2012 Giro di Lombardia
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 27 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 29 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 251 km (156.0 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 36' 26 | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
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(Team Katusha) | |
| Second |
Samuel Sanchez (ESP)
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(Euskaltel–Euskadi) | |
| Third |
 Rigoberto Urán (COL)
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(Team Sky) |
The 2012 Giro di Lombardia or 2012 Il Lombardia was the 106th edition of the Giro di Lombardia single-day cycling race, often known as the Race of the Falling Leaves. It was held on 29 September 2012, over a distance of 251 km (156.0 mi), starting in Bergamo and ending in Lecco. It was the penultimate event of the season in the 2012 UCI World Tour. The very steep climb Muro di Sormano returned to the route during the 2012 edition after an absence of fifty years and was situated before the Madonna del Ghisallo climb.Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) won the race after a solo breakaway initiated on the final climb of the day. He became the first Spaniard to win this Classic.
As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Seven additional wildcard invitations were given – Acqua & Sapone, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela, Colnago–CSF Bardiani, Colombia–Coldeportes, Farnese Vini–Selle Italia, Argos–Shimano and Utensilnord–Named – to form the event's 25-team peloton.
The race got underway in Bergamo under rain and fog with temperatures oscillating around 10 °C (50 °F). The weather conditions discouraged a lot of participants, since of the 197 riders who started the race, only 54 crossed the line as 143 competitors withdrew. The newly crowned World champion Philippe Gilbert of BMC Racing Team was among those who abandoned, as he crashed while trying to reel in the leading group on the descent after the Muro di Sormano. He later rated his 60 km/h (37 mph) crash as a "9.5 out of 10" and posted a picture of his bloodied jersey on Twitter.
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