New Zealand Road Cycling Championships 2012

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The New Zealand Road Cycling Championships 2012 (officially: 2012 RaboDirect Elite Cycling Nationals ) took place from January 6th to 8th in Christchurch . The individual time trials and road races for women, men and the U-23 men's class were held, with the men's elite and U-23 classes starting in a joint road race. The time trials took place on January 6th, the women's road race was held a day later. The championships ended on January 8th with the men's road races. The respective champions were given the right to wear a jersey in the New Zealand national colors in races in their respective discipline until the next championships.

Time trial

The time trials were run on a flat track with start and finish at Lincoln University .

Women elite

The two first placed received three and two points respectively for the UCI world rankings .

space Athlete time
1 Lauren Ellis 35:21 min
2 Jaime Nielsen 35:48 min
3 Alison Shanks 35:50 min
4th Josephine Giddens 36:20 min
5 Kylie Young 37:09 min
6th Laura Thompson 37:32 min
7th Melanie Burke 37:43 min
8th Janine Copp 37:52 min
9 Georgia Williams 37:58 min
10 Rachel Doody 38:34 min

Length: 15 miles.
Start: Friday, January 6th, 10am.
Route: Christchurch, Lincoln University time trial

10 out of 11 athletes crossed the finish line.

U-23 men

space athlete time
1 Michael Vink 49:48 min
2 Jason Christie 50:30 min
3 Fraser Gough 50:39 min
4th Taylor Gunman 51:45 min
5 Josh Atkins 51:46 min
6th James Oram 51:59 min
7th Scott Thomas 53:46 min
8th Alex McGregor 53:48 min
9 Scott Creighton 54:24 min
10 Sam Lindsay 54:35 min

Distance : 25 miles
Start: Friday, January 6th, 10:48 am
Route: Christchurch, Lincoln University Time Trial Track

16 out of 17 athletes crossed the finish line.

Men's elite

The first three riders received eight, five and two points for the ranking of the UCI Oceania Tour 2012 . Third-placed Jesse Sergent was not allowed to receive any points as a driver of a ProTeam .

space athlete time
1 Paul Odlin 49:35 min
2 Samuel Horgan 49:55 min
3 Jesse Sergent 50:03 min
4th Jeremy Vennell 50:05 min
5 Daniel Barry 52:17 min
6th Andrew Hagan 53:15 min
7th Chris Macic 53:15 min
8th Ryan Wills 53:39 min
9 Tom Francis 54:19 min
10 Scotty Cunningham 54:22 min

Distance : 25 miles
Start: Friday, January 6th, 11:28 am
Route: Christchurch, Lincoln University time trial

10 out of 10 athletes crossed the finish line.

Road racing

The road races were held on a 15.6-kilometer circuit with start and finish at Pioneer Stadium , which included the climb to Cashmere Hill (1.47 kilometers with an average of 7.5% gradient). However, the first lap of each race was driven without this hill and was therefore only 12.7 kilometers long.

Women elite

The four first placed received points (10,7,5,3) for the UCI world rankings .

space Athlete time
1 Nicky Samuels 3:33:54 h
2 Courteney Lowe + 1:02 min
3 Kate McIlroy + 1:04 min
4th Reta Trotman + 2:01 min
5 Emma Crum + 2:59 min
6th Josephine Giddens same time
7th Kate Chilcott same time
8th Serena Sheridan same time
9 Haley Mercer same time
10 Karen Fulton + 5:16 min

Length: 123 km (8 laps)
Start: Saturday, January 7th, 12:00 noon
Course: Christchurch, circuit road race (Pioneer Stadium)

16 of 29 athletes crossed the finish line.

Men elite and U-23

The first eight riders received points (40, 30, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 3) for the ranking of the UCI Oceania Tour 2012 . Seventh-placed Jack Bauer was not allowed to receive any points as a driver of a ProTeam .

space athlete time
1 Michael Vink 4:38:09 h
2 James Williamson + 0:06 min
3 Patrick Bevin same time
4th Josh Atkins + 0:22 min
5 Jeremy Yates + 1:49 min
6th Jeremy Vennell + 2:04 min
7th Jack Bauer + 2:57 min
8th Scott Lyttle + 4:47 min
9 Michael Northey + 7:31 min
10 Alexander Ray same time

Length: 182 km (12 laps)
Start: Sunday, January 8th, 10:00 am
Course: Christchurch, circuit road race (Pioneer Stadium)

13 out of 70 athletes crossed the finish line.

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