2012 Baltic Chain Tour

The 2012 Baltic Chain Tour was the second modern era edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of four days between 21 and 25 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by Lithuanian cyclist Gediminas Bagdonas.^[1]

2012 Baltic Chain Tour

2012 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	21—25 August 2012
Stages	5
Distance	873.9 km (543.0 mi)
Winning time	19h 54' 25"
Results
Winner  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) (National Team Lithuania)   Second  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) (Itera–Katusha)   Third  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) (Endura Racing) Mountains  Mihkel Räim (EST) (SJK Viiking) Youth  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) (Itera–Katusha) Sprints  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) (National Team Lithuania)   Team Endura Racing
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Schedule

Baltic Chain Tour 2012 – top 3 overall.

Baltic Chain Tour 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania

Stage	Start	Finish	Distance	Date	Winner	Time
1	Tallinn	Viljandi	187.0 km	21 August	Alexander Gingsjö (SWE)	4h 36' 42"
2	Viljandi	Otepää	183.0 km	22 August	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	4h 12' 12"
3	Smiltene	Rīga	180.9 km	23 August	Yuri Metlushenko (UKR)	4h 26' 04"
4	Šiauliai	Utena	180.6 km	24 August	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	3h 35' 42"
5	Utena	Vilnius	142.4 km	25 August	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	3h 04' 12"

Teams

UCI Continental Teams Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com Endura Racing ISD–Lampre Continental Itera–Katusha Kolss Cycling Team Konya–Torku Şekerspor Plussbank BMC Rietumu–Delfin Cycling Team De Rijke Team Ringeriks–Kraft Look Thüringer Energie Team

National Teams National Team Belarus National Team Estonia National Team Finland National Team Lithuania National Team Slovakia

Elite Teams SJK Viiking Team Trek Sweden

Stages

Stage 1

21 August 2012 – Tallinn to Viljandi, 187.0 km (116.2 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Gingsjö (SWE) Team Trek Sweden 4h 36' 42" 2  Rick Ottema (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 2" 3  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing 21" 4  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t. 5  Lorents Ola Aasvold (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 6  Bas Stamsnijder (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 7  Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 8  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 9  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 10  Ralf Matzka (GER) Thüringer Energie Team 32"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Gingsjö (SWE) Team Trek Sweden 4h 36' 32" 2  Rick Ottema (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 6" 3  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing 27" 4  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 28" 5  Lorents Ola Aasvold (NOR) Plussbank BMC 31" 6  Bas Stamsnijder (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 7  Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 8  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 9  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 10  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing 40"

Stage 2

22 August 2012 – Viljandi to Otepää, 183.0 km (113.7 mi)

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 4h 12' 12" 2  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 3  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 4  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 5  Ralf Matzka (GER) Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 6  Erki Pütsep (EST) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t. 7  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 8  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 9  Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR) ISD–Lampre Continental s.t. 10  Dean Windsor (AUS) Endura Racing s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Gingsjö (SWE) Team Trek Sweden 8h 48' 44" 2  Rick Ottema (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 6" 3  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 15" 4  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin 27" 5  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 6  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha 31" 7  Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 8  Lorents Ola Aasvold (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 9  Bas Stamsnijder (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 10  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 36"

Stage 3

23 August 2012 – Smiltene to Rīga, 280.9 km (174.5 mi)

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Yuri Metlushenko (UKR) Konya–Torku Şekerspor 4h 26' 04" 2  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t. 3  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 4  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 5  Håkon Frengstad Berger (NOR) Team Ringeriks–Kraft Look s.t. 6  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 7  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 8  Mihkel Räim (EST) SJK Viiking s.t. 9  Ralf Matzka (GER) Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 10  Darijus Džervus (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Gingsjö (SWE) Team Trek Sweden 13h 14' 48" 2  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 8" 3  Rick Ottema (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 14" 4  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing 27" 5  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 6  Bas Stamsnijder (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 28" 7  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha 31" 8  Lorents Ola Aasvold (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 9  Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t. 10  Yuri Metlushenko (UKR) Konya–Torku Şekerspor 32"

Stage 4

24 August 2012 – Šiauliai to Utena, 180.6 km (112.2 mi)

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 3h 35' 42" 2  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 3  Dean Windsor (AUS) Endura Racing s.t. 4  Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 5  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 6  Ike Groen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 7  Volodymyr Gomenuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 3" 8  Darijus Džervus (LTU) National Team Lithuania 19" 9  Dmytro Volovod (UKR) ISD–Lampre Continental s.t. 10  Erki Pütsep (EST) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 16h 50' 23" 2  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) Itera–Katusha 41" 3  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 4  Dean Windsor (AUS) Endura Racing 45" 5  Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 49" 6  Ike Groen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 7  Volodymyr Gomenuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 52" 8  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing 53" 9  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 10  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha 57"

Stage 5

25 August 2012 – Utena to Vilnius, 142.4 km (88.5 mi)

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 3h 04' 12" 2  Ralf Matzka (GER) Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 3  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 4  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 5  Dean Windsor (AUS) Endura Racing s.t. 6  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke s.t. 7  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing s.t. 8  Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 9  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 10  Mikita Zharoven (BLR) National Team Belarus s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 19h 54' 25" 2  Viktor Shmalko (RUS) Itera–Katusha 48" 3  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) Endura Racing 49" 4  Dean Windsor (AUS) Endura Racing 55" 5  Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 58" 6  Jonathan McEvoy (GBR) Endura Racing 1'03" 7  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin s.t. 8  Ike Groen (NED) Cycling Team De Rijke 1'06" 9  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Itera–Katusha 1'07" 10  Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR) Plussbank BMC s.t.

Classification leadership table

Stage	Stage winner	General Classification	Sprint	King of the Mountains	Young riders classification (U26)	Team classification
1	Alexander Gingsjö	Alexander Gingsjö	Gediminas Bagdonas	Alexander Gingsjö	Rick Ottema	Cycling Team De Rijke
2	Gediminas Bagdonas
3	Yuri Metlushenko			Mihkel Räim
4	Gediminas Bagdonas	Gediminas Bagdonas			Viktor Shmalko	Endura Racing
5	Gediminas Bagdonas
Final		Gediminas Bagdonas	Gediminas Bagdonas	Mihkel Räim	Viktor Shmalko	Endura Racing

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	19h 54' 25"
2	Viktor Shmalko (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	48"
3	Ian Wilkinson (GBR)	Endura Racing	49"
4	Dean Windsor (AUS)	Endura Racing	55"
5	Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	58"
6	Jonathan McEvoy (GBR)	Endura Racing	1'03"
7	Indulis Bekmanis (LAT)	Rietumu–Delfin	s.t.
8	Ike Groen (NED)	Cycling Team De Rijke	1'06"
9	Mamyr Stash (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	1'07"
10	Øystein Stake Laengen (NOR)	Plussbank BMC	s.t.

Sprint classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	12
2	Ian Wilkinson (GBR)	Endura Racing	10
3	Viktor Shmalko (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	5
4	Andreas Erland (NOR)	Plussbank BMC	3
5	John Anderson (AUS)	Endura Racing	3
6	Bas Stamsnijder (NED)	Cycling Team De Rijke	3
7	Alexander Evtushenko (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	3
8	Marius Bernatonis (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	2
9	Darijus Džervus (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	2
10	Artur Shaymuratov (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	2

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mihkel Räim (EST)	SJK Viiking	7
2	Dean Windsor (AUS)	Endura Racing	5
3	John Anderson (AUS)	Endura Racing	3
4	Alexander Gingsjö (SWE)	Team Trek Sweden	3
5	Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	2
6	Andreas Erland (NOR)	Plussbank BMC	2
7	Rick Ottema (NED)	Cycling Team De Rijke	2
8	Mikita Zharoven (BLR)	National Team Belarus	2
9	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	1
10	Viktor Shmalko (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	1

Young riders classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Viktor Shmalko (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	19h 55' 13"
2	Ike Groen (NED)	Cycling Team De Rijke	18"
3	Mamyr Stash (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	19"
4	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)	Cycling Team De Rijke	20
5	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Rietumu–Delfin	26"
6	Andreas Erland (NOR)	Plussbank BMC	27"
7	Roman Katyrin (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	30"
8	Denys Karnulin (UKR)	ISD–Lampre Continental	s.t.
9	Darijus Džervus (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	35"
10	Sindre Eid Hermansen (NOR)	Team Ringeriks–Kraft Look	37"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Endura Racing	59h 46' 20"
2	Itera–Katusha	19"
3	Kolss Cycling Team	21"
4	National Team Lithuania	26"
5	Plussbank BMC	27"
6	Rietumu–Delfin	45"
7	Cycling Team De Rijke	3'46"
8	ISD–Lampre Continental	7'26"
9	Team Ringeriks–Kraft Look	8'22"
10	Konya–Torku Şekerspor	s.t.