2012 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 kilometres (185.2 miles) and was the fourth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

2012 Milan–San Remo

2012 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 28
Route of the 2012 Milan–San Remo
Race details
Dates	17 March 2012
Stages	1
Distance	298 km (185.2 mi)
Winning time	6h 59' 24"
Results
Winner  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (GreenEDGE)   Second  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (RadioShack–Nissan)   Third  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Liquigas–Cannondale)
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The race was won by GreenEDGE rider Simon Gerrans, who was part of a three-man group that battled for the victory, in a sprint finish.^[1][2] Gerrans finished ahead of RadioShack–Nissan's Fabian Cancellara – the winner of the race in 2008 – and Liquigas–Cannondale's Vincenzo Nibali, who completed the podium.^[3]

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,^[4] 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:^[5]

• Acqua & Sapone
• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Colnago–CSF Bardiani
• Colombia–Coldeportes
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
• FDJ–BigMat
• Garmin–Barracuda
• GreenEDGE
• Team Katusha
• Lampre–ISD
• Liquigas–Cannondale
• Lotto–Belisol
• Movistar Team
• Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
• Project 1t4i
• Rabobank
• RadioShack–Nissan
• Team Saxo Bank
• Team Sky
• Team Type 1–Sanofi
• Utensilnord–Named
• Vacansoleil–DCM

Results

^[2]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	GreenEDGE	6h 59' 24"
2	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	RadioShack–Nissan	s.t.
3	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 2"
5	John Degenkolb (GER)	Project 1t4i	+ 2"
6	Filippo Pozzato (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Selle Italia	+ 2"
7	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Team Katusha	+ 2"
8	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 2"
9	Daniel Oss (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 2"
10	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	RadioShack–Nissan	+ 2"