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

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 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%. The finish was 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill.

## Final classification

Of the race's 132 entrants, 80 riders completed the full distance of 129 km (80.2 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | 3h 14' 29" |
| | Rachel Neylan | Australia | + 10" |
| | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | + 18" |
| 4 | Amber Neben | United States | + 33" |
| 5 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | + 55" |
| 6 | Rossella Ratto | Italy | + 3' 40" |
| 7 | Linda Villumsen | New Zealand | + 4' 37" |
| 8 | Judith Arndt | Germany | + 4' 37" |
| 9 | Emma Johansson | Sweden | + 4' 37" |
| 10 | Paulina Brzeźna | Poland | + 4' 37" |
| 11 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 4' 37" |
| 12 | Ashleigh Moolman | South Africa | + 4' 37" |
| 13 | Joëlle Numainville | Canada | + 4' 37" |
| 14 | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | + 4' 37" |
| 15 | Emma Pooley | Great Britain | + 4' 37" |
| 16 | Evelyn Stevens | United States | + 4' 37" |
| 17 | Jessie Daams | Belgium | + 4' 37" |
| 18 | Liesbet De Vocht | Belgium | + 4' 37" |
| 19 | Hanka Kupfernagel | Germany | + 4' 49" |
| 20 | Giorgia Bronzini | Italy | + 4' 49" |
| 21 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | + 4' 49" |
| 22 | Inga Čilvinaitė | Lithuania | + 4' 49" |
| 23 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen | Norway | + 4' 49" |
| 24 | Oxana Kozonchuk | Russia | + 4' 49" |
| 25 | Yevheniya Vysotska | Ukraine | + 4' 49" |
| 26 | Ivanna Borovychenko | Ukraine | + 4' 49" |
| 27 | Larisa Pankova | Russia | + 4' 49" |
| 28 | Anna Sanchis Chafer | Spain | + 4' 49" |
| 29 | Carmen Small | United States | + 4' 49" |
| 30 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | + 4' 49" |
| 31 | Tiffany Cromwell | Australia | + 4' 52" |
| 32 | Tatiana Antoshina | Russia | + 4' 54" |
| 33 | Megan Guarnier | United States | + 4' 54" |
| 34 | Charlotte Becker | Germany | + 4' 54" |
| 35 | Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga | Spain | + 4' 58" |
| 36 | Clemilda Fernandes Silva | Brazil | + 4' 58" |
| 37 | Edwige Pitel | France | + 4' 58" |
| 38 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 4' 58" |
| 39 | Sharon Laws | Great Britain | + 4' 58" |
| 40 | Sofie De Vuyst | Belgium | + 4' 58" |
| 41 | Kelly Druyts | Belgium | + 4' 58" |
| 42 | Martina Růžičková | Czech Republic | + 4' 58" |
| 43 | Annelies Van Doorslaer | Belgium | + 4' 58" |
| 44 | Kristin McGrath | United States | + 4' 58" |
| 45 | Claudia Häusler | Germany | + 4' 58" |
| 46 | Aleksandra Burchenkova | Russia | + 4' 58" |
| 47 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | France | + 5' 03" |
| 48 | Lucinda Brand | Netherlands | + 5' 03" |
| 49 | Olena Sharha | Ukraine | + 5' 03" |
| 50 | Cherise Taylor | South Africa | + 5' 03" |
| 51 | Lise Nøstvold | Norway | + 5' 03" |
| 52 | Małgorzata Jasińska | Poland | + 5' 03" |
| 53 | Shara Gillow | Australia | + 5' 03" |
| 54 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez | Spain | + 5' 03" |
| 55 | Amélie Rivat | France | + 5' 03" |
| 56 | Kataržina Sosna | Lithuania | + 5' 03" |
| 57 | Trixi Worrack | Germany | + 5' 03" |
| 58 | Andrea Dvorak | United States | + 5' 03" |
| 59 | Olivia Dillon | Ireland | + 5' 39" |
| 60 | Nicole Cooke | Great Britain | + 5' 39" |
| 61 | Petra Zrimšek | Slovenia | + 5' 39" |
| 62 | Jennifer Hohl | Switzerland | + 5' 39" |
| 63 | Edita Janeliūnaitė | Lithuania | + 5' 39" |
| 64 | Francesca Cauz | Italy | + 5' 39" |
| 65 | Verónica Leal Balderas | Mexico | + 5' 39" |
| 66 | Nikki Harris | Great Britain | + 5' 39" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 67 | Veronique Labonte | Canada | + 5' 39" |
| 68 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | + 5' 39" |
| 69 | Adrie Visser | Netherlands | + 5' 41" |
| 70 | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | Germany | + 5' 41" |
| 71 | Jessie MacLean | Australia | + 6' 04" |
| 72 | Gracie Elvin | Australia | + 6' 04" |
| 73 | Marta Tagliaferro | Italy | + 6' 04" |
| 74 | Noemi Cantele | Italy | + 6' 04" |
| 75 | Hanna Nilsson | Sweden | + 6' 04" |
| 76 | Evelyn Arys | Belgium | + 6' 04" |
| 77 | Kirsten Wild | Netherlands | + 6' 04" |
| 78 | Sandrine Bideau | France | + 6' 22" |
| 79 | Tatiana Guderzo | Italy | + 7' 1" |
| 80 | Lilibeth Chacón García | Venezuela | + 8' 24" |
| | Lex Albrecht | Canada | OTL |
| | Miriam Bjørnsrud | Norway | OTL |
| | Romy Kasper | Germany | DNF |
| | Loren Rowney | Australia | DNF |
| | Siobhan Horgan | Ireland | DNF |
| | Aleksandra Sošenko | Lithuania | DNF |
| | Sérika Guluma Ortiz | Colombia | DNF |
| | Doris Schweizer | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Daniela Pintarelli | Austria | DNF |
| | Lise Olivier | South Africa | DNF |
| | Alexandra Chekina | Russia | DNF |
| | Martina Ritter | Austria | DNF |
| | Mayuko Hagiwara | Japan | DNF |
| | Maria Briceno | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Rimma Luchshenko | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Audrey Cordon | France | DNF |
| | Sara Mustonen | Sweden | DNF |
| | Jessica Kihlbom | Sweden | DNF |
| | Patricia Schwager | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Sophie Creux | France | DNF |
| | Joanna van de Winkel | South Africa | DNF |
| | Katie Colclough | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Shelley Olds | United States | DNF |
| | Emilia Fahlin | Sweden | DNF |
| | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | DNF |
| | Loes Gunnewijk | Netherlands | DNF |
| | Emily Collins | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Eugenia Bujak | Poland | DNF |
| | Olena Pavlukhina | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Anna Nahirna | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Semra Yetiş | Turkey | DNF |
| | Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | DNF |
| | Mia Radotić | Croatia | DNF |
| | Mayra Del Rocio Rocha | Mexico | DNF |
| | Kathryn Bertine | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DNF |
| | Kaat Hannes | Belgium | DNF |
| | Robyn de Groot | South Africa | DNF |
| | An-Li Pretorius | South Africa | DNF |
| | Sari Saarelainen | Finland | DNF |
| | Polona Batagelj | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Roberta Monaldini | San Marino | DNF |
| | Isabelle Söderberg | Sweden | DNF |
| | Lenore Pipes | Guam | DNF |
| | Yuliya Martisova | Russia | DNF |
| | Andrea Graus | Austria | DNF |
| | Yennifer Cesar | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Emma Crum | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Kate Chilcott | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Agnė Šilinytė | Lithuania | DNF |
| | Urša Pintar | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Pavlína Šulcová | Czech Republic | DNF |