Si è concluso il Giro del Mediterraneo 2012, caratterizzato soprattutto dal gelo e dalla neve. Proprio per i problemi legati al meteo, il percorso ha dovuto subire diverse modifiche, tra le quali la più significativa sicuramente l’arrivo dell’ultima frazione che originariamente doveva terminare sul Mont Faron.
Nonostante queste difficoltà, la corsa ha avuto il suo svolgimento e ha visto trionfare il ventisettenne britannico Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing). Decisiva per la vittoria finale la frazione odierna.
Ecco nel dettaglio i risultati delle singole tappe:
1ªtappa Pertuis-Meyreuil (135 km)
1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing 3:21:03
2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
3 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
2ªtappa Salon de Provence-Martigues (136 km)
1 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda 3:10:40
2 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
3 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
3ªtappa La Londe les Maures (110 km)
1 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda 2:23:14
2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
3 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
4ªtappa La Ciotat-Col du Corps de Garde (77 km)
1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing
2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
Classifica generale finale:
1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing 10:48:42
2 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda 0:00:27
3 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:31
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:00:33
5 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:42
6 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 0:00:47
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
11 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
12 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
13 Yohann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
14 Davis Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
16 Thibault Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team
20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
21 Simon Clarke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
22 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
23 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
24 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
25 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
26 Clement Koretzky (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 0:00:56
27 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:59
28 Assan Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat
30 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
31 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 0:01:04
32 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:07
33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:10
34 Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:15
35 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:01:21
36 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:27
37 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
38 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
40 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
41 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 0:01:53
42 Russell Downing (GBr) Endura Racing 0:02:09
43 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
44 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:12
45 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
46 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
47 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin – Barracuda
49 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Team Saxo Bank
50 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
51 Dan Martin (Irl) Garmin – Barracuda
52 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
53 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
54 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
55 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
56 Michael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
57 Grègorie Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
58 Alexander Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:45
59 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:59
60 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
61 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
62 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 0:03:22
63 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
64 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
65 Fabio Tabore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
66 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
67 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
68 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
69 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
70 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
71 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
72 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
73 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
74 Thomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:03:34
75 Jean Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
76 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:52
77 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:53
78 Kevin Vanimpe (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:06
79 Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:09
80 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:56
81 Mathieu Delaroziere (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 0:05:18
82 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:22
83 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:24
84 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s 0:05:34
85 René Mandri (Est) Endura Racing
86 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
87 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
88 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Endura Racing
89 Rob Partridge (GBr) Endura Racing
90 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
91 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:05:54
92 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:06:02
93 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:06:03
94 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:21
95 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:06:28
96 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 0:06:32
97 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 0:07:07
98 Tomasz Marczynsky (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:19
99 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:07:30
100 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
101 Thomas Voekler (Fra) Team Europcar
102 Michael Albasini (Swi) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:33
103 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:17
104 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 0:08:41
105 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
106 Matthew Wilson (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
107 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:09:00
108 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing
109 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
110 Romain Zingle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
111 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:09
112 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda 0:10:13
113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
114 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin – Barracuda 0:11:17
115 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) GreenEdge Cycling Team
116 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:10
117 Steven Caethowen (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s 0:12:11
118 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille 0:12:14
119 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:12:39
120 Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:08
121 David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:16:02
122 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:17:44
123 Will Routley (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
124 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:18:59