2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics

2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics

2012 UCI World Tour, race 23 of 28
Race details
Dates	19 August 2012
Stages	1
Distance	245.9 km (152.8 mi)
Winning time	6h 03' 19"
Results
Winner   Arnaud Démare  (France) (FDJ–BigMat)   Second   André Greipel  (Germany) (Lotto–Belisol)   Third   Giacomo Nizzolo  (Italy) (RadioShack–Nissan)
←  2011 2013  →

The 2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics was the 17th running of the Vattenfall Cyclassics single-day cycling race. It was held, in and around Hamburg, Germany, on 19 August over a distance of 245.9 kilometres (152.8 miles) and was the twenty-third race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by FDJ–BigMat rider Arnaud Démare, ^[1] who became the first French rider to take victory in the event. Démare finished ahead of Lotto–Belisol's André Greipel, ^[2] and RadioShack–Nissan's Giacomo Nizzolo, who completed the podium. ^{[3] [4]}

Teams

As the Vattenfall Cyclassics was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – Argos–Shimano and Team NetApp – were given wildcard places into the race, ^[5] and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton.

The 20 teams that competed in the race were: ^[6]

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Argos–Shimano
• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• FDJ–BigMat
• Garmin–Sharp
• Team Katusha
• Lampre–ISD
• Liquigas–Cannondale
• Lotto–Belisol
• Movistar Team
• Team NetApp
• Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
• Orica–GreenEDGE
• Rabobank
• RadioShack–Nissan
• Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
• Team Sky
• Vacansoleil–DCM

Results

^[7]

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI World Tour Points
1	Arnaud Démare  (FRA)	FDJ–BigMat	6h 03' 19"	80
2	André Greipel  (GER)	Lotto–Belisol	s.t.	60
3	Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)	RadioShack–Nissan	s.t.	50
4	Tom Boonen  (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.	40
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)	Team Sky	s.t.	30
6	Mark Renshaw  (AUS)	Rabobank	s.t.	22
7	Heinrich Haussler  (AUS)	Garmin–Sharp	s.t.	14
8	Manuel Belletti  (ITA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	s.t.	10
9	Tom Veelers  (NED)	Argos–Shimano	s.t.	–
10	Borut Božič  (SLO)	Astana	s.t.	2

References

1. Westemeyer, Susan (19 August 2012). "Demare wins Vattenfalls Cyclassics". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
2. "Demare upstages big names to win Vattenfall". Yahoo! Eurosport . TF1 Group. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. "Arnaud Demare sprints to victory in 2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
4. "Vattenfall victory for Demare". Sky Sports . BSkyB. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
5. Knudstrup, Simon (16 April 2012). "Argos-Shimano og NetApp med i Vattenfall Cyclassics" [Argos-Shimano and NetApp in Vattenfall Cyclassics]. Feltet.dk (in Danish). Feltet. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
6. "Vattenfall Cyclassics 2012: Starterliste | Liste des Départ" (PDF). Vattenfall Cyclassics . Upsolut Event GmbH. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "UCI WorldTour Ranking #21 - Vattenfall Cyclassics (GER/UWT)". Union Cycliste Internationale . Infostrada Sports. 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

External links

• Official website