2012 French Road Cycling Cup

The 2012 French Road Cycling Cup was the 21st edition of the French Road Cycling Cup and was won by Samuel Dumoulin.

Compared to the previous edition, two new events were added to the calendar, namely the Classic Loire Atlantique and the Route Adélie. The defending champion from 2011 was Tony Gallopin.

Events edit

Date Event Winner Team Series leader Leading Team
29 January Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis
17 March Classic Loire Atlantique   Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller   Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
18 March Cholet-Pays de Loire   Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ–BigMat   Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ–BigMat
30 March Route Adélie   Roberto Ferrari (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Bretagne–Schuller
1 April Flèche d'Emeraude   Roberto Ferrari (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Saur–Sojasun
10 April Paris–Camembert   Pierre-Luc Périchon (FRA) La Pomme Marseille   Pierre-Luc Périchon (FRA)
12 April Grand Prix de Denain   Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank   Arnaud Démare (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller
14 April Tour du Finistère   Julien Simon (FRA) Saur–Sojasun   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
15 April Tro-Bro Léon   Ryan Roth (CAN) SpiderTech–C10 Bretagne–Schuller
26 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan   Julien Simon (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
27 May Boucles de l'Aulne   Sébastien Hinault (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale   Julien Simon (FRA)
29 July Polynormande   Tony Hurel (FRA) Team Europcar   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
19 August Châteauroux Classic   Rafael Andriato (BRA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
2 September Tour du Doubs   Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
16 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues   John Degenkolb (GER) Argos–Shimano
14 October Tour de Vendée   Wesley Kreder (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM

Final standings edit

Individual edit

Note: only French riders and riders of French teams are eligible to score points

# Rider Team Points
1   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis 232
2   Julien Simon (FRA) Saur–Sojasun 159
3   Laurent Pichon (FRA) Bretagne–Schuller 94
4   Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ–BigMat 88
5   Romain Feillu (FRA) Vacansoleil–DCM 84
6   Sébastien Hinault (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 75
7   Benoit Jarrier (FRA) Veranda Rideau - Super U 65
8   Jérémie Galland (FRA) Saur–Sojasun 62
9   Tony Hurel (FRA) Team Europcar 61
10   Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) FDJ–BigMat 58

Team edit

Note: only French teams are eligible to score points

# Team Points
1 Bretagne–Schuller 140
2 Saur–Sojasun 115
3 FDJ–BigMat 106
4 Team Europcar 94
5 Ag2r–La Mondiale 88
6 La Pomme Marseille 87
7 Cofidis 79
8 Auber 93 71
9 Veranda Rideau - Super U 62
10 Roubaix–Lille Métropole 59

External links edit