The 2012 Volta a Portugal is a men's road bicycle race held from 15 to 26 August 2012. It is the 74th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. A part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event.
Schedule StageRouteDistanceDateWinner PrologueCastelo Branco > Castelo Branco2.2 km August 15 1Termas de Monfortinho > Oliveira do Hospital200.8 km August 16 2Oliveira do Bairro > Trofa191.5 km August 17 3Vila Nova de Cerveira > Fafe176.1 km August 18 4Viana do Castelo > Mondim de Basto151.9 km August 19 5Armamar > Oliveira de Azeméis176.9 km August 20 6Aveiro > Viseu184.1 km August 21 7Gouveia > Sabugal185.3 km August 23 8Guarda > Torre154.9 km August 24 9 ITTPedrogão > Leiria32.6 km August 25 10Sintra > Lisbon149.5 km August 26
Participating teams In total, 17 teams are set to compete. National teams: Carmim-Prio Efapel-Glassdrive LA-Antarte Onda Portuguese National Team International teams:
Team Bonitas
Classification leadership Stage Winner General classificationClassificação Geral Individual Points classificationClassificação dos Pontos Mountains classificationClassificação da Montanha Young rider classificationClassificação da Juventude Team classificationClassificação por Equipas PrologueReinardt Janse van RensburgReinardt Janse van RensburgReinardt Janse van RensburgNon-attribuéReinardt Janse van RensburgLA-Antarte 1Jay ThomsonJay ThomsonJay Robert ThomsonJay ThomsonJosé GonçalvesUnitedhealthcare 2 Francesco Lasca Hugo Sabido 3 Cesar Fonte 4 Rui Sousa Hugo Sabido David de la CruzEfapel-Glassdrive 5 Sergio Ribeiro Reinardt Janse van Rensburg Rui Sousa 6 Jason McCartney 7 Kai Reus 8 David Blanco David Blanco Sergio Ribeiro 9 Alejandro MarqueReinardt Janse van Rensburg 10Reinardt Janse van Rensburg Final ClassificationDavid Blanco Reinardt Janse van Rensburg Rui Sousa David de la Cruz Efapel-Glassdrive
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