Start line gallery: 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem

The third stop of the northern classics gets underway with Cancellara, Cavendish and Gilbert on-hand

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World champion Mark Cavendish (Sky) and British photographer Graham Watson at the start line of the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Mat Hayman (Team Sky) chats with a spectator before the start of the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Fabian Cancellara and Bernie Eisel chat at the start line of the 2012 Ghent Wevelgem. On Friday Eisel finished third at Harelbeke after Cancellara suffered three crashes. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) hopes to improve on last year’s third-place finish at the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Make — 2003 Ghent-Wevelgem winner Andreas Klier (Garmin-Barracuda) lowers his tire pressure to 88psi, front and rear before the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Start — The weather was more typical Flandrian for the start of the 2012 Ghent Wevelgem than Friday’s heat wave. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire has called it a career. Photo: Neal Rogers | VeloNews

Two — 2001 Ghent-Wevelgem winner George Hincapie, 38, and Taylor Phinney, 21, of BMC Racing. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Rabobank’s Maarten Wynants stops to sign an autograph before the start of the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) is coming off a sub-par Harelbeke at the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

Time — The sign-in stage for the 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem. Photo: Neal Rogers © VeloNews

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Start line gallery: 2012 Ghent-Wevelgem

The third stop of the northern classics gets underway with Cancellara, Cavendish and Gilbert on-hand

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