# 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.
The race was won by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, after he made a late attack on the final ascent of the Cauberg climb and advanced clear of the rest of the field to win his first world title and the first by a Belgian since Tom Boonen won in Madrid in 2005. He finished four seconds clear of Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen, who claimed the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Spain's Alejandro Valverde, who finished a second further behind. When the announcement was made of the course, Gilbert was the instant favourite and rode all year with this pressure. Leading into the worlds he had won only two races all season.

## Route

The race started in Maastricht and ended in Valkenburg. The first 108 kilometres (67 mi) was contested through a number of Limburg cities before the riders entered a 16.1 kilometres (10.0 mi) circuit to be completed on ten occasions. The finish was 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill in Valkenburg – where the Amstel Gold Race had finished from 2003 to 2013, and hosted the finish of stage 3 of the 2006 Tour de France – a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%.

## Final classification

Of the race's 207 entrants, 122 riders completed the full distance of 269 km (167.1 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | 6h 10' 41" |
| | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Norway | + 4" |
| | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | + 5" |
| 4 | John Degenkolb | Germany | + 5" |
| 5 | Lars Boom | Netherlands | + 5" |
| 6 | Allan Davis | Australia | + 5" |
| 7 | Thomas Voeckler | France | + 5" |
| 8 | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Lithuania | + 5" |
| 9 | Sergio Henao | Colombia | + 5" |
| 10 | Óscar Freire | Spain | + 5" |
| 11 | Rui Costa | Portugal | + 5" |
| 12 | Tom Boonen | Belgium | + 5" |
| 13 | Oscar Gatto | Italy | + 5" |
| 14 | Peter Sagan | Slovakia | + 5" |
| 15 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Sweden | + 5" |
| 16 | Koen de Kort | Netherlands | + 5" |
| 17 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | + 5" |
| 18 | Assan Bazayev | Kazakhstan | + 5" |
| DQ | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Great Britain | + 5" |
| 19 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Norway | + 5" |
| 20 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | + 5" |
| 21 | Not allocated | Not allocated | Not allocated |
| 22 | Stefan Denifl | Austria | + 5" |
| 23 | Rigoberto Urán | Colombia | + 5" |
| 24 | Daniel Moreno | Spain | + 5" |
| 25 | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | + 5" |
| 26 | Björn Leukemans | Belgium | + 5" |
| 27 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | + 5" |
| 28 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Russia | + 5" |
| 29 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | + 5" |
| 30 | André Cardoso | Portugal | + 17" |
| 31 | Andriy Hryvko | Ukraine | + 17" |
| 32 | Robert Gesink | Netherlands | + 17" |
| 33 | Dan Martin | Ireland | + 17" |
| 34 | Nicolas Roche | Ireland | + 17" |
| 35 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belgium | + 17" |
| 36 | Ian Stannard | Great Britain | + 53" |
| 37 | Paul Martens | Germany | + 53" |
| 38 | Alberto Contador | Spain | + 53" |
| 39 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Spain | + 53" |
| 40 | Yuri Trofimov | Russia | + 1' 01" |
| 41 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | + 1' 37" |
| 42 | David Tanner | Australia | + 1' 37" |
| 43 | Andrew Talansky | United States | + 1' 54" |
| 44 | Rene Mandri | Estonia | + 2' 21" |
| 45 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | + 2' 21" |
| 46 | Marek Rutkiewicz | Poland | + 2' 21" |
| 47 | Carlos Betancur | Colombia | + 2' 21" |
| 48 | Bauke Mollema | Netherlands | + 2' 21" |
| 49 | Rafael Andriato | Brazil | + 2' 21" |
| 50 | Michael Schär | Switzerland | + 2' 21" |
| 51 | Gatis Smukulis | Latvia | + 2' 21" |
| 52 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Denmark | + 2' 21" |
| 53 | Jarosław Marycz | Poland | + 2' 21" |
| 54 | Takashi Miyazawa | Japan | + 2' 21" |
| 55 | Karsten Kroon | Netherlands | + 2' 21" |
| 56 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Netherlands | + 2' 21" |
| 57 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | + 2' 21" |
| 58 | Radoslav Rogina | Croatia | + 2' 21" |
| 59 | Jan Bárta | Czech Republic | + 2' 21" |
| 60 | Ben Swift | Great Britain | + 2' 21" |
| 61 | Michał Gołaś | Poland | + 2' 21" |
| 62 | Jempy Drucker | Luxembourg | + 2' 21" |
| 63 | Mathias Frank | Switzerland | + 2' 21" |
| 64 | Alex Howes | United States | + 2' 21" |
| 65 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | + 2' 21" |
| 66 | Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | + 2' 21" |
| 67 | Steve Morabito | Switzerland | + 2' 21" |
| 68 | Winner Anacona | Colombia | + 2' 21" |
| 69 | Nairo Quintana | Colombia | + 2' 21" |
| 70 | Steve Cummings | Great Britain | + 2' 21" |
| 71 | Sérgio Paulinho | Portugal | + 2' 21" |
| 72 | Simon Geschke | Germany | + 2' 21" |
| 73 | Heinrich Haussler | Australia | + 2' 21" |
| 74 | Moreno Moser | Italy | + 2' 34" |
| 75 | Luca Paolini | Italy | + 2' 46" |
| 76 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Italy | + 2' 46" |
| 77 | Marco Marcato | Italy | + 2' 46" |
| 78 | Simon Clarke | Australia | + 2' 53" |
| 79 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Germany | + 2' 53" |
| 80 | Christian Knees | Germany | + 2' 53" |
| 81 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain | + 2' 53" |
| 82 | Borut Božič | Slovenia | + 2' 53" |
| 83 | David Veilleux | Canada | + 2' 53" |
| 84 | Mickaël Delage | France | + 2' 53" |
| 85 | Diego Ulissi | Italy | + 2' 53" |
| 86 | Eduard Vorganov | Russia | + 2' 53" |
| 87 | Oleksandr Polivoda | Ukraine | + 3' 11" |
| 88 | Luke Rowe | Great Britain | + 5' 46" |
| 89 | Vladimir Isaichev | Russia | + 5' 46" |
| 90 | Gianni Meersman | Belgium | + 8' 10" |
| 91 | Matej Jurčo | Slovakia | + 8' 55" |
| 92 | Carlos Oyarzun | Chile | + 8' 55" |
| 93 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Belarus | + 8' 55" |
| 94 | Siarhei Papok | Belarus | + 8' 55" |
| 95 | Stefan Hristov | Bulgaria | + 8' 55" |
| 96 | Evaldas Šiškevičius | Lithuania | + 8' 55" |
| 97 | Carlos José Ochoa | Venezuela | + 8' 55" |
| 98 | Taylor Phinney | United States | + 8' 55" |
| 99 | Péter Kusztor | Hungary | + 8' 55" |
| 100 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Netherlands | + 8' 55" |
| 101 | Przemysław Niemiec | Poland | + 8' 55" |
| 102 | Jacek Morajko | Poland | + 8' 55" |
| 103 | Brent Bookwalter | United States | + 8' 55" |
| 104 | František Raboň | Czech Republic | + 8' 55" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 105 | Ronan McLaughlin | Ireland | + 8' 55" |
| 106 | Matthias Brändle | Austria | + 8' 55" |
| 107 | Milan Kadlec | Czech Republic | + 8' 55" |
| 108 | Ryder Hesjedal | Canada | + 8' 55" |
| 109 | Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria | + 8' 55" |
| 110 | François Parisien | Canada | + 8' 55" |
| 111 | Marcus Burghardt | Germany | + 8' 55" |
| 112 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sweden | + 8' 55" |
| 113 | Leopold König | Czech Republic | + 8' 55" |
| 114 | Tanel Kangert | Estonia | + 8' 55" |
| 115 | Jure Kocjan | Slovenia | + 8' 55" |
| 116 | Zdeněk Štybar | Czech Republic | + 8' 55" |
| 117 | Kristijan Đurasek | Croatia | + 8' 55" |
| 118 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | + 8' 55" |
| 119 | Laurens ten Dam | Netherlands | + 8' 55" |
| 120 | Matteo Trentin | Italy | + 9' 44" |
| 121 | Andrey Amador | Costa Rica | + 10' 23" |
| 122 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Spain | + 10' 23" |
| | Jakob Fuglsang | Denmark | DNF |
| | Kristijan Koren | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Janez Brajkovič | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Grega Bole | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus | DNF |
| | Sergey Firsanov | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Dimitry Muravyev | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Dario Cataldo | Italy | DNF |
| | Pablo Lastras | Spain | DNF |
| | Rein Taaramäe | Estonia | DNF |
| | Jay Thomson | South Africa | DNF |
| | Wesley Sulzberger | Australia | DNF |
| | Adam Hansen | Australia | DNF |
| | Jérôme Coppel | France | DNF |
| | Vincent Jérôme | France | DNF |
| | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | DNF |
| | Chris Horner | United States | DNF |
| | Tejay van Garderen | United States | DNF |
| | Tony Gallopin | France | DNF |
| | Kevin De Weert | Belgium | DNF |
| | Ignatas Konovalovas | Lithuania | DNF |
| | Gabriel Rasch | Norway | DNF |
| | Jonathan Monsalve | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Maxime Bouet | France | DNF |
| | Martin Grashev | Bulgaria | DNF |
| | Grégory Rast | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Oliver Zaugg | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Bruno Pires | Portugal | DNF |
| | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Miguel Ángel Rubiano | Colombia | DNF |
| | Fabio Duarte | Colombia | DNF |
| | Arthur Vichot | France | DNF |
| | Richie Porte | Australia | DNF |
| | Timmy Duggan | United States | DNF |
| | Michael Matthews | Australia | DNF |
| | Yeung Ying-Hon | Hong Kong | DNF |
| | Johan Vansummeren | Belgium | DNF |
| | Matthew Busche | United States | DNF |
| | Vladimir Miholjević | Croatia | DNF |
| | Marko Kump | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Fabricio Ferrari | Uruguay | DNF |
| | Julian Dean | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Yaroslav Popovych | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | DNF |
| | Vitaliy Buts | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Denys Kostyuk | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Daniel Schorn | Austria | DNF |
| | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Luka Mezgec | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Hayden Roulston | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Fumiyuki Beppu | Japan | DNF |
| | Lucas Euser | United States | DNF |
| | Jorge Martín Montenegro | Argentina | DNF |
| | Dmytro Krivtsov | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Juraj Sagan | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Maroš Kováč | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Tomasz Marczyński | Poland | DNF |
| | Alexandre Pliuschin | Moldova | DNF |
| | Ben Gastauer | Luxembourg | DNF |
| | Jérémy Roy | France | DNF |
| | Peter Velits | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Matti Breschel | Denmark | DNF |
| | Chris Froome | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Jesse Sergent | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Tomás Gil | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Stanislav Kozubek | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Maximiliano Richeze | Argentina | DNF |
| | Dries Devenyns | Belgium | DNF |
| | Laurent Didier | Luxembourg | DNF |
| | Enzo Moyano | Argentina | DNF |
| | Shinichi Fukushima | Japan | DNF |
| | Yukihiro Doi | Japan | DNF |
| | Alex Dowsett | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Aleksejs Saramotins | Latvia | DNF |
| | Mauricio Muller | Argentina | DNF |
| | Hichem Chaabane | Algeria | DNF |
| | Mark Cavendish | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Yusuke Hatanaka | Japan | DNF |
| | Amir Rusli | Malaysia | DNF |
| | Svein Tuft | Canada | DNF |
| | Loh Sea Keong | Malaysia | DNF |
| | Martin Velits | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Nebojša Jovanović | Serbia | DNF |
| | Elchin Asadov | Azerbaijan | DNF |