The 2012 Lotto–Decca Tour was the first edition of

Lotto–Decca Tour The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012. In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle rac ...

, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour was held from 25 August to 27 August,

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. The tour with an

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rating of 2.2 started in

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, and ended in

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. 158 cyclists started and 74 of them finished the tour.

Stages

Stage 1

;25-08-2012 – Nijlen to Nijlen, The first stage started at 14:00 and was scheduled to end between 16:28 and 16:38. Thestage was a flat race and consisted of one lap of and five laps of . The race had four intermediate sprints. The race ended in a bunch sprint, won by

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ahead of

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and

Jolien D'Hoore Jolien D'hoore (born 14 March 1990) is a Belgian former track and road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. D'hoore is a 29-time national track champion as well as a four-time national road champion a ...

Stage 2

;26-08-2012 – Dendermonde to Dendermonde,

Stage 3

;27-08-2012 Geraardsbergen — Geraardsbergen,

Final standings

General Classification

References

External links

Official website
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