The 2012 Tour de San Luis was the 6th edition of the

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of 2.1, and i ...

stage race. It was part of the 2011–12 UCI America Tour.Tour De San Luis 2012: Results & News , Cyclingnews.com
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Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born a ...

of won the race, mainly in the time-trial, which he won and where he made the difference with second placed

Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice ( 2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vue ...

, who did win two mountain stages. With 2 stage wins for

Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi (born 27 November 1980 in Camaiore) is an Italian retired professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2003 and 2016 for the , , , and squads. Major results ;2002 : 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 R ...

and one for

Tom Boonen Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in ...

, scored an impressive 4 wins out of 7. Italian

Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 ...

also managed to win one stage.

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

Professional Continental teams

Continental 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)

Teams

UCI ProTeams

Professional Continental teams

Continental teams

National teams

Schedule

Stages

Stage 1, San Luis to Villa Mercedes

Stage 2, Fraga to Juana Koslay

Stage 3, Estancia Grande to Mirador del Portero

Stage 4, San Luis to San Luis

Stage 5, La Toma to Mirador del Sol

Stage 6, Luján to Quines

Stage 7, San Luis to San Luis

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