The 2012 Vuelta a España was the 67th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of the cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta a España features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 18 August to 9 September, starting in Pamplona and finishing in Madrid.
Teams All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race, to complete a 22-team peloton.
The 22 teams that competed in the race were:
*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.
By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta Pos. Position in the general classification Denotes the winner of the General classification Denotes the winner of the Points classification Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification Denotes the winner of the Combination classification DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew HD Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred Age correct as of 18 August 2012, the date on which the Vuelta began
No. Rider Team Position1 Juan José Cobo672 Jonathan Castroviejo1483 Imanol Erviti132 4 Beñat Intxausti105 Pablo Lastras746 Javier Moreno667 Nairo Quintana368 José Joaquín RojasDNS-149 Alejandro Valverde 211 John GadretDNS-1012 Maxime Bouet2013 Ben Gastauer81 14 Blel Kadri16915 Lloyd Mondory104 16 Matteo Montaguti7217 Rinaldo Nocentini1818 Christophe Riblon162 19 Nicolas Roche1221 Adrián Palomares11222 Sergio Carrasco9423 Gustavo César11424 Javier Chacón16125 Pablo LechugaDNF-1626 Juan José Lobato17427 Javier Ramirez Abeja12028 Jesús RosendoDNS-1929 José Vicente Toribio13331 Fredrik Kessiakoff6132 Assan BazayevDNF-2033 Alexsandr Dyachenko13734 Enrico GasparottoOTL-135 Andrey Kashechkin3436 Kevin Seeldraeyers3937 Egor Silin12238 Paolo Tiralongo3839 Andrey Zeits5241 Philippe Gilbert5942 Alessandro Ballan6343 Brent Bookwalter7844 Steve Cummings15645 Yannick Eijssen11946 Klaas Lodewyck11647 Amaël Moinard9948 Steve Morabito3549 Mauro Santambrogio5851 Javier Aramendia17052 Danail Andonov Petrov16853 Hernani Broco5354 André Cardoso2155 Manuel Antonio Cardoso16056 David de la Fuente6557 Aitor Galdós17358 Marcos García2759 Antonio Piedra8461 David Moncoutié10962 Yohann BagotDNS-863 Florent Barle12964 Mickaël Buffaz4565 Leonardo Duque8066 Egoitz García10167 Luis Ángel Maté4768 Rudy Molard11369 Nico Sijmens8771 Igor Antón972 Mikel Astarloza4873 Mikel Landa6974 Juan José Oroz5075 Ruben Perez7576 Romain Sicard4477 Amets Txurruka3078 Iván Velasco2679 Gorka Verdugo1181 Arnold Jeannesson6482 William Bonnet15283 David BoucherDNF-484 Nacer BouhanniDNF-1385 Arnaud Courteille15486 Rémi Pauriol2387 Gabriel Rasch11888 Dominique Rollin15389 Benoît Vaugrenard13691 Andrew Talansky792 Thomas Dekker14993 Koldo Fernández13494 Michel Kreder9695 Raymond Kreder17296 Christophe Le Mével3197 Martijn Maaskant15098 Thomas Peterson11599 Johan Vansummeren79101 Joaquim Rodríguez3102 Pavel Brutt106103 Xavier Florencio105104 Mikhail Ignatiev171105 Alberto Losada37106 Denis Menchov54107 Daniel Moreno5108 Gatis Smukulis117109 Ángel Vicioso95111 Damiano Cunego33 112 Winner Anacona19113 Davide Cimolai163 114 Denys Kostyuk56 115 Oleksandr Kvachuk125116 Marco Marzano73 117 Przemysław Niemiec15 118 Morris PossoniDNS-13119 Davide Viganò141 121 Eros Capecchi25122 Maciej Bodnar138123 Mauro Da Dalto130124 Tiziano Dall'Antonia140125 Maciej Paterski89126 Daniele RattoDNF-12127 Cristiano Salerno49128 Cayetano Sarmiento60129 Elia Viviani128131 Jurgen Van den BroeckDNS-14132 Bart De Clercq17133 Jens DebusschereDNS-14134 Adam Hansen123135 Olivier KaisenDNF-14136 Gianni Meersman57137 Vicente Reynés82138 Joost van LeijenDNF-17139 Frederik Willems142141 Tony MartinDNF-20142 Dario Cataldo51143 Kevin De Weert41144 Serge Pauwels24145 František Raboň157146 Gert Steegmans110147 Zdeněk Štybar76148 Niki Terpstra127149 Kristof Vandewalle91151 Allan Davis167152 Simon Clarke 77153 Julian Dean158154 Mitchell Docker166155 Cameron MeyerDNS-16156 Travis Meyer165157 Wesley Sulzberger145158 Daniel Teklehaymanot146159 Pieter Weening88161 Robert Gesink6162 Lars Boom107163 Matti Breschel159164 Stef Clement100165 Juan Manuel Gárate42166 Bauke Mollema28167 Grischa Niermann103168 Laurens ten Dam8169 Dennis van Winden164171 Maxime Monfort16172 Jan Bakelants22173 Daniele Bennati144174 Laurent Didier86175 Linus GerdemannDNF-18176 Markel Irizar93177 Tiago Machado40178 Grégory Rast92179 Hayden RoulstonDNS-13181 Chris Froome4182 Juan Antonio Flecha98183 Sergio Henao14184 Danny Pate147185 Richie Porte68186 Ian Stannard111187 Ben Swift121188 Rigoberto Urán29189 Xabier ZandioDNF-12191 John Degenkolb131192 Koen de Kort85193 Yukihiro Doi139194 Tom DumoulinDNF-8195 Johannes Fröhlinger83196 Alexandre Geniez90197 Simon Geschke71198 Thierry Hupond124199 Ji Cheng175201 Alberto Contador 1202 Jesús Hernández43203 Rafał Majka32204 Daniel Navarro55205 Benjamín Noval108206 Sérgio Paulinho70207 Bruno Pires97208 Nicki Sørensen 155209 Matteo Tosatto135211 Thomas De Gendt62212 Martijn Keizer102213 Sergey Lagutin46214 Pim Ligthart126215 Bert-Jan Lindeman143216 Tomasz Marczynski13217 Wouter Mol151218 Rob RuijghDNF-17219 Rafael VallsDNF-14
See also 2012 Vuelta a España
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