page_title: 2012 Global Champions Tour
section_title: 5th Competition: Cannes
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Global Champions Tour / Competitions / 5th Competition: Cannes
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Podium du Global Champions Tour de Cannes. 1er - Gerco Schröder (au centre) / 2e - Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (à gauche) / 3e - Edwina Tops-Alexander (à droite)
context_page_description: The 2012 Global Champions Tour is the 7th edition of the Global Champions Tour, an important international show jumping competition series.
context_section_description: June 14, 2012 to June 16, 2012 – Cannes,  France
  The first GCT event in France this season was held from June 14 to June 16, 2012 at the Jumping Cannes horse show. This event was held at the Stade des Hespérides in Cannes.
  The Grand Prix de la Ville de Cannes, the Cannes GCT competition, was held at Saturday evening under floodlight. The show jumping course was designed by Uliano Vezzani. The first round was challenging, 13 of 46 riders had 12 or more penalty points.
  In the second competition, which includes three double combinations, seven riders had no faults. In the addition of both rounds three riders with their horses had no penalty points, they were qualified for the jump-off. As first rider, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson got in the lead. Gerco Schröder was the next, he was 16 hundredths of a second faster than Bengtsson. As last competitor the winner of the last two years in this competition, Edwina Tops-Alexander, started in the jump-off. She also had a fast time with her horse Itot du Château, but Bengtsson and Schröder was faster than Tops-Alexander.
  (Top 3 of 46 competitors)
caption: Podium of the GCT of Cannes.
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