The 2012 Lotto–Decca Tour was the first edition of Lotto–Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour was held from 25 August to 27 August,

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. The tour with an UCI rating of 2.2 started in Nijlen, and ended in

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. 158 cyclists started and 74 of them finished the tour.

Stages

Stage 1

;25-08-2012 – Nijlen to Nijlen, The first stage started at 14:00 and was scheduled to end between 16:28 and 16:38. Thestage was a flat race and consisted of one lap of and five laps of . The race had four intermediate sprints. The race ended in a bunch sprint, won by

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ahead of Ellen van Dijk and Jolien D'Hoore.

Stage 2

;26-08-2012 – Dendermonde to Dendermonde,

Stage 3

;27-08-2012 Geraardsbergen — Geraardsbergen,

Final standings

General Classification

References

External links

Official website
{{Belgium Tour

Lotto-Decca Tour The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012. In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial to four stages i ...

Lotto-Decca Tour