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2012 Amstel Gold Race
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2012 Amstel Gold Race |
| image | Amstel Gold Race 2012.jpg |
| series | 2012 UCI World Tour |
| race_no | 11 |
| season_no | 28 |
| date | 15 April 2012 |
| stages | 1 |
| distance | 256.5 |
| unit | km |
| time | 6h |
| first | Enrico Gasparotto |
| first_nat | ITA |
| first_team | |
| second | Jelle Vanendert |
| second_nat | BEL |
| second_team | |
| third | Peter Sagan |
| third_nat | SVK |
| third_team | |
| previous | 2011 |
| next | 2013 |
The 2012 Amstel Gold Race was the 47th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 15 April 2012 over a distance of 256.5 km and was the eleventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by rider Enrico Gasparotto after outsprinting several of his rivals to the finish on the Cauberg; it was his first Classics victory, and the first by an Italian rider in a one-day classic since Damiano Cunego won the 2008 Giro di Lombardia. Second place went to 's Jelle Vanendert, while Peter Sagan rounded out the podium placings for the team. Two-time defending race winner Philippe Gilbert () finished in the same time as Sagan, but was classified in sixth place.
Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 24-team peloton.
The 24 teams that competed in the race were:
Results
| Rider | Team | Time | World Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | |||
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto | 6h 32' 35" | |
| 2 | Jelle Vanendert | s.t. | |
| 3 | Peter Sagan | + 2" | |
| 4 | Óscar Freire | + 2" | |
| 5 | Thomas Voeckler | + 2" | |
| 6 | Philippe Gilbert | + 2" | |
| 7 | Samuel Sánchez | + 2" | |
| 8 | Fabian Wegmann | + 4" | |
| 9 | Rinaldo Nocentini | + 4" | |
| 10 | Bauke Mollema | + 4" |
References
References
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- "Amstel Gold Race 2012 start list". Future Publishing Limited.
- (15 April 2012). "UCI WorldTour Ranking #10 – Amstel Gold Race (NED/UWT)". Infostrada Sports.
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