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2012 Milan–San Remo
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2012 Milan–San Remo |
| series | [2012 UCI World Tour](2012-uci-world-tour) |
| race_no | 4 |
| season_no | 28 |
| image | Milano-sanremo 2011.png |
| image_caption | Route of the 2012 Milan–San Remo |
| image_size | 300px |
| date | 17 March 2012 |
| stages | 1 |
| distance | 298 |
| unit | km |
| time | 6h 59' 24" |
| first | Simon Gerrans |
| first_nat | AUS |
| first_team | |
| second | Fabian Cancellara |
| second_nat | SUI |
| second_team | |
| third | Vincenzo Nibali |
| third_nat | ITA |
| third_team | |
| previous | [2011](2011-milan-san-remo) |
| next | [2013](2013-milan-san-remo) |
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 km and was the fourth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by rider Simon Gerrans, who was part of a three-man group that battled for the victory, in a sprint finish. Gerrans finished ahead of 's Fabian Cancellara – the winner of the race in 2008 – and 's Vincenzo Nibali, who completed the podium.
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, 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:
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Gerrans | |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | |
| 4 | Peter Sagan | |
| 5 | John Degenkolb | |
| 6 | Filippo Pozzato | |
| 7 | Óscar Freire | |
| 8 | Alessandro Ballan | |
| 9 | Daniel Oss | |
| 10 | Daniele Bennati |
References
References
- Lowe, Felix. (17 March 2012). "Glorious Gerrans wins Milan-San Remo". [[TF1 Group]].
- (17 March 2012). "Order of Arrival". [[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]; [[RCS MediaGroup]].
- Westemeyer, Susan. (17 March 2012). "Gerrans wins in Milan-San Remo". Future Publishing Limited.
- (10 January 2012). "2012 Giro d'Italia wildcards named". Future Publishing Limited.
- "Starters list". [[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]; [[RCS MediaGroup]].
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