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.
| 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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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
editAs 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
edit| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
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Rabobank | s.t. | 50 |
| 4 |  Óscar Freire (ESP)
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Team Katusha | s.t. | 40 |
| 5 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
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Team Sky | s.t. | 30 |
| 6 |  Daniele Bennati (ITA)
|
RadioShack–Nissan | s.t. | 22 |
| 7 | Marco Marcato (ITA)
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Vacansoleil–DCM | s.t. | 14 |
| 8 |  Steve Chainel (FRA)
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FDJ–BigMat | s.t. | 10 |
| 9 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
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Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | s.t. | – |
| 10 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA)
|
Movistar Team | s.t. | 2 |
Women's race
editA 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lizzie Armitstead (UK)
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AA Drink–leontien.nl | 2h 49' 46" |
| 2 |  Iris Slappendel (NED)
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Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | + 51" |
| 3 | Jessie Daams (BEL)
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AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 51" |
| 4 | Lise Nøstvold (NOR)
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Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team | + 51" |
| 5 | Kirsten Wild (NED)
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AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 55" |
References
edit- ^ "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.