The 2012 Gent–Wevelgem was the 74th running of the

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

single-day cycling race. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of , and was the seventh race of the

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season. In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by rider

Tom Boonen Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in ...

, who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of 's

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-c ...

and 's

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, who completed the podium.

Teams

As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all 18

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s 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

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 . rider

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won after a solo breakaway of nearly .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Gent-Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem Gent-Wevelgem, 2012 Gent-Wevelgem