasaka 1.2 12 August European Road Championships (U23) – Road Race CC Slovenia (national team) 12 August Puchar Uzdrowisk Karpackich 1.2 12 August GP di Poggiana 1.2U Australia (national team) 14–17 August Tour du Limousin 2.HC 15–26 August Volta a Portugal 2.1 16 August Coppa Bernocchi 1.1 16 August GP Capodarco 1.2 Team Colpack 17 August Coppa Ugo Agostoni 1.1 17 August Dutch Food Valley Classic 1.1 18 August Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej 1.2 BDC-Marcpol Team 18 August Tre Valli Varesine 1.HC 18 August Grand Prix Kralovehradeckeho kraje 1.2 ASC Dukla Praha 19 August Châteauroux Classic 1.1 21 August GP Stad Zottegem 1.1 21 August GP des Marbriers 1.2 21–24 August Tour du Poitou-Charentes 2.1 21–25 August Baltic Chain Tour // 2.2 Lithuania (national team) 22 August Druivenkoers Overijse 1.1 22–26 August Danmark Rundt 2.HC 23 August GP Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 1.1 25 August Giro del Veneto 1.1 26 August Schaal Sels 1.1 26 August Ronde van Midden-Nederland 1.2 26 August Ljubljana-Zagreb 1.2 26 August–1 September Tour de l'Avenir 2.Ncup France (national team) 31 August–1 September World Ports Classic / 2.1 2 September GP Jef Scherens 1.1 2 September Tour du Doubs 1.1 2 September Memorial Davide Fardelli 1.2 Team Jayco–AIS 2 September Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren 1.2 3–7 September Giro di Padania 2.1 5 September Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen 1.1 6–9 September Okolo Jiznich Cech 2.2 8 September Paris–Brussels 1.HC 9 September Chrono Champenois 1.2 Australia (national team) 9 September GP de Fourmies 1.HC 9–15 September Tour of Bulgaria 2.2 Continental Team Astana 9–16 September Tour of Britain 2.1 12 September GP de Wallonie 1.1 14 September Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1.1 14 September GP de la Somme 1.1 15 September GP Impanis-Van Petegem 1.1 15 September Memorial Marco Pantani 1.1 16 September GP d'Isbergues 1.1 16 September GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 1.1 16 September Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin 1.2 Simaf Carrier 16 September Tour Bohemia 1.2 Dukla Trenčín–Trek 19 September Omloop van het Houtland 1.1 21 September Tour of Vojvodina I 1.2 22 September Tour of Vojvodina II 1.2 22 September Kustpijl Knokke-Heist 1.2 22–23 September Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 2.2 23 September Gooikse Pijl 1.2 25 September Ruota d'Oro 1.2 26 September Milano–Torino 1.HC 27 September Gran Piemonte 1.HC 27–30 September Circuit Franco-Belge 2.1 30 September Duo Normand 1.1 2 October Binche–Tournai–Binche 1.1 3 October Münsterland Giro 1.1 4 October Coppa Sabatini 1.1 4 October Paris–Bourges 1.1 6 October Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 1.2 6 October Giro dell'Emilia 1.HC 7 October GP Beghelli 1.1 7 October Paris–Tours Espoirs 1.2U 7 October Paris–Tours 1.HC 9 October Nationale Sluitingsprijs 1.1 Koga Cycling Team 14 October Tour de Vendée 1.HC 21 October Chrono des Nations 1.1
Final standings There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.
Individual classification Rank Name Points159725113478.244655410.2639973948387.8936910349
Team classification