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2012 Tour of Flanders Teams Team Rosters and Withdrawals Group riders by: or SAXO BANK (SAX) (DEN)   1 TOSATTO  Matteo ITA   2 JÖRGENSEN  Jonas Aaen DEN   3 KLOSTERGAARD LARSEN  Kasper DEN   4 KROON  Karsten NED   5 LUND  Anders DEN   6 MARYCZ  Jaroslaw POL   7 MORKOV  Michael DEN   8 ROBERTS  Luke AUS BMC RACING (BMC) (USA)   11 GILBERT  Philippe BEL   12 BALLAN  Alessandro ITA   13 SCHÄR  Michael SUI   14 HINCAPIE  George USA   15 HUSHOVD  Thor NOR   16 VAN AVERMAET  Greg BEL   17 BURGHARDT  Marcus GER   18 QUINZIATO  Manuel ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) (BEL)   21 BOONEN  Tom BEL   22 CHAVANEL  Sylvain FRA   23 DEVENYNS  Dries BEL   24 MAES  Nikolas BEL   25 STEEGMANS  Gert BEL   26 TERPSTRA  Niki NED   27 TRENTIN  Matteo ITA   28 VANDENBERGH  Stijn BEL LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) (BEL)   31 BILLE  Gaetan BEL   32 CORDEEL  Sander BEL   33 DEBUSSCHERE  Jens BEL   34 DE HAES  Kenny BEL   35 VANGENECHTEN  Jonas BEL   36 DOCKX  Gert BEL   37 SIEBERG  Marcel GER   38 WILLEMS  Frederik BEL SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) (GBR)   41 BOASSON HAGEN  Edvald NOR   42 EISEL  Bernhard AUT   43 FLECHA GIANNONI  Juan Antonio ESP   44 HAYMAN  Mathew AUS   45 HUNT  Jeremy GBR   46 KNEES  Christian GER   47 STANNARD  Ian GBR   48 SUTTON  Christopher AUS AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) (FRA)   51 BELLETTI  Manuel ITA   53 GODDAERT  Kristof BEL   54 GAZVODA  Gregor SLO   55 LEMARCHAND  Romain FRA   56 MINARD  Sébastien FRA   57 MONDORY  Lloyd FRA   58 HOUANARD  Steve FRA GREENEDGE (GEC) (AUS)   61 GOSS  Matthew Harley AUS   62 COOKE  Baden AUS   63 LANGEVELD  Sebastian NED   64 KEUKELEIRE  Jens BEL   65 O'GRADY  Stuart AUS   66 TUFT  Svein CAN   67 VAITKUS  Tomas LTU   68 WILSON  Matthew AUS ASTANA (AST) (KAZ)   71 BAZAYEV  Assan KAZ   72 BOZIC  Borut SLO   73 GRUZDEV  Dmitriy KAZ   74 GUARNIERI  Jacopo ITA   75 IGLINSKIY  Maxim KAZ   76 IGLINSKIY  Valentin KAZ   77 MURAVYEV  Dmitriy KAZ   78 PONZI  Simone ITA EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) (ESP)   81 CAZAUX  Pierre FRA   82 GARCIA AMBROA  Ricardo ESP   83 BILBAO  Peio ESP   84 MINGUEZ AYALA  Miguel ESP   85 PEREZ LEZAUN  Alan ESP   86 PEREZ MORENO  Ruben ESP   87 SAEZ  Adrian ESP   88 URTASUN PEREZ  Pablo ESP FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) (FRA)   91 BONNET  William FRA   92 BOUCHER  David FRA   93 CHAINEL  Steve FRA   94 GESLIN  Anthony FRA   95 LADAGNOUS  Matthieu FRA   96 GUESDON  Frédéric FRA   97 DELAGE  Mickael FRA   98 ROLLIN  Dominique CAN KATUSHA (KAT) (RUS)   101 PORSEV  Alexander RUS   102 FLORENCIO CABRE  Xavier ESP   103 FREIRE GOMEZ  Oscar ESP   104 VANTOMME  Maxime BEL   105 ISAICHEV  Vladimir RUS   106 KRISTOFF  Alexander NOR   107 KUSCHYNSKI  Aliaksandr BLR   108 PAOLINI  Luca ITA LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) (ITA)   111 RIGHI  Daniele ITA   112 MORI  Manuele ITA   113 BUTS  Vitaliy UKR   114 CIMOLAI  Davide ITA   115 GRAZIATO  Massimo ITA   116 HONDO  Danilo GER   117 KRIVTSOV  Dmytro UKR   118 VIGANO  Davide ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) (ITA)   121 SAGAN  Peter SVK   122 BODNAR  Maciej POL   123 DA DALTO  Mauro ITA   124 SABATINI  Fabio ITA   125 KING  Edward USA   126 KOREN  Kristijan SLO   127 MARANGONI  Alan ITA   128 OSS  Daniel ITA MOVISTAR (MOV) (ESP)   131 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA  Andrey CRC   132 ERVITI OLLO  Imanol ESP   133 HERRADA LOPEZ  José ESP   134 KONOVALOVAS  Ignatas LTU   135 LASTRAS GARCIA  Pablo ESP   136 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS  José Ivan ESP   137 VENTOSO ALBERDI  Francisco José ESP   138 VISCONTI  Giovanni ITA RABOBANK (RAB) (NED)   141 BOOM  Lars NED   142 VAN EMDEN  Jos NED   143 BRESCHEL  Matti DEN   144 LEEZER  Thomas NED   145 TANKINK  Bram NED   146 TJALLINGII  Maarten NED   147 VAN WINDEN  Dennis NED   148 WYNANTS  Maarten BEL GARMIN-BARRACUDA (GRM) (USA)   151 FARRAR  Tyler USA   152 HAUSSLER  Heinrich AUS   153 KLIER  Andreas GER   154 MAASKANT  Martijn NED   155 BAUER  Jack NZL   156 RATHE  Jacob USA   157 VAN SUMMEREN  Johan BEL   158 VANMARCKE  Sep BEL RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) (LUX)   161 CANCELLARA  Fabian SUI   162 BENNATI  Daniele ITA   163 GALLOPIN  Tony FRA   164 IRIZAR ARANBURU  Markel ESP   165 SERGENT  Jesse NZL   166 POPOVYCH  Yaroslav UKR   167 ROULSTON  Hayden NZL   168 RAST  Grégory SUI VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD) (NED)   171 DEVOLDER  Stijn BEL   172 BOECKMANS  Kris BEL   173 LARSSON  Gustav SWE   174 LEUKEMANS  Björn BEL   175 MARCATO  Marco ITA   176 MOL  Wouter NED   177 SELVAGGI  Mirko ITA   178 WESTRA  Lieuwe NED TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR (TSV) (BEL)   181 DE VREESE  Laurens BEL   182 LIETAER  Eliot BEL   183 NEIRYNCK  Stijn BEL   184 VAN HECKE  Preben BEL   185 VAN DOUSSELAERE  Sven BEL   186 VAN SPEYBROUCK  Pieter BEL   187 JACOBS  Pieter BEL   188 WALLAYS  Jelle BEL LANDBOUWKREDIET (LAN) (BEL)   191 AMORISON  Frédéric BEL   192 BARBE  Koen BEL   193 JUODVALKIS  Egidijus LTU   194 COMMEYNE  Davy BEL   195 DE WAELE  Bert BEL   196 HOVELYNCK  Kurt BEL   197 PLANCKAERT  Baptiste BEL   198 BREYNE  Jonathan BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDAS (ACC) (BEL)   201 HOSTE  Leif BEL   202 CAPPELLE  Andy BEL   203 VAN GROEN  Arnoud NED   204 VAN MELSEN  Kevin BEL   205 SCHEIRLINCKX  Staf BEL   206 VAN DIJK  Stefan NED   207 GORIS  Rob BEL   208 VANLANDSCHOOT  James BEL FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA (FAR) (GBR)   211 HULSMANS  Kevin BEL   212 ASCANI  Luca ITA   213 DE NEGRI  Pier Paolo ITA   214 FAILLI  Francesco ITA   215 FAVILLI  Elia ITA   216 GATTO  Oscar ITA   217 MAZZANTI  Luca ITA   218 POZZATO  Filippo ITA ARGOS-SHIMANO (PRO) (NED)   221 DEGENKOLB  John GER   222 CURVERS  Roy NED   223 DUMOULIN  Tom NED   224 VEELERS  Tom NED   225 KLEMME  Dominic GER   226 SINKELDAM  Ramon NED   227 STAMSNIJDER  Tom NED   228 VAN ZANDBEEK  Ronan NED EUROPCAR (EUC) (FRA)   231 VOECKLER  Thomas FRA   232 CHAVANEL  Sébastien FRA   233 GAUTIER  Cyril FRA   234 GENE  Yohann FRA   235 JEROME  Vincent FRA   236 PICHOT  Alexandre FRA   237 TURGOT  Sébastien FRA   238 VEILLEUX  David CAN NETAPP (APP) (GER)   241 BAUGNIES  Jérôme BEL   242 HOLLENSTEIN  Reto SUI   243 SCHORN  Daniel AUT   244 JARC  Blaz SLO   245 SCHILLINGER  Andreas GER   246 SCHULZE  André GER   247 SEUBERT  Timon GER   248 SCHWARZMANN  Michael GER   Printable Startlist

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News and Updates for Tour of Flanders 2012

Monday: 2012 Vuelta al País Vasco Live

2012 Tour of Flanders Post-Race Coverage

27 Big Photos from Tour of Flanders 2012 (more photos added) — sirotti/reuters

2012 Tour of Flanders Results Results
1  BOONEN, Tom (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP)             6:04:33
2  POZZATO, Filippo (FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA)   
3  BALLAN, Alessandro (BMC RACING)                   + 0:01
4  VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING)                   + 0:38
5  SAGAN, Peter (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE)               
6  TERPSTRA, Niki (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP)          
7  PAOLINI, Luca (KATUSHA)                          
8  VOECKLER, Thomas (EUROPCAR)                      
9  BRESCHEL, Matti (RABOBANK)                       
10 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP)       

Boonen wins 2012 Tour of Flanders — cyclingnews
Tom Boonen is de beste in vernieuwde Ronde — sporza.be
Judith Arndt wins her second Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen — velonation
Third Ronde Van Vlaanderen success for Belgium’s Boonen — velonation
Tour of Flanders analysis: never two without three — cyclesportmag
Cancellara crashes out of Tour of Flanders — cyclingnews
Cancellara's Crash Ends Hopes For Repeat Victory — radioshacknissantrek
Boonen equals Flanders record with third victory — cyclingnews
Heinrich Haussler: “The race didn’t go to plan for Garmin-Barracuda” — velonation
Filippo Pozzato: I wasted my talent for too long (pre-race interview) — cyclingnews
Matti Breschel: “I didn’t have the power” — velonation
Pozzato disappointed to lose, but pleased to ride strongly once again — velonation
Cancellara’s Classics season over due to shattered collarbone — velonation
Pozzato: ‘I’m first of the idiots’ at Flanders — velonews
Sagan shows his mettle at Flanders — cyclingnews
Boonen recovers Flanders throne — velonews
 Cancellara crash — sporza
Cancellara crashes, breaks collarbone (01:00 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
  Langeveld collides with spectator (01:21 Flemish) — sporza
 Ballan attack with 18 km (02:41 Flemish) — sporza
 Last Km (04:39 Flemish) — sporza
27 Big Photos from Tour of Flanders 2102 (more photos added) — sirotti/reuters
 Women's Tour of Flanders Highlights — sporza
Last 40 Km (59:24 English) — eurosport
Last 1 Km (02:23 Ambient Noise) — eurosport
Winner's Post-Race Press Conference (03:30 English) — cyclingnewstv
Dirk Demol on RadioShack, Fabian Cancellara's Tour of Flanders (03:10 English) — cyclingnewstv
J Vaughters on Garmin's performance at the Tour of Flanders (03:21 English) — cyclingnewstv
George Hincapie sets Tour of Flanders record (00:43 English) — cyclingnewstv
Post-Race raw footage and winner's interview (02:57 English) — specialized
Analysis: Cancellara injury changes everything for the classics — velonews

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2012 Ronde van Vlaanderen Race Preview (Sunday April 1st 257 km)

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

April 1 update:
 Pre-Race Interviews at the Start — sporza

March 31 update:
2012 official startlist (right) — steephill
18 Big Photos Friday's Koppenberg & Paterberg Recon — sirotti
Controversy Marks Tomorrow's Tour of Flanders — ctv.ca

March 30 update:
Omega Pharma-QuickStep with “110 options” for Tour of Flanders — cyclingnews
Opinion: New Flanders route is blasphemous — velonews
Interview with Danilo Hondo, Lampre's team leader for Flanders (02:00 English) — cyclingnewstv
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Flanders recon on March 28th (05:26 Music) — OPQSCyclingTeam
BMC Racing Flanders recon (02:35 Music) — BMCProTeam
Cancellara dreams of solo [again] Flanders win — cyclingweekly.co.uk
Cancellara confident in RadioShack's support (includes video) — cyclingnews
New Flanders route reflects the changing face of cycling as a sport. — cyclesportmag/lionelbirnie
Wilcockson@peloton: In Search of the Perfect Ronde — pelotonmagazine
PEZ Previews: The Ronde Van Vlaanderen! — pezcyclingnews
Transformed Ronde van Vlaanderen prepares for new Oudenaarde finish — velonation
Tour of Flanders Preview — inrng
Last 18 Km from 2011 (24:00 Flemish) — sporza
Boonen, Cancellara are five-star Flanders favorites — velonews
Flanders Factoids — bicycling/bourdereport
George Hincapie reminisces and looks ahead to the course changes (01:53 English) — cyclingnewstv

March 29 update:
Gallery: Boonen and friends preview Tour of Flanders course — cyclingnews
Hincapie can set Tour of Flanders record — cyclingnews
Pozzato: "Waag mijn kans op Oude Kwaremont" (English Translation) — sporza.be
Pez Does Flanders: The Hard Part — pezcyclingnews
Tour of Flanders 2012: The Preview — cyclingweekly.co.uk
Flanders new course: Meet the new boss — podiumcafe

March 28 update:
Gallery: Van Petegem on the Tour of Flanders course — cyclingnews
Demol says Boonen, not Cancellara, the favourite for Flanders (02:59 English) — cyclingnewstv
Chavanel builds for Tour of Flanders at De Panne — cyclingnews
Devolder hoping to make the race in Tour of Flanders — cyclingnews
Anonymous threats to throw nails on Tour of Flanders course — cyclingnews
Sagan laments marking Cancellara, looks ahead to Flanders — velonews
The morning pre-race ritual in Flanders (2008) (02:13 Music) — NieuwsbladOnline
Oss expects war of attrition in Tour of Flanders finale — cyclingnews

March 22 update:
RadioShack Recons the new route — radioshacknissantrek

February 20 update:
2012 Course Details (many changes) — rvv.be
Debate continues over new Flanders route, organiser explains change — velonation

January 16 update:
Flanders Classics announces six wildcards for Ronde van Vlaanderen — velonation

September 18 update:
Belgium reacts to the new Ronde van Vlaanderen finish — velonation

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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

April 1 update: A work in progress for 2012 live video and text updates. Check back at race time for the latest live links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. — Steve

Start time: Sunday April 1 10:00 CET (8:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Current Weather in Brugge, Belgium
Earliest live video: 12:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000);
Approximate finish: 16:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Current Weather in Oudenaarde, Belgium

April 1 update:
 Pre-Race Interviews at the Start — sporza
 Cancellara crash — sporza

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live video (flemish)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)    live video (unrestricted)  live ticker (english)   tv schedule	Sporza live video from 9:00-10:00 CET: (sign-in & start) and then back again at 12 CET for six hours of live race coverage and a post-race show
	live video (english)    live video (english)    live video (english)  live ticker (english)  live ticker (français)  live ticker (deutsch)  live ticker (español)   tv schedule (british)   tv schedule (int'l/cet)	12:45h CEST - 13:30h CEST and 15:15h CEST - 17:00h CEST
	live video (spanish)    live video (unrestricted)   tv schedule	Spanish; Teledeporte feed starts at 14:00 CEST
	live video (italian)    live video (unrestricted)   tv schedule	Italian; Giro delle Flandre live on RAI Sport 2 at +/- 12.20 CEST
	live video (french)   tv schedule	Tour des Flandres starts at 15:20 CEST on French TV; check back for live streaming video; restricted to France
	live video (french)    live video (unrestricted)	restricted; french commentary. Live at 12:20h CEST
	live video (dutch)   tv schedule	NOS TV w/ Dutch ticker; video likely restricted to the Netherlands
	live video (english)   tv schedule	SBS in Australia will have live coverage at 9:30pm AEST
	tv schedule(see comments)	United States; live at 8:30 a.m. ET
	live text updates	Cyclingnews English text updates
	live ticker	Belgium/Flemish ticker with updates from the start
	steephill text updates  #rvv 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 Ronde van Vlaanderen Route Map, Profile, Timetable

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