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 defeated Rachel Neylan of Australia by 10 seconds, with Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini finishing third.
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 stage 3 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 .
Rank Rider Country Time Marianne Vos Rachel Neylan + 10" Elisa Longo Borghini + 18" 4 Amber Neben + 33" 5 Anna van der Breggen + 55" 6 Rossella Ratto + 3' 40" 7 Linda Villumsen + 4' 37" 8 Judith Arndt + 4' 37" 9 Emma Johansson + 4' 37" 10 Paulina Brzeźna + 4' 37" 11 Annemiek van Vleuten + 4' 37" 12 Ashleigh Moolman + 4' 37" 13 Joëlle Numainville + 4' 37" 14 Alena Amialiusik + 4' 37" 15 Emma Pooley + 4' 37" 16 Evelyn Stevens + 4' 37" 17 Jessie Daams + 4' 37" 18 Liesbet De Vocht + 4' 37" 19 Hanka Kupfernagel + 4' 49" 20 Giorgia Bronzini + 4' 49"21 Leah Kirchmann + 4' 49"22 Inga Čilvinaitė + 4' 49" 23 Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen + 4' 49" 24 Oxana Kozonchuk + 4' 49" 25 Yevheniya Vysotska + 4' 49"26 Ivanna Borovychenko + 4' 49"27 Larisa Pankova + 4' 49"28 Anna Sanchis Chafer + 4' 49"29 Carmen Small + 4' 49"30 Karol-Ann Canuel + 4' 49"31 Tiffany Cromwell + 4' 52"32 Tatiana Antoshina + 4' 54" 33 Megan Guarnier + 4' 54"34 Charlotte Becker + 4' 54" 35 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga + 4' 58"36 Clemilda Fernandes Silva + 4' 58" 37 Edwige Pitel + 4' 58"38 Elena Cecchini + 4' 58"39 Sharon Laws + 4' 58"40 Sofie De Vuyst + 4' 58"41 Kelly Druyts + 4' 58"42 Martina Růžičková + 4' 58"43 Annelies Van Doorslaer + 4' 58"44 Kristin McGrath + 4' 58"45 Claudia Häusler + 4' 58"46 Aleksandra Burchenkova + 4' 58"47 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot + 5' 03"48 Lucinda Brand + 5' 03"49 Olena Sharha + 5' 03"50 Cherise Taylor + 5' 03"51 Lise Nøstvold + 5' 03"52 Małgorzata Jasińska + 5' 03"53 Shara Gillow + 5' 03"54 Ane Santesteban Gonzalez + 5' 03"55 Amélie Rivat + 5' 03"56 Kataržina Sosna + 5' 03"57 Trixi Worrack + 5' 03"58 Andrea Dvorak + 5' 03"59 Olivia Dillon + 5' 39"60 Nicole Cooke + 5' 39"61 Petra Zrimšek + 5' 39"62 Jennifer Hohl + 5' 39"63 Edita Janeliūnaitė + 5' 39"64 Francesca Cauz + 5' 39"65 Verónica Leal Balderas + 5' 39"66 Nikki Harris + 5' 39"
Rank Rider Country Time67 Veronique Labonte + 5' 39"68 Amanda Spratt + 5' 39"69 Adrie Visser + 5' 41"70 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg + 5' 41"71 Jessie MacLean + 6' 04"72 Gracie Elvin + 6' 04"73 Marta Tagliaferro + 6' 04"74 Noemi Cantele + 6' 04"75 Hanna Nilsson + 6' 04"76 Evelyn Arys + 6' 04"77 Kirsten Wild + 6' 04"78 Sandrine Bideau + 6' 22"79 Tatiana Guderzo + 7' 1"80 Lilibeth Chacón García + 8' 24" Lex Albrecht OTL Miriam Bjørnsrud OTL Romy Kasper DNF Loren Rowney DNF Siobhan Horgan DNF Aleksandra Sošenko DNF Sérika Guluma Ortiz DNF Doris Schweizer DNF Daniela Pintarelli DNF Lise Olivier DNF Alexandra Chekina DNF Martina Ritter DNF Mayuko Hagiwara DNF Maria Briceno DNF Rimma Luchshenko DNF Audrey Cordon DNF Sara Mustonen DNF Jessica Kihlbom DNF Patricia Schwager DNF Sophie Creux DNF Joanna van de Winkel DNF Katie Colclough DNF Shelley Olds DNF Emilia Fahlin DNF Ellen van Dijk DNF Loes Gunnewijk DNF Emily Collins DNF Eugenia Bujak DNF Olena Pavlukhina DNF Anna Nahirna DNF Semra Yetiş DNF Rotem Gafinovitz DNF Mia Radotić DNF Mayra Del Rocio Rocha DNF Kathryn Bertine DNF Kaat Hannes DNF Robyn de Groot DNF An-Li Pretorius DNF Sari Saarelainen DNF Polona Batagelj DNF Roberta Monaldini DNF Isabelle Söderberg DNF Lenore Pipes DNF Yuliya Martisova DNF Andrea Graus DNF Yennifer Cesar DNF Emma Crum DNF Kate Chilcott DNF Martina Sáblíková DNF Agnė Šilinytė DNF Urša Pintar DNF Pavlína Šulcová DNF
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