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 256.5 kilometres (159.4 miles) and was the eleventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 11 of 28 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||
| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 15 April 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 256.5 km (159.4 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The race was won by Astana rider Enrico Gasparotto after outsprinting several of his rivals to the finish on the Cauberg; it was his first Classics victory,[1] and the first by an Italian rider in a one-day classic since Damiano Cunego won the 2008 Giro di Lombardia.[2] Second place went to Lotto–Belisol's Jelle Vanendert,[3] while Peter Sagan rounded out the podium placings for the Liquigas–Cannondale team.[4] Two-time defending race winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) finished in the same time as Sagan, but was classified in sixth place.[5]
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,[6][7][8] and as such, formed the event's 24-team peloton.
The 24 teams that competed in the race were:[9]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Argos–Shimano
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Team Europcar
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
| Rider | Team | Time | World Tour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) | Astana | 6h 32' 35" | 80 |
| 2 |  Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | s.t. | 60 |
| 3 |  Peter Sagan (SVK) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 2" | 50 |
| 4 |  Óscar Freire (ESP) | Team Katusha | + 2" | 40 |
| 5 |  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | Team Europcar | + 2" | – |
| 6 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 2" | 22 |
| 7 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 2" | 14 |
| 8 |  Fabian Wegmann (GER) | Garmin–Barracuda | + 4" | 10 |
| 9 | Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 4" | 6 |
| 10 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 4" | 2 |