The 2012 Milan–San Remo was the 103rd running of the
Milan–San Remo single-day cycling race. It was held on 17 March over a distance of and was the fourth race of the
2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by rider
Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the , , , , and squads. Post-retirement he initially worked as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in L ...
, who was part of a three-man group that battled for the victory, in a sprint finish.
Gerrans finished ahead of 's
Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began ...
– the winner of the race in
2008
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– and 's
Vincenzo Nibali
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, who completed the podium.
Teams
As Milan–San Remo was a UCI World Tour event, all 18
UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
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s were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. Each team started with eight riders, making a starting peloton of 200.
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Results
References
External links
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Milan–San Remo
March 2012 sports events in Europe
Milan - San Remo, 2012
Milan-Sanremo
2012 in road cycling