2012 Gent–Wevelgem
Cyclist Team Time
1 Lizzie Armitstead ( UK ) AA Drink-leontien.nl 2h 49 ' 46
2 Iris Slappendel ( NED ) Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team + 51
3 Jessie Daams ( BEL ) AA Drink-leontien.nl + 51
4 Lise Nøstvold ( NOR ) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team + 51
5 Kirsten Wild ( NED ) AA Drink-leontien.nl + 55
Women 's race
A women 's race was held for the first time in 2012 , on the same day as the men 's race but over a shorter course of 114 km ( 70.8 mi ) . AA Drink–leontien.nl rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly 40 km ( 24.9 mi ) . [ 7 ]
The 2012 Gent-Wevelgem was the 74th running of the Gent-Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of , and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by rider Tom Boonen, who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times. Boonen finished ahead of 's Peter Sagan and 's Matti Breschel, who completed the podium.