2012 Gent - Wevelgem (World Tour), Belgium
Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)
74th edition: Sunday, March 25, 2012
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Deinze (just outside Gent) - Wevelgem, 235.4 km / 42.376 km/hr
195 starters /158 classified finishers/ 37 abandons
The Race: There was a big split. It was the Kemmelberg that made the final selection. Mark Cavendish went well up towards the front, but a gap was opened on the descent and Cavendish (and a lot of others) couldn't get down the hill fast enough and never saw the front group again. More photos below results.
Tom Boonen is the first of a big group to win the 2012 Gent-Wevelgem
Complete Results:
- Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 5hr 32min 44sec.
- Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
- Matti Breschel (Rabobank) s.t.
- Oscar Freire (Katusha) s.t.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
- Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Steve Chainel (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) s.t.
- Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Matthew Harley Goss (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Christian Knees (Sky) @ 3sec
- Jon Izaguirre (Euskaltel) @ 4sec
- Daniel Oss (Liquigas) s.t.
- Anders Lunds (Saxo) s.t.
- Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) @ 6sec
- Vladimir Isaichev (Katusha) s.t.
- Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) @ 8sec
- Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 15sec
- Julien Fouchard (BMC) @ 21sec
- Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
- Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge) @ 32sec
- Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) @ 36sec
- Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1min 27sec
- Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) @ 2min 22sec
- André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2min 27sec
- Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo) s.t.
- Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
- Adrien Petit (Cofidis) s.t.
- Karsten Kroon (Saxo) @ 2min 31sec
- Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) s.t.
- Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r) @ 2min 33sec
- Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) s.t.
- Philippe Gilbert (BMC) s.t.
- Kevin Van Melsen (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Maxime Vantomme (Katusha) s.t.
- Imanol Erviti (Movistar) s.t.
- Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
- Xavier Florencio (Katusha) s.t.
- Pablo Lastras (Movistar) s.t.
- Thor Hushovd (BMC) s.t.
- Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
- Anthony Geslin (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
- Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana) s.t.
- Grégory Rast (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Paul Martens (Rabobank) s.t.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin Barracuda) s.t.
- Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo) s.t.
- John Degenkolb (Project 1t4i) s.t.
- Mark Cavendish (Sky) s.t.
- Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
- Jens Keukeleire (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Thomas Leezer (Rabobank) s.t.
- Bram Tankink (Rabobank) s.t.
- Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Mathew Hayman (Sky) s.t.
- José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) s.t.
- Ian Stannard (Sky) s.t.
- Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil) @ 7min 8sec
- Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
- David Boucher (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Rafaa Chtioui (Europcar) @ 10min 1sec
- Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
- Goeffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Davide Vigano (Lampre) s.t.
- Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Luca Mazzanti (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Eliot Lietaer (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Edward King (Liquigas) s.t.
- Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas) s.t.
- Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Kristijan Koren (Liquigas) s.t.
- Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Marcus Burghardt (BMC) s.t.
- Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
- Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Liquigas) s.t.
- Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) s.t.
- Thomas Bertolini (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Pier Paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Steven Carthoven (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Davide Cimolai (Lampre) s.t.
- Alan Marangoni (Liquigas) s.t.
- Stefan Van Dijk (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Evert Verbist (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) s.t.
- Greg Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Bertjan Lindeman (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Jack Bauer (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) s.t.
- Assan Bazayev (Astana) s.t.
- Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Aleksejs Saramontins (Cofidis) s.t.
- Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Saïd Haddou (Euorpcar) s.t.
- Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) s.t.
- Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
- Yohann Gene (Europcar) s.t.
- Bert De Backer (Project 1t4i) s.t.
- Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.
- Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) s.t.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Stuart O'Grady (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Anthony Ravard (Ag2r) s.t.
- Kevyn Ista (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Bernard Eisel (Sky) s.t.
- Jeremy Hunt (Sky) s.t.
- Christopher Sutton (Sky) s.t.
- Jonathan Cantwell (Saxo) s.t.
- Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Saxo) s.t.
- Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Michael Morkov (Saxo) s.t.
- Vicente Reynes (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Andreas Klier (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Svein Tuft (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Michaël Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Kenny Dehaes (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Arnaud Demare (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre) @ 12min 1sec
- Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana) @ 12min 33sec
- Jimmy Casper (Ag2r) s.t.
- Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
- Jesus Herrada (Movistar) s.t.
- Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
- Borut Bozic (Astana) s.t.
- Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Gilles Devillers (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Massimo Graziano (Lampre) s.t.
- Manuel Belletti (Ag2r) s.t.
- Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Baden Cooke (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Damien Gauden (Europcar) s.t.
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
There was a crash in the back of the front group during the sprint. Here Matteo Tosatto picks himself up.
André Greipel leads his group in
Oscar Gatto
Alessandro Ballan got a flat late in the race
Greg Van Avermaet finishes
Philippe Gilbert and Kevin Van Melsen
George Hincapie
Svein Tuft
The day's podium: Matti Breschel, Tom Boonen and Peter Sagan