The 2012 Ster ZLM Toer

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was the 17th running of the

Ster ZLM Toer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road bicycle racer, road cycling tour. It was inaugurat ...

. It was part of the

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and classed as a 2.1 event. The race was won by

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of , marking his first

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win.

Schedule

Teams

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 –

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Sittard-Geleen Sittard-Geleen (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born (Netherlands), Born. The combined municipality has approximat ...

Stage 2

;15 June 2012 –

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(

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) to

(

Stage 3

;16 June 2012 – Hotel Verviers to

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Stage 4

;17 June 2012 –

Schijndel Schijndel () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. Schijndel is located approximately southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijn ...

Boxtel Boxtel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) deer, buck.2019. Etymolog ...

Classification leadership

Final standings

References

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