2012 Amstel Gold Race

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2012 Amstel Gold Race
2012 UCI World Tour, race 11 of 28
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Race details
Dates15 April 2012
Stages1
Distance256.5 km (159.4 mi)
Winning time6h
Results
  WinnerFlag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) (Astana)
  SecondFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jelle Vanendert  (BEL) (Lotto–Belisol)
  ThirdFlag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Sagan  (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale)
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The 2012 Amstel Gold Race was the 47th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 15 April 2012 over a distance of 256.5 kilometres (159.4 miles) and was the eleventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

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The race was won by Astana rider Enrico Gasparotto after outsprinting several of his rivals to the finish on the Cauberg; it was his first Classics victory, [1] and the first by an Italian rider in a one-day classic since Damiano Cunego won the 2008 Giro di Lombardia. [2] Second place went to Lotto–Belisol's Jelle Vanendert, [3] while Peter Sagan rounded out the podium placings for the Liquigas–Cannondale team. [4] Two-time defending race winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) finished in the same time as Sagan, but was classified in sixth place. [5]

Teams

As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, [6] [7] [8] and as such, formed the event's 24-team peloton.

The 24 teams that competed in the race were: [9]

Results

[10]

RiderTeamTime World Tour
Points
1Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) Astana 6h 32' 35"80
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jelle Vanendert  (BEL) Lotto–Belisol s.t.60
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Sagan  (SVK) Liquigas–Cannondale + 2"50
4Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Freire  (ESP) Team Katusha + 2"40
5Flag of France.svg  Thomas Voeckler  (FRA) Team Europcar + 2"
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 2"22
7Flag of Spain.svg  Samuel Sánchez  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 2"14
8Flag of Germany.svg  Fabian Wegmann  (GER) Garmin–Barracuda + 4"10
9Flag of Italy.svg  Rinaldo Nocentini  (ITA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 4"6
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bauke Mollema  (NED) Rabobank + 4"2

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