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2012 Gent–Wevelgem

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2012 Gent–Wevelgem

| image =Gent-Wevelgem-2012 poster.jpg

| image_caption =Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen

| image_size =

| series = 2012 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 7

| season_no = 28

| date = 25 March

| stages = 1

| distance = 234.6

| unit = km

| time = 5h 32' 44"

| speed = 42.304

| first = Tom Boonen

| first_nat = Belgium

| first_team = {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}}

| second = Peter Sagan

| second_nat = Slovakia

| second_team = {{UCI team code|LIQ|2012}}

| third = Matti Breschel

| third_nat = Denmark

| third_team = {{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}

| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

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 {{convert|234.6|km|1|abbr=off}},{{cite web|url=http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/450/original/gw2012-elite-men-timetable.pdf?1328130303|format=PDF|date=27 January 2012|access-date=25 March 2012|work=Gent–Wevelgem|publisher=Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w.|title=Uurrooster|language=nl|trans-title=Schedule|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411085807/http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/450/original/gw2012-elite-men-timetable.pdf?1328130303|archive-date=11 April 2015|url-status=dead}} and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}} rider Tom Boonen,{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25032012/58/boonen-wins-gent-wevelgem.html|title=Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem|work=Yahoo! Eurosport|publisher=TF1 Group|first=Lee|last=Walker|date=25 March 2012|access-date=25 March 2012}} who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of {{UCI team code|LIQ|2012}}'s Peter Sagan and {{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}'s Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2012/results|date=25 March 2012|access-date=25 March 2012|website=Cycling News|title=Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem}}

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,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/seven-wildcards-named-for-gent-wevelgem|title=Seven wildcards named for Gent–Wevelgem|website=Cycling News|date=18 January 2012|access-date=25 March 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/554/original/Definitieve%20deelnemerslijst%202012.pdf?1332613111|format=PDF|date=24 March 2012|access-date=25 March 2012|work=Gent–Wevelgem|publisher=Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w.|title=Deelnemerslijst|language=nl|trans-title=List of Participants|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234533/http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/554/original/Definitieve%20deelnemerslijst%202012.pdf?1332613111|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:

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  • {{UCI team code|WGG|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|ALM|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|AST|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|COF|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|EUC|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|EUS|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|FAR|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|FDJ|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|GRM|2012a}}
  • {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}
  • {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|LAM|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|LAN|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|LIQ|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|LTB|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|MOV|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|SUN|2012a}}
  • {{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|SAX|2012a}}
  • {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|TSV|2012}}
  • {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}}

{{div col end}}

Results

{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20497&EditionID=709932&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709933&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8|title=UCI WorldTour Ranking #6 – Gent – Wevelgem|date=25 March 2012|access-date=25 March 2012|work=Union Cycliste Internationale|publisher=Infostrada Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401035456/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20497&EditionID=709932&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709933&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8|archive-date=1 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

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style="background:#ccccff;"

!

!Cyclist

!Team

!Time

!UCI World Tour
Points

1

| {{flagathlete|Tom Boonen|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}}

| 5h 32' 44"

|align="center"| 80

2

| {{flagathlete|Peter Sagan|SVK}}

| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 60

3

| {{flagathlete|Matti Breschel|DEN}}

| {{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"|50

4

| {{flagathlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 40

5

| {{flagathlete|Edvald Boasson Hagen|NOR}}

| {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 30

6

| {{flagathlete|Daniele Bennati|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 22

7

| {{flagathlete|Marco Marcato|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 14

8

| {{flagathlete|Steve Chainel|FRA}}

| {{UCI team code|FDJ|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 10

9

| {{flagathlete|Filippo Pozzato|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|FAR|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| –

10

| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Visconti|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|MOV|2012}}

| s.t.

|align="center"| 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 {{convert|114|km|1|abbr=on}}. {{UCI team code|AAD|2012}} rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly {{convert|40|km|1|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20120325_062# | language=nl | title=Elizabeth Armitstead wint eerste Gent–Wevelgem voor vrouwen| newspaper=Het Nieuwsblad |date=25 March 2012|trans-title=Elizabeth Armitstead wins Gent–Wevelgem for women|access-date=26 March 2012}}

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style="background:#ccccff;"

!

!Cyclist

!Team

!Time

1

| {{flagathlete|Lizzie Armitstead|UK}}

| {{UCI team code|AAD|2012}}

| align="right"| 2h 49' 46"

2

| {{flagathlete|Iris Slappendel|NED}}

| {{UCI team code|RBW|2012a}}

| align="right"| + 51"

3

| {{flagathlete|Jessie Daams|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|AAD|2012}}

| align="right"| + 51"

4

| {{flagathlete|Lise Nøstvold|NOR}}

| Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team

| align="right"| + 51"

5

| {{flagathlete|Kirsten Wild|NED}}

| {{UCI team code|AAD|2012}}

| align="right"| + 55"

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.gent-wevelgem.be/en}}

{{2012 UCI World Tour}}

{{Gent–Wevelgem}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Gent-Wevelgem}}

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