2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race
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| Dates | 25 February | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 119.4 km (74.19 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3h 17' 14" | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Loes Gunnewijk (the Netherlands)
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(Orica-AIS) | |
| Second |
Ellen van Dijk (the Netherlands)
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(Team Specialized–lululemon) | |
| Third |
 Trixi Worrack (Germany)
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(Team Specialized–lululemon) |
The 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race took place on 25 February 2012. It was the 7th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended at St. Peter's Square in Ghent, Belgium and spanned 119.4 km (74.2 mi) in the province of East Flanders.
The race was won by Dutch rider Loes Gunnewijk who won a side-by-side sprint of Ellen van Dijk. Trixi Worrack finished third.
The women's parcours was 119.4 km, with seven climbs, including the Kluisberg, Côte de Trieu, Paterberg, Edelareberg, Wolvenberg and Molenberg. When the race hit the Paterberg, Elisa Longo Borghini of Hitec-Mistral was the first to top the climb, leading a group of ten or so riders, with a strong group of 12, including Loes Gunnewijk, chasing at 90 seconds behind them. From here onwards, the front of the race was full of attacks, escapes and regroupings. Noemi Cantele, racing for her brand-new team, was especially aggressive, but couldn't make it away from the front group of 12 which had formed at the half-way point of the Côte de Trieu - Cantele; Gunnewijk, Tiffany Cromwell and Amanda Spratt of GreenEdge-AIS; Longo Borghini and Lise Nøstvold of Hitec-Mistral; Ellen van Dijk and Trixi Worrack of Team Specialized–lululemon; Martine Bras (Dolmans-Boels); Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabobank); and Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl). Behind them on the road, the race was all small groups, and the group had its share of drama, with Armitstead crashing, and having to chase back with Van Dijk, as well as the usual women's-style attacking at every possible opportunity.
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