3 Марта, 1 этап: Balneario de Archena — Sierra de Espu?a 198.2 км
Наиро Куантана (Movistar) стал победителем 1 этапа Вуэльты Мурсии 2012, Воут Польс ( Vacansoleil-DCM) финишировал вторым, Джонатан Тиернан-Локе (Endura Racing) финишировал третьим. Наиро Куантана (Movistar) захватил лидерство в генеральной классификации.
Результаты этапа
| Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) |
Генеральная классификация
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| Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) |
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 4:51:52 | |
| 2 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:14 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing | 0:00:16 | |
| 4 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 5 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:26 | |
| 6 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:32 | |
| 7 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:53 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 9 | Adrian Palomares (Spa) Andalucia | ||
| 10 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp | 0:00:58 | |
| 11 | Rafael Valls (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 12 | Paul Voss (Ger) Endura Racing | 0:01:18 | |
| 13 | Danail Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | ||
| 14 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:01:28 | |
| 15 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:01:41 | |
| 16 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 0:01:47 | |
| 17 | Andre Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | 0:02:14 | |
| 18 | Iker Cama?o (Spa) Endura Racing | 0:02:18 | |
| 19 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp | 0:02:33 | |
| 20 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | ||
| 21 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp | ||
| 22 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:37 | |
| 23 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Caja Rural | ||
| 24 | Kiril Sveshnikov (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:02:39 | |
| 25 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 26 | Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia | ||
| 27 | David Livramento (Por) Carmim — Prio | 0:02:48 | |
| 28 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo | 0:02:53 | |
| 29 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 30 | Johannes Fr?linger (Ger) Project 1T4i | ||
| 31 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp | ||
| 32 | Samuel Nicolas (Spa) Spain | 0:03:05 | |
| 33 | Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:03:16 | |
| 34 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Orbea Continental | ||
| 35 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:03:19 | |
| 36 | Andres Vigil (Spa) Spain | ||
| 37 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Spain | ||
| 38 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP — Ghost | 0:03:26 | |
| 39 | Rob Ruiygh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:30 | |
| 40 | Eric Rowsell (GBr) Endura Racing | ||
| 41 | Jaume Rovira (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | ||
| 42 | Nicolas Capdepuy (Fra) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 0:03:33 | |
| 43 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:03:41 | |
| 44 | Damien Branaa (Fra) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 0:03:43 | |
| 45 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:03:59 | |
| 46 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 0:04:10 | |
| 47 | Joni Silva (Por) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 0:04:19 | |
| 48 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:04:33 | |
| 49 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Project 1T4i | 0:04:56 | |
| 50 | Henrique Casimiro (Por) Carmim — Prio | ||
| 51 | Aitor Perez (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | ||
| 52 | Pedro Merino (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | 0:05:06 | |
| 53 | Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:05:43 | |
| 54 | Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 55 | Sergey Belykh (Rus) Lokosphinx | ||
| 56 | Ruben Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 57 | Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Andalucia | 0:06:13 | |
| 58 | Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Orbea Continental | 0:06:37 | |
| 59 | Aritz Bag?es (Spa) Orbea Continental | ||
| 60 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 61 | Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | ||
| 62 | Carlos Verona (Spa) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | ||
| 63 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Project 1T4i | ||
| 64 | Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:06:45 | |
| 65 | Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:06:55 | |
| 66 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | 0:06:57 | |
| 67 | Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:07:23 | |
| 68 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:07:47 | |
| 69 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 70 | Sergey Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx | ||
| 71 | Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:08:14 | |
| 72 | Dariusz Batek (Pol) CCC Polkowice | ||
| 73 | Hernani Broco (Por) Caja Rural | 0:08:18 | |
| 74 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | 0:08:24 | |
| 75 | Alejandro Marque (Spa) Carmim — Prio | 0:08:36 | |
| 76 | Ricardo Meste (Por) Carmim — Prio | ||
| 77 | Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 0:08:57 | |
| 78 | Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 79 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 0:09:26 | |
| 80 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:47 | |
| 81 | Artur Ershov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:09:56 | |
| 82 | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polkowice | ||
| 83 | Nelson Victorino (Por) Carmim — Prio | ||
| 84 | Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Project 1T4i | ||
| 85 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:10:26 | |
| 86 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4i | ||
| 87 | Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Lokosphinx | 0:10:31 | |
| 88 | Julian Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:11:00 | |
| 89 | Leo Menville (Fra) Team NSP — Ghost | ||
| 90 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP — Ghost | ||
| 91 | Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | ||
| 92 | Igor Merino (Spa) Orbea Continental | ||
| 93 | Joao Pereira (Por) Carmim — Prio | 0:11:28 | |
| 94 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:11:34 | |
| 95 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp | ||
| 96 | Eloy Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia | ||
| 97 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:11:58 | |
| 98 | Jon Aberasturi (Spa) Orbea Continental | ||
| 99 | Francisco J. Pacheco (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | 0:12:44 | |
| 100 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Project 1T4i | ||
| 101 | Jos? Rafael Martinez (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | ||
| 102 | Jose Luis Roldan (Spa) Andalucia | ||
| 103 | Alexander Serov (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 104 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Endura Racing | 0:14:21 | |
| 105 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | ||
| 106 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Project 1T4i | ||
| 107 | Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team NSP — Ghost | ||
| 108 | Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain | 0:14:49 | |
| 109 | Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | ||
| 110 | Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Andalucia | ||
| 111 | Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polkowice | ||
| 112 | Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:15:18 | |
| 113 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:15:38 | |
| 114 | Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:15:51 | |
| 115 | Adrian Lopez (Spa) Spain | 0:17:53 | |
| 116 | Aritz Etxebarria (Spa) Orbea Continental | 0:21:07 | |
| 117 | Daniel Dominguez (Spa) Team NSP — Ghost | ||
| 118 | Piotr Ganronski (Pol) CCC Polkowice | ||
| 119 | Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Orbea Continental | 0:23:19 | |
| 120 | Lucas Sch?dlich (Ger) Team NSP — Ghost | ||
| 121 | Fernando Reche (Spa) Spain | ||
| 122 | Diogo Nunes (Por) Carmim — Prio | ||
| 123 | Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) RusVelo | ||
| 124 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 125 | Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 126 | Antonio Cabello (Spa) Andalucia | 0:23:33 | |
| 127 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team NSP — Ghost | 0:25:46 | |
| 128 | Alexei Markov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:26:03 |
Очковая классификация
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 20 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing | 16 | |
| 4 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Movistar Team | 14 | |
| 5 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12 | |
| 6 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 10 | |
| 7 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 9 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | 8 | |
| 9 | Adrian Palomares (Spa) Andalucia | 7 | |
| 10 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp | 6 | |
| 11 | Paul Voss (Ger) Endura Racing | 5 | |
| 12 | Danail Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | 4 | |
| 13 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Caja Rural | 3 | |
| 14 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 2 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team | 1 |
Горная классификация
| 1 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 10 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura Racing | 8 | |
| 4 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6 | |
| 5 | Julian Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural | 6 | |
| 6 | Pedro Merino (Spa) Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | 5 | |
| 7 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Movistar Team | 4 | |
| 8 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 9 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 | |
| 10 | Alejandro Marque (Spa) Carmim — Prio | 1 | |
| 11 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Project 1T4i | 1 |
Спринетерская классификация
| 1 | Alejandro Marque (Spa) Carmim — Prio | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp | 2 | |
| 3 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 4 | Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos BH — Castilla y Leon | 2 |
Командная классификация
| 1 | Movistar Team | 14:36:45 | |
| 2 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:35 | |
| 3 | Endura Racing | 0:02:43 | |
| 4 | Caja Rural | 0:03:51 | |
| 5 | Euskaltel — Euskadi | 0:04:49 | |
| 6 | Team NetApp | 0:04:55 | |
| 7 | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:06:44 | |
| 8 | Topsport Vlaanderen — Mercator | 0:07:04 | |
| 9 | Spain | 0:08:34 | |
| 10 | Andalucia | 0:08:36 | |
| 11 | Burgos BH — Castilla Y Leon | 0:10:26 | |
| 12 | Gios Deyser — Leon Kastro | 0:12:23 | |
| 13 | Project 1T4i | 0:13:17 | |
| 14 | Lokosphinx | 0:13:58 | |
| 15 | Carmim — Prio | 0:15:11 | |
| 16 | Orbea Continental | 0:15:21 | |
| 17 | CCC Polkowice | 0:20:17 | |
| 18 | Team NSP — Ghost | 0:24:17 | |
| 19 | Rusvelo | 0:24:24 |