2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics

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.

2012 Vattenfall Cyclassics

2012 UCI World Tour, race 23 of 28
Race details
Dates	19 August 2012
Stages	1
Distance	245.9 km (152.8 mi)
Winning time	6h 03' 19"
Results
Winner  Arnaud Démare (France) (FDJ–BigMat)   Second  André Greipel (Germany) (Lotto–Belisol)   Third  Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy) (RadioShack–Nissan)
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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]

Teams

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]

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Argos–Shimano
• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• FDJ–BigMat
• Garmin–Sharp
• Team Katusha
• Lampre–ISD
• Liquigas–Cannondale
• Lotto–Belisol
• Movistar Team
• Team NetApp
• Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
• Orica–GreenEDGE
• Rabobank
• RadioShack–Nissan
• Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
• Team Sky
• Vacansoleil–DCM

Results

^[7]

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI World Tour Points
1	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	FDJ–BigMat	6h 03' 19"	80
2	André Greipel (GER)	Lotto–Belisol	s.t.	60
3	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	RadioShack–Nissan	s.t.	50
4	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.	40
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	s.t.	30
6	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Rabobank	s.t.	22
7	Heinrich Haussler (AUS)	Garmin–Sharp	s.t.	14
8	Manuel Belletti (ITA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	s.t.	10
9	Tom Veelers (NED)	Argos–Shimano	s.t.	–
10	Borut Božič (SLO)	Astana	s.t.	2