2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile

2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile 29 June–7 July 2012 9 961 24h 50′ 43″ km Marianne Vos NED pink Rabobank Women Emma Pooley GBR AA Drink–leontien.nl Evelyn Stevens USA Specialized–lululemon Marianne Vos NED yellow Rabobank Women Emma Pooley GBR green AA Drink–leontien.nl Elisa Longo Borghini ITA white Hitec Products–Mistral Home 2011 2013 File:Girodonne2012 overview.png The 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 23rd running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the most prestigious stage race on the women's road cycling calendar.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/olympians-warm-up-for-london-in-womens-giro-ditalia Olympians warm up for London in women's Giro d'Italia 27 June 2012 Cycling News It was held over nine stages from 29 June to 7 July 2012, starting in Naples and finishing in Bergamo.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-internazionale-femminile-2012 Cycling News 29 June 2012 Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012 The race was won by last year's winner Marianne Vos, who also won 5 of the 9 stages as well as the yellow jersey (points). Teams Seventeen teams competed in the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile: the top ten UCI Women's Teams (listed on the left below), a Dutch national team, and six 'wildcard' Italian teams:http://www.girodonne.it/portale/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=988&Itemid=1 The 10 world best teams at 2012 GiroDonne start girodonne.it 29 June 2012http://www.girodonne.it/portale/2012/ELENCOISCRITTE.pdf girodonne.it ELENCO ISCRITTI ENTRY LIST Italian 29 June 2012 Federazione Ciclista Italiana 2012-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120803073352/http://www.girodonne.it/portale/2012/ELENCOISCRITTE.pdf 2012-08-03 dead Rabobank Women Specialized–lululemon AA Drink–leontien.nl Orica–AIS Hitec Products–Mistral Home Diadora–Pasta Zara Be Pink Faren Honda RusVelo Lotto Belisol Dutch national team Giusfredi Verinlegno MCipollini–Giambenini Vaiano Tepso Fassa Bortolo Servetto S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Forno d'Asolo Colavita Stages The 2012 race started with the longest stage, a 139.1 km flat stage from Naples to Terracina. The second stage was a 7.2 km individual time trial around the streets of Rome.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533629/british-stars-pooley-cooke-armitstead-and-laws-line-up-for-giro-donne.html British stars Pooley, Cooke, Armitstead and Laws line up for Giro Donne 28 June 2012 Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly Stage Date CourseDistance Stage winner Winner's team 1 29 JuneNaples to Terracina139.1 km onMarianne Vos NED Rabobank Women 2 30 June Rome7.2 km on Marianne Vos NED Rabobank Women 3 1 July Vernio to Castiglione dei Pepoli124 km on Evelyn Stevens USA Specialized–lululemon 4 2 July Montecatini Terme to Montecatini Alto98 km on Marianne Vos NED Rabobank Women 5 3 July Polesella to Molinella118.7 km on Tiffany Cromwell AUS Orica–AIS 6 4 July Modena to Salsomaggiore122.2 km on Shelley Olds USA AA Drink–leontien.nl 7 5 July Voghera to Castagnole delle Lanze129.1 km on Marianne Vos NED Rabobank Women 8 6 July Mornago to Lonate Pozzolo116.2 km on Marianne Vos NED Rabobank Women 9 7 July Sarnico to Bergamo106.9 km on Emma Johansson SWE Hitec Products–Mistral HomeTotal961 km on Classification There were five different jerseys awarded in the 2012 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia, and as in the men's race, the leader of the general classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 2008-05-13 Cycling News 2009-08-27 The other jerseys differ in colour from those of the men's Giro: The points classification was awarded the maglia gialla or yellow jersey, a change from its mauve (ciclamino) colour in preceding years.http://www.girodonne.it/portale/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=52&Itemid=160 Classifiche 2012 girogonne.it 30 June 2012 Italian Points are awarded for placements at stage finishes as well as at selected intermediate sprint points on the route, and the jersey is received by the rider with the most overall points to their name. The mountains classification was awarded the green jersey (maglia verde). Points were allocated for the first few riders over selected mountain passes on the route, with more difficult passes paying more points, and the jersey is received by the rider with the most overall points to their name. The white jersey (maglia bianca) for the best young rider was given to the highest-placed rider on the general classification aged 23 or under on 1 January 2012 (i.e. born in or after 1989). The blue jersey (maglia azzura) was given to the highest-placed Italian rider on the general classification. Classification progress Stage Winner General classification25px|link=|alt= Points classification25px|link=|alt= Mountains classification25px|link=|alt= Young rider classification25px|link=|alt= Italian rider classification25px|link=|alt= 1 Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Aleksandra Sošenko Chloe Hosking Giorgia Bronzini 2 Marianne Vos Alena Amialiusik Tatiana Guderzo 3 Evelyn Stevens Evelyn Stevens Emma Pooley Elisa Longo Borghini Fabiana Luperini 4 Marianne Vos Marianne Vos 5 Tiffany Cromwell 6 Shelley Olds 7 Marianne Vos 8 Marianne Vos 9 Emma Johansson Final Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Emma Pooley Elisa Longo Borghini Fabiana Luperini General classification progress Top five with times behind the race leader: Stage 25px|link=|alt= Leader 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1 Marianne Vos NED Shelley Olds USA 4" Giorgia Bronzini ITA 6" Chloe Hosking AUS 7" Marta Tagliaferro ITA 8" 2 Clara Hughes CAN 15" Shelley Olds USA 19" Judith Arndt GER 22" Evelyn Stevens USA 27" 3 Evelyn Stevens USA Marianne Vos NED 12" Emma Pooley GBR 31" Fabiana Luperini ITA 1' 01" Judith Arndt GER 2' 35" 4 Marianne Vos NED Evelyn Stevens USA 1' 31" 2' 07" 2' 37" Tatiana Guderzo ITA 4' 08" 5 Tiffany Cromwell AUS 3' 46" 6 1' 44" 2' 20" 2' 57" 4' 06" 7 1' 54" 2' 30" 3' 03" Tatiana Guderzo ITA 4' 24" 8 2' 00" 3' 20" 3' 53" Judith Arndt GER 4' 45" 9 Emma Pooley GBR 3' 27" Evelyn Stevens USA 6' 32" 7' 39" Emma Johansson SWE 7' 50" Final standings Source:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-internazionale-femminile-2012/stage-9/results Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012: Stage 9 Results cyclingnews.com 7 July 2012 General classification RiderTeamTime1 Marianne Vos NED 20px 20px Rabobank Women 24h 50′ 43″ 2 Emma Pooley GBR 20px|Green jersey LNL 2012 + 3' 27" 3 Evelyn Stevens USA Specialized–lululemon + 6' 32" 4 Fabiana Luperini ITA 20px|Blue jersey Faren Honda + 7' 39" 5 Emma Johansson SWE Hitec Products–Mistral Home + 7' 50" 6 Judith Arndt GER Orica–AIS + 8' 30" 7 Tatiana Guderzo ITA MCipollini–Giambenini + 9' 00" 8 Claudia Häusler GER Orica–AIS + 9' 13" 9 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA 20px|White jersey Hitec Products–Mistral Home + 10' 07" 10 Ashleigh Moolman RSA Lotto Belisol Ladies + 10' 12" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Marianne Vos NED 20px 20px Rabobank Women 107 2 Emma Johansson SWE Hitec Products–Mistral Home 52 3 Judith Arndt GER Orica–AIS 48 4 Evelyn Stevens USA Specialized–lululemon 47 5 Shelley Olds USA LNL 2012 43 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Emma Pooley GBR 20px|Green jersey LNL 2012 43 2 Evelyn Stevens USA Specialized–lululemon 21 3 Marianne Vos NED 20px 20px Rabobank Women 16 4 Linda Villumsen NZL Orica–AIS 12 5 Claudia Häusler GER Orica–AIS 10 Fabiana Luperini ITA 20px|Blue jersey Faren Honda 10 Young riders classification RiderTeamTime1 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA 20px|White jersey Hitec Products–Mistral Home 25h 00′ 50″2 Alena Amialiusik BLR Be Pink + 5' 11"3 Rossella Ratto ITA Verinlegno-Fabiani + 13' 12"4 Lucinda Brand NED LNL 2012 + 28' 42"5 Anna Van Der Breggen NED Dutch national team +30' 10" References External links Girodonne (Italian and English) Category:Giro d'Italia Women Category:2012 in Italian sport Giro d'Italia Femminile