2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics
Cycling race
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The 2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics was the 17th running of the Vattenfall Cyclassics single-day cycling race. It was held, in and around Hamburg, Germany, on 19 August over a distance of 245.9 kilometres (152.8 miles) and was the twenty-third race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 23 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 19 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 245.9 km (152.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 03' 19" | ||||||||||||
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In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by FDJ–BigMat rider Arnaud Démare,[1] who became the first French rider to take victory in the event. Démare finished ahead of Lotto–Belisol's André Greipel,[2] and RadioShack–Nissan's Giacomo Nizzolo, who completed the podium.[3][4]
Teams
As the Vattenfall Cyclassics was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Two other squads – Argos–Shimano and Team NetApp – were given wildcard places into the race,[5] and as such, formed the event's 20-team peloton.
The 20 teams that competed in the race were:[6]
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Arnaud Démare (FRA) |
FDJ–BigMat | 6h 03' 19" | 80 |
| 2 |  André Greipel (GER) |
Lotto–Belisol | s.t. | 60 |
| 3 |  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) |
RadioShack–Nissan | s.t. | 50 |
| 4 |  Tom Boonen (BEL) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 40 |
| 5 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
Team Sky | s.t. | 30 |
| 6 |  Mark Renshaw (AUS) |
Rabobank | s.t. | 22 |
| 7 | Heinrich Haussler (AUS) |
Garmin–Sharp | s.t. | 14 |
| 8 | Manuel Belletti (ITA) |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. | 10 |
| 9 |  Tom Veelers (NED) |
Argos–Shimano | s.t. | – |
| 10 |  Borut Božič (SLO) |
Astana | s.t. | 2 |