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Gent-Wevelgem 2012 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights

Gent-Wevelgem, the second cycling monument of the year is this Sunday. There are changes to the finish of this year's course that Mark Cavendish says make the 100 km much more difficult. The Kemmelberg (above) is 30 km from the finish.

2012 Gent-Wevelgem Teams
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News and Updates for Gent-Wevelgem 2012

Also Sunday: Two hours before Gent-Wevelgem finishes you can watch the final (mountain) stage of Criterium International (2.HC FRA): race info, startlist and broadcasters now posted + results, photos and highlights from the first two stages. Live coverage of the Volta a Catalunya is also Sunday, the final stage.

2012 Ghent-Wevelgem Post-Race Coverage


9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 sirotti/reuters
Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem cyclingnews
Tom Boonen schiet ook raak in Gent-Wevelgem sporza.be
Two in a row for Boonen, who blasts to third Gent-Wevelgem win velonation
Gent-Wevelgem: Kemmelberg descent leaves Cavendish disappointed cyclingnews
Boonen wins Ghent-Wevelgem over Sagan, Breschel velonews
Ghent-Wevelgem analysis: the rise and fall and rise of Tom Boonen cyclesportmag
Breschel after Ghent-Wevelgem: ‘I’m still here’ velonews
 33 km to go; Cancellara attack (10:48 Flemish) — sporza.be
 13 km to go; Bennati mechanical (02:49 Flemish) — sporza.be
 Last Km of Gent-Wevelgem 2012 (04:41 Flemish) — sporza.be
 Winner's interview from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 (01:47 Flemish) — sporza.be
9 Big Photos from Gent-Wevelgem 2012 sirotti/reuters
Startline Gallerycyclingnews
 As-Live Repeat Broadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
 30 minutes of Highlights (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Start, Midrace and Finish Photoskristoframon
Graham Watson gallery: Ghent-Wevelgem 2012 velonews
 L'ultimo km Gand-Wevelgem, (06:17 Italian) — rai.tv

2012 Ghent-Wevelgem Race Preview (Sunday March 25, 235 km)


10 years ago: the always colorful Mario Cipollini won a bunch sprint at Gent-Wevelgem, for his third and final time, ahead of Americans Fred Rodriguez and George Hincapie. Today, George Hincapie is again racing at Gent-Wevelgem which he won in 2001, Fast Freddie is racing for a domestic team in the U.S. and
Cipollini is serious about coming out of retirement at the age of 45.

Big Photos from 2011sirotti
Big Photos from 2010sirotti
Big Photos from 2009sirotti
Big Photos from 2008 (Many photos, best most complete coverage) — sirotti

March 24 update:
2012 official startliststeephill
Cavendish, Boonen, Freire and Greipel among Ghent-Wevelgem favorites velonews
Gent – Wevelgem preview inrng
Ghent-Wevelgem 2012: The Preview cyclingweekly.co.uk
 Goss confident ahead of Gent-Wevelgem cyclingnews

March 22 update:
Gilbert chases form at E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem cyclingnews
Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss heading Liquigas-Cannondale’s Flemish Cobbled-Classics campaign velonation
Cancellara to ride E3 Prijs and Gent-Wevelgem cyclingnews




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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 24 update: A work in progress for 2012 Gent-Wevelgem live video and text updates. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. No Eurosport coverage. — Steve

Start Time: Sunday March 25 11:20 CET (); Weather in Gent, Belgium
Earliest live video: 14:20 CET (); ... completed see options below
Approximate Finish: 17:05 CET (); Weather in Wevelgem, Belgium

media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
   live video (english)
        [subscription required]
North & South America, UK, Africa and Asia (excl. Japan) starting at 12:20 UTC (8:20 ET) on cycling.tv ; Subscribers will also get access to the As-Live Rebroadcast and 30 minutes of highlights several hours after the race completes
sporza    live video (flemish)
   live video (unrestricted)
   live video (unrestricted)
   live video (unrestricted)
  tv schedule
Sporza ticker starts at 11:35 CEST; live video starts at 14:20 CET preceded by their pre-game show
rtbf    live video (french)
   live video (unrestricted)
restricted; french commentary
   live video (italian)
   live video (unrestricted)
  tv schedule
RAI Sport; Italian. Gand Wevelgam starts at 15:20 CET
NOS    live video (dutch)
  tv schedule
NOS TV w/ Dutch ticker; video likely restricted to the Netherlands
   live video (english)
  tv schedule
Australia; live video streaming starting Sunday night 11.20pm (AEDT).
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
France and Europe satellites; Live at 14:25 CET
 live text updates Cyclingnews English text updates
 live text updates Belgium ticker with updates from the start (11:15 CET)
 steephill text updates
 #gw twitter group
short text updates from any and everyone
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2012 Gent-Wevelgem Route Map, Profile, Timetable


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Timetable


2011 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2010 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2009 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage

2008 Gent-Wevelgem Archived Coverage