2012 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling world championships 2012 UCI Road World Championships logo.jpg Netherlands Valkenburg Valkenburg, the Netherlands Netherlands 50 52 N 5 50 E type:landmark_region:NE inline September 15–23, 2012 74 12 København 2011 Firenze 2013 The 2012 UCI Road World Championships took place in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, also known as South Limburg, between September 15 and 23.25 December 2025 World Championship RR https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=2012 FirstCycling.com en The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23, and team time trials for elite men and women. It was the 79th Road World Championships. Castelfidardo near Loreto in Italy was also a candidate, but Italy had held the UCI Road World Championships in Varese in 2008. The Netherlands had last hosted the Road World Championships in 1998, in Valkenburg aan de Geul, and 2012 was the seventh time that the country hosted the championships.17 May 2024 2012 » UCI World Championship https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2012/result procyclingstats.com The 2012 championships had a number of changes compared to the former editions.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/radical-changes-for-2012-world-championships Radical changes for 2012 World Championships Richard Moore 23 September 2009 13 April 2010 A team time trial was reintroduced. This was last competed as a world championship event in 1994 between nations. The reintroduction will see trade teams compete, similar to the Eindhoven Team Time Trial held between 2005 and 2007. The Junior championships will also be on the programme. With the extra events, the championships will be held over two weekends (nine days) and will also include an opening ceremony and a cyclosportive event. The start and finish for the events was in Vilt, a commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul on top of the Cauberg. Schedule thumb|Ellen van Dijk and Niki Terpstra celebrating their World Team Time Trial title Date Timings Event Distance Start Finish Team time trial events September 16 11:00 12:30 Women's teams 34.2 km on Sittard-Geleen Valkenburg aan de Geul 13:30 16:40 Men's teams 53.2 km on Individual time trial events September 17 10:00 12:05 Junior men 26.6 km on Landgraaf Valkenburg aan de Geul 14:00 16:25 Under-23 men 36.0 km on September 18 10:30 12:22 Junior women 15.6 km on Eijsden-Margraten 14:00 16:25 Elite women 24.3 km on September 18 13:30 16:40 Elite men 45.7 km on Heerlen September 21 14:00–16:10 – Road race – Junior Women, 80 km, 5 x Circuit (5 x 16.125 km) September 22 09:00–13:15 – Road race – Under 23 Men, 177 km, 11 x Circuit (11 x 16.125 km) 14:30–17:45 – Road race – Elite Women, 129 km, 8 x Circuit (8 x 16.125 km) September 23 09:00–12:10 – Road race – Junior Men, 129 km, 8 x Circuit (8 x 16.125 km) 10:45–17:00 – Road race – Elite Men, 267 km, Start in Maastricht, then, after 106 km through the southern part of the province of Limburg, 10 x Circuit (10 x 16.125 km) Circuit = west on Rijksweg in Vilt, continuing through Berg en Terblijt onto Bergerstraat, turning left grazing Maastricht on the east by going south on Molenweg, then turning left and continuing east on Bemelerweg, continuing onto Oude Akerstraat and Bemelerberg through Bemelen, continuing onto Gasthuis, turning left and continuing northeast On Smitserweg, which turns into Bemelerweg grazing Sibbe on the west and into Daalhemerweg curving to north all the way into Valkenburg aan de Geul, at the end turning left onto Cauberg, back to Vilt. Participating nations Cyclists from 74 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed, excluding riders in the team time trials, is shown in parentheses. Participating national federationsClick on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page18em ALG AND 1 ARG AUS AUT AZE 2 BLR BEL BOL 1 BRA BUL 1 CAN CHI COL CRC 1 CRO CZE DEN DOM ECU ERI 1 EST ETH FIN FRA GER 34 GBR GRE GUM 1 HKG HUN IRL ISR ITA CIV 1 JPN KAZ KGZ 1 LAT LIB LTU LUX MKD 1 MAS MEX MDA MON MAR NAM 1 NED 39 (host) AHO NZL NOR PAN 1 POL POR RUS SKN 1 SMR SRB SVK SLO RSA KOR 1 ESP SWE SUI THA 1 TUN TUR UKR USA URU 1 VEN Events summary Men's eventsMen's road race2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race Philippe Gilbert BEL 6h 10' 41" Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR + 4" Alejandro Valverde ESP + 5"Men's time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial Tony Martin GER 58' 38.76" Taylor Phinney USA + 5.37" Vasil Kiryienka BLR + 1' 44.99" Men's team time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial BEL OPQ 2012 1h 03' 17.17" USA BMC 2012 + 3.23" AUS OGE 2012b + 47.06" Tom Boonen BEL Sylvain Chavanel FRA Tony Martin GER Niki Terpstra NED Kristof Vandewalle BEL Peter Velits SVK Alessandro Ballan ITA Philippe Gilbert BEL Taylor Phinney USA Marco Pinotti ITA Manuel Quinziato ITA Tejay van Garderen USA Sam Bewley NZL Luke Durbridge AUS Sebastian Langeveld NED Cameron Meyer AUS Jens Mouris NED Svein Tuft CAN Women's eventsWomen's road race2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race Marianne Vos NED 3h 14' 29" Rachel Neylan AUS + 10" Elisa Longo Borghini ITA + 18"Women's time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial Judith Arndt GER 32' 26.46" Evelyn Stevens USA + 33.77" Linda Villumsen NZL + 40.57" Women's team time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial GER SLU 2012 46' 31.63" AUS Orica–AIS + 24.19" NED LNL 2012 + 1' 59.32" Charlotte Becker GER Ellen van Dijk NED Amber Neben USA Evelyn Stevens USA Ina-Yoko Teutenberg GER Trixi Worrack GER Judith Arndt GER Shara Gillow AUS Loes Gunnewijk NED Melissa Hoskins AUS Alex Rhodes AUS Linda Villumsen NZL Chantal Blaak NED Lucinda Brand NED Jessie Daams BEL Sharon Laws GBR Emma Pooley GBR Kirsten Wild NED Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road race2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race Alexey Lutsenko KAZ 4h 20' 15" Bryan Coquard FRA s.t. Tom Van Asbroeck BEL s.t.Men's under-23 time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial Anton Vorobyev RUS 44' 09.02" Rohan Dennis AUS + 44.39" Damien Howson AUS + 51.12" Men's Juniors EventsMen's junior road race2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race Matej Mohorič SLO 3h 00' 45" Caleb Ewan AUS s.t. Josip Rumac CRO s.t.Men's junior time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial Oskar Svendsen NOR 35' 34.75" Matej Mohorič SLO + 7.04" Maximilian Schachmann GER + 11.83" Women's Juniors EventsWomen's junior road race2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race Lucy Garner GBR 2h 11' 26" Eline Brustad NOR s.t. Anna Stricker ITA s.t.Women's junior time trial2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial Elinor Barker GBR 22' 26.29" Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig DEN + 35.87" Demi de Jong NED + 1' 03.13" Medal table Place Nation Total 1 GER 3 0 1 4 2 BEL 2 0 1 3 3 GBR 2 0 0 2 4 NOR 1 2 0 3 5 SLO 1 1 0 2 6 NED 1 0 2 3 7 KAZ 1 0 0 1 RUS 1 0 0 1 9 AUS 0 4 2 6 10 USA 0 3 0 3 11 DEN 0 1 0 1 FRA 0 1 0 1 13 ITA 0 0 2 2 14 BLR 0 0 1 1 CRO 0 0 1 1 NZL 0 0 1 1 ESP 0 0 1 1 Total 12 12 12 36 Team time trials are included under the UCI registration country of the team. References External links http://www.limburg2012.nl/ Category:UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships UCI Road World Championships Category:International cycle races hosted by the Netherlands Category:Cycling in Limburg (Netherlands) Category:Cycling in Valkenburg aan de Geul Category:September 2012 sports events in Europe