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Gent-Wevelgem, the second cycling monument of the year is this Sunday. There are changes to the finish of this year's course that Mark Cavendish says make the 100 km much more difficult. The Kemmelberg (above) is 30 km from the finish. Route Map  |  Profile  |  Preview  |  News  |  Startlist  |  Live Coverage  |  TV  |  2011

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2012 Gent-Wevelgem Teams Team Rosters and Withdrawals Group riders by: or OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) (BEL)   1 BOONEN  Tom BEL   2 CHICCHI  Francesco ITA   3 DEVENYNS  Dries BEL   4 TRENTIN  Matteo ITA   5 MAES  Nikolas BEL   6 STEEGMANS  Gert BEL   7 CIOLEK  Gerald GER   8 VANDENBERGH  Stijn BEL LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) (ITA)   1 SAGAN  Peter SVK   2 DA DALTO  Mauro ITA   3 DALL'ANTONIA  Tiziano ITA   4 KING  Edward USA   5 KOREN  Kristijan SLO   6 MARANGONI  Alan ITA   7 OSS  Daniel ITA   8 BODNAR  Maciej POL SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) (GBR)   11 CAVENDISH  Mark GBR   12 EISEL  Bernhard AUT   13 KNEES  Christian GER   14 BOASSON HAGEN  Edvald NOR   15 HAYMAN  Mathew AUS   16 HUNT  Jeremy GBR   17 STANNARD  Ian GBR   18 SUTTON  Christopher AUS LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) (BEL)   21 GREIPEL  André GER   22 DE HAES  Kenny BEL   23 DOCKX  Gert BEL   24 HENDERSON  Greg NZL   25 REYNES MIMO  Vicente ESP   26 SIEBERG  Marcel GER   27 VAN DER SANDE  Tosh BEL   28 VANGENECHTEN  Jonas BEL AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) (FRA)   31 BELLETTI  Manuel ITA   32 CASPER  Jimmy FRA   33 HOUANARD  Steve FRA   34 GODDAERT  Kristof BEL   35 RAVARD  Anthony FRA   36 LEMARCHAND  Romain FRA   37 MONDORY  Lloyd FRA   38 SHPILEVSKY  Boris RUS ASTANA (AST) (KAZ)   41 BAZAYEV  Assan KAZ   42 BOZIC  Borut SLO   43 GRUZDEV  Dmitriy KAZ   44 GUARNIERI  Jacopo ITA   45 IGLINSKIY  Maxim KAZ   47 MURAVYEV  Dmitriy KAZ   48 IGLINSKIY  Valentin KAZ BMC RACING (BMC) (USA)   51 GILBERT  Philippe BEL   52 BALLAN  Alessandro ITA   53 SCHÄR  Michael SUI   54 BURGHARDT  Marcus GER   55 HINCAPIE  George USA   56 PHINNEY  Taylor USA   57 VAN AVERMAET  Greg BEL   58 HUSHOVD  Thor NOR EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) (ESP)   62 GARCIA AMBROA  Ricardo ESP   63 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI  Gorka ESP   64 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI  Jon ESP   65 OROZ UGALDE  Juan Jose ESP   66 PEREZ MORENO  Ruben ESP   67 SAEZ  Adrian ESP   68 URTASUN PEREZ  Pablo ESP FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) (FRA)   71 CHAINEL  Steve FRA   72 DEMARE  Arnaud FRA   73 GESLIN  Anthony FRA   74 LADAGNOUS  Matthieu FRA   75 BOUCHER  David FRA   76 HUTAROVICH  Yauheni BLR   77 ROUX  Anthony FRA   78 SOUPE  Geoffrey FRA GREENEDGE (GEC) (AUS)   81 COOKE  Baden AUS   82 KEUKELEIRE  Jens BEL   83 TUFT  Svein CAN   84 GOSS  Matthew Harley AUS   85 LANGEVELD  Sebastian NED   86 WILSON  Matthew AUS   87 O'GRADY  Stuart AUS   88 VAITKUS  Tomas LTU KATUSHA (KAT) (RUS)   91 FLORENCIO CABRE  Xavier ESP   92 FREIRE GOMEZ  Oscar ESP   93 GALIMZYANOV  Denis RUS   94 ISAICHEV  Vladimir RUS   95 VANTOMME  Maxime BEL   96 KUSCHYNSKI  Aliaksandr BLR   97 PAOLINI  Luca ITA   98 PORSEV  Alexander RUS LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) (ITA)   101 BOLE  Grega SLO   102 BUTS  Vitaliy UKR   103 CIMOLAI  Davide ITA   104 GRAZIATO  Massimo ITA   105 HONDO  Danilo GER   106 KRIVTSOV  Dmytro UKR   108 VIGANO  Davide ITA MOVISTAR (MOV) (ESP)   121 SANZ  Enrique ESP   122 ERVITI OLLO  Imanol ESP   123 HERRADA LOPEZ  Jesus ESP   124 KONOVALOVAS  Ignatas LTU   125 LASTRAS GARCIA  Pablo ESP   126 ROJAS GIL  Jose Joaquin ESP   127 VENTOSO ALBERDI  Francisco José ESP   128 VISCONTI  Giovanni ITA RABOBANK (RAB) (NED)   131 BOOM  Lars NED   132 BRESCHEL  Matti DEN   133 RENSHAW  Mark AUS   134 LEEZER  Thomas NED   135 MARTENS  Paul GER   136 WYNANTS  Maarten BEL   137 TANKINK  Bram NED   138 TJALLINGII  Maarten NED GARMIN-BARRACUDA (GRM) (USA)   141 FARRAR  Tyler USA   142 FERNANDEZ  Koldo ESP   143 KLIER  Andreas GER   144 MAASKANT  Martijn NED   145 RASMUSSEN  Alex DEN   146 BAUER  Jack NZL   147 HUNTER  Robert RSA   148 VAN SUMMEREN  Johan BEL RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) (LUX)   151 CANCELLARA  Fabian SUI   152 BENNATI  Daniele ITA   153 GALLOPIN  Tony FRA   154 NIZZOLO  Giacomo ITA   155 POPOVYCH  Yaroslav UKR   156 WAGNER  Robert GER   157 RAST  Grégory SUI   158 ROULSTON  Hayden NZL SAXO BANK (SAX) (DEN)   161 CANTWELL  Jonathan AUS   162 KLOSTERGAARD LARSEN  Kasper DEN   163 KROON  Karsten NED   164 LUND  Anders DEN   165 MARYCZ  Jaroslaw POL   166 MORKOV  Michael DEN   167 JÖRGENSEN  Jonas Aaen DEN   168 TOSATTO  Matteo ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD) (NED)   171 BOECKMANS  Kris BEL   172 LARSSON  Gustav SWE   173 PAVARIN  Marcello ITA   174 LIGTHART  Pim NED   175 LINDEMAN  Bertjan NED   176 MARCATO  Marco ITA   177 SELVAGGI  Mirko ITA   178 WESTRA  Lieuwe NED TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR (TSV) (BEL)   181 DE VREESE  Laurens BEL   182 VAN ASBROECK  Tom BEL   183 LIETAER  Eliot BEL   184 NEIRYNCK  Stijn BEL   185 VAN STAEYEN  Michael BEL   186 VAN DOUSSELAERE  Sven BEL   187 VAN SPEYBROUCK  Pieter BEL   188 WALLAYS  Jelle BEL LANDBOUWKREDIET (LAN) (BEL)   191 BREYNE  Jonathan BEL   192 BARBE  Koen BEL   193 COMMEYNE  Davy BEL   194 JUODVALKIS  Egidijus LTU   195 PEETERS  Kevin BEL   196 DEVILLERS  Gilles BEL   197 TRAKSEL  Bobbie NED   198 HONIG  Reinier NED ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDAS (ACC) (BEL)   201 CAETHOVEN  Steven BEL   202 DE VOCHT  Wim BEL   203 DE WILDE  Sjef BEL   204 ISTA  Kevin BEL   205 VAN GROEN  Arnoud NED   206 VAN DIJK  Stefan NED   207 VAN MELSEN  Kevin BEL   208 VERBIST  Evert BEL COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (COF) (FRA)   211 CAMMAERTS  Edwig BEL   212 DUQUE  Leonardo Fabio COL   213 FOUCHARD  Julien FRA   214 GARCIA ECHEGUIBEL  Egoitz ESP   216 PETIT  Adrien FRA   217 SARAMOTINS  Aleksejs LAT   218 SIJMENS  Nico BEL FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA (FAR) (GBR)   221 ASCANI  Luca ITA   222 BERTOLINI  Thomas ITA   223 DE NEGRI  Pier Paolo ITA   224 FAILLI  Francesco ITA   225 GATTO  Oscar ITA   226 HULSMANS  Kevin BEL   227 MAZZANTI  Luca ITA   228 POZZATO  Filippo ITA PROJECT 1T4I (PRO) (NED)   231 CURVERS  Roy NED   232 DE BACKER  Bert BEL   233 DEGENKOLB  John GER   234 KITTEL  Marcel GER   236 STAMSNIJDER  Tom NED   237 SINKELDAM  Ramon NED   238 VAN ZANDBEEK  Ronan NED EUROPCAR (EUC) (FRA)   241 ARASHIRO  Yukiya JPN   242 CHAVANEL  Sébastien FRA   243 CHTIOUI  Rafai TUN   244 CLAUDE  Mathieu FRA   245 GAUDIN  Damien FRA   246 GENE  Yohann FRA   247 HADDOU  Saïd FRA   248 VOECKLER  Thomas FRA   Printable Startlist

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News and Updates for Gent-Wevelgem 2012

Also Sunday: Two hours before Gent-Wevelgem finishes you can watch the final (mountain) stage of Criterium International (2.HC FRA): race info, startlist and broadcasters now posted + results, photos and highlights from the first two stages. Live coverage of the Volta a Catalunya is also Sunday, the final stage.

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2012 Ghent-Wevelgem Post-Race Coverage

9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 — sirotti/reuters

Gent-Wevelgem 2012 Results
1  BOONEN, Tom (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP)             5:32:44
2  SAGAN, Peter (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE)               
3  BRESCHEL, Matti (RABOBANK)                       
4  FREIRE GOMEZ, Oscar (KATUSHA)                    
5  BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING)           
6  BENNATI, Daniele (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN)             
7  MARCATO, Marco (VACANSOLEIL-DCM)                 
8  CHAINEL, Steve (FDJ-BIG MAT)                     
9  POZZATO, Filippo (FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA)   
10 VISCONTI, Giovanni (MOVISTAR)                    

Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem — cyclingnews
Tom Boonen schiet ook raak in Gent-Wevelgem — sporza.be
Two in a row for Boonen, who blasts to third Gent-Wevelgem win — velonation
Gent-Wevelgem: Kemmelberg descent leaves Cavendish disappointed — cyclingnews
Boonen wins Ghent-Wevelgem over Sagan, Breschel — velonews
Ghent-Wevelgem analysis: the rise and fall and rise of Tom Boonen — cyclesportmag
Breschel after Ghent-Wevelgem: ‘I’m still here’ — velonews
 33 km to go; Cancellara attack (10:48 Flemish) — sporza.be
 13 km to go; Bennati mechanical (02:49 Flemish) — sporza.be
 Last Km of Gent-Wevelgem 2012 (04:41 Flemish) — sporza.be
 Winner's interview from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 (01:47 Flemish) — sporza.be
9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 — sirotti/reuters
Startline Gallery — cyclingnews
 As-Live Repeat Broadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
 30 minutes of Highlights (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Last 35 Km (48:47 Flemish) — sporza
Highlights (03:32 Dutch) — nos
Start, Midrace and Finish Photos — kristoframon
Post-race press conference (01:59 English) — cyclingnewtv
GreenEDGE Backstage Pass (05:49 English) — GreenEDGE
Graham Watson gallery: Ghent-Wevelgem 2012 — velonews
 L'ultimo km Gand-Wevelgem, (06:17 Italian) — rai.tv

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2012 Ghent-Wevelgem Race Preview (Sunday March 25, 235 km)

10 years ago: the always colorful Mario Cipollini won a bunch sprint at Gent-Wevelgem, for his third and final time, ahead of Americans Fred Rodriguez and George Hincapie. Today, George Hincapie is again racing at Gent-Wevelgem which he won in 2001, Fast Freddie is racing for a domestic team in the U.S. and Cipollini is serious about coming out of retirement at the age of 45.

Big Photos from 2011 — sirotti
Big Photos from 2010 — sirotti
Big Photos from 2009 — sirotti
Big Photos from 2008 (Many photos, best most complete coverage) — sirotti

March 24 update:
2012 official startlist — steephill
Cavendish, Boonen, Freire and Greipel among Ghent-Wevelgem favorites — velonews
Gent – Wevelgem preview — inrng
Ghent-Wevelgem 2012: The Preview — cyclingweekly.co.uk
 Goss confident ahead of Gent-Wevelgem — cyclingnews

March 22 update:
Gilbert chases form at E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem — cyclingnews
Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss heading Liquigas-Cannondale’s Flemish Cobbled-Classics campaign — velonation
Cancellara to ride E3 Prijs and Gent-Wevelgem — cyclingnews

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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 24 update: A work in progress for 2012 Gent-Wevelgem live video and text updates. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. No Eurosport coverage. — Steve

Start Time: Sunday March 25 11:20 CET (9:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather in Gent, Belgium
Earliest live video: 14:20 CET (12:20:00 PM GMT+0000); ... completed see options below
Approximate Finish: 17:05 CET (3:05:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather in Wevelgem, Belgium

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live video (english)         [subscription required]	North & South America, UK, Africa and Asia (excl. Japan) starting at 12:20 UTC (8:20 ET) on cycling.tv ; Subscribers will also get access to the As-Live Rebroadcast and 30 minutes of highlights several hours after the race completes
	live video (flemish)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)   tv schedule	Sporza ticker starts at 11:35 CEST; live video starts at 14:20 CET preceded by their pre-game show
	live video (french)    live video (unrestricted)	restricted; french commentary
	live video (italian)    live video (unrestricted)   tv schedule	RAI Sport; Italian. Gand Wevelgam starts at 15:20 CET
	live video (dutch)   tv schedule	NOS TV w/ Dutch ticker; video likely restricted to the Netherlands
	live video (english)   tv schedule	Australia; live video streaming starting Sunday night 11.20pm (AEDT).
	live video (french)   tv schedule	France and Europe satellites; Live at 14:25 CET
	live text updates	Cyclingnews English text updates
	live text updates	Belgium ticker with updates from the start (11:15 CET)
	steephill text updates  #gw twitter group	short text updates from any and everyone
check back at race time for more and updated links; send a comment or a new live link

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2012 Gent-Wevelgem Route Map, Profile, Timetable

Large Map/Profile Version
Timetable

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