2012 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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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 GentâWevelgem was the 74th running of the GentâWevelgem 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 PharmaâQuick-Step rider Tom Boonen, [2] who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of LiquigasâCannondale's Peter Sagan and Rabobank's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium. [3]
As GentâWevelgem 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]
Cyclist | Team | Time |
UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | Tom Boonen ( BEL) | Omega PharmaâQuick-Step | 5h 32' 44" | 80 |
2 | Peter Sagan ( SVK) | LiquigasâCannondale | s.t. | 60 |
3 | Matti Breschel ( DEN) | Rabobank | s.t. | 50 |
4 | Ăscar Freire ( ESP) | Team Katusha | s.t. | 40 |
5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen ( NOR) | Team Sky | s.t. | 30 |
6 | Daniele Bennati ( ITA) | RadioShackâNissan | s.t. | 22 |
7 | Marco Marcato ( ITA) | VacansoleilâDCM | s.t. | 14 |
8 | Steve Chainel ( FRA) | FDJâBigMat | s.t. | 10 |
9 | Filippo Pozzato ( ITA) | Farnese ViniâSelle Italia | s.t. | â |
10 | Giovanni Visconti ( ITA) | Movistar Team | s.t. | 2 |
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 Drinkâleontien.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 Drinkâleontien.nl | 2h 49' 46" |
2 | Iris Slappendel ( NED) | Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | + 51" |
3 | Jessie Daams ( BEL) | AA Drinkâleontien.nl | + 51" |
4 | Lise NĂžstvold ( NOR) | Hitec ProductsâMistral Home Cycling Team | + 51" |
5 | Kirsten Wild ( NED) | AA Drinkâleontien.nl | + 55" |