2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

the women's race 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race) 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad-2012 poster.jpg Event poster with previous winner Sebastian Langeveld 25 February 2012 1 200 km 4h 52' 34" Sep Vanmarcke Belgium EFE 2012a Tom Boonen Belgium SOQ 2012 Juan Antonio Flecha Spain IGD 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad took place on 25 February 2012. It was the 67th edition of the international classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended at St. Peter's Square in Ghent, Belgium and spanned 200 km 1 on in the province of East Flanders. The race was the first 1.HC event in the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1222664 Het parcours van de Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 23 February 2012 Sporza Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie 25 February 2012 The race was won by Belgium's Sep Vanmarcke of the EFE 2012a team, taking his first professional victory in a three-man sprint finish in Ghent. Vanmarcke out-sprinted SOQ 2012's Tom Boonen and IGD 2012's Juan Antonio Flecha, the 2010 winner, to the line.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-elite-2012/results Vanmarcke wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 25 February 2012 25 February 2012 Cycling News Teams As this was a UCI 1.HC event, the organizers, the Flanders Classics Federation, were allowed to invite UCI ProTeams (maximum 70% of the total field), UCI Professional Continental teams, and UCI Continental teams.http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 UCI Cycling Regulations 1 February 2012 uci.ch Union Cycliste Internationale 25 February 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110515212158/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 15 May 2011 Non ProTeams teams are indicated by an asterisk below. Each of the 25 teams were permitted up to eight riders, for a total of 196 riders. 22em IWA 2012* DAT 2012 CCC men 2012 ARK men 2012* Champion System 2012* COF men 2012* WIL 2012* FDJ 2012 EFE 2012a JAY men 2012a CRE 2012* LTD 2012 SOQ 2012 TPP men 2012a* TVL 2012 GAZ 2012* SOJ 2012* SPI 2012* TEN 2012* TKA 2012 RBH 2012* IGD 2012 TNN 2012* TFB 2012* VCD 2012 Pre-race favourites Pre-race favourites included: Tom Boonen BEL – 2005 UCI World Road Race Champion, 3 time Paris–Roubaix Champion, 2 time Tour of Flanders Champion Philippe Gilbert BEL – 2 time Giro di Lombardia Champion, 2010 Amstel Gold Race Champion, 2 time Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Champion Juan Antonio Flecha ESP – 2010 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Champion, 2011 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Runner-up Greg Van Avermaet BEL Matti Breschel DEN Heinrich Haussler AUS Results 1 Sep Vanmarcke BEL EFE 2012a 4h 52' 34" 2 Tom Boonen BEL SOQ 2012 + 0" 3 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP IGD 2012 + 0" 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS EFE 2012a + 25" 5 Greg Van Avermaet BEL CCC men 2012 + 25" 6 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2012 + 25" 7 Lloyd Mondory FRA DAT 2012 + 25" 8 Matthieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2012 + 25" 9 Alexandre Pichot FRA TEN 2012 + 25" 10 Staf Scheirlinckx BEL IWA 2012 + 25" References 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Omloop Het Nieuwsblad