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 194 kilometres (120.5 miles) and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
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| Dates | 18 April 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 194 km (120.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 45' 41" | ||||||||||||
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The race was won by Team Katusha 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 GreenEDGE's Michael Albasini,[2] while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for BMC Racing Team.[3][4]
Teams
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]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Argos–Shimano
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Colombia–Coldeportes
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Saur–Sojasun
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Team Type 1–Sanofi
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Team Katusha | 4h 45' 41" | 80 |
| 2 |  Michael Albasini (SUI) | GreenEDGE | + 4" | 60 |
| 3 |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 4" | 50 |
| 4 | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | + 4" | 40 |
| 5 |  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) | Astana | + 7" | 30 |
| 6 |  Dan Martin (IRL) | Garmin–Barracuda | + 9" | 22 |
| 7 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) | Rabobank | + 9" | 14 |
| 8 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 9" | 10 |
| 9 | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Lampre–ISD | + 9" | 6 |
| 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Lotto–Belisol | + 11" | 2 |