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Boonen wins 2012 Tour of Flanders

By Brecht Decaluwé

published 1 April 2012

Glory on the cobbles for Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider

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Pozzato, Boonen and Ballan on the podium(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Niki Terpstra, and Filippo Pozzato(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) drives it out on the Oude Kwaremont(Image credit: Photopress.be)

A view of the Patersberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

A unique bike and outfit for this Ronde van Vlaanderen fan(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Dries Devenijns (Omega Pharma - QuickStep)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) leads Jens Keukeleire (GreenEdge) over the cobbles(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Eventual race winner Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) on the Eikenberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan) on the Eikenberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Leif Hoste (Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's) on the Eikenberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) and Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin - Barracuda) ahead of Alessandro Ballan (BMC)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) had a dig within the final 20kms(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - QuickStep), Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) and Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

A slight hold up for the Lotto - Belisol team car(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) and Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) keep an eye on each other(Image credit: Photopress.be)

No escaping the Flandrian flags(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Edvald Boasson Hagen on the Patersberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) on the Patersberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Boonen gets by with a little help from his friend(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Flares provided an extra hazard for the peloton to avoid(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Philippe Gilbert on the Oude Kwaremont(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) on the Patersberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Stuart O'Grady (GreenEdge) on the Eikenberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tom Boonen at the start in Bruges(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Philippe Gilbert (BMC) on the Patersberg(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Waiting for the break of the day(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) makes a solo bid to catch the leaders(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - QuickStep)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

The peloton works its way through the Belgian fields(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia), and Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - QuickStep)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

George Hincapie (BMC) on the Oude Kwaremont(Image credit: Photopress.be)

And then there were three...(Image credit: Photopress.be)

The peloton works its way through the Belgian fields(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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There was an element missing in the 2012 race for some(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Wouter Vandenhoutte, Eddy Merckx and Patrick Lefevere watch the action on television(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Fans by the roadside(Image credit: Photopress.be)

A fan on the Kwaremont kisses a pieve of the famed Muur(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Wouter Vandenhoutte, Eddy Merckx and Patrick Lefevere watch the action on television(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Some Boonen fans(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Fans by the roadside(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Bier time!(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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What's Belgian cycling without Belgian beer?(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Stefanie Clerckx, Eddy Merckx and Zdenek Bakala(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Boonen in action during his 2012 Tour of Flanders win(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - QuickStep) grits his teeth(Image credit: Photopress.be)

A focused Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Belgian fans celebrate Tom Boonen's victory(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Belgian fans celebrate Tom Boonen's victory(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Belgian fans celebrate Tom Boonen's victory(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Third place-getter, Alessandro Ballan (BMC)(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Nikki Terpstra feels the pain during a tough Flanders(Image credit: Photopress.be)

No prizes for guessing who these guys were going for(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Philippe Gilbert on the Kwaremont(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Belgian fans celebrate Tom Boonen's victory(Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Omega Pharma - QuickStep celebrate Tom Boonen's third Tour of Flanders win(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Race fans waiting at the finish(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Wouter Vandenhoutte, Eddy Merckx and Patrick Lefevere watch the action on television(Image credit: Photopress.be)

Wouter Vandenhoutte, Eddy Merckx and Patrick Lefevere watch the action on television(Image credit: Photopress.be)