The 2012 Ster ZLM Toer cycling race was the 17th running of the Ster ZLM Toer. It was part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour and classed as a 2.1 event. The race was won by Mark Cavendish of , marking his first general classification win.
Schedule StageRouteDistanceTypeDateWinner 1Eindhoven to Sittard-GeleenFlat stage 14 June 2Nuth(Schimmert) to Nuth(Schimmert)Flat stage 15 June 3Hotel Verviers to Lake GileppeFlat stage 16 June 4Schijndel to BoxtelFlat stage 17 June
Teams
Koga Cycling Team Metec Continental Cycling Team
Stages Key: : Leader and eventual winner of General Classification. : Leader and eventual winner of points classification. : Leader and eventual winner of intermediate sprints classification. : Leader and eventual winner of mountains' classification.
Stage 1 14 June 2012 – Eindhoven to Sittard-Geleen, + Stage 1 ResultRiderTeamTime 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 1RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 4" 4 + 6" 5 + 6" 6 Metec Continental Cycling Team + 8" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 2 15 June 2012 – Nuth(Schimmert) to Nuth(Schimmert), +Stage 2 ResultRiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 2" 5 +2" 6 +2" 7 +2" 8 +2" 9 +2" 10 +2"+General Classification after Stage 2RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 2" 5 + 8"6 + 12" 7 + 12" 8 + 12" 9 + 12" 10 + 12"
Stage 3 16 June 2012 – Hotel Verviers to Lake Gileppe, +Stage 3 ResultRiderTeamTime 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 3RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 14" 4 + 18" 5 + 18" 6 + 18" 7 + 18" 8 + 18" 9 + 18" 10 + 18"
Stage 4 17 June 2012 – Schijndel to Boxtel, +Stage 4 ResultRiderTeamTime 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.+Final General ClassificationRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 14" 4 + 14" 5 + 18" 6 + 18" 7 + 18" 8 + 18" 9 + 18" 10 + 18"
Classification leadership Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Sprints classification Team classification1 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Sven Vandousselaere Rens te Stroet 2 André Greipel Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Bart van Haaren 3Lars Boom Nelson Oliveira4 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Dries Hollanders Final Mark Cavendish Marcel Kittel Nelson Oliveira Dries Hollanders
Final standings
+ General classificationRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 14" 4 + 14" 5 + 18" 6 + 18" 7 + 18" 8 + 18" 9 + 18" 10 + 18"
+Points classificationRiderTeamPoints 1 35 2 34 3 34 4 20 5 19 6 16 7 15 8 13 9 11 10 8
+Mountains classificationRiderTeamPoints 1 12 2 Koga Cycling Team 12 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 8 8 8 9 3 10 Koga Cycling Team 3
+Sprints classificationRiderTeamTime1 Metec Continental Cycling Team 62 63 44 45 36 37 38 39 Koga Cycling Team 310 2
+ Team classificationPos.TeamTime148h 36' 38"2 + 3"3 + 26"4 + 39"5 + 42"6 + 1' 27"7 + 1' 44"8 + 2' 06"9 + 5' 12"10 + 5' 16"
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