{{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2012 Gran Piemonte | series = 2012 UCI Europe Tour | race_no = | season_no = | image = | image_caption = | date = September 27 | stages = 1 | distance = 188 | unit = km | time = 4h 30' 21" | first = Rigoberto Urán | first_nat = Colombia | first_team = {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}} | second = Luca Paolini | second_nat = Italy | second_team = {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}} | third = Gorka Verdugo | third_nat = Spain | third_team = {{UCI team code|EUS|2012}} | previous = 2011 | next = 2015 }}
The '''2012 Gran Piemonte''' was the 98th edition of the Gran Piemonte (known as ''Giro del Piemonte'' until 2009) single-day cycling race. It was held on 27 September 2012, over a distance of 188 km, starting in Fossano and ending in Biella.<ref>(Italian) [http://www.gazzetta.it/GiroPiemonte/06-09-2012/gran-piemonte-si-corre-27--decidera-salita-favaro-912529425634.shtml "Gran Piemonte, si corre il 27. Deciderà la salita del Favaro"], ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'', 14-09-2012. Retrieved on 11-10-2012.</ref>
The race was won by Rigoberto Urán, Colombian rider of {{UCI team code|INS|2012}}. Luca Paolini of {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}} was runner-up (he was third in the 2011 edition) and {{UCI team code|Euskaltel|2012}}'s Gorka Verdugo was third-placed.<ref>(Italian) Scognamiglio, Ciro [http://www.gazzetta.it/GiroPiemonte/27-09-2012/gran-piemonte-amaro-paolini-biella-fa-festa-rigoberto-uran-912738206807.shtml "Gran Piemonte amaro per Paolini – A Biella fa festa Rigoberto Uran"], ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'', 28-09-2012. Retrieved on 14-10-2012.</ref>
==Teams== The start list included 18 teams, with 11 ProTour teams, and more than 150 riders. Among them, the 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan, the 2012 Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal, the 2006 Milano-Sanremo winner Filippo Pozzato, and the 2008 Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez.<ref>Cycling News. [http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2012-gran-piemonte-start-list "Giro del Piemonte 2012 Startlist"], ''Cycling News'', 25-09-2012. Retrieved on 27-01-2013.</ref>
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==Results== <ref>Cycling News. [http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-del-piemonte-2012/results "Uran wins Gran Piemonte"], ''Cycling News'', 27-09-2012. Retrieved on 27-01-2013.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! !Cyclist !Team !Time |- | 1 | {{flagathlete|Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}} |align="right"| 4h 30' 21" |- | 2 | {{flagathlete|Luca Paolini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}} |align="right"| + 6" |- | 3 | {{flagathlete|Gorka Verdugo|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|2012}} |align="right"| + 7" |- | 4 | {{flagathlete|Sergio Henao|COL}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}} |align="right"| + 11" |- | 5 | {{flagathlete|Carlos Betancur|COL}} | {{UCI team code|ASA|2012}} |align="right"| + 11" |- | 6 | {{flagathlete|Mauro Santambrogio|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}} |align="right"| + 11" |- | 7 | {{flagathlete|Daniele Bennati|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}} |align="right"| + 27" |- | 8 | {{flagathlete|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}} |align="right"| + 27" |- | 9 | {{flagathlete|Giovanni Visconti|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|MOV|2012}} |align="right"| + 27" |- | 10 | {{flagathlete|Simone Ponzi|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2012}} |align="right"| + 27" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
Gran Piemonte Category:2012 in Italian sport Category:Giro del Piemonte