Home Races Road Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem By Cycling News published 25 March 2012 Cavendish can't make the cut (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) 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)
