Races Road Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem By Cycling News published 25 March 2012 Cavendish can't make the cut Comments Race Home Race history Start list Image 1 of 118The sprint between Sagan, Boonen and Breschel in Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) finished way down in 123rd position(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Grégory Rast (RadioShack-Nissan)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Team Sky's Matthew Hayman(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Katusha riders pre-race(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Fabian Cancellara was one of the favourites but could only finish 13th(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Bertjan Lindeman (Vacansoleil-DCM)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)World Champion Mark Cavendish (Sky)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Germany's Andre Greipel(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Baden Cooke (GreenEdge)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Tomas Vaitkus (GreenEdge) failed to complete the race(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)BMC's Alessandro Ballan and Philippe Gilbert could not alter their team's poor recent form(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) made the top ten(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) is all smiles(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Peter Sagan finished second at Gent-Wevelgem 2012(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Adrien Petit (Cofidis)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Nico Sijmens (Cofidis)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Dutchman Bobbie Traksel(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Bernard Eisel (Sky) psyching himself up pre-race(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Oscar Freire (Katusha) at the start(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)The peloton bunches(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Bright sunshine at Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre - ISD)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)The course took its toll on some of the riders(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Marco Marcato impressed in 7th place(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Germany's Gerald Ciolek finished in 28th place (Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Gregory Rast (RadioShack-Nissan)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) and Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Escaping on the climbs proved tough for the riders(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) finished four seconds down in 15th(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)The Gent-Wevelgem parcours was as tough as ever(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Matthew Hayman (Sky)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Jeremy Hunt (Team Sky)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)It was a day to forget for Bernhard Eisel (Sky) as he finished well down the field(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Team Sky's Jeremy Hunt(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Edward King (Liquigas-Cannondale)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team)(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)Oscar Freire chased home Boonen in fourth place(Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)World Champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) at the start(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)Peter Sagan (Liquigas) on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) takes the race in a close sprint(Image credit: Photopress.be)A crash in the sprint of the 2012 Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Photopress.be)Matti Breschel and Tom Boonen shake hands(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)Svein Tuft (GreenEdge) grabs a drink(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)George Hincapie and Thor Hushovd (BMC) finished in the second peloton(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Philippe Gilbert (BMC) didn't make the front group(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)The 2012 Gent-Wevelgem podium(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Boonen holds up the trophy from Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Boonen celebrates his third win in Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Matti Breschel (Rabobank)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) wins the 2012 Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)World Champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) at the start(Image credit: Photopress.be)The break at Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Photopress.be)Daniele Bennati greets the fans at the start of the race(Image credit: Photopress.be)The peloton during the early stages of the race(Image credit: Photopress.be)Mark Cavendish (Team Sky)(Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) won Gent-Wevelgem for the third time in his career(Image credit: Photopress.be)The sprint at the end of an exciting race(Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) on the podium(Image credit: Photopress.be)Breschel, Boonen and Sagan on the podium(Image credit: Photopress.be)The riders on the podium at Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) takes his third win in the race(Image credit: Photopress.be)(Image credit: Photopress.be)Peter Sagan gives Boonen at pat on the back after the finish(Image credit: Photopress.be)The finish at Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) leads the second peloton home(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Boonen celebrates(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) wins the 2012 Gent-Wevelgem(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tom Stamsnijder (Project 1t4i)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
