2012 E3 Harelbeke
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 28 | |||
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| Route of E3 Harelbeke 2012 | |||
| Race details | |||
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| Date | 23 March 2012 | ||
| Distance | 203 km (126.1 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 4h 51' 59" | ||
| Results | |||
| Winner | .svg.png){kind=small} Tom Boonen (Belgium) |
(Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) | |
| Second |  Óscar Freire (Spain) |
(Team Katusha) | |
| Third |  Bernhard Eisel (Austria) |
(Team Sky) | |
The 2012 E3 Harelbeke was the 55th running of the E3 Harelbeke single-day cycling race.[1] It was held on 23 March over a distance of 203 kilometres (126.1 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. E3 Harelbeke was held as a UCI World Tour event for the first time,[2] after previously being held as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour.[3] As well as its promotion to the World Tour, the race moved to a Friday running from a Saturday; the move was in order to give riders a day's break prior to the following World Tour event, Gent–Wevelgem.[4]
In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Tom Boonen,[5] who in the process, became the most successful rider in the history of the race; his fifth victory – after four previous victories in succession between 2004 and 2007 – in Harelbeke took him beyond the record tally of four victories that he had been sharing with fellow Belgian rider Rik Van Looy.[6] Boonen finished ahead of Team Katusha's Óscar Freire and Team Sky's Bernhard Eisel, who completed the podium.[7]
Teams
As E3 Harelbeke 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,[8] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[9]
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 4h 51' 59" |
| 2 | Óscar Freire (ESP) |
Team Katusha | s.t. |
| 3 | Bernhard Eisel (AUT) |
Team Sky | s.t. |
| 4 |  Leonardo Duque (COL) |
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) |
Garmin–Barracuda | s.t. |
| 6 |  John Degenkolb (GER) |
Project 1t4i | s.t. |
| 7 |  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) |
FDJ–BigMat | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexandre Pichot (FRA) |
Team Europcar | s.t. |
| 9 |  Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Sébastien Turgot (FRA) |
Team Europcar | s.t. |
References
- ↑ Fontecchio, Chris (22 March 2012). "E3 Harelbeke: The New Heavyweight Champ". Podium Cafe. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "E3 Harelbeke to be WorldTour race in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "54th E3 Prijs Harelbeke 1.HC". Daily Peloton. Earthlink. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ Rogers, Neal (22 March 2012). "Flanders predictor E3 Harelbeke makes WorldTour debut Friday". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ Walker, Lee (23 March 2012). "Five-star Boonen takes E3 Harelbeke". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (23 March 2012). "Tom Boonen edges out Oscar Freire to take his fifth E3 Prijs Vlaanderen". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ Decaluwé, Brecht (23 March 2012). "Boonen victorious at E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "E3 Prijs Vlaanderen wildcards announced". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "Deelnemerslijst" [List of participants] (PDF). E3 Harelbeke (in Dutch). Hand in Hand Cycling Club of Harelbeke. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "UCI WorldTour Ranking #5 – E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke (BEL/UWT)". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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