Copa America do Ciclismo 2012

Copa América de Ciclismo 2012
Racing series	UCI America Tour  -  Category 1.2
Host country	Brazil
Competition period	January 8, 2012
overall length	110.52 kilometers
Starting field	136 drivers from 7 nations in 17 teams (100 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Francisco Chamorro 2: 27: 34.085 h 2. Roberto Silva + 0.156 sec 3. Nilceu Santos + 0.167 sec
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The 12th Copa América de Ciclismo , an annual Brazilian road bike race since 2001 , took place on January 8, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro . The one-day race was part of the UCI America Tour , where it was classified in Category 1.2, and the Brazilian National Ranking. The Argentine Francisco Chamorro won the Copa for the second time after 2009 after 110 kilometers.

In addition to the men's race, there was also a competition for women, which was part of the Brazilian national calendar.

Track and course of the race

Men

The start and finish of each lap was at the memorial to those who fell in World War II . From there the route led along the east coast of Rio de Janeiro until a turning point was reached, after which the path led back to the monument to the fallen. The drivers had to complete this twelve-kilometer lap nine times. The race, which started at 9:15 a.m. local time, ended after around two and a half hours in a mass sprint that was won by the Argentine Francisco Chamorro ( Real Cycling Team ). He left the two Brazilians Roberto Silva and Nilceu Santos (both Funvic / Pindamonhangaba ) behind. 31 drivers gave up the race, five did not start.

Result

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Francisco Chamorro		Real Cycling Team	2:27:34 h
2.	Roberto Silva		Funvic-Pindamonhangaba	+ 0.156 s
3.	Nilceu Santos		Funvic-Pindamonhangaba	+ 0.167 s
4th	Marcos Crespo		Sao Jose Dos Campos-Kuota	+ 0.296 s
5.	Rodrigo Melo		Clube DataRo de Ciclismo	+ 0.356 s
6th	Jorge Soto		Uruguay national team	+ 0.627 s
7th	Raphael Serpa		São Lucas-Giant-Ciclovarena-Americana	+ 1,750 s
8th.	Geovane Andriatto		GRCE Memorial-Santos-Giant	+ 1,960 s
9.	João Gaspar		Altolim Assis	+ 1,992 s
10.	Gustavo Costa		Velo-Seme Rio Claro	+ 2.141 s

Women

The women's race started almost two hours earlier than the men's competition, namely at 7:30 a.m. The route was identical to that of the men, but the 26 exclusively Brazilian participants only had to complete three laps (36.84 kilometers in total). After 55 minutes, Valquiria Pardial ( Funvic-Pindamonhangaba ) celebrated a solo win ahead of Marcia Fernandes ( São Jose Dos Campos-Kuota ). The peloton was more than three minutes behind the leaders. 24 starters reached the finish.

Result

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Valquiria Pardial		Funvic-Pindamonhangaba	55:12 min
2.	Marcia Fernandes		Sao Jose Dos Campos-Kuota	+ 37,313 s
3.	Luciene Silva		Funvic-Pindamonhangaba	+ 50: 401 s
4th	Cristiane Silva		Sao Jose Dos Campos-Kuota	+1: 04.037 min
5.	Fernanda Souza		Funvic-Pindamonhangaba	+1: 07.651 min
6th	Sumaia Ribero		Suzano Defiance Microshift	+ 3: 27,145 min
7th	Janildes Fernandes		Sao Jose Dos Campos-Kuota	+ 3: 27,179 min
8th.	Maira Murakami		Velo-Seme Rio Claro	+ 3: 27,232 min
9.	Lilian Pedroso		Velo-Seme Rio Claro	+ 3: 27,367 min
10.	Danilas Silva		Associação Ciclistica Iracemapolense	+ 3: 27,539 min

See also

• Rio de Janeiro

Web links

• Copa América de Ciclismo 2012 on yescom.com.br (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Route map on bikemap.net  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.