2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics
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| 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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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.
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]
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]
