The 2012 La Flèche Wallonne was the 76th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 18 April 2012 over a distance of 194 kilometres (120.5 miles) and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
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| Dates | 18 April 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 194 km (120.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 45' 41" | ||||||||||||
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The race was won by Team Katusha rider Joaquim Rodríguez – a former two-time runner-up in the race – after making a late-race attack on the Mur de Huy.[1] Second place went to GreenEDGE's Michael Albasini,[2] while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for BMC Racing Team.[3][4]
Teams
editAs La Flèche Wallonne 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,[5] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[6]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Argos–Shimano
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Colombia–Coldeportes
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Saur–Sojasun
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Team Type 1–Sanofi
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
edit| Cyclist | Team | Time | World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
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Team Katusha | 4h 45' 41" | 80 |
| 2 |  Michael Albasini (SUI)
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GreenEDGE | + 4" | 60 |
| 3 |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
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BMC Racing Team | + 4" | 50 |
| 4 | Jelle Vanendert (BEL)
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Lotto–Belisol | + 4" | 40 |
| 5 |  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO)
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Astana | + 7" | 30 |
| 6 |  Dan Martin (IRL)
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Garmin–Barracuda | + 9" | 22 |
| 7 |  Bauke Mollema (NED)
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Rabobank | + 9" | 14 |
| 8 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
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Liquigas–Cannondale | + 9" | 10 |
| 9 | Diego Ulissi (ITA)
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Lampre–ISD | + 9" | 6 |
| 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
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Lotto–Belisol | + 11" | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Rodriguez wins La Flèche Wallonne". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Rodriguez claims solo win in Fleche Wallone". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Rodríguez wins Flèche Wallonne". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (18 April 2012). "Joaquim Rodríguez sprints away to take his first Flèche Wallonne". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Wildcards revealed for La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Selection of teams for the Fleche Wallonne". La Flèche Wallonne. Amaury Sport Organisation. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Standing". La Flèche Wallonne. Amaury Sport Organisation. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "UCI WorldTour Ranking #11 – La Flèche Wallonne (BEL/UWT)". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2012.