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2012 Giro d'Italia

Index 2012 Giro d'Italia

The 2012 Giro d'Italia was the 95th edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. [1]

132 relations: Adriano Malori, AG2R La Mondiale, Alberto Contador, Alexander Kristoff, Alfredo Balloni, Andrea Guardini, Andrew Hampsten, Andrey Amador, Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia, Andy Schleck, Assisi, Astana Pro Team, Banca Mediolanum, Breuil-Cervinia, Busto Arsizio, Caldes, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Sports, Cervere, Cherasco, Cima Coppi, Cinque Terre, Civitavecchia, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cycling Weekly, Damiano Caruso, Damiano Cunego, Denmark, Diego Ulissi, Domenico Pozzovivo, Eddy Merckx, ESPN, ESPN.com, Fano, Francesco Moser, Francisco Ventoso, Fränk Schleck, Frosinone, General classification, General classification in the Giro d'Italia, Geraint Thomas, Gianbattista Baronchelli, Gianluca Brambilla, Giro d'Italia, Grand Tour (cycling), Herning, Horsens, Individual time trial, Ion Izagirre, Ivan Basso, ..., Jakob Fuglsang, Jan Bárta, Joaquim Rodríguez, Johan Bruyneel, John Gadret, José Rujano, Katusha–Alpecin, King of the Mountains, Laceno, Lars Bak, Lecco, Limone sul Garda, Marco Pinotti, Mark Cavendish, Matteo Rabottini, Matthew Goss, Michał Gołaś, Michele Scarponi, Miguel Ángel Rubiano, Mikel Nieve, Milan, Modena, Montecatini Terme, Montreal Gazette, Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia, Paolo Tiralongo, Peter Stetina, Pfalzen, Points classification, Points classification in the Giro d'Italia, Points classification in the Tour de France, Porto Sant'Elpidio, Postmedia Network, Ramūnas Navardauskas, Recanati, Rigoberto Urán, Roberto Ferrari (cyclist), Rocca di Cambio, Roman Kreuziger, Ryder Hesjedal, San Giorgio del Sannio, San Vito di Cadore, Savona, Seravezza, Sergio Henao, Sestri Levante, Sky UK, Stefano Pirazzi, Stelvio Pass, Sulmona, Tanel Kangert, Taylor Phinney, Team classification in the Giro d'Italia, Team RadioShack, Team time trial, Tesero, The Independent, Thomas De Gendt, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Trek–Segafredo, Treviso, UAE Team Emirates, UCI Continental Circuits, UCI WorldTeam, Urbino, Vedelago, Verona, Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia, 1974 Giro d'Italia, 1984 Giro d'Italia, 1988 Giro d'Italia, 1995 Giro d'Italia, 1995 Vuelta a España, 2004 Giro d'Italia, 2006 Giro d'Italia, 2007 Giro d'Italia, 2010 Giro d'Italia, 2010 Tour de France, 2011 Giro d'Italia, 2012 Tour de France, 2012 UCI World Tour, 2013 Giro d'Italia. Expand index (82 more) »

Adriano Malori

Adriano Malori (born 28 January 1988) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2017 for the and squads.

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AG2R La Mondiale

AG2R La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status.

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Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist.

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Alexander Kristoff

Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer with the UCI WorldTeam.

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Alfredo Balloni

Alfredo Balloni (born 20 September 1989) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental Team.

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Andrea Guardini

Andrea Guardini (born 12 June 1989) is an Italian cyclist, who rides for UCI Professional Continental team.

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Andrew Hampsten

Andrew Hampsten (born April 7, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France.

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Andrey Amador

Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (born 29 August 1986) is a Costa Rican professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam.

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Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia

Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.

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Andy Schleck

Andy Raymond Schleck (born 10 June 1985) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer.

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Assisi

Assisi (from the Asisium) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born around 50–45 BC. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. The 19th-century Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.

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Astana Pro Team

Astana Pro Team is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana.

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Banca Mediolanum

Banca Mediolanum S.p.A. is an Italian bank, insurance and asset management conglomerate which is the parent company of Gruppo Mediolanum (Mediolanum Group).

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Breuil-Cervinia

Breuil-Cervinia (Cervinia; Breuil; Valdôtain: Breuil) is an alpine resort in the Aosta Valley region of northwest Italy.

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Busto Arsizio

Busto Arsizio (Lombard: Büsti Grandi) is a city and comune, in the province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy, north of Milan.

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Caldes

Caldes (Ladin: Chjaudes, Kalteis, Kalds, Gildeis or Gilds) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northwest of Trento.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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CBC Sports

CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting.

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Cervere

Cervere is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo.

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Cherasco

Cherasco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo.

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Cima Coppi

The Cima Coppi is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races.

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Cinque Terre

The Cinque Terre (Çinque Tære, meaning "Five Lands") is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera.

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Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia (meaning "ancient town") is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ladin: Anpezo, Ampëz), commonly referred to as Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

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Cycling Weekly

Cycling Weekly is a British cycling magazine.

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Damiano Caruso

Damiano Caruso (born 12 October 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam.

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Damiano Cunego

Damiano Cunego (born 19 September 1981) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Diego Ulissi

Diego Ulissi (born 15 July 1989 in Cecina) is an Italian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team.

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Domenico Pozzovivo

Domenico Pozzovivo (born 30 November 1982) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam.

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Eddy Merckx

Édouard Louis Joseph, baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is widely seen as the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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Fano

Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy.

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Francesco Moser

Francesco Moser (or;; born 19 June 1951 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.

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Francisco Ventoso

Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (born 6 May 1982) is a Spanish road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam, the.

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Fränk Schleck

Fränk René Schleck (born 15 April 1980) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016, for and.

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Frosinone

Frosinone (Ciociaro: Frusenone) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone.

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General classification

The general classification (or the GC) in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races.

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General classification in the Giro d'Italia

The general classification in the Giro d'Italia is the most important classification of the Giro d'Italia, which determines who is the overall winner.

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Geraint Thomas

Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE (born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam, Wales and Great Britain.

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Gianbattista Baronchelli

Gianbattista Baronchelli (born 6 September 1953) is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974–1989).

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Gianluca Brambilla

Gianluca Brambilla (born 22 August 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy; also known as the Giro) is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries.

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Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.

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Herning

Herning is a Danish city in Region Midtjylland, on the Jutland peninsula.

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Horsens

Horsens is a city in east Jutland region of Denmark.

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Individual time trial

An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock on flat or rolling terrain, or up a mountain road such as Alpe d'Huez (in French: contre la montre – literally "against the watch", in Italian: tappa a cronometro "stopwatch stage").

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Ion Izagirre

Ion Izagirre Insausti (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider, who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with UCI ProTeam.

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Jakob Fuglsang

Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (born 22 March 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam.

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Jan Bárta

Jan Bárta (born 7 December 1984) is a professional Czech road cyclist, currently riding for.

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Joaquim Rodríguez

Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (born 12 May 1979) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2001 and 2016 for the,, and teams.

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Johan Bruyneel

Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964) is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team.

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John Gadret

John Gadret (born 22 April 1979) is a French former professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing, currently racing for the USO Bruay-la-Buissière amateur team.

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José Rujano

José Humberto Rujano Guillen (born 18 February 1982) is a Venezuelan road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 2003 and 2013, and currently rides for the Multi Repuestos Bosa amateur team.

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Katusha–Alpecin

Katusha–Alpecin (Катюша) is a Swiss road bicycle racing team which competes using Canyon bikes.

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King of the Mountains

The King of the Mountains (KoM; Gran Premio della Montagna or GPM in Italian) is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification.

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Laceno

Laceno is an Italian hamlet (frazione) and ski resort situated in the municipality of Bagnoli Irpino, Province of Avellino, Campania.

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Lars Bak

Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team.

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Lecco

Lecco (Lombard: Lecch) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco.

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Limone sul Garda

Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), on the shore of Lake Garda.

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Marco Pinotti

Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013.

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Mark Cavendish

Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.

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Matteo Rabottini

Matteo Rabottini (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian racing cyclist who rides for the UCI Continental team.

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Matthew Goss

Matthew Harley Goss (born 5 November 1986) is a former Australian professional road and track racing cyclist, his final professional team before retirement was the UCI Professional Continental team.

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Michał Gołaś

Michał Gołaś (born 29 April 1984) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam, specialising as a domestique for the team.

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Michele Scarponi

Michele Scarponi (25 September 1979 – 22 April 2017) was an Italian road bicycle racer, who rode professionally from 2002 until his death in 2017 for the, Domina Vacanze–Elitron,,,, and teams.

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Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Miguel Ángel Rubiano Chávez (born 3 October 1984) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who is currently riding for UCI Continental team.

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Mikel Nieve

Mikel Nieve Iturralde (born 26 May 1984) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam.

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Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

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Modena

Modena (Mutna; Mutina; Modenese: Mòdna) is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

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Montecatini Terme

Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (commune) of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany, Italy.

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Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after three other daily English newspapers shut down at various times during the second half of the 20th century.

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Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification that is a part of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races.

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Paolo Tiralongo

Paolo Tiralongo (born 8 July 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2017 for the,, and teams.

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Peter Stetina

Peter Stetina (born August 8, 1987) is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Pfalzen

Pfalzen (Falzes; Ladin: Falzes) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano.

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Points classification

The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing.

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Points classification in the Giro d'Italia

The points classification in the Giro d'Italia is one of the secondary classifications in the Giro d'Italia.

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Points classification in the Tour de France

The points classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, which started in 1953.

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Porto Sant'Elpidio

Porto Sant'Elpidio is a coastal town in the province of Fermo, Marche, Italy.

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Postmedia Network

Postmedia Network Canada Corporation (also known as Postmedia Network or Postmedia) is a Canadian media company consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news gathering and Internet operations.

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Ramūnas Navardauskas

Ramūnas Navardauskas (born 30 January 1988) is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Recanati

Recanati is a town and comune in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy.

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Rigoberto Urán

Rigoberto Urán Urán, ODB (born 26 January 1987) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI World Tour team.

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Roberto Ferrari (cyclist)

Roberto Ferrari (born 9 March 1983 in Gavardo) is an Italian cyclist who is riding for the UCI World Tour team.

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Rocca di Cambio

Rocca di Cambio (locally Rocche 'i Cagne) is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

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Roman Kreuziger

Roman Kreuziger (born 6 May 1986) is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam.

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Ryder Hesjedal

Eric Ryder Hesjedal (born December 9, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam.

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San Giorgio del Sannio

San Giorgio del Sannio (formerly San Giorgo alla Montagna or San Giorgio la Montagna) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km southeast of Benevento.

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San Vito di Cadore

San Vito di Cadore is a small town and comune in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto.

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Savona

Savona (Ligurian: Sann-a is a seaport and comune in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, and a brass foundry. One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is one of several residences in Liguria associated with Columbus.

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Seravezza

Seravezza is a town and comune belonging to the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy.

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Sergio Henao

Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (born 10 December 1987) is a Colombian racing cyclist, currently riding for.

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Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante (Segesta Tigullorum/Segesta Tigulliorum) is a town and comune in Liguria, Italy.

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Sky UK

Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

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Stefano Pirazzi

Stefano Pirazzi (born 11 March 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport due to a positive doping test.

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Stelvio Pass

The Stelvio Pass (Passo dello Stelvio, Giogo dello Stèlvio; Stilfser Joch) is a mountain pass in northern Italy, at an elevation of above sea level.

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Sulmona

Sulmona (Abruzzese: Sulmóne; Sulmo; Greek: Σουλμῶν, Soulmōn) is a city and comune of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy.

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Tanel Kangert

Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney (born June 27, 1990) is an American road racing cyclist who currently rides for in the UCI World Tour.

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Team classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Team classification in the Giro d'Italia, also known as the Trofeo Fast Team, is a prize that is contested in the Giro d'Italia.

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Team RadioShack

Team RadioShack was a professional road bicycle racing team, with RadioShack as the title sponsor, the creation of which was announced on July 23, 2009.

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Team time trial

A team time trial (TTT) is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).

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Tesero

Tésero (Teser im Fleimstal) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the Val di Fiemme about northeast of Trento.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Thomas De Gendt

Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986 in Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rides for.

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Tom-Jelte Slagter

Tom-Jelte Slagter (born 1 July 1989) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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Trek–Segafredo

Trek–Segafredo is a professional road bicycle racing team licensed in the United States.

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Treviso

Treviso (Venetian: Trevixo) is a city and comune in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

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UAE Team Emirates

UAE Team Emirates is an Emirati road bicycle racing team.

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UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are continental circuits for a series of road bicycle racing competitions since 2005.

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UCI WorldTeam

A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, respectively.

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Urbino

Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482.

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Vedelago

Vedelago (Vedeàgo) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about west of Treviso.

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Verona

Verona (Venetian: Verona or Veròna) is a city on the Adige river in Veneto, Italy, with approximately 257,000 inhabitants and one of the seven provincial capitals of the region.

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Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia was added to the Giro d'Italia in 1976 for the younger riders in the race.

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1974 Giro d'Italia

The 1974 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races.

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1984 Giro d'Italia

The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races.

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1988 Giro d'Italia

The 1988 Giro d'Italia was the 71st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races.

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1995 Giro d'Italia

The 1995 Giro d'Italia was a Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in May and June 1995.

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1995 Vuelta a España

The 50th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 2 to September 24, 1995.

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2004 Giro d'Italia

The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2006 Giro d'Italia

The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2007 Giro d'Italia

The 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2010 Giro d'Italia

The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2010 Tour de France

The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2011 Giro d'Italia

The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2012 Tour de France

The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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2012 UCI World Tour

The 2012 UCI World Tour was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009.

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2013 Giro d'Italia

The 2013 Giro d'Italia was the 96th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Giro_d'Italia

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