The 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 58th edition of the

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

, a regional Spanish

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. It was rated as a 2.1 event and was the 13th race of the

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. The race was held over 19–23 February. The race was won by Spain's

Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad. During ...

, of the , after taking the overall lead with victory on the second stage, and held the lead to the end of the race. Valverde's winning margin over runner-up

Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe (born 24 April 1987) is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team . Career Cofidis (2008–14) Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 20 ...

() was three seconds, and 's

Jérôme Coppel Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Career Born in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, Coppel and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a fo ...

completed the podium, five seconds behind Taaramäe and eight seconds down on Valverde. In the race's other classifications, Valverde won the points and combination classifications, rider

Luis Ángel Maté Luis Ángel Maté Mardones (born 23 March 1984) is a Spanish professional road and gravel cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Born in Marbella, Maté has competed as a professional since 2008, competing for and prior to moving to for the 201 ...

won both the mountains and sprints classifications, and finished at the head of the teams classification.

Teams

Sixteen teams participated in the 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía, consisting of seven

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teams, eight

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teams, and one

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Team NSP–Ghost Team NSP–Ghost was a German UCI Continental cycling team. Major wins ;2009 :Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Tino Thömel Tino Thömel (born 6 June 1988) is a German former professional road cyclist, who most recently worked as a directeur sportif for UC ...

Stages

Prologue

;19 February 2012 —

San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...

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(ITT)

Stage 1

;20 February 2012 —

Zahara de los Atunes Zahara de los Atunes is a village on the Costa de la Luz of Spain in the province of Cádiz (province), Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalucia, Andalusia. It is noted for its excellent beaches, an outdoor cinema, and la Iglesia Del Carmen c ...

Benalmádena Benalmádena () is a town in Andalusia in southern Spain, 12 km west of Málaga, on the Costa del Sol between Torremolinos and Fuengirola. Benalmádena is rich in attractive beaches and interesting places like the Colomares Castle, the 33-me ...

Stage 2

;21 February 2012 —

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

Lucena Lucena (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially known as the City of Lucena (), is a highly urbanized city situated in the Calabarzon region (Region IV-A) of the Philippines. The city is the largest urban center and capital of ...

Stage 3

;22 February 2012 —

Montemayor Montemayor is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census ( INE), the city has a population of 3,936 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Córdoba Córdoba is a province in the autonomous c ...

Las Gabias Las Gabias (commonly referred to as Gabia) is a Spanish city and municipality located in the central southern part of the Vega of Granada, in the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, approximately 8 km from the provi ...

Stage 4

;23 February 2012 —

Jaén Jaén may refer to: Places Peru *Jaén Province, Peru, a province in Cajamarca Region, Peru ** Jaén District, one of twelve districts of the province Jaén in Peru ***Jaén, Peru, a city in Peru, capital of the Jaén Province Philippines * Jaen ...

La Guardia de Jaén La Guardia de Jaén or Guardia de Jaén, La (official name), and the old ''Mentesa Bastia'' at Iberic and Roman era, is a small city located in the provincia de Jaén (España), province of Jaén (Spain) at western end of Sierra Mágina, on the ''C ...

Classification leadership

References

External links

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