2012 Road World Championships - Valkenburg: Elite-Men RR
Belgian Philippe Gilbert takes World title after a bad spring season. Gilbert attacks on Cauberg to solo to his biggest win in his career. Edvald Boasson Hagen and Alejandro Valverde round off podium. Photos...

Philippe Gilbert solo's to first ever World title. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

Result
1 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) 6:10:41
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) 0:00:04
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) 0:00:05
4 John Degenkolb (Germany)
5 Lars Boom (Netherlands)

Edvald Boasson Hagen and Alejandro Valverde second and third. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

6 Allan Davis (Australia)
7 Thomas Voeckler (France)
8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Colombia)
10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spain)

Philippe Gilbert was very emotional after taking his biggest win thus far. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

11 Rui Costa (Portugal)
12 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
13 Oscar Gatto (Italy)
14 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
15 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden)

Philippe Gilbert. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

16 Koen De Kort (Netherlands)
17 Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
18 Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan)
19 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Great Britain)
20 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway)

Lots of people came to Valkenburg to watch the races. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

21 Simon Gerrans (Australia)
22 Stefan Denifl (Austria)
23 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia)
24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spain)
25 Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)

Climbing the Bemelerberg. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

26 Bjorn Leukemans (Belgium)
27 Fabian Wegmann (Germany)
28 Alexandr Kolobnev (Russian Federation)
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
30 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Portugal) 0:00:17

The break of the day with Flecha, Matthews and Tiernan-Locke. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

31 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
32 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
33 Daniel Martin (Ireland)
34 Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
35 Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)

Contador attacks on the Cauberg. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

36 Ian Stannard (Great Britain) 0:00:53
37 Paul Martens (Germany)
38 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spain)
39 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spain)
40 Yury Trofimov (Russian Federation) 0:01:01

The beautiful scenery around Valkenburg. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

41 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spain) 0:01:37
42 David Tanner (Australia)
43 Andrew Talansky (United States of America) 0:01:54
44 Rene Mandri (Estonia) 0:02:21
45 Gustav Larsson (Sweden)

The men had to climb the Cauberg nine times. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

46 Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland)
47 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Colombia)
48 Bauke Mollema (Netherlands)
49 Rafael Andriato (Brazil)
50 Michael Schär (Switzerland)
Full result

Thomas Voeckler attacks in the final lap. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

The Dutch attack the bunch. Photo © 2012 Bart Hazen

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