| 2012 La Flèche Wallonne | |
| Series: | 2012 UCI World Tour |
| Race No: | 12 |
| Season No: | 28 |
| Date: | 18 April 2012 |
| Stages: | 1 |
| Distance: | 194 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 4h 45' 41" |
| Speed: | 40.744 |
| First: | Joaquim Rodríguez |
| First Nat: | ESP |
| Second: | Michael Albasini |
| Second Nat: | SUI |
| Third: | Philippe Gilbert |
| Third Nat: | BEL |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
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 194km (121miles) and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by 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 's Michael Albasini,[2] while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for .[3] [4]
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]
| Cyclist | Team | Time | World Tour Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | align=right | 4h 45' 41" | align=center | 80 | |||
| align=center | 2 | align=right | + 4" | align=center | 60 | |||
| align=center | 3 | align=right | + 4" | align=center | 50 | |||
| align=center | 4 | align=right | + 4" | align=center | 40 | |||
| align=center | 5 | align=right | + 7" | align=center | 30 | |||
| align=center | 6 | align=right | + 9" | align=center | 22 | |||
| align=center | 7 | align=right | + 9" | align=center | 14 | |||
| align=center | 8 | align=right | + 9" | align=center | 10 | |||
| align=center | 9 | align=right | + 9" | align=center | 6 | |||
| align=center | 10 | align=right | + 11" | align=center | 2 |