The 2012 Gent–Wevelgem was the 74th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 25 March 2012 over a distance of 234.6 kilometres, and was the seventh race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
Teams
As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton. Each team could enter up to eight riders, with the starting peloton being 195 riders. The 25 teams that competed in the race were: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ==Results==
Women's race
A women's race was held for the first time in 2012, on the same day as the men's race but over a shorter course of . rider Lizzie Armitstead won after a solo breakaway of nearly . ==References==