The 2012 Milan–San Remo was the 103rd running of the Milan–San Remo single-day cycling race. It was held on 17 March over a distance of 298 kilometres (185.2 miles) and was the fourth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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 Route of the 2012 Milan–San Remo | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 17 March 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 298 km (185.2 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 59' 24" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The race was won by GreenEDGE rider Simon Gerrans, who was part of a three-man group that battled for the victory, in a sprint finish.[1][2] Gerrans finished ahead of RadioShack–Nissan's Fabian Cancellara – the winner of the race in 2008 – and Liquigas–Cannondale's Vincenzo Nibali, who completed the podium.[3]
Teams
As Milan–San Remo 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,[4] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. Each team started with eight riders, making a starting peloton of 200.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[5]
- Acqua & Sapone
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Colnago–CSF Bardiani
- Colombia–Coldeportes
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Project 1t4i
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Team Type 1–Sanofi
- Utensilnord–Named
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Simon Gerrans (AUS) |
GreenEDGE | 6h 59' 24" |
| 2 |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
RadioShack–Nissan | s.t. |
| 3 |  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | s.t. |
| 4 |  Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | + 2" |
| 5 |  John Degenkolb (GER) |
Project 1t4i | + 2" |
| 6 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) |
Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | + 2" |
| 7 |  Óscar Freire (ESP) |
Team Katusha | + 2" |
| 8 | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
BMC Racing Team | + 2" |
| 9 | Daniel Oss (ITA) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | + 2" |
| 10 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
RadioShack–Nissan | + 2" |
References
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