2012 Vuelta a Andalucía


The 2012 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 58th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía, a regional Spanish road bicycle race. It was rated as a 2.1 event and was the 13th race of the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held over 19–23 February.
The race was won by Spain's Alejandro Valverde, 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 was three seconds, and 's Jérôme Coppel 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 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 UCI ProTour teams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, and one UCI Continental Team.
;UCI ProTour Teams
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
;UCI Continental Teams

Prologue

;19 February 2012 — San Fernando, Prologue
Prologue Results and General Classification after Prologue

Stage 1

;20 February 2012 — Zahara de los Atunes to Benalmádena,
Stage 1 Result

Stage 2

;21 February 2012 — Málaga to Lucena,
Stage 2 Result

Stage 3

;22 February 2012 — Montemayor to Las Gabias,
Stage 3 Result

Stage 4

;23 February 2012 — Jaén to La Guardia de Jaén,
Stage 4 Result

Classification leadership

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