2012 Gent–Wevelgem

2012 Gent–Wevelgem Gent-Wevelgem-2012 poster.jpg Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen 2012 UCI World Tour 7 28 25 March 2012 1 234.6 km 5h 32' 44" Tom Boonen Belgium OPQ 2012 Peter Sagan Slovakia LIQ 2012 Matti Breschel Denmark RAB 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Gent–Wevelgem was the 74th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race in Belgium. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of 234.6 km 1 off between Deinze and Wevelgem,http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/450/original/gw2012-elite-men-timetable.pdf?1328130303 PDF 27 January 2012 25 March 2012 Gent–Wevelgem Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. Uurrooster nl Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20150411085807/http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/450/original/gw2012-elite-men-timetable.pdf?1328130303 11 April 2015 dead and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The winner was Tom Boonen. In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by OPQ 2012 rider Tom Boonen,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25032012/58/boonen-wins-gent-wevelgem.html Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Lee Walker 25 March 2012 25 March 2012 who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of LIQ 2012's Peter Sagan and RAB 2012's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2012/results 25 March 2012 25 March 2012 Cycling News 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,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/seven-wildcards-named-for-gent-wevelgem Seven wildcards named for Gent–Wevelgem Cycling News 18 January 2012 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.http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/554/original/Definitieve%20deelnemerslijst%202012.pdf?1332613111 PDF 24 March 2012 25 March 2012 Gent–Wevelgem Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. Deelnemerslijst nl List of Participants https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234533/http://gw.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/554/original/Definitieve%20deelnemerslijst%202012.pdf?1332613111 3 March 2016 dead The 25 teams that competed in the race were: 22em WGG 2012 ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 COF 2012 EUC 2012 EUS 2012 FAR 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LAN 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 SUN 2012a RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAX 2012a SKY 2012 TSV 2012 VCD 2012 Results 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 UCI WorldTour Ranking #6 – Gent – Wevelgem 25 March 2012 25 March 2012 Union Cycliste Internationale Infostrada Sports 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 1 April 2012 dead CyclistTeamTimeUCI World TourPoints 1 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 5h 32' 44" 80 2 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 s.t. 60 3 Matti Breschel DEN RAB 2012 s.t.50 4 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 s.t. 40 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2012 s.t. 30 6 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 s.t. 22 7 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2012 s.t. 14 8 Steve Chainel FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 10 9 Filippo Pozzato ITA FAR 2012 s.t. – 10 Giovanni Visconti ITA MOV 2012 s.t. 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 114 km 1 on. AAD 2012 rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly 40 km 1 on.http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20120325_062# nl Elizabeth Armitstead wint eerste Gent–Wevelgem voor vrouwen Het Nieuwsblad 25 March 2012 Elizabeth Armitstead wins Gent–Wevelgem for women 26 March 2012 CyclistTeamTime 1 Lizzie Armitstead UK AAD 2012 2h 49' 46" 2 Iris Slappendel NED DSB 2012 + 51" 3 Jessie Daams BEL AAD 2012 + 51" 4 Lise Nøstvold NOR Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team + 51" 5 Kirsten Wild NED AAD 2012 + 55" References External links http://www.gent-wevelgem.be/en Category:Gent–Wevelgem Gent-Wevelgem, 2012 Gent-Wevelgem