2012 La Flèche Wallonne
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 28 | |||
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| Date | 18 April 2012 | ||
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| Winning time | 4h 45' 41" | ||
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| Winner |  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) |
(Team Katusha) | |
| Second |  Michael Albasini (SUI) |
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| Third |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
(BMC Racing Team) | |
The 2012 La Flèche Wallonne was the 76th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 18 April 2012 over a distance of 194 kilometres (120.5 miles) and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Team Katusha rider Joaquim Rodríguez – a former two-time runner-up in the race – after making a late-race attack on the Mur de Huy.[1] Second place went to GreenEDGE's Michael Albasini,[2] while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for BMC Racing Team.[3][4]
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Teams
As La Flèche Wallonne 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,[5] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[6]
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | World Tour Points |
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| 1 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) |
Team Katusha | 4h 45' 41" | 80 |
| 2 | Michael Albasini (SUI) |
GreenEDGE | + 4" | 60 |
| 3 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
BMC Racing Team | + 4" | 50 |
| 4 | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | + 4" | 40 |
| 5 |  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) |
Astana | + 7" | 30 |
| 6 |  Dan Martin (IRL) |
Garmin–Barracuda | + 9" | 22 |
| 7 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) |
Rabobank | + 9" | 14 |
| 8 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | + 9" | 10 |
| 9 | Diego Ulissi (ITA) |
Lampre–ISD | + 9" | 6 |
| 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | + 11" | 2 |
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