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2012 Gent–Wevelgem
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2012 Gent–Wevelgem |
| image | Gent-Wevelgem-2012 poster.jpg |
| image_caption | Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen |
| series | 2012 UCI World Tour |
| race_no | 7 |
| season_no | 28 |
| date | 25 March |
| stages | 1 |
| distance | 234.6 |
| unit | km |
| time | 5h 32' 44" |
| first | Tom Boonen |
| first_nat | Belgium |
| first_team | |
| second | Peter Sagan |
| second_nat | Slovakia |
| second_team | |
| third | Matti Breschel |
| third_nat | Denmark |
| third_team | |
| previous | 2011 |
| next | 2013 |
The 2012 Gent–Wevelgem was the 74th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of 234.6 km, and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by rider Tom Boonen, who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of 's Peter Sagan and 's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.
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, 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.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | |||
| 1 | Tom Boonen | 5h 32' 44" | |
| 2 | Peter Sagan | s.t. | |
| 3 | Matti Breschel | s.t. | |
| 4 | Óscar Freire | s.t. | |
| 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | s.t. | |
| 6 | Daniele Bennati | s.t. | |
| 7 | Marco Marcato | s.t. | |
| 8 | Steve Chainel | s.t. | |
| 9 | Filippo Pozzato | s.t. | |
| 10 | Giovanni Visconti | s.t. |
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. rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly 40 km.
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lizzie Armitstead | |
| 2 | Iris Slappendel | |
| 3 | Jessie Daams | |
| 4 | Lise Nøstvold | Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team |
| 5 | Kirsten Wild |
References
References
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- Walker, Lee. (25 March 2012). "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem". [[TF1 Group]].
- (25 March 2012). "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem".
- (18 January 2012). "Seven wildcards named for Gent–Wevelgem".
- (24 March 2012). "Deelnemerslijst". Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w..
- (25 March 2012). "UCI WorldTour Ranking #6 – Gent – Wevelgem". Infostrada Sports.
- (25 March 2012). "Elizabeth Armitstead wint eerste Gent–Wevelgem voor vrouwen". [[Het Nieuwsblad]].
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