The 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 58th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía, a regional Spanish road bicycle race. It was rated as a 2.1 event and was the 13th race of the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held over 19–23 February.
The race was won by Spain's Alejandro Valverde, of the , after taking the overall lead with victory on the second stage, and held the lead to the end of the race. Valverde's winning margin over runner-up Rein Taaramäe () was three seconds, and 's Jérôme Coppel completed the podium, five seconds behind Taaramäe and eight seconds down on Valverde. In the race's other classifications, Valverde won the points and combination classifications, rider Luis Ángel Maté won both the mountains and sprints classifications, and finished at the head of the teams classification.
Teams Sixteen teams participated in the 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía, consisting of seven UCI ProTour teams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, and one UCI Continental Team.
UCI ProTour Teams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams Team NSP–Ghost
Stages
Prologue 19 February 2012 — San Fernando , Prologue (ITT)
Prologue Results and General Classification after Prologue RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 3" 4 + 6" 5 + 8" 6 + 10" 7 + 10" 8 + 11" 9 + 11" 10 + 12"
Stage 1 20 February 2012 — Zahara de los Atunes to Benalmádena,
Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 + 3" 4 + 3" 5 + 3" 6 + 3" 7 + 3" 8 + 3" 9 + 3" 10 + 3"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 3" 4 + 6" 5 + 8" 6 + 10" 7 + 10" 8 + 11" 9 + 11" 10 + 12"
Stage 2 21 February 2012 — Málaga to Lucena,
Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 10" 3 + 10" 4 + 10" 5 + 13" 6 + 15" 7 + 21" 8 + 21" 9 + 23" 10 + 24"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 8" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 18" 7 + 21" 8 + 22" 9 + 23" 10 + 26"
Stage 3 22 February 2012 — Montemayor to Las Gabias,
Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 8" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 18" 7 + 22" 8 + 23" 9 + 26" 10 + 27"
Stage 4 23 February 2012 — Jaén to La Guardia de Jaén,
Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 2" 4 + 2" 5 + 2" 6 + 2" 7 + 2" 8 + 2" 9 + 2" 10 + 2"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 8" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 18" 7 + 22" 8 + 26" 9 + 27" 10 + 28"
Classification leadership
Stage WinnerGeneral ClassificationMountains ClassificationSprints ClassificationPoints ClassificationCombination ClassificationBest Andalusian Rider ClassificationBest Spanish Rider ClassificationTeams Classification P Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch not awarded not awarded Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch Pablo Lechuga Markel Irizar 1 Javier Ramírez Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Javier Moreno 2 Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Mickaël Buffaz Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde 3 Óscar Freire Óscar Freire 4 Daniel Moreno Luis Ángel Maté Alejandro Valverde Final Alejandro Valverde Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Javier Moreno Alejandro Valverde
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