2012 La Flèche Wallonne

2012 La Flèche Wallonne Fleche wallonne route 2011.png 2012 UCI World Tour 12 28 18 April 2012 1 194 km 4h 45' 41" Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 Michael Albasini SUI GEC 2012a Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 La Flèche Wallonne was the 76th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 18 April 2012 over a distance of 194 km 1 off and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by KAT 2012 rider Joaquim Rodríguez – a former two-time runner-up in the race – after making a late-race attack on the Mur de Huy.http://www.cyclingnews.com/la-fleche-wallonne/results Rodriguez wins La Flèche Wallonne Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130420164422/http://www.cyclingnews.com/la-fleche-wallonne/results 20 April 2013 Second place went to GEC 2012a's Michael Albasini,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18042012/2/cycling-rodriguez-claims-solo-win-fleche-wallone.html Rodriguez claims solo win in Fleche Wallone Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Reuters 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for BMC 2012.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/rodriguez-wins-fleche-wallonne_214108 Rodríguez wins Flèche Wallonne VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 18 April 2012 18 April 2012http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11663/Joaquim-Rodriguez-sprints-away-to-take-his-first-Fleche-Wallonne.aspx Joaquim Rodríguez sprints away to take his first Flèche Wallonne VeloNation VeloNation LLC Ben Atkins 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 Teams As La Flèche Wallonne 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/wildcards-revealed-for-la-fleche-wallonne-and-liege-bastogne-liege Wildcards revealed for La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 29 February 2012 18 April 2012 and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. The 25 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.letour.fr/2012/FWH/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone186832 Selection of teams for the Fleche Wallonne 29 February 2012 La Flèche Wallonne Amaury Sport Organisation 17 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120413222940/http://www.letour.fr/2012/FWH/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone186832 13 April 2012 dead dmy-all 22em WGG 2012 ALM 2012 ARG 2012b AST 2012 BMC 2012 COL 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LAN 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAU 2012 SAX 2012a SKY 2012 TSV 2012 TT1 2012 VCD 2012 Results http://www.letour.fr/2012/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html Standing La Flèche Wallonne Amaury Sport Organisation 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120421052825/http://www.letour.fr/2012/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html 21 April 2012 dead dmy-allhttp://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20507&EditionID=709942&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709943&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 UCI WorldTour Ranking #11 – La Flèche Wallonne (BEL/UWT) 18 April 2012 18 April 2012 Union Cycliste Internationale Infostrada Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194048/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20507&EditionID=709942&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709943&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all CyclistTeamTime World Tour Points 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 4h 45' 41" 80 2 Michael Albasini SUI GEC 2012a + 4"603 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2012 + 4"504 Jelle Vanendert BEL LTB 2012 + 4"405 Robert Kišerlovski CRO AST 2012 + 7"306 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2012a + 9"227 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 9"148 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 9"109 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2012 + 9"610 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL LTB 2012 + 11"2 References External links http://www.letour.fr/2012/FWH/COURSE/us/index.html La Fleche Wallonne La Fleche Wallonne Category:La Flèche Wallonne