2012 Tour de San Luis

The 2012 Tour de San Luis was the 6th edition of the Tour de San Luis stage race. It was part of the 2011–12 UCI America Tour.^[1] Levi Leipheimer of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step won the race, mainly in the time-trial, which he won and where he made the difference with second placed Alberto Contador, who did win two mountain stages. With 2 stage wins for Francesco Chicchi and one for Tom Boonen, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step scored an impressive 4 wins out of 7. Italian Elia Viviani also managed to win one stage.

2012 Tour de San Luis

2011–12 UCI America Tour, race 9 of 27
Race details
Dates	January 23–29
Stages	7
Distance	1,051 km (653.1 mi)
Results
Winner  Levi Leipheimer (USA) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Second  Daniel Diaz (ARG) (San Luis Somos Todos)   Third  Stefan Schumacher (GER) (Christina Watches–Onfone)   Mountains  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) (Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela)   Youth  Gabriel Juárez (ARG) ( Argentina – national team)   Sprints  Edwin Ávila (COL) ( Colombia – national team)   Team Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
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Teams

Twenty one teams were invited to the 2012 Tour de San Luis: 5 UCI ProTeams, 7 Professional Continental teams, 6 Continental teams and 7 national selection teams.

UCI ProTeams

Movistar Team Liquigas–Cannondale Team Saxo Bank Ag2r–La Mondiale Omega Pharma–Quick-Step

Professional Continental teams

Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Andalucía Caja Rural Colnago–CSF Bardiani Farnese Vini–Selle Italia UnitedHealthcare Team NetApp

Continental teams

San Luis Somos Todos Start Cycling Team-Atacama Flowery Desert Carmim–Prio Colombia-Comcel Christina Watches–Onfone Funvic–Pindamonhangaba

National teams

• Team Argentina (10 riders)
• Team Brazil (6 riders)
• Team Colombia (10 riders)
• Team Chile (9 riders)
• Team Cuba (6 riders)
• Team Ecuador (6 riders)
• Team Uruguay (8 riders)

Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner	Overall Leader
1	San Luis to Villa Mercedes	189.3 km	Monday, January 23	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)
2	Fraga to Juana Koslay	145.3 km	Tuesday, January 24	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)
3	Estancia Grande to Mirador del Portero	168.2 km	Wednesday, January 25	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Levi Leipheimer (USA)
4 (ITT)	San Luis to San Luis	19.5 km	Thursday, January 26	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Levi Leipheimer (USA)
5	La Toma to Mirador del Sol	160.6 km	Friday, January 27	Daniel Diaz (ARG)	Levi Leipheimer (USA)
6	Luján to Quines	201 km	Saturday, January 28	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Levi Leipheimer (USA)
7	San Luis to San Luis	167.1 km	Sunday, January 29	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Levi Leipheimer (USA)

Stages

Stage 1, San Luis to Villa Mercedes

Stage 1 result Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 4h 53' 18" 2  Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank s.t. 3  Mauro Richeze (ARG)  Argentina – national team s.t. 4  Luis Mansilla (CHI)  Chile – national team s.t. 5  Jimmy Casper (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.

General classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 4h 53' 08" 2  Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank + 4" 3  Mauro Richeze (ARG)  Argentina – national team + 6" 4  Paolo Locatelli (ITA) Colnago–CSF Bardiani + 9" 5  Luis Mansilla (CHI)  Chile – national team + 10"

Stage 2, Fraga to Juana Koslay

Stage 2 result Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 22' 40" 2  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Jacob Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare s.t. 4  Francisco Ventoso (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 5  Jimmy Casper (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 8h 15' 38" 2  Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank + 14" 3  Jacob Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare + 16" 4  Mauro Richeze (ARG)  Argentina – national team + 16" 5  Paolo Locatelli (ITA) Colnago–CSF Bardiani + 19"

Stage 3, Estancia Grande to Mirador del Portero

Stage 3 result Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank 4h 29' 27" 2  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela + 5" 4  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 9" 5  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 12"

General classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank 12h 45' 15" 2  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 4" 3  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 19" 4  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 22" 5  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 36"

Stage 4, San Luis to San Luis

Stage 4 result Rider Team Time 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 22' 27" 2  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 23" 3  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 38" 4  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 39" 5  Magno Nazaret (BRA) Funvic–Pindamonhangaba + 44"

General classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 13h 07' 52" 2  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 53" 3  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 55" 4  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank + 57" 5  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 20"

Stage 5, La Toma to Mirador del Sol

Stage 5 result Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank 4h 19' 59" 2  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 2" 3  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 5" 4  José Serpa (COL) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela + 25" 5  Marcos García (ESP) Caja Rural + 44"

General classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 17h 27' 52" 2  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank + 46" 3  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 1' 31" 4  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 1' 36" 5  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 1' 50"

Stage 6, Luján to Quines

Stage 6 result Rider Team Time 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale 5h 10' 26" 2  Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank s.t. 3  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia s.t. 4  Francisco Ventoso (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 5  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t.

General classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 22h 38' 18" 2  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank + 46" 3  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 1' 31" 4  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 1' 35" 5  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 1' 50"

Stage 7, San Luis to San Luis

Stage 7 result Rider Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 54' 37" 2  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia s.t. 3  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)  Argentina – national team s.t. 4  Jimmy Casper (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t. 5  Jacob Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare s.t.

Final classification Rider Team Time 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 26h 32' 55" 2  Alberto Contador (ESP) Team Saxo Bank + 46" 3  Daniel Diaz (ARG) San Luis Somos Todos + 1' 29" 4  Stefan Schumacher (GER) Christina Watches–Onfone + 1' 34" 5  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 1' 50"