2012 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2012 La Flèche Wallonne was the 76th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 18 April 2012 over a distance of and was the twelfth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by rider Joaquim Rodríguez – a former two-time runner-up in the race – after making a late-race attack on the Mur de Huy. Second place went to 's Michael Albasini, while defending race winner Philippe Gilbert rounded out the podium placings for . Teams. As La Flèche Wallonne 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. The 25 teams that competed in the race were: