Dates September 27 Distance 188 km (116.8 mi) Second Luca Paolini (Italy) | Stages 1 Winning time 4h 30' 21" | |
Winner Rigoberto Urán (Colombia) | ||
The 2012 Gran Piemonte was the 98th edition of the Gran Piemonte (known as Giro del Piemonte until 2009) single-day cycling race. It was held on 27 September 2012, over a distance of 188 km, starting in Fossano and ending in Biella.
The race has been won by Rigoberto Urán, Colombian rider of Team Sky. Luca Paolini of Team Katusha was again on the podium (he was third in the 2011 edition) and Euskaltel-Euskadi's Gorka Verdugo completed the podium.
Teams
The start list included 18 teams, with 11 ProTour teams, and more than 150 riders. Among them, the 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan, the 2012 Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal, the 2006 Milano-Sanremo winner Filippo Pozzato, and the 2008 Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez.
References
2012 Gran Piemonte Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA