# 2012 Tour de Picardie

The 2012 Tour de Picardie was the 66th edition of the Tour de Picardie cycling stage race. It started on 11 May in Clermont and ended on 13 May in Maignelay-Montigny and consisted of three stages.
The race was won by Argos-Shimano rider John Degenkolb, who claimed the leader's yellow jersey after winning the first and the third stage. His winning margin over runner-up Kenny van Hummel of Vacansoleil-DCM was 10 seconds, and Cofidis' Leonardo Duque completed the podium, 15 seconds down on Degenkolb.
In the race's other classifications, Argos-Shimano rider John Degenkolb won the points classification's green jersey. Cofidis rider Leonardo Duque King of the Mountains classification, with Team Europcar finishing at the head of the teams classification.

## Stages
### 1
#### 11 May 2012 – Clermont to Braine, 166.5 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 3h 49' 11" |
| 2 | Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | st" |
| 3 | Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) | Team Europcar | st" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 3h 49' 01" |
| 2 | Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | + 4" |
| 3 | Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 6" |

### 2
#### 12 May 2012 – Tergnier to Villers-Bocage, 178.5 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | 4h 15' 47" |
| 2 | Stéphane Poulhies (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | st" |
| 3 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | st" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 8h 04' 44" |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 4" |
| 3 | Takashi Miyazawa (JPN) | Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank | + 8" |

### 3
#### 13 May 2012 – Fressenneville to Maignelay-Montigny, 171 km

Stage Result and General Classification after Stage
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 4h 05' 01" |
| 2 | Greg Henderson (NZL) | Lotto–Belisol | st" |
| 3 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | st" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 12h 09' 35" |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 10" |
| 3 | Leonardo Duque (COL) | Cofidis | + 15" |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | King of the Mountains | Team classification in the Tour de France |
| 1 | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | Jonathan Hivert | Team Europcar |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | Jonathan Hivert | Team Europcar |
| 3 | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | Leonardo Duque | Team Europcar |
| Final | Final | John Degenkolb | John Degenkolb | Leonardo Duque | Team Europcar |

## Winners
### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 12h 09' 35" |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | + 10" |
| 3 | Leonardo Duque (COL) | Cofidis | + 15" |

### Points

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Argos–Shimano | 70 points |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Vacansoleil–DCM | 52 points |
| 3 | Benoit Drujon (FRA) | Auber 93 | 48 points |

### Mountains

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Leonardo Duque (COL) | Cofidis | 12 points |
| 2 | Jonathan Hivert (FRA) | Saur–Sojasun | 8 points |
| 3 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (ESP) | Movistar Team | 7 points |

### Team

| Pos. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Team Europcar | 36h 29' 57" |
| 2 | Auber 93 | st″ |
| 3 | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | st″ |