Gent – Wevelgem was raced last night and many things are falling nicely into place to make Vlaamse Wielerweek (Flemish cycling week) one to remember. Tom Boonen is back to his winning ways after seven victories already this season. Cancellara is riding like ten men but still can’t shake the peloton off his wheel. Gilbert was dominant last season but it’s hard to expect the same from him this year. What else can he possible achieve? It’ll also be exiting to see GreenEDGE animating the Cobbled Classics. Sebastian Langeveld was 5th at Flanders last year and even though Stuey’s best years are behind him, he’ll bring some excellent experience to Paris Roubaix. The following week at the Ardennes Classics is where the pressure will really be on GreenEDGE.

It’s going to be a slow week here on CyclingTips as I’ll be preparing for my trip and travelling, but once we land we’ll make sure you you feel like you’re on this cobbled roadtrip with us.

Now, here are a couple videos and some wonderful photos by Kristof Ramon of yesterday’s Gent-Wevelgem won by Tom Boonen:

Backstage Pass

Race Results

(2012) - Gent Wevelgem

25 Mar 2012


Position Name Team Time
1 Tom , BOONEN BEL 5:32:44
2 Peter , SAGAN SVK
3 Matti , BRESCHEL DEN
4 Gomez Oscar , FREIRE ESP
5 Hagen Edvald , BOASSON NOR
6 Daniele , BENNATI ITA
7 Marco , MARCATO ITA
8 Steve , CHAINEL FRA
9 Filippo , POZZATO ITA
10 Giovanni , VISCONTI ITA
11 SUMMEREN Johan , VAN BEL
12 Matthew Harley , GOSS AUS
13 Fabian , CANCELLARA SUI
14 Christian , KNEES GER 0:00:03
15 I. , IZAGUIRRE ESP 0:00:04
16 Daniel , OSS ITA
17 Anders , LUND DEN
18 Maarten , WYNANTS BEL 0:00:06
19 Vladimir , ISAICHEV RUS
20 Oscar , GATTO ITA 0:00:08
21 Koen , BARBE BEL
22 Alessandro , BALLAN ITA 0:00:15
23 Julien , FOUCHARD FRA 0:00:21
24 Luca , PAOLINI ITA
25 Gert , STEEGMANS BEL
26 Sebastian , LANGEVELD NED 0:00:32
27 AVERMAET Greg , VAN BEL 0:00:36
28 Gerald , CIOLEK GER 0:01:27
29 Stijn , NEIRYNCK BEL
30 Matteo , TOSATTO ITA 0:02:22
31 Andr_ , GREIPEL GER 0:02:27
32 Jonas Aaen , JÉRGENSEN DEN
33 Michael , SCHÛR SUI
34 Adrien , PETIT FRA
35 Karsten , KROON NED 0:02:31
36 E. , GARCIA ESP
37 Kristof , GODDAERT BEL 0:02:33
38 A. , VENTOSO ESP
39 Philippe , GILBERT BEL
40 MELSEN Kevin , VAN BEL
41 Maxime , VANTOMME BEL
42 Ollo Imanol , ERVITI ESP
43 Pieter , VANSPEYBROUCK BEL
44 Mirko , SELVAGGI ITA
45 Maxim , IGLINSKIY KAZ
46 C. , FLORENCIO ESP
47 Garcia Pablo , LASTRAS ESP
48 Thor , HUSHOVD NOR
49 Lloyd , MONDORY FRA
50 Anthony , GESLIN FRA
51 George , HINCAPIE USA
52 Jacopo , GUARNIERI ITA
53 Gr_gory , RAST SUI
54 Paul , MARTENS GER
55 Tyler , FARRAR USA
56 Jaroslaw , MARYCZ POL
57 John , DEGENKOLB GER
58 Mark , CAVENDISH GBR
59 Leonardo Fabio , DUQUE COL
60 Jens , KEUKELEIRE BEL
61 Dries , DEVENYNS BEL
62 Nikolas , MAES BEL
63 Kevin , HULSMANS BEL
64 Matteo , TRENTIN ITA
65 Thomas , LEEZER NED
66 Bram , TANKINK NED
67 Tony , GALLOPIN FRA
68 Mathew , HAYMAN AUS
69 G. , ROJAS ESP
70 Ian , STANNARD GBR
71 Kris , BOECKMANS BEL 0:07:08
72 Yukiya , ARASHIRO JPN
73 David , BOUCHER FRA
74 Rafaa , CHTIOUI TUN 0:10:01
75 Danilo , HONDO GER
76 Geoffrey , SOUPE FRA
77 Davide , VIGANO ITA
78 Pim , LIGTHART NED
79 ASBROECK Tom , VAN BEL
80 Luca , MAZZANTI ITA
81 Reinier , HONIG NED
82 Moreno Ruben , PEREZ ESP
83 Eliot , LIETAER BEL
84 U. , OROZ ESP
85 Sven , VANDOUSSELAERE BEL
86 Luca , ASCANI ITA
87 Edward , KING USA
88 Dalto Mauro , DA ITA
89 I. , IZAGUIRRE ESP
90 Kristijan , KOREN SLO
91 Marcel , SIEBERG GER
92 Marcus , BURGHARDT GER
93 VREESE Laurens , DE BEL
94 Taylor , PHINNEY USA
95 DER SANDE Tosh , VAN BEL
96 Gustav , LARSSON SWE
97 Tiziano , DALL'ANTONIA ITA
98 Maciej , BODNAR POL
99 Thomas , BERTOLINI ITA
100 NEGRI Pier Paolo , DE ITA
101 Elia , FAVILLI ITA
102 Steven , CAETHOVEN BEL
103 Davide , CIMOLAI ITA
104 Alan , MARANGONI ITA
105 DIJK Stefan , VAN NED
106 Evert , VERBIST BEL
107 Lars , BOOM NED
108 Greg , HENDERSON NZL
109 Bertjan , LINDEMAN NED
110 Lieuwe , WESTRA NED
111 Jack , BAUER NZL
112 A. , KUSCHYNSKI BLR
113 Assan , BAZAYEV KAZ
114 Marcello , PAVARIN ITA
115 Aleksejs , SARAMOTINS LAT
116 Yauheni , HUTAROVICH BLR
117 Sa¥d , HADDOU FRA
118 S_bastien , CHAVANEL FRA
119 Thomas , VOECKLER FRA
120 Yohann , GENE FRA
121 BACKER Bert , DE BEL
122 Maarten , TJALLINGII NED
123 Mark , RENSHAW AUS
124 Yaroslav , POPOVYCH UKR
125 Stuart , O'GRADY AUS
126 Robert , HUNTER RSA
127 Anthony , RAVARD FRA
128 Kevin , ISTA BEL
129 Bernhard , EISEL AUT
130 Jeremy , HUNT GBR
131 Christopher , SUTTON AUS
132 Jonathan , CANTWELL AUS
133 L. , KLOSTERGAARD DEN
134 Alex , RASMUSSEN DEN
135 Michael , MORKOV DEN
136 Mimo Vicente , REYNES ESP
137 Andreas , KLIER GER
138 Francesco , CHICCHI ITA
139 Svein , TUFT CAN
140 STAEYEN Michael , VAN BEL
141 HAES Kenny , DE BEL
142 Jonas , VANGENECHTEN BEL
143 Arnaud , DEMARE FRA
144 Perez Pablo , URTASUN ESP
145 Yuriy , KRIVTSOV FRA 0:12:01
146 Dmitriy , GRUZDEV KAZ 0:12:33
147 Jimmy , CASPER FRA
148 Nico , SIJMENS BEL
149 Lopez Jesus , HERRADA ESP
150 Valentin , IGLINSKIY KAZ
151 Borut , BOZIC SLO
152 Bobbie , TRAKSEL NED
153 Gilles , DEVILLERS BEL
154 Massimo , GRAZIATO ITA
155 Manuel , BELLETTI ITA
156 Jelle , WALLAYS BEL
157 Baden , COOKE TCO
158 Damien , GAUDIN GEC

Also…

The Gent-Wevelgem women’s race was held for the first time this year on the same day as the men’s race. It covered a shorter of 114 km and was won by Lizzie Armitstead after a 40-km solo breakaway. Click here for the report.

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