2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2012_Liège–Bastogne–Liège_poster.jpg 2012 UCI World Tour 13 28 22 April 2012 1 257.5 km 6h 43' 52" Maxim Iglinsky Kazakhstan AST 2012 Vincenzo Nibali Italy LIQ 2012 Enrico Gasparotto Italy AST 2012 2011 2013 260 The 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 98th running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 22 April 2012 over a distance of 257.5 km 1 off, starting in Liège and finishing in Ans, via Bastogne in the Ardennes region of Belgium. It was the thirteenth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. thumb|Map of the course The race was won by AST 2012 rider Maxim Iglinsky after catching LIQ 2012's Vincenzo Nibali in the closing stages after the latter attempted to win with a 20 km 1 on attack.http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results Maxim Iglinskiy wins Liège - Bastogne - Liège Brecht Decaluwé Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120110164412/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results 10 January 2012 Iglinsky caught him with around 1 km 1 on to go, and eventually won by 21 seconds over Nibali,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22042012/58/iglinskiy-wins-liege-bastogne-liege.html Iglinskiy wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Colin McGann 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 while Amstel Gold Race winner Enrico Gasparotto rounded out the podium placings for AST 2012 yes.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/iglinsky-wins-liege-bastogne-liege-over-nibali_214585 Iglinsky wins Liege–Bastogne–Liege over Nibali Agence France-Presse VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 24 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120424205604/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/iglinsky-wins-liege-bastogne-liege-over-nibali_214585 dead Defending race-winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC 2012) could only finish sixteenth in the race, almost 90 seconds down on Iglinsky.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11687/Maxim-Iglinskiy-pulls-off-Liege-Bastogne-Liege-stunner.aspx Maxim Iglinskiy pulls off Liège-Bastogne-Liège stunner VeloNation VeloNation LLC Kyle Moore 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 Participating teams As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obliged 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 22 April 2012 and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. The teams that were invited – wildcard teams denoted by * – were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/start-list Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2012 start list Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 22 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140427153745/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/start-list 27 April 2014 dead dmy-all 22em WGG 2012* A2R 2012 ARG 2012b* AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LAN 2012* LIQ 2012 OLO 2012 MOV 2012 QSI 2012 RAB 2012 LEO 2012 SAU 2012* EUC 2012* SAX 2012a SKY 2012 TT1 2012* TSV 2012* VCD 2012 Results http://www.letour.fr/2012/LBL/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html Standing Liège–Bastogne–Liège Amaury Sport Organisation 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120424225959/http://www.letour.fr/2012/LBL/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html 24 April 2012 dead dmy-allhttp://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20513&EditionID=709944&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709945&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 UCI WorldTour Ranking #12 - Liège - Bastogne - Liège (BEL/UWT) 22 April 2012 22 April 2012 Union Cycliste Internationale Infostrada Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175534/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20513&EditionID=709944&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709945&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 CyclistTeamTimeUCI World TourPoints 1 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2012 6h 43' 52" 100 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 21" 80 3 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2012 + 36" 70 4 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2012 + 36" – 5 Dan Martin IRE GRM 2012a + 36" 50 6 Bauke Mollema NED RAB 2012 + 36" 40 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2012 + 36" 30 8 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 36" 20 9 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2012a + 36" 10 10 Jelle Vanendert BEL LTB 2012 + 36" 4 References External links Official website Category:2012 UCI World Tour Category:Liège–Bastogne–Liège Category:2012 in Belgian sport