2012_Omloop_Het_Nieuwsblad

2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Cycling race

For the women's race, see 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race.

The 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad took place on 25 February 2012. It was the 67th edition of the international classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended at St. Peter's Square in Ghent, Belgium and spanned 200 km (124.3 mi) in the province of East Flanders. The race was the first 1.HC event in the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.[1]

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The race was won by Belgium's Sep Vanmarcke of the Garmin–Barracuda team, taking his first professional victory in a three-man sprint finish in Ghent. Vanmarcke out-sprinted Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Tom Boonen and Team Sky's Juan Antonio Flecha, the 2010 winner, to the line.[2]

Teams

As this was a UCI 1.HC event, the organizers, the Flanders Classics Federation, were allowed to invite UCI ProTeams (maximum 70% of the total field), UCI Professional Continental teams, and UCI Continental teams.[3]

Non ProTeams teams are indicated by an asterisk below. Each of the 25 teams were permitted up to eight riders, for a total of 196 riders.

Pre-race favourites

Pre-race favourites included:


Results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Het parcours van de Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Sporza. Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Vanmarcke wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Cycling News. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. [3]
    "UCI Cycling Regulations". uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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