# 2012 Tour of Slovenia

The 2012 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 19th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 14 and 17 June 2012.
The race consisted of 4 stages with 566.2 km (351.8 mi) in total.
The yellow jersey reserved for overall classification since the 1st edition, was replaced with blue jersey, because Planet–Siol.net company was the new main sponsor, which turned out to be the only time.

## Teams

Total 117 riders (99 finished it) from 15 teams started the race.

### UCI ProTeams

* Astana
* Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
* Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
* Colnago–CSF Bardiani
* Liquigas–Cannondale
* Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
* Lampre–ISD
* Orica–GreenEDGE

### UCI Professional Continental

* Acqua & Sapone

### UCI Continental

* Adria Mobil
* Radenska
* Sava
* Tirol Cycling Team
* Team Idea
* Loborika Favorit Team

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 14 June | Celje – Novo mesto | 152 km (94 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Simone Ponzi |
| 2 | 15 June | Kočevje – Metlika | 177.4 km (110 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Daryl Impey |
| 3 | 16 June | Ivančna Gorica – Škofja Loka | 219 km (136 mi) | | Mountain stage | Domenico Pozzovivo |
| 4 | 17 June | Ljubljana – Ljubljana | 17.8 km (11 mi) | | Individual time trial | Adriano Malori Kristjan Koren |
| Total | Total | 566.2 km (351.8 mi) | 566.2 km (351.8 mi) | 566.2 km (351.8 mi) | 566.2 km (351.8 mi) | 566.2 km (351.8 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Simone Ponzi | Simone Ponzi | Simone Ponzi | Klemen Štimulak | Arthur Vanoverberghe | not awarded |
| 2 | Daryl Impey | Simone Ponzi | not awarded | Klemen Štimulak | Jan Polanc | not awarded |
| 3 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Domenico Pozzovivo | not awarded | Preben Van Hecke | Jan Polanc | not awarded |
| 4 | Kristjan Koren Adriano Malori | Janez Brajkovič | Kristjan Koren Simone Ponzi | Preben Van Hecke | Jan Polanc | Loborika Favorit Team |
| Final | Final | Janez Brajkovič | Kristjan Koren Simone Ponzi | Preben Van Hecke | Jan Polanc | Loborika Favorit Team |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana | 14h 20' 42" |
| 2 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago–CSF Bardiani | + 06" |
| DSQ | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 1' 16" |
| 3 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | + 2' 12" |
| 4 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | + 2' 23" |
| 5 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 2' 35" |
| 6 | Jure Golčer | Tirol Cycling Team | + 2' 39" |
| 7 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 2' 45" |
| 8 | Tomaž Nose | Adria Mobil | + 0' 45" |
| 9 | Winner Anacona | Lampre–ISD | + 2' 51" |
| 10 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | + 2' 53" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| DSQ | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas–Cannondale | 65 |
| 1 | Simone Ponzi | Astana | 45 |
| 2 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas–Cannondale | 44 |
| 3 | Daryl Impey | Orica–GreenEDGE | |
| 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago–CSF Bardiani | |
| 5 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana | |
| 6 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator | |
| 7 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | |
| 8 | Adriano Malori | Lampre–ISD | |
| 9 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator | 30 |
| 2 | Klemen Štimulak | Radenska | 25 |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana | 12 |
| 4 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre–ISD | |
| 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago–CSF Bardiani | |
| 6 | Andrea Pasqualon | Colnago–CSF Bardiani | |
| 7 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | |
| 8 | Tomaž Nose | Adria Mobil | |
| 9 | Harald Totschnig | Tirol Cycling Team | |
| 10 | Bruno Pires | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jan Polanc | Radenska | 14h 27' 24" |
| 2 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator | + 10' 58" |
| 3 | Arthur Vanoverberghe | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator | + 11' 11" |
| 4 | Jan Tratnik | Radenska | + 15' 03" |
| 5 | Jan Tratnik | Radenska | + 16' 29" |
| 6 | Jan Tratnik | Radenska | + 18' 59" |
| 7 | Klemen Štimulak | Radenska | + 23' 16" |
| 8 | Tim Mikelj | Sava | + 29' 59" |
| 9 | Mark Džamastagič | Sava | + 34' 00" |
| 10 | Maximilian Kuen | Tirol Cycling Team | + 36' 46" |