# 2012 Energiewacht Tour

The 2012 Energiewacht Tour was the second edition of the Energiewacht Tour women's cycling stage race. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.2, and was held between 4 and 8 April 2012 in the Netherlands.
The tour was won by Ina-Yoko Teutenberg ahead of Ellen van Dijk and Marianne Vos.

## Stages
### Stage 1
#### 4 April 2012 – Appingedam to Appingedam (individual time trial), 15.3 km (9.5 mi)

It was really cold for the time of the year. The individual time trial was, unsurprisingly, dominated by time trial specialists.
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | American national team | 19' 42" |
| 2 | Clara Hughes (CAN) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 10" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 13" |
| 4 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 25" |
| 5 | Judith Arndt (GER) | Orica–AIS | + 27" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | American national team | 19' 42" |
| 2 | Clara Hughes (CAN) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 10" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 13" |
| 4 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 25" |
| 5 | Judith Arndt (GER) | Orica–AIS | + 27" |

### Stage 2
#### 5 April 2012 – Bad Nieuweschans to Bad Nieuweschans, 107.3 km (66.7 mi)

Stage 2 started with the peloton being held up behind a level-crossing. The pace was kept high, with Rabobank doing a lot of work. Although various groups and riders had tried to escape from the pack, it was not until the end of the penultimate lap that a group could stay away. 22 riders including four each from Team Specialized–lululemon and Rabobank, three each from AA Drink–leontien.nl, GreenEdge and Skil–Argos – but neither of the top 2 in the general classification, Kristin Armstrong and Clara Hughes. Armstrong's Team USA tried hard to pull the group back, but with that group working together, they had no chance. The front group finished 3' 44" ahead of the chasers and coming down to a bunch sprint, won by Ina-Yoko Teutenberg. Vos' intermediate sprints and stage placings took her into the lead for the general classification.
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 2h 35' 50" |
| 2 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | s.t. |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Adrie Visser (NED) | Skil–Argos | s.t. |
| 5 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBR) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 2h 55' 35" |
| 2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 22" |
| 3 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 30" |
| 4 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 47" |
| 5 | Shara Gillow (AUS) | Orica–AIS | + 59" |

### Stage 3
#### 6 April 2012 – Midwolda to Midwolda, 110.4 km (68.6 mi)

The third was six laps around a lake and it started with sunshine. There were attacks from the start, although they were neutralised in time for Vos to take the early sprint points then a break of about twenty riders. They were caught, and Vos took more points. Later a break group got away with some serious threats like Kirsten Wild, Chantal Blaak and Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink–leontien.nl) and Judith Arndt (GreenEdge) but not a single Rabobank rider, and none of the big Specialized–lululemon general classificatn threats. Marianne Vos was on the front, pulling back the break, and Rabo got in some practice for the next day's team time trial. The break tried their best, but were caught and Specialized–lululemon took their turn on the front, with a huge pull from Ellen van Dijk stretched out the peloton, and trains started to form on both sides of the road but once again, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took the bunch sprint.
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 2h 41' 09" |
| 2 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | s.t. |
| 4 | Laura van der Kamp (NED) | Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Evelyn Arys (BEL) | Belgium national team | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 5h 36' 32" |
| 2 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 32" |
| 3 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 33" |
| 4 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 57" |
| 5 | Shara Gillow (AUS) | Orica–AIS | + 1' 11" |

### Stage 4a
#### 7 April 2012 – Winsum to Winsum, 71 km (44.1 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 1h 42' 25" |
| 2 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 7" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 7" |
| 4 | Judith Arndt (GER) | Orica–AIS | + 7" |
| 5 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 7" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 7h 18' 59" |
| 2 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 31" |
| 3 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 38" |
| 4 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 1' 01" |
| 5 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 1' 18" |

### Stage 4b
#### 7 April 2012 – Veendam to Oude Pekela (Team Time Trial, 26.5 km (16.5 mi)

| | Team | Riders | Time |
| 1 | Team Specialized–lululemon | Ellen van Dijk (NED) Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) Evelyn Stevens (USA) Trixi Worrack (GER) | 35' 51" |
| 2 | Orica–AIS | Judith Arndt (GER) Loes Gunnewijk (NED) Shara Gillow (AUS) Alexis Rhodes (AUS) | + 40" |
| 3 | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | Marianne Vos (NED) Tatiana Antoshina (RUS) Iris Slappendel (NED) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 1' 14' |
| 4 | AA Drink–leontien.nl | | + 1' 47" |
| 5 | RusVelo | | + 2' 01" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 7h 55' 21" |
| 2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 7" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 43" |
| 4 | Trixi Worrack (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 50" |
| 5 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 1' 10" |

### Stage 5
#### 8 April 2012 – Slochteren to Slochteren, 102.9 km (63.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Faren-Honda Team | 3h 27' 05" |
| 2 | Evelyn Arys (BEL) | Belgium national team | + 2" |
| 3 | Sarah Düster (GER) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 2" |
| 4 | Megan Guarnier (USA) | Team TIBCO–To The Top | + 2" |
| 5 | Marieke van Wanroij (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 2" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 11h 24' 45" |
| 2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 7" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 43" |
| 4 | Trixi Worrack (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 50" |
| 5 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 1' 10" |

## Final classifications
### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 11h 24' 45" |
| 2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 7" |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 43" |
| 4 | Trixi Worrack (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | + 50" |
| 5 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | Orica–AIS | + 1' 10" |
| 6 | Iris Slappendel (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 2' 29" |
| 7 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 2' 34" |
| 8 | Chantal Blaak (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | + 3' 14" |
| 9 | Romy Kasper (GER) | GreenEdge–AIS | + 4' 16" |
| 10 | Judith Arndt (GER) | RusVelo | + 4' 34" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 75 points |
| 2 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 61 points |
| 3 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 60 points |
| 4 | Evelyn Arys (BEL) | Belgium national team | 36 points |
| 5 | Adrie Visser (NED) | Skil–Argos | 32 points |
| 6 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Team Specialized–lululemon | 28 points |
| 7 | Romy Kasper (GER) | RusVelo | 27 points |
| 8 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Faren-Honda Team | 25 points |
| 9 | Laura van der Kamp (NED) | Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team | 24 points |
| 10 | Judith Arndt (GER) | Orica–AIS | 20 points |

### Youth classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Amy Pieters (NED) | Skil–Argos | 11h 40' 14" |
| 2 | Laura van der Kamp (NED) | Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team | + 16" |
| 3 | Lauren Kitchen (AUS) | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | + 1' 59" |
| 4 | Evelyn Arys (BEL) | Belgium national team | + 2' 12" |
| 5 | Denise Ramsden (CAN) | Canada national team | + 2' 16" |