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The 2012 Tour of Flanders was the 96th edition of the Tour of Flanders single-day "Monument" cycling race. It was held on 1 April 2012 over a distance of – between Brugge and Oudenaarde〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oudenaarde nieuwe aankomstplaats )〕 – and was the eighth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. In a three-man sprint finish, the race was won by Belgian Tom Boonen, who in the process, became the fifth different rider to win the race three times, and took the lead of the overall World Tour standings. Boonen finished ahead of 's Filippo Pozzato and 2007 winner Alessandro Ballan of , who completed the podium. ==Course change== The course of the classic was changed drastically. The finish was changed from Meerbeke to Oudenaarde due to the result of a changed parcours to the race. Famous hills like the Muur van Geraardsbergen and the Bosberg were the final two hills in almost every edition from 1975 but were removed from the course. The new final featured the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg, both were climbed three times. Also included in the final were the infamous Koppenberg – climbed after the first passage of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg – as well as the Steenbeekdries and the Kluisberg. 2010 winner Fabian Cancellara stated in the Belgium TV show ''De Laatste Show'' that he liked the new route of the race. He said that he disliked the dead moment from Tenbosse until the Muur in the old route and also the flat kilometres after the Bosberg until the finish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fabian Cancellara in "De laatste show" )〕 While Cancellara liked the new route, some riders expressed negative feelings about the new route. Two-time winner Stijn Devolder stated that: "This is no longer the Ronde van Vlaanderen".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belgians mourn "decapitated" Tour of Flanders )〕 Former Belgian cyclist and three-time winner Johan Museeuw stated that the course was potentially made too hard: "Three times up the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg can blow you away. The course didn't really need to be made harder, I think." Many cycling fans, especially those in Belgium, also expressed against the changes in the route and thinking that the changes were made for commercial reasons. The omission of the ''Muur'' was not received well by the fans and was like "removing the Poggio from Milan–San Remo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belgians "Muur" verdwijnt uit Ronde van Vlaanderen )〕 The "Muur" was included in the first World Tour E3 Harelbeke in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Belgians E3 Prijs voert in 2012 over Muur van Geraardsbergen )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 Tour of Flanders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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