2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile

2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile

Race details
Dates	29 June–7 July 2012
Stages	9
Distance	961 km (597.1 mi)
Winning time	24h 50′ 43″
Results
Winner  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabobank Women)   Second  Emma Pooley (GBR) (AA Drink–leontien.nl)   Third  Evelyn Stevens (USA) (Specialized–lululemon) Points  Marianne Vos (NED) (Rabobank Women) Mountains  Emma Pooley (GBR) (AA Drink–leontien.nl) Youth  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Hitec Products–Mistral Home)

The 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 23rd running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the most prestigious stage race on the women's road cycling calendar.[1] It was held over nine stages from 29 June to 7 July 2012, starting in Naples and finishing in Bergamo.[2] The race was won by last year's winner Marianne Vos, who also won 5 of the 9 stages as well as the yellow jersey (points).

Teams

Seventeen teams competed in the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile: the top ten UCI Women's Teams (listed on the left below), a Dutch national team, and six 'wildcard' Italian teams (listed on the right below):[3][4]

• Rabobank Women (Netherlands)
• Specialized–lululemon (Germany)
• AA Drink–leontien.nl (Netherlands)
• Orica–AIS (Australia)
• Hitec Products–Mistral Home (Norway)
• Diadora–Pasta Zara (Italy)
• Be Pink (Italy)
• Faren Honda (Italy)
• RusVelo (Russia)
• Lotto Belisol (Belgium)
• Dutch national team
• Giusfredi Verinlegno
• MCipollini–Giambenini
• Vaiano Tepso
• Fassa Bortolo Servetto
• S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
• Forno d'Asolo Colavita

Stages

The 2012 race started with the longest stage, a 139.1 km flat stage from Naples to Terracina. The second stage was a 7.2 km individual time trial around the streets of Rome.[5]

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Distance (km)	Stage winner	Winner's team
1	29 June	Naples	Terracina	139.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women
2	30 June	Rome	Rome	7.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women
3	1 July	Vernio	Castiglione dei Pepoli	124.0	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Specialized–lululemon
4	2 July	Montecatini Terme	Montecatini Alto	98.0	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women
5	3 July	Polesella	Molinella	118.7	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Orica–AIS
6	4 July	Modena	Salsomaggiore	122.2	Shelley Olds (USA)	AA Drink–leontien.nl
7	5 July	Voghera	Castagnole delle Lanze	129.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women
8	6 July	Mornago	Lonate Pozzolo	116.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women
9	7 July	Sarnico	Bergamo	106.9	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home

Classification

There were five different jerseys awarded in the 2012 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia, and as in the men's race, the leader of the general classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.[6]

The other jerseys differ in colour from those of the men's Giro:

• The points classification was awarded the maglia gialla or yellow jersey, a change from its mauve (ciclamino) colour in preceding years.[7] Points are awarded for placements at stage finishes as well as at selected intermediate sprint points on the route, and the jersey is received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.[6]
• The mountains classification was awarded the green jersey (maglia verde). Points were allocated for the first few riders over selected mountain passes on the route, with more difficult passes paying more points, and the jersey is received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.[6]
• The white jersey (maglia bianca) for the best young rider was given to the highest-placed rider on the general classification aged 23 or under on 1 January 2012 (i.e. born in or after 1989).
• The blue jersey (maglia azzura) was given to the highest-placed Italian rider on the general classification.

Classification progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Italian rider classification
1	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Aleksandra Sošenko	Chloe Hosking	Giorgia Bronzini
2	Marianne Vos				Alena Amialiusik	Tatiana Guderzo
3	Evelyn Stevens	Evelyn Stevens		Emma Pooley	Elisa Longo Borghini	Fabiana Luperini
4	Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos
5	Tiffany Cromwell
6	Shelley Olds
7	Marianne Vos
8	Marianne Vos
9	Emma Johansson
Final		Marianne Vos	Marianne Vos	Emma Pooley	Elisa Longo Borghini	Fabiana Luperini

General classification progress

Top five with times behind the race leader:

Stage	Leader	2nd		3rd		4th		5th
1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)	4"	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	6"	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	7"	Marta Tagliaferro (ITA)	8"
2		Clara Hughes (CAN)	15"	Shelley Olds (USA)	19"	Judith Arndt (GER)	22"	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	27"
3	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Marianne Vos (NED)	12"	Emma Pooley (GBR)	31"	Fabiana Luperini (ITA)	1' 01"	Judith Arndt (GER)	2' 35"
4	Marianne Vos (NED)	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	1' 31"		2' 07"		2' 37"	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	4' 08"
5								Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	3' 46"
6			1' 44"		2' 20"		2' 57"		4' 06"
7			1' 54"		2' 30"		3' 03"	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	4' 24"
8			2' 00"		3' 20"		3' 53"	Judith Arndt (GER)	4' 45"
9		Emma Pooley (GBR)	3' 27"	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	6' 32"		7' 39"	Emma Johansson (SWE)	7' 50"

Final standings

Source:[8]

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women	24h 50′ 43″
2	Emma Pooley (GBR)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	+ 3' 27"
3	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Specialized–lululemon	+ 6' 32"
4	Fabiana Luperini (ITA)	Faren Honda	+ 7' 39"
5	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	+ 7' 50"
6	Judith Arndt (GER)	Orica–AIS	+ 8' 30"
7	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	MCipollini–Giambenini	+ 9' 00"
8	Claudia Häusler (GER)	Orica–AIS	+ 9' 13"
9	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	+ 10' 07"
10	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Lotto Belisol Ladies	+ 10' 12"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women	107
2	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	52
3	Judith Arndt (GER)	Orica–AIS	48
4	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Specialized–lululemon	47
5	Shelley Olds (USA)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	43

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Emma Pooley (GBR)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	43
2	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Specialized–lululemon	21
3	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women	16
4	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Orica–AIS	12
5	Claudia Häusler (GER)	Orica–AIS	10
	Fabiana Luperini (ITA)	Faren Honda	10

Young riders classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	25h 00′ 50″
2	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Be Pink	+ 5' 11"
3	Rossella Ratto (ITA)	Verinlegno-Fabiani	+ 13' 12"
4	Lucinda Brand (NED)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	+ 28' 42"
5	Anna Van Der Breggen  (NED)	Dutch national team	+30' 10"

References

1. "Olympians warm up for London in women's Giro d'Italia". Cycling News. 27 June 2012.
2. "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012". Cycling News. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
3. "The 10 world best teams at 2012 GiroDonne start". girodonne.it. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
4. "ELENCO ISCRITTI" [ENTRY LIST] (PDF). girodonne.it (in Italian). Federazione Ciclista Italiana. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
5. Wynn, Nigel (28 June 2012). "British stars Pooley, Cooke, Armitstead and Laws line up for Giro Donne". Cycling Weekly.
6. Laura Weislo (2008-05-13). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
7. "Classifiche 2012". girogonne.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2012.
8. "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012: Stage 9 Results". cyclingnews.com. 7 July 2012.

External links

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