Giro d'Italia 2012
Hesjedal steals the maglia rosa on the last morning, by sixteen seconds
- 5 – 27 May 2012
- Italy
- 21 stages
- 3,527 km
- 52,983 m climbed
- Won by Ryder Hesjedal
The overall
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Barracuda | 91:39:02 |
| 2 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Team Katusha | +0:16 |
| 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM | +1:39 |
- Points
- Joaquim RodríguezTeam Katusha
- Mountains
- Matteo RabottiniFarnese Vini–Selle Italia
- Young rider
- Rigoberto UránTeam Sky
21 stages
- Stage 1: Stage 1Phinney, 21, in pink8.7 km21 mTaylor Phinney
- Stage 2: Stage 2Cavendish through the hole208 km670 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 3: Stage 3Goss wins; the road takes the pink jersey down188 km1,160 mMatthew Goss
- Stage 4: Stage 4Garmin storm Verona33.2 km137 mRamūnas Navardauskas
- Stage 5: Stage 5Cavendish, from 150 metres209 km809 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 6: Stage 6A Colombian alone, an Italian in pink212 km3,661 mMiguel Angel Rubiano
- Stage 7: Stage 7Scarponi opens up at 700 metres203 km3,855 mPaolo Tiralongo
- Stage 8: Stage 8Pozzovivo's biggest day229 km4,097 mDomenico Pozzovivo
- Stage 9: Stage 9Carnage at the last corner177 km1,297 mFrancisco José Ventoso
- Stage 10: Stage 10Rodríguez takes Assisi and pink189 km2,418 mJoaquim Rodríguez
- Stage 11: Stage 11Modolo slides, Ferrari wins252 km2,167 mRoberto Ferrari
- Stage 12: Stage 12Bak goes at 1500 metres155 km2,646 mLars Ytting Bak
- Stage 13: Stage 13Cavendish picks the lock123 km1,724 mMark Cavendish
- Stage 14: Stage 14Amador off Bárta's wheel208 km3,452 mAndrey Amador
- Stage 15: Stage 15Rabottini beats the man who caught him169 km4,075 mMatteo Rabottini
- Stage 16: Stage 16Izagirre solos to Falzes178 km2,577 mIon Izagirre
- Stage 17: Stage 17Rodríguez, again188 km5,317 mJoaquim Rodríguez
- Stage 18: Stage 18Guardini finally arrives155 km1,007 mAndrea Guardini
- Stage 19: Stage 19Kreuziger holds on by nineteen seconds201 km5,792 mRoman Kreuziger
- Stage 20: Stage 20The Stelvio, and three men left behind213 km6,068 mThomas De Gendt
- Stage 21: Stage 21A Canadian wins the Giro d'Italia30.2 km33 mMarco Pinotti
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