2012 Dutch National Time Trial Championships – Women's time trial

Women's time trial

2012 Dutch National Time Trial Championships
The podium 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Annemiek van Vleuten, 3) Iris Slappendel
Race details
Dates	20 June 2012
Stages	1
Distance	22.65 km (14.07 mi)
Winning time	30' 27.55"
Medalists
Gold Ellen van Dijk (Team Specialized–lululemon)    Silver Annemiek van Vleuten (Rabobank Women Cycling Team)    Bronze Iris Slappendel (Rabobank Women Cycling Team)

The Women's time trial of the 2012 Dutch National Time Trial Championships cycling event took place on 20 June 2012 in and around Emmen, Netherlands. The first women started at 17:00. The course was 22.65 km.[1]

The time trial started in Dierenpark Emmen, the zoo of Emmen, besides the African savanna. It was the first time in history a cycle race started in a zoo.[2] Riders rode along the zebras, giraffes, rhinos and hippos.[3]

Ellen van Dijk (Team Specialized–lululemon) became for the second time in her career Dutch national time trial Champion. She won also the title in 2007. Van Dijk finished 14 seconds ahead of Annemiek van Vleuten (Rabobank) and 67 seconds of Iris Slappendel (Rabobank).[4]

Results

Ellen van Dijk riding to victory

Final classification Rank Rider Team Age* City Time Ellen van Dijk Team Specialized–lululemon 25 Amsterdam 30’ 27.55" Annemiek van Vleuten Rabobank Women Cycling Team 30 Wageningen + 14" Iris Slappendel Rabobank Women Cycling Team 27 Ouderkerk aan den IJssel + 1’ 07" 4 Natalie van Gogh Team Ibis Cycles 38 Nieuw Vennep + 1’ 20" 5 Anna van der Breggen Sengers Ladies Cycling Team 22 Hasselt + 1’ 36" 6 Loes Gunnewijk GreenEDGE–AIS 32 Zwolle + 1’ 41" 7 Anouska Koster Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team 19 De Westereen + 1’ 50" 8 Marijn de Vries AA Drink–leontien.nl 34 Zwolle + 1’ 51" 9 Vera Koedooder Sengers Ladies Cycling Team 29 Apeldoorn + 1’ 59" 10 Amy Pieters Skil–Argos 21 Zwanenburg + 2’ 00" 11 Roxane Knetemann Rabobank Women Cycling Team 25 Krommenie + 2’ 15" 12 Mathilde Matthysse - 32 Grijpskerke + 2’ 15" 13 Rixt Meijer - 30 Heerenveen + 2’ 24" 14 Larissa Drysdale - 41 Heerenveen + 2’ 35" 15 Mascha Pijnenborg Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team 31 Drunen + 2’ 38" 16 Esther Olthuis Team Ibis Cycles 34 Deventer + 2’ 44" 17 Charlotte Lenting - 20 Didam + 3’ 05" 18 Marieke van Wanroij AA Drink–leontien.nl 33 Nijmegen + 3’ 10" 19 Olga Velzen - 36 Hazerswoude + 3’ 22" 20 Pauliena Rooijakkers Dolmans-Boels Cycling Team 19 Asten-Heusden + 3’ 34" 21 Rebecca Talen Rabobank Women Cycling Team 19 Spijkenisse + 3’ 35" 22 Birgit Lavrijssen Sengers Ladies Cycling Team 21 Kapelle + 3’ 37" 23 Ivana Tiessens - 21 Zuidhorn + 3’ 46" 24 Linda Van Rijen Skil–Argos 24 Vlijmen + 3’ 47" *Age at the day of the competition. Results from uci.ch[4] and knwu.nl[1]

Starting order # Time Rider 1 17:00 Birgit Lavrijssen 2 17:01 Roxane Knetemann 3 17:02 Winanda Spoor 4 17:03 Olga de Boer 5 17:04 Rixt Meijer 6 17:05 Larissa Drysdale 7 17:06 Anna van der Breggen 8 17:07 Rebecca Talen 9 17:08 Anouska Koster 10 17:09 Esther Olthuis 11 17:10 Vera Koedooder 12 17:11 Marieke van Wanroij 13 17:12 Mascha Pijnenborg 14 17:13 Natalie van Gogh 15 17:14 Ivana Tiessens 16 17:15 Linda van Rijen 17 17:16 Amy Pieters 18 17:17 Charlotte Lenting 19 17:18 Annemiek van Vleuten 20 17:19 Pauliena Rooijakkers 21 17:20 Marijn de Vries 22 17:21 Mathilde Matthijsse 23 17:22 Ellen van Dijk 24 17:23 Iris Slappendel 25 17:24 Loes Gunnewijk Startlist from knwu.nl.[1]

References

1. "Startlist" (PDF). KNWU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
2. "NK Tijdrijden". nk-tijdrijden.nl. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
3. "Start NK Tijdrijden 20 juni in Dierenpark Emmen". Dierenpark Emmen. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
4. "Results women's time trial". UCI. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

External links

• Official website