February 23, 2012 (La Guardia de Jaén, Spain) – Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team finished off the four-stage Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol at the top of the GC standings and with a second-place finish on the final day on the 135.7km road from Jaén to La Guardia de Jaén. Dani Moreno (Esp) Katusha took the Stage 4 win.

Results (brief)
1. Dani Moreno (Esp) Katusha
2. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
3. Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil
5. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
6. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
7. Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha
8. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
9. Igor Antón (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis

Final GC
1. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
2. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis
3. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur Sojasun
4. Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha
5. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil
6. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Project 1T4I
7. Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
8. Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
9. Maxime Monfort (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan
10. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank