2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race


The Women's road race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 22 September in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.
Dutchwoman Marianne Vos won her second world title after finishing second 5 times since 2007. She struggled to escape for much of the 129-kilometre eight-lap race, but finally got clear on the intimidating Cauberg Hill to sprint to victory on the last two ascents. With a finishing time of three hours 14 minutes and 29 seconds, Vos beat Rachel Neylan of Australia by 10 seconds, with Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini third. Dutch time trialist Ellen van Dijk was a notable casualty in a crash involving 50 riders on the second lap.

Route

The race covered 129 km and contained eight laps on a 16.5 km circuit. The circuit included the Bemelerberg, 900 m long and maximal 7% and the Cauberg hill in Valkenburg – where the Amstel Gold Race has finished since 2003, and hosted the finish of of the 2006 Tour de France – a long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%. The finish was beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill.

Final classification

Of the race's 132 entrants, 80 riders completed the full distance of.
RankRiderCountryTime
Marianne Vos
Rachel Neylan+ 10"
Elisa Longo Borghini+ 18"
4Amber Neben+ 33"
5Anna van der Breggen+ 55"
6Rossella Ratto+ 3' 40"
7Linda Villumsen+ 4' 37"
8Judith Arndt+ 4' 37"
9Emma Johansson+ 4' 37"
10Paulina Brzeźna+ 4' 37"
11Annemiek van Vleuten+ 4' 37"
12Ashleigh Moolman+ 4' 37"
13Joëlle Numainville+ 4' 37"
14Alena Amialiusik+ 4' 37"
15Emma Pooley+ 4' 37"
16Evelyn Stevens+ 4' 37"
17Jessie Daams+ 4' 37"
18Liesbet De Vocht+ 4' 37"
19Hanka Kupfernagel+ 4' 49"
20Giorgia Bronzini+ 4' 49"
21Leah Kirchmann+ 4' 49"
22Inga Čilvinaitė+ 4' 49"
23Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen+ 4' 49"
24Oxana Kozonchuk+ 4' 49"
25Yevheniya Vysotska+ 4' 49"
26Ivanna Borovychenko+ 4' 49"
27Larisa Pankova+ 4' 49"
28Anna Sanchis Chafer+ 4' 49"
29Carmen Small+ 4' 49"
30Karol-Ann Canuel+ 4' 49"
31Tiffany Cromwell+ 4' 52"
32Tatiana Antoshina+ 4' 54"
33Megan Guarnier+ 4' 54"
34Charlotte Becker+ 4' 54"
35Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga+ 4' 58"
36Clemilda Fernandes Silva+ 4' 58"
37Edwige Pitel+ 4' 58"
38Elena Cecchini+ 4' 58"
39Sharon Laws+ 4' 58"
40Sofie De Vuyst+ 4' 58"
41Kelly Druyts+ 4' 58"
42Martina Růžičková+ 4' 58"
43Annelies Van Doorslaer+ 4' 58"
44Kristin McGrath+ 4' 58"
45Claudia Häusler+ 4' 58"
46Aleksandra Burchenkova+ 4' 58"
47Pauline Ferrand-Prévot+ 5' 03"
48Lucinda Brand+ 5' 03"
49Olena Sharha+ 5' 03"
50Cherise Taylor+ 5' 03"
51Lise Nøstvold+ 5' 03"
52Małgorzata Jasińska+ 5' 03"
53Shara Gillow+ 5' 03"
54Ane Santesteban Gonzalez+ 5' 03"
55Amélie Rivat+ 5' 03"
56Kataržina Sosna+ 5' 03"
57Trixi Worrack+ 5' 03"
58Andrea Dvorak+ 5' 03"
59Olivia Dillon+ 5' 39"
60Nicole Cooke+ 5' 39"
61Petra Zrimsek+ 5' 39"
62Jennifer Hohl+ 5' 39"
63Edita Janeliūnaitė+ 5' 39"
64Francesca Cauz+ 5' 39"
65Verónica Leal Balderas+ 5' 39"
66Nikki Harris+ 5' 39"

RankRiderCountryTime
67Veronique Labonte+ 5' 39"
68Amanda Spratt+ 5' 39"
69Adrie Visser+ 5' 41"
70Ina-Yoko Teutenberg+ 5' 41"
71Jessie MacLean+ 6' 04"
72Gracie Elvin+ 6' 04"
73Marta Tagliaferro+ 6' 04"
74Noemi Cantele+ 6' 04"
75Hanna Nilsson+ 6' 04"
76Evelyn Arys+ 6' 04"
77Kirsten Wild+ 6' 04"
78Sandrine Bideau+ 6' 22"
79Tatiana Guderzo+ 7' 1"
80Lilibeth Chacón García+ 8' 24"
Lex AlbrechtOTL
Miriam BjørnsrudOTL
Romy KasperDNF
Loren RowneyDNF
Siobhan HorganDNF
Aleksandra SošenkoDNF
Sérika Guluma OrtizDNF
Doris SchweizerDNF
Daniela PintarelliDNF
Lise OlivierDNF
Alexandra ChekinaDNF
Martina RitterDNF
Mayuko HagiwaraDNF
Maria BricenoDNF
Rimma LuchshenkoDNF
Audrey CordonDNF
Sara MustonenDNF
Jessica KihlbomDNF
Patricia SchwagerDNF
Sophie CreuxDNF
Joanna van de WinkelDNF
Katie ColcloughDNF
Shelley OldsDNF
Emilia FahlinDNF
Ellen van DijkDNF
Loes GunnewijkDNF
Emily CollinsDNF
Eugenia BujakDNF
Olena PavlukhinaDNF
Anna NahirnaDNF
Semra YetişDNF
Rotem GafinovitzDNF
Mia RadotićDNF
Mayra Del Rocio RochaDNF
Kathryn BertineDNF
Kaat HannesDNF
Robyn de GrootDNF
An-Li PretoriusDNF
Sari SaarelainenDNF
Polona BatageljDNF
Roberta MonaldiniDNF
Isabelle SöderbergDNF
Lenore PipesDNF
Yuliya MartisovaDNF
Andrea GrausDNF
Yennifer CesarDNF
Emma CrumDNF
Kate ChilcottDNF
Martina SáblíkováDNF
Agnė ŠilinytėDNF
Urša PintarDNF
Pavlína ŠulcováDNF