The 2012 Baltic Chain Tour was the second modern era edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of four days between 21 and 25 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by Lithuanian cyclist Gediminas Bagdonas.Official results

Schedule

StageStartFinishDistanceDateWinnerTime1TallinnViljandi 187.0 km 21 August2ViljandiOtepää 183.0 km 22 August3SmilteneRīga 180.9 km 23 August4ŠiauliaiUtena 180.6 km 24 August5UtenaVilnius 142.4 km 25 August

Teams UCI Continental Teams

Thüringer Energie Team National Teams National Team Belarus National Team Estonia National Team Finland National Team Lithuania National Team Slovakia Elite Teams SJK Viiking Team Trek Sweden

Stages

Stage 1 21 August 2012 – Tallinn to Viljandi,

Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Team Trek Sweden 2 2" 3 21" 4 National Team Lithuania s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Thüringer Energie Team 32"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Trek Sweden 2 6" 3 27" 4 National Team Lithuania 28" 5 31" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 40"

Stage 2 22 August 2012 – Viljandi to Otepää,

Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 National Team Lithuania 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Trek Sweden 2 6" 3 National Team Lithuania 15" 4 27" 5 s.t. 6 31" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 36"

Stage 3 23 August 2012 – Smiltene to Rīga,

Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 National Team Lithuania s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 SJK Viiking s.t. 9 Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 10 National Team Lithuania s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Trek Sweden 2 National Team Lithuania 8" 3 14" 4 27" 5 s.t. 6 28" 7 31" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 32"

Stage 4 24 August 2012 – Šiauliai to Utena,

Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 National Team Lithuania 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 3" 8 National Team Lithuania 19" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 National Team Lithuania 2 41" 3 s.t. 4 45" 5 49" 6 s.t. 7 52" 8 53" 9 s.t. 10 57"

Stage 5 25 August 2012 – Utena to Vilnius,

Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 National Team Lithuania 2 Thüringer Energie Team s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 National Team Belarus s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime1 National Team Lithuania 2 48" 3 49" 4 55" 5 58" 6 1'03" 7 s.t. 8 1'06" 9 1'07" 10 s.t.

Classification leadership table StageStage winnerGeneral ClassificationSprintKing of the MountainsYoung riders classification (U26)Team classification1 Alexander Gingsjö Alexander Gingsjö Gediminas Bagdonas Alexander Gingsjö Rick Ottema 2 Gediminas Bagdonas3 Yuri Metlushenko Mihkel Räim4 Gediminas Bagdonas Gediminas Bagdonas Viktor Shmalko 5 Gediminas Bagdonas FinalGediminas BagdonasGediminas BagdonasMihkel RäimViktor Shmalko

Final standings

General classification RiderTeamTime1 National Team Lithuania 2 48" 3 49" 4 55" 5 58" 6 1'03" 7 s.t. 8 1'06" 9 1'07" 10 s.t.

Sprint classification RiderTeamPoints 1 National Team Lithuania 12 2 10 3 5 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 National Team Lithuania 2 9 National Team Lithuania 2 10 2

Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 SJK Viiking 7 2 5 3 3 4 Team Trek Sweden 3 5 2 6 27 28 National Team Belarus 29 National Team Lithuania 110 1

Young riders classification RiderTeamTime1 2 18"3 19"4 205 26"6 27"7 30"8 s.t.9 National Team Lithuania 35"10 37"

Team classification TeamPoints 1 2 19" 3 21" 4 National Team Lithuania 26" 5 27" 6 45" 7 3'46" 8 7'26" 9 8'22" 10 s.t.

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