2012 E3 Harelbeke
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The 2012 E3 Harelbeke was the 55th running of the E3 Harelbeke single-day cycling race.[1] It was held on 23 March over a distance of 203 kilometres (126.1 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. E3 Harelbeke was held as a UCI World Tour event for the first time,[2] after previously being held as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour.[3] As well as its promotion to the World Tour, the race moved to a Friday running from a Saturday; the move was in order to give riders a day's break prior to the following World Tour event, Gent–Wevelgem.[4]

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Dates | 23 March 2012 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 203 km (126.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4h 51' 59" | ||||||||||||
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In a mass sprint finish, the race was won by Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Tom Boonen,[5] who in the process, became the most successful rider in the history of the race; his fifth victory – after four previous victories in succession between 2004 and 2007 – in Harelbeke took him beyond the record tally of four victories that he had been sharing with fellow Belgian rider Rik Van Looy.[6] Boonen finished ahead of Team Katusha's Óscar Freire and Team Sky's Bernhard Eisel, who completed the podium.[7]
Teams

As E3 Harelbeke 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,[8] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[9]
- Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- BMC Racing Team
- Cofidis
- Team Europcar
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
- FDJ–BigMat
- Garmin–Barracuda
- GreenEDGE
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–ISD
- Landbouwkrediet–Euphony
- Liquigas–Cannondale
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Project 1t4i
- Rabobank
- RadioShack–Nissan
- Team Saxo Bank
- Team Sky
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
- Vacansoleil–DCM
Results

Cyclist | Team | Time | |
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Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 4h 51' 59" |
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Team Katusha | s.t. |
3 | ![]() |
Team Sky | s.t. |
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Cofidis | s.t. |
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Garmin–Barracuda | s.t. |
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Project 1t4i | s.t. |
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FDJ–BigMat | s.t. |
8 | ![]() |
Team Europcar | s.t. |
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BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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Team Europcar | s.t. |
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