Gent-Wevelgem (Belgium) is the 3rd most prestigious 1 day Cobblestones Classic Race after Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders.
The race offer a chance to Sprinters that will have enough velocity to go over the tough
Mont Kemmel.
The race was created in 1934, it has never been won more than 3 times by the same rider. They are 4 riders that hold 3 victories of the Gent-Wevelgem: 3 of them are Belgian, Robert van Eenaeme, Rik van Looy et Eddy Merckx, and most surprising, the italian legendl Mario Cipollini, winner in 1992, 1993 and 2002.
The 2012 course is 235kms long.
Race is held on Sunday 25th of March 2012 <- Of course!
Race winner is
Tom Boonen (Team Omega-Pharma-QuickStep)
There are 14 classified Cobblestone sections (called "Bergs")
Catsberg (KM 129)
rue de Bailleul (KM 132)
Schomminkelstraat (KM 138)
Baneberg (KM 138)
Rode Berg (KM 139)
Scherpenberg (KM 141)
Kemmelberg (KM 146)
Monteberg (KM 150)
Schomminkelstraat (KM 156)
Baneberg (KM 157)
Rode Berg (KM 157)
Scherpenberg (KM 159)
Kemmelberg (KM 165)
Monteberg (KM 169)
2012 Complete and official start list:
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (Bel)
1
Tom Boonen (Bel)
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita)
3 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
4 Matteo Trentin (Ita)
5 Nikolas Maes (Bel)
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel)
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
8 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel)
Sky Procycling (GBR)
11 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
13 Christian Knees (Ger)
14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
15 Mathew Hayman (Aus)
16 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)
17 Ian Stannard (GBr)
18 Christopher Sutton (Aus)
Lotto Belisol Team (Bel)
21 Andre Greipel (Ger)
22 Kenny Dehaes (Bel)
23 Gert Dockx (Bel)
24 Gregory Henderson (NZl)
25 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa)
26 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
27 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel)
28 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel)
AG2R La Mondiale (Fra)
31 Manuel Belletti (Ita)
32 Jimmy Casper (Fra)
33 Steve Houanard (Fra)
34 Kristof Goddaert (Bel)
35 Anthony Ravard (Fra)
36 Romain Lemarchand (Fra)
37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra)
38 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus)
Pro Team Astana (KAZ)
41 Assan Bazayev (Kaz)
42 Borut Bozic (Slo)
43 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)
44 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
45 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
47 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
48 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz)
BMC Racing Team (USA)
51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
53 Michael Schär (Swi)
54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
55 George Hincapie (USA)
56 Taylor Phinney (USA)
57 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)
58 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)
62 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa)
63 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa)
65 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa)
66 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa)
67 Adrian Saez (Spa)
68 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa)
FDJ-Big Mat (Fra)
71 Steve Chainel (Fra)
72 Arnaud Demare (Fra)
73 Anthony Geslin (Fra)
74 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
75 David Boucher (Fra)
76 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr)
77 Dominique Rollin (Can)
78 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra)
GreenEdge Cycling Team (AUS)
81 Baden Cooke (Aus)
82 Jens Keukeleire (Bel)
83 Svein Tuft (Can)
84 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus)
85 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned)
86 Matthew Wilson (Aus)
87 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
88 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
Katusha Team (Rus)
91 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa)
92 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
93 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus)
94 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus)
95 Maxime Vantomme (Bel)
96 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
97 Luca Paolini (Ita)
98 Alexander Porsev (Rus)
Lampre - ISD (Ita)
101 Grega Bole (Slo)
102 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr)
103 Davide Cimolai (Ita)
104 Massimo Graziato (Ita)
105 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
106 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr)
108 Davide Viganò (Ita)
Liquigas-Cannondale
111 Peter Sagan (Svk)
112 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita)
113 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita)
114 Edward King (USA)
115 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
116 Alan Marangoni (Ita)
117 Daniel Oss (Ita)
118 Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Movistar Team (Esp)
121 Enrique Sanz (Spa)
122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
123 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa)
124 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu)
125 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa)
126 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa)
127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa)
128 Giovanni Visconti (Ita)
Rabobank Cycling Team (Ned)
131 Lars Boom (Ned)
132 Matti Breschel (Den)
133 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
134 Tom Leezer (Ned)
135 Paul Martens (Ger)
136 Maarten Wijnants (Bel)
137 Bram Tankink (Ned)
138 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
Garmin-Barracuda (Usa)
141 Tyler Farrar (USA)
142 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa)
143 Andreas Klier (Ger)
144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel)
145 Alex Rasmussen (Den)
146 Jack Bauer (NZl)
147 Robert Hunter (RSA)
148 Johan Vansummeren (Bel)
RadioShack-Nissan (Lux)
151 Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
152 Daniele Bennati (Ita)
153 Tony Gallopin (Fra)
154 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita)
155 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
156 Robert Wagner (Ger)
157 Grégory Rast (Swi)
158 Hayden Roulston (NZl)
Team Saxo Bank (Den)
161 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus)
162 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den)
163 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
164 Anders Lund (Den)
165 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol)
166 Michael Mørkøv (Den)
167 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den)
168 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (Ned)
171 Kris Boeckmans (Bel)
172 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe)
173 Marcello Pavarin (Ita)
174 Pim Ligthart (Ned)
175 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned)
176 Marco Marcato (Ita)
177 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita)
178 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)
Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator (Bel)
181 Laurens De Vreese (Bel)
182 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel)
183 Eliot Lietaer (Bel)
184 Stijn Neirynck (Bel)
185 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel)
186 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel)
187 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel)
188 Jelle Wallays (Bel)
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (Bel)
191 Jonathan Breyne (Bel)
192 Koen Barbe (Bel)
193 Davy Commeyne (Bel)
194 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu)
195 Kevin Peeters (Bel)
196 Gilles Devillers (Bel)
197 Bobbie Traksel (Ned)
198 Reinier Honig (Ned)
Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's (Bel)
201 Steven Caethoven (Bel)
202 Wim De Vocht (Bel)
203 Sjef De Wilde (Bel)
204 Kevin Ista (Bel)
205 Arnoud van Groen (Ned)
206 Stefan van Dijck (Ned)
207 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel)
208 Evert Verbist (Bel)
Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne (Fra)
211 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel)
212 Leonardo Duque (Col)
213 Julien Fouchard (Fra)
214 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa)
216 Adrien Petit (Fra)
217 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat)
218 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
Farnese Vini - Selle Italia (Gbr)
221 Luca Ascani (Ita)
222 Thomas Bertolini (Ita)
223 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita)
224 Elia Favilli (Ita)
225 Oscar Gatto (Ita)
226 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel)
227 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
228 Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
Project 1t4i (Ned)
231 Roy Curvers (Ned)
232 Bert De Backer (Bel)
233 John Degenkolb (Ger)
234 Marcel Kittel (Ger)
236 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
237 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned)
238 Ronan van Zandbeek (Ned)
Team Europcar (Fra)
241 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn)
242 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)
243 Rafai Chtioui (Tun)
244 Mathieu Claude (Fra)
245 Damien Gaudin (Fra)
246 Yohann Gène (Fra)
247 Saïd Haddou (Fra)
248 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)
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