The 2012 Amstel Gold Race was the 47th running of the
Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 15 April 2012 over a distance of and was the eleventh race of the
2012 UCI World Tour
The 2012 UCI World Tour was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 17 January, and consisted of 14 stage races, 14 one-da ...
season.
The race was won by rider
Enrico Gasparotto after outsprinting several of his rivals to the finish on the
Cauberg; it was his first Classics victory, and the first by an Italian rider in a one-day classic since
Damiano Cunego won the
2008 Giro di Lombardia
The 2008 Giro di Lombardia was the 102nd edition of this single-day road bicycle racing monument race. The event took place on 18 October 2008, with Damiano Cunego winning it, his fourth victory of the year, and the third of his career in the ...
. Second place went to 's
Jelle Vanendert, while
Peter Sagan rounded out the podium placings for the team. Two-time defending race winner
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three ...
() finished in the same time as Sagan, but was classified in sixth place.
Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all 18
UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 24-team peloton.
The 24 teams that competed in the race were:
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Results
References
External links
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Amstel Gold Race
2012 UCI World Tour
2012 in Dutch sport