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2012 Tour de San Luis

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Stages
  
7

Winner
  
Levi Leipheimer (USA)

Distance
  
1,051 km (653.1 mi)

Second
  
Daniel Diaz (ARG)

Dates
  
January 23 – January 29

Third
  
Stefan Schumacher (GER)

The 2012 Tour de San Luis was the 6th edition of the Tour de San Luis stage race. It was part of the 2011–2012 UCI America Tour. 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.

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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.

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)
  • References

    2012 Tour de San Luis Wikipedia