2012 Three Days of De Panne
Cycling race
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The 2012 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 2012) is the 36th edition of the Three Days of De Panne, an annual bicycle race. Taking part in and around the De Panne region of West Flanders, it began in Middelkerke on 27 March and will finish in De Panne two days later. The 544.5 km long stage race contains four stages, with two held on the final day. It is part of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour and is rated as a 2.HC event.
Dates27–29 March
Stages4
Distance544.5 km (338.3 mi)
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| Dates | 27–29 March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 544.5 km (338.3 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams
24 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 10 UCI ProTeams and 14 UCI Professional Continental Teams.[1]
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Stages
Stage 1
27 March 2011 – Middelkerke to Oudenaarde, 201.6 km (125.3 mi)
Stage 2
28 March 2012 – Zottegem to Koksijde, 216.1 km (134.3 mi)
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Stage 3a
29 March 2012 – De Panne to De Panne, 112.1 km (69.7 mi)
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Stage 3b
29 March 2012 – De Panne to Koksijde to De Panne, 14.7 km (9.1 mi) individual time trial (ITT)
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Sprints classification |
Team classification | Combativity award |
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| 1 | Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan | Tosh Van Der Sande | Steven Van Vooren | Liquigas–Cannondale | Tosh Van Der Sande |
| 2 | Marcel Kittel | Alexander Kristoff | Alexander Kristoff | Andy Cappelle | Team Europcar | Andy Cappelle | |
| 3a | Alexander Kristoff | Preben Van Hecke | |||||
| 3b | Sylvain Chavanel | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | no award | |||
| Final | Sylvain Chavanel | Alexander Kristoff | Tosh Van Der Sande | Andy Cappelle | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | Andy Cappelle | |
Final standings
| Rider | Team | Time | |
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| 1 |  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 12h 05' 44" |
| 2 |  Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | + 4" |
| 3 |  Maciej Bodnar (POL) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | + 14" |
| 4 |  Svein Tuft (CAN) |
GreenEDGE | + 17" |
| 5 | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 18" |
| 6 |  Jesse Sergent (NZL) |
RadioShack–Nissan | + 22" |
| 7 |  Luke Durbridge (AUS) |
GreenEDGE | + 32" |
| 8 |  Stijn Devolder (BEL) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | + 39" |
| 9 |  Markel Irizar (ESP) |
RadioShack–Nissan | + 51" |
| 10 | Sébastien Turgot (FRA) |
Team Europcar | + 55" |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 |  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
Team Katusha | 42 |
| 2 |  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) |
Astana | 32 |
| 3 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 22 |
| 4 |  Marcel Kittel (GER) |
Project 1t4i | 20 |
| 5 | Fabio Sabatini (ITA) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | 16 |
| 6 | Boy van Poppel (NED) |
UnitedHealthcare | 16 |
| 7 | Sébastien Turgot (FRA) |
Team Europcar | 15 |
| 8 | Elia Favilli (ITA) |
Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | 12 |
| 9 | André Greipel (GER) |
Lotto–Belisol | 12 |
| 10 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 10 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | 31 |
| 2 |  Brian Vandborg (DEN) |
SpiderTech–C10 | 21 |
| 3 | Andy Capelle (BEL) |
Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's | 17 |
| 4 | Ronan van Zandbeek (NED) |
Project 1t4i | 16 |
| 5 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 5 |
| 6 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 5 |
| 7 | Stijn Devolder (BEL) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 3 |
| 8 | Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) |
Astana | 3 |
| Rider | Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Andy Capelle (BEL) |
Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's | 9 |
| 2 | Maciej Bodnar (POL) |
Liquigas–Cannondale | 5 |
| 3 | Andrea Di Corrado (ITA) |
Colnago–CSF Bardiani | 3 |
| 4 | Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | 3 |
| 5 | Steve Chainel (FRA) |
FDJ–BigMat | 2 |
| 6 | Ronan van Zandbeek (NED) |
Project 1t4i | 2 |
| 7 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Vacansoleil–DCM | 2 |
| 8 |  Alexei Tsatevich (RUS) |
Team Katusha | 1 |
| 9 | Clinton Avery (NZL) |
Champion System | 1 |
| 10 | Brian Vandborg (DEN) |
SpiderTech–C10 | 1 |
| Pos. | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 36h 18' 08" |
| 2 | GreenEDGE | + 24" |
| 3 | RadioShack–Nissan | + 1' 01" |
| 4 | Team Katusha | + 2' 28" |
| 5 | Team Europcar | + 2' 49" |
| 6 | Liquigas–Cannondale | + 3' 00" |
| 7 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator | + 3' 25" |
| 8 | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | + 3' 40" |
| 9 | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia | + 3' 57" |
| 10 | Astana | + 5' 14" |