Paris – Roubaix 2012

Race result
winner	Tom Boonen	5h 55 '22 "
2.	Sébastien Turgot	+ 1:39 min.
3.	Alessandro Ballan	equal time
4th	Juan Antonio Flecha	equal time
5.	Niki Terpstra	equal time
6th	Lars Boom	+ 1:43 min.
7th	Matteo Tosatto	+ 3:31 min.
8th.	Mathew Hayman	equal time
9.	Johan Vansummeren	equal time
10.	Maarten Wijnants	equal time

Tom Boonen at the finish in a winning pose

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 2012 was the 110th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 8, 2012. The race was part of the UCI WorldTour .

The race led from Compiègne , around 80 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The entire route was 257.5 kilometers long and led over 27 pavé sectors with a length of 51.5 kilometers. The winner Tom Boonen completed the race at an average speed of 43.476  km / h .

With 55 kilometers to go, Boonen pulled out of the peloton without building up any resistance. At first he was joined by Alessandro Ballan , Filippo Pozzato and Niki Terpstra , but they couldn't keep up with Boonen. In a single trip graduated Boonen the rest of the race to the velodrome of Roubaix, where he earned his fourth victory in Paris-Roubaix won. With that he drew level with the four-time winner Roger De Vlaeminck , and he is the only driver who has twice achieved the double Tour of Flanders / Paris-Roubaix . (As of 2015)

Web links

Commons : Paris – Roubaix 2012  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Paris - Roubaix 2012 Part 4 on YouTube , 8 April 2012

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 2012. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 20, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 2012 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .