2012 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Road Races (Women)

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Olympic rings
Womens Olympic Road Race Peleton - July 2012.jpg
sport Cycling
discipline Road race (140.3 km)
gender Women
Attendees 66 athletes from 35 countries
Competition location The Mall , Box Hill
Competition phase July 29, 2012
Winning time 3:35:29 h
Medalists
gold medal NetherlandsNetherlands Marianne Vos
Silver medal United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lizzie Armitstead
Bronze medal RussiaRussia Olga Sabelinskaya
Cycling competitions at the
2012 Olympics
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Individual time trial Women Men
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sprint Women Men
Team sprint Women Men
Keirin Women Men
Omnium Women Men
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run Women Men
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run Women Men

The road race of women in the 2012 Olympics in London took place on 29 July 2012 at 12.00 local time instead.

Since Mark Cavendish , the British hope for a medal, missed the podium at the lecture, the host nation's hopes rested on Lizzie Armitstead . The race started in heavy rain. The start and finish of the race was The Mall and led over Box Hill . Due to the heavy rains, there were many flat tires and incidents.

The first attempt to break away in the race was made by the Brazilian Janildes Silva Fernandes , but this was unsuccessful. After 35 kilometers, the Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk managed to break away from the main field with a few other riders. However, these were caught up again. A few minutes later, van Dijk took the initiative again and pulled away, but during this attempt it was again cut down. On the ascent to Box Hill , American Kristin Armstrong pulled away, followed by British Emma Pooley . But this duo was also caught up again. 50 kilometers from the finish, the leading group consisted of around 35 riders, including the Dutchwoman Marianne Vos , who pulled away on the last lap after descending from Box Hill. She was followed by Olga Sabelinskaja , Lizzie Armitstead , Shelley Olds and Alena Amjaljussik , who quickly gained a half-minute lead. After Olds had a flat tire, 10 kilometers from the finish, the three other drivers increased their lead over their pursuers to 48 seconds. After two kilometers the Russian Sabelinskaja tried in vain to break away from the other two athletes, Vos sprinted about 200 meters from the finish and was able to secure the Olympic victory with a bike length ahead of Armitstead.

Results

The medal winners of the race.
Scene from the race on Knightsbridge Road

If a rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the rider in front of him, he was credited with the same time.

According to the UCI regulations for road races, Article 2.3.039 applies: "Any rider who crosses the finish line with a time that is more than 5% of the winning time will not be included in the ranking of the race." Measured against the winning time of the Dutchwoman Marianne Vos , the time limit for the race was 3:45:15 h.

rank athlete nation time
1 Marianne Vos NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3:35:29 h
2 Lizzie Armitstead United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3:35:29 h
3 Olga Sabelinskaya RussiaRussia Russia 3:35:31 h
4th Ina-Yoko Teutenberg GermanyGermany Germany 3:35:56 h
5 Giorgia Bronzini ItalyItaly Italy 3:35:56 h
6th Emma Johansson SwedenSweden Sweden 3:35:56 h
7th Shelley Olds United StatesUnited States United States 3:35:56 h
8th Pauline Ferrand-Prévot FranceFrance France 3:35:56 h
9 Liesbet De Vocht BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3:35:56 h
10 Aude Biannic FranceFrance France 3:35:56 h
11 Katarzyna Pawłowska PolandPoland Poland 3:35:56 h
12 Joëlle Numainville CanadaCanada Canada 3:35:56 h
13 Ah-reum Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3:35:56 h
14th Annemiek van Vleuten NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3:35:56 h
15th Alena Amjaljussik BelarusBelarus Belarus 3:35:56 h
16 Ashleigh Moolman South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 3:35:56 h
17th Grete Treier EstoniaEstonia Estonia 3:35:56 h
18th Linda Villumsen New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3:35:56 h
19th Emilia Fahlin SwedenSweden Sweden 3:35:56 h
20th Pia Sundstedt FinlandFinland Finland 3:35:56 h
21st Christine Majerus LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 3:35:56 h
22nd Polona Batagelj SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 3:35:56 h
23 Clemilda Fernandes BrazilBrazil Brazil 3:35:56 h
24 Evelyn Stevens United StatesUnited States United States 3:35:56 h
25th Tatiana Antoshina RussiaRussia Russia 3:35:56 h
26th Evelyn García El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador 3:35:56 h
27 Denise Ramsden CanadaCanada Canada 3:35:56 h
28 Joanna van de Winkel South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 3:35:56 h
29 Maaike Polspoel BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3:36:01 h
30th Tatiana Guderzo ItalyItaly Italy 3:36:01 h
31 Nicole Cooke United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3:36:01 h
32 Clara Hughes CanadaCanada Canada 3:36:01 h
33 Trixi Worrack GermanyGermany Germany 3:36:04 h
34 Noemi Cantele ItalyItaly Italy 3:36:04 h
35 Kristin Armstrong United StatesUnited States United States 3:36:16 h
36 Amber addition United StatesUnited States United States 3:36:20 h
37 Judith Arndt GermanyGermany Germany 3:36:28 h
38 Larissa Pankova RussiaRussia Russia 3:37:22 h
39 Shara Gillow AustraliaAustralia Australia 3:37:22 h
40 Emma Pooley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3:37:36 h
- Ingrid Drexel MexicoMexico Mexico OTL
- Loes Gunnewijk NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands OTL
- Charlotte Becker GermanyGermany Germany OTL
- Liu Xin China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China OTL
- Monia Baccaille ItalyItaly Italy OTL
- Fernanda da Silva BrazilBrazil Brazil OTL
- Ellen van Dijk NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands OTL
- Lucy Martin United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain OTL
- Hsiao Mei-yu Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei OTL
- Alyona Andruk UkraineUkraine Ukraine OTL
- Audrey Cordon FranceFrance France OTL
- Ludivine Henrion BelgiumBelgium Belgium OTL
- Robyn de Groot South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa OTL
- Amanda Spratt AustraliaAustralia Australia OTL
- Chloe Hosking AustraliaAustralia Australia OTL
- Yumari González CubaCuba Cuba OTL
- Emilie Moberg NorwayNorway Norway OTL
- Isabelle Söderberg SwedenSweden Sweden OTL
- Jamie Wong Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong OTL
- Mayuko Hagiwara JapanJapan Japan DNF
- Danielys García VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela DNF
- Paola Muñoz ChileChile Chile DNF
- Aurélie half wax MauritiusMauritius Mauritius DNF
- Jelena Tschalych AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan DNF
- Jutatip Maneephan ThailandThailand Thailand DNF
- Janildes Fernandes BrazilBrazil Brazil DNF

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. UCI Cycling Regulations, Part II: Road Races. UCI , February 1, 2012, accessed April 8, 2019 .