2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Explained
The 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 98th running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 22 April 2012 over a distance of 257.5km (160miles), starting in Liège and finishing in Ans, via Bastogne in the Ardennes region of Belgium. It was the thirteenth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.The race was won by rider Maxim Iglinsky after catching 's Vincenzo Nibali in the closing stages of the race after Nibali had attempted to win the race with a 20km (10miles) attack.[1] Iglinsky caught him with around 1km (01miles) to go, and eventually won by 21 seconds over Nibali,[2] while Amstel Gold Race winner Enrico Gasparotto rounded out the podium placings for .[3] Defending race-winner Philippe Gilbert could only finish sixteenth in the race, almost 90 seconds down on Iglinsky.[4]
Participating teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obliged 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 teams that were invited – wildcard teams denoted by * – were:[6]
Results
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| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour
Points |
|---|
| 1 | | | 6h 43' 52" | 100 |
| 2 | | | + 21" | 80 |
| 3 | | | + 36" | 70 |
| 4 | | | + 36" | - |
| 5 | | | + 36" | 50 |
| 6 | | | + 36" | 40 |
| 7 | | | + 36" | 30 |
| 8 | | | + 36" | 20 |
| 9 | | | + 36" | 10 |
| 10 | | | + 36" | 4 | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: Maxim Iglinskiy wins Liège - Bastogne - Liège . Brecht . Decaluwé . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited . 22 April 2012 . 22 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110164412/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results . 10 January 2012 .
- News: Iglinskiy wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Colin. McGann. 22 April 2012. 22 April 2012.
- News: Iglinsky wins Liege–Bastogne–Liege over Nibali. Agence France-Presse. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 22 April 2012. 22 April 2012. 24 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424205604/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/race-report/iglinsky-wins-liege-bastogne-liege-over-nibali_214585. dead.
- News: Maxim Iglinskiy pulls off Liège-Bastogne-Liège stunner. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Kyle. Moore. 22 April 2012. 22 April 2012.
- News: Wildcards revealed for La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 February 2012. 22 April 2012.
- Web site: Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2012 start list. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140427153745/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/start-list. 27 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Standing. Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Amaury Sport Organisation. 22 April 2012. 22 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424225959/http://www.letour.fr/2012/LBL/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html. 24 April 2012. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: UCI WorldTour Ranking #12 - Liège - Bastogne - Liège (BEL/UWT). 22 April 2012. 22 April 2012. Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175534/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20513&EditionID=709944&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=709945&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 3 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
