2012 Gent–Wevelgem
2012 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen | |||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 25 March | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 234.6 km (145.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 5h 32' 44" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2012 Gent–Wevelgem was the 74th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of 234.6 kilometres (145.8 miles),[1] and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Tom Boonen,[2] who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan and Rabobank's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.[3]
Teams
As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places into the race,[4] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. Each team could enter up to eight riders, with the starting peloton being 195 riders.[5]
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[5]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Cofidis
- Team Europcar
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Project 1t4i
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
[6]
Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 5h 32' 44" | 80 |
2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | s.t. | 60 |
3 | Matti Breschel (DEN) | Rabobank | s.t. | 50 |
4 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Team Katusha | s.t. | 40 |
5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Sky | s.t. | 30 |
6 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) | RadioShack–Nissan | s.t. | 22 |
7 | Marco Marcato (ITA) | Vacansoleil–DCM | s.t. | 14 |
8 | Steve Chainel (FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | s.t. | 10 |
9 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | s.t. | – |
10 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Movistar Team | s.t. | 2 |
Women's race
A women's race was held for the first time in 2012, on the same day as the men's race but over a shorter course of 114 km (70.8 mi). AA Drink–leontien.nl rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly 40 km (24.9 mi).[7]
Cyclist | Team | Time | |
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1 | Lizzie Armitstead (UK) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 2h 49' 46" |
2 | Iris Slappendel (NED) | Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | + 51" |
3 | Jessie Daams (BEL) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 51" |
4 | Lise Nøstvold (NOR) | Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team | + 51" |
5 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 55" |
References
- ^ "Uurrooster" [Schedule] (PDF). Gent–Wevelgem (in Dutch). Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Walker, Lee (25 March 2012). "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem". Cycling News. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Seven wildcards named for Gent–Wevelgem". Cycling News. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Deelnemerslijst" [List of Participants] (PDF). Gent–Wevelgem (in Dutch). Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "UCI WorldTour Ranking #6 – Gent – Wevelgem". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Elizabeth Armitstead wint eerste Gent–Wevelgem voor vrouwen" [Elizabeth Armitstead wins Gent–Wevelgem for women]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
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