2012 E3 Prijs Harelbeke (World Tour), Belgium
55th edition: Friday, March 23, 2012
E3 Prijs Harelbeke podium history | 2011 Edition | 2013 edition
Harelbeke - Harelbeke, 203 km
Stijn Devolder leads Guillaume Van Keirsbulck on the Muur van Geraardsbergen in this 2012 E3. Photo: Paul Hermans
The race: The E3 had traditionally been held on Saturday, but for 2012 the race was moved back to Friday to give the riders a chance to rest before Gent-Wevelgem.
A 45-man group came storing into Harelbeke and Tom Boonen was the fastest. By beating Oscar Freire and the others, he became the race's most successful competitor. This victory gave him five wins in this prestigious race.
Complete results: 193 starters, 106 classified finishers, 87 abandons.
- Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 5hr 18min 20sec. 41.715 km/hr
- Oscar Freire (Katusha) s.t.
- Bernard Eisel (Sky) s.t.
- Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
- Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- John Degenkolb (Project 1t4i) s.t.
- Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Alexandre Pichot (Europcar) s.t.
- Alessandro Ballan (BMC) s.t.
- Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) s.t.
- Matti Breschel (Rabobank) s.t.
- Jen Keukeleire (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Michael Morkov (Saxo) s.t.
- Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
- Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) s.t.
- Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
- Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Dimitry Muravyev (Astana) s.t.
- Fabian Cancellara (Radio Shack-nissan) s.t.
- Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) s.t.
- Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) s.t.
- Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
- Danilo Hondo (Lampre) s.t.
- Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Daniel Oss (Liquigas) s.t.
- Pablo Lastras (Movistar) s.t.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Mathieu Claude (Europcar) s.t.
- Xavier Florencio (Katusha) s.t.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) s.t.
- Tom Stamsnijder (Project 1t4i) s.t.
- Kristijan Koren (Liquigas) s.t.
- Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Michael Schär (BMC) s.t.
- Michal Kwiatkowski (OmegaPharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Luca Mazzanti (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Karsten Kroon (Saxo) s.t.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Matteo Tosatto (Saxo) @ 10sec
- Leif Hoste (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) @ 25sec
- Ian Stannard (Sky) @ 53sec
- Andy Capelle (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) @ 5min 38sec
- David Veilleux (Europcar) s.t.
- Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Gégory Rast (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Jos Van Emben (Rabobank) s.t.
- Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Davide Vigano (Lampre) s.t.
- Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) s.t.
- Tony Gallopin (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Gert Dockx (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) s.t.
- Aleksejs Saramontins (Cofidis) s.t.
- Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.
- José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) s.t.
- Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) s.t.
- Simon Spilak (Katusha) s.t.
- Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
- Assan Bazayev (Astana) s.t.
- Anders Lund (Saxo) s.t.
- Damien Gauden (Europcar) s.t.
- Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Saxo) s.t.
- Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini) s.t.
- Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini) @ 6min 36sec
- Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet) @ 9min 16sec
- Kurt Hovelijnck (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas) s.t.
- Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Baden Cooke (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
- Edward King (Liquigas) s.t.
- Vladimir Isaichev (Katusha) s.t.
- Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quck Step) s.t.
- Ricardo Garcia (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) s.t.
- Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo) s.t.
- Dominique Rollin (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) s.t.
- Imanol Erviti (Movistar) s.t.
- James Vanlandschoot (Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's) s.t.
- Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Jon Izaguirre (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Marcus Burghardt (BMC) s.t.
- Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.
- Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) s.t.
- Troels Ronning Vinther (Saxo) s.t.
- Frederik Willems (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Christian Knees (Sky) s.t.
- Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen) s.t.
- Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Gregor Gazvoda (Ag2r) s.t.
- Grega Bole (Lampre) s.t.
- Svein Tuft (GreenEdge) s.t.
- Vicente Reynes (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Manuel Belletti (Ag2r) s.t.
- Andreas Klier (Garmin-Barracuda) s.t.