2012 Rabobank Women Cycling Team season

For the men's season, see 2012 Rabobank season.
2012 Rabobank Women Cycling Team
UCI Team ranking1st
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked riderMarianne Vos (1st)
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The 2012 season was the eighth for the Rabobank Women Cycling Team cycling team, which began as the DSB Bank team in 2005.

Roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Tatiana Antoshina (RUS) (1982-07-27)July 27, 1982 (aged 30)
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) (1979-01-05)January 5, 1979 (aged 33)
 Sarah Düster (GER) (1982-07-10)July 10, 1982 (aged 30)
 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) (1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 20)
 Thalita de Jong (NED) (1993-11-06)November 6, 1993 (aged 19)
 Lauren Kitchen (NOR) (1990-11-21)November 21, 1990 (aged 22)
 Roxane Knetemann (NED) (1987-04-01)April 1, 1987 (aged 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Iris Slappendel (NED) (1985-02-18)February 18, 1985 (aged 27)
 Sabrina Stultiens (NED) (1993-07-08)July 8, 1993 (aged 19)
 Rebecca Talen (NED) (1993-10-27)October 27, 1993 (aged 19)
 Monique van der Vorst (NED) (1984-11-20)November 20, 1984 (aged 28)
 Sanne van Paassen (NED) (1988-10-27)October 27, 1988 (aged 24)
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (1982-10-08)October 8, 1982 (aged 30)
 Marianne Vos (NED) (1987-05-13)May 13, 1987 (aged 25)

Results

Season victories

See also: 2012 in women's road cycling
Single day and stage races 2012[2]
Date Nation Race Cat. Winner
Ronde van Drenthe Marianne Vos
Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe Marianne Vos
Trofeo Alfredo Binda Marianne Vos
GP Stad Roeselare Annemiek van Vleuten
Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs Marianne Vos
Prologue Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs Annemiek van Vleuten
Stage 2 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs Annemiek van Vleuten
Stage 1 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs Marianne Vos
Bredene Liesbet De Vocht
Gooik Liesbet De Vocht
GP Comune di Cornaredo Iris Slappendel
Holland Hills Classic Annemiek van Vleuten
7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg Annemiek van Vleuten
Stage 4 Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira Annemiek van Vleuten
Stage 1 Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden Iris Slappendel
Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Stage 4 Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Stage 2 Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Stage 1 Giro d'Italia Femminile Marianne Vos
Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin Marianne Vos
Stage 1 Tour Féminin en Limousin Marianne Vos
Stage 4 Tour Féminin en Limousin Marianne Vos
Olympic Road Championship Marianne Vos
Open de Suède Vårgårda Iris Slappendel
GP de Plouay Marianne Vos
Prologue Giro della Toscana Femminile Annemiek van Vleuten
Overall BrainWash Ladies Tour Marianne Vos
Stage 4 BrainWash Ladies Tour Marianne Vos
Stage 6 BrainWash Ladies Tour Marianne Vos
At the Dutch Time Trial Championships, Van Vleuten and Slappendel finished second and third behind Ellen van Dijk (Specialized–lululemon)
National, Continental and World champions 2012[2]
Date Discipline Jersey Winner
21 June French National Road Race Championships Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
23 June Dutch National Road Race Championships Annemiek van Vleuten
29 July Olympic Road Race Champion Marianne Vos
15 August Belgian National Time Trial Champion Liesbet De Vocht
22 September Road Race World Champion Marianne Vos

Results in major races

Single day races

Results at the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[3]
Date # Race Best rider Place
10 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe Netherlands Marianne Vos 1st
25 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Netherlands Marianne Vos 1st
1 April 3 Tour of Flanders France Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 11th
18 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Netherlands Marianne Vos 2nd
13 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island Belgium Liesbet De Vocht 7th
17 August 6 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Rabobank Women Cycling Team 3rd
19 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda Netherlands Iris Slappendel 5th
25 August 8 GP de Plouay Netherlands Marianne Vos 1st
Final individual classification Netherlands Marianne Vos 1st
Final team classification Rabobank Women Cycling Team 1st
UCI Road World Championships
Date Race Place
16 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial 4th

Grand Tours

Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification) Marianne Vos (1st)[4]
Victories 5 stage wins

UCI World Ranking

Main article: 2012 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The team finished first in the UCI ranking for teams.[3]

Individual UCI World Ranking[3]
Rank Rider Points
1 Netherlands Marianne Vos 1666
7 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten 558
20 Belgium Liesbet De Vocht 317
33 Netherlands Iris Slappendel 208
37 France Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 191.5
97 Germany Sarah Düster 58
98 Russia Tatiana Antoshina 57
188 Netherlands Thalita de Jong 15
223 Netherlands Roxane Knetemann 12
249 Netherlands Sanne van Paassen 10
328 Australia Lauren Kitchen 6
442 Netherlands Sabrina Stultiens 2

References

  1. ^ "UCI Women's teams". UCI.ch. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "2012  » Rabobank Women Team  » UCI". procyclingstats. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "World Cup - Results - Cycling - Road 2012". UCI. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012 (2.1)". Retrieved 15 April 2014.