2012 Gent–Wevelgem

2012 Gent–Wevelgem
2012 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 28
Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen
Event poster with previous winner Tom Boonen
Race details
Dates25 March
Stages1
Distance234.6 km (145.8 mi)
Winning time5h 32' 44"
Results
  Winner  Tom Boonen (Belgium) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
  Second  Peter Sagan (Slovakia) (Liquigas–Cannondale)
  Third  Matti Breschel (Denmark) (Rabobank)
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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 kilometres (145.8 miles),[1] and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Tom Boonen,[2] who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan and Rabobank's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.[3]

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,[4] 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.[5]

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[5]

Results

[6]

Cyclist Team Time UCI World Tour
Points
1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 5h 32' 44" 80
2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 60
3  Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank s.t. 50
4  Óscar Freire (ESP) Team Katusha s.t. 40
5  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky s.t. 30
6  Daniele Bennati (ITA) RadioShack–Nissan s.t. 22
7  Marco Marcato (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 14
8  Steve Chainel (FRA) FDJ–BigMat s.t. 10
9  Filippo Pozzato (ITA) Farnese Vini–Selle Italia s.t. –
10  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Movistar Team 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 (70.8 mi). AA Drink–leontien.nl rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly 40 km (24.9 mi).[7]

Cyclist Team Time
1  Lizzie Armitstead (UK) AA Drink–leontien.nl 2h 49' 46"
2  Iris Slappendel (NED) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team + 51"
3  Jessie Daams (BEL) AA Drink–leontien.nl + 51"
4  Lise Nøstvold (NOR) Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team + 51"
5  Kirsten Wild (NED) AA Drink–leontien.nl + 55"

References

  1. ^ "Uurrooster" [Schedule] (PDF). Gent–Wevelgem (in Dutch). Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ Walker, Lee (25 March 2012). "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Boonen wins Gent–Wevelgem". Cycling News. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Seven wildcards named for Gent–Wevelgem". Cycling News. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Deelnemerslijst" [List of Participants] (PDF). Gent–Wevelgem (in Dutch). Koninklijke Veloclub Het Vliegend Wiel v.z.w. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  6. ^ "UCI WorldTour Ranking #6 – Gent – Wevelgem". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth Armitstead wint eerste Gent–Wevelgem voor vrouwen" [Elizabeth Armitstead wins Gent–Wevelgem for women]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.