2012 E3 Harelbeke
2012 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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![]() Route of E3 Harelbeke 2012 | |||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 23 March 2012 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 203 km (126.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4h 51' 59" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/E3-prijs_de_muur_Stijn_Devolder_en_Guillaume_Van_Keirsbulck_23-03-2012_14-36-54.png/260px-E3-prijs_de_muur_Stijn_Devolder_en_Guillaume_Van_Keirsbulck_23-03-2012_14-36-54.png)
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
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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]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Cofidis
- Team Europcar
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Project 1t4i
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Trofee_E3_Harelbeke%2C_Tom_Boonen%2C_2012_-_frontaal_%28TRM0734_-_collectie_KOERS._Museum_van_de_Wielersport%29.jpg/260px-Trofee_E3_Harelbeke%2C_Tom_Boonen%2C_2012_-_frontaal_%28TRM0734_-_collectie_KOERS._Museum_van_de_Wielersport%29.jpg)
[10]
Cyclist | Team | Time | |
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1 | ![]() | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 4h 51' 59" |
2 | ![]() | Team Katusha | s.t. |
3 | ![]() | Team Sky | s.t. |
4 | ![]() | Cofidis | s.t. |
5 | ![]() | Garmin–Barracuda | s.t. |
6 | ![]() | Project 1t4i | s.t. |
7 | ![]() | FDJ–BigMat | s.t. |
8 | ![]() | Team Europcar | s.t. |
9 | ![]() | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
10 | ![]() | 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. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Rogers, Neal (22 March 2012). "Flanders predictor E3 Harelbeke makes WorldTour debut Friday". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UCI WorldTour Ranking #5 – E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke (BEL/UWT)". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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