2012 UCI World Tour, race 23 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 19 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 245.9 km (152.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 03' 19" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics was the 17th running of the Vattenfall Cyclassics single-day cycling race. It was held, in and around Hamburg, Germany, on 19 August over a distance of 245.9 kilometres (152.8 miles) and was the twenty-third race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by FDJ–BigMat rider Arnaud Démare, [1] who became the first French rider to take victory in the event. Démare finished ahead of Lotto–Belisol's André Greipel, [2] and RadioShack–Nissan's Giacomo Nizzolo, who completed the podium. [3] [4]
As the Vattenfall Cyclassics was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – Argos–Shimano and Team NetApp – were given wildcard places into the race, [5] and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton.
The 20 teams that competed in the race were: [6]
Cyclist | Team | Time |
UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | Arnaud Démare ( FRA) | FDJ–BigMat | 6h 03' 19" | 80 |
2 | André Greipel ( GER) | Lotto–Belisol | s.t. | 60 |
3 | Giacomo Nizzolo ( ITA) | RadioShack–Nissan | s.t. | 50 |
4 | Tom Boonen ( BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 40 |
5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen ( NOR) | Team Sky | s.t. | 30 |
6 | Mark Renshaw ( AUS) | Rabobank | s.t. | 22 |
7 | Heinrich Haussler ( AUS) | Garmin–Sharp | s.t. | 14 |
8 | Manuel Belletti ( ITA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 10 |
9 | Tom Veelers ( NED) | Argos–Shimano | s.t. | – |
10 | Borut Božič ( SLO) | Astana | s.t. | 2 |