It was held on 22 April 2012 over a distance of 257.5 kilometres (160.0 miles), starting in Liège and finishing in Ans, via Bastogne in the Ardennes region of Belgium.

It was the thirteenth race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.

[1] Iglinsky caught him with around 1 km (0.6 mi) to go, and eventually won by 21 seconds over Nibali,[2] while Amstel Gold Race winner Enrico Gasparotto rounded out the podium placings for Astana.

[3] Defending race-winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) could only finish sixteenth in the race, almost 90 seconds down on Iglinsky.

Seven other squads were given wildcard places into the race,[5] and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.