2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup

The 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the 15th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The calendar was to retain the same races as the 2011 edition, with the only change being the rescheduling of the Ronde van Drenthe to be the first race, until the GP Ciudad de Valladolid was cancelled for financial reasons.^[1] Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion.

2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup

Fifteenth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup
Details
Dates	10 March – 25 August
Location	Europe and China
Races	8
Champions
Individual champion	Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Cycling Team)
Teams' champion	Rabobank Women Cycling Team
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Marianne Vos secured her fourth World Cup when she finished in third place at the Open de Suède Vårgårda, which gave her a sufficient points lead to ensure her victory regardless of the placings in the following week's final race, the Grand Prix de Plouay,^[2] which she also won.

Races

Source:^[3]

	Date	Race	Country	Winner	Second	Third
#1	10 March	Ronde van Drenthe	Netherlands	Marianne Vos (NED)	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
#2	25 March	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	Italy	Marianne Vos (NED)	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	Trixi Worrack (GER)
#3	1 April	Tour of Flanders	Belgium	Judith Arndt (GER)	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	Joëlle Numainville (CAN)
#4	18 April	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Belgium	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Linda Villumsen (NZL)
#5	13 August	Tour of Chongming Island World Cup	China	Shelley Olds (USA)	Melissa Hoskins (AUS)	Monia Baccaille (ITA)
#6	17 August	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT	Sweden	Specialized–lululemon  Charlotte Becker (GER)  Amber Neben (USA)  Evelyn Stevens (USA)  Ina Teutenberg (GER)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Trixi Worrack (GER)	Orica–AIS  Judith Arndt (GER)  Shara Gillow (AUS)  Loes Gunnewijk (NED)  Claudia Häusler (GER)  Alexis Rhodes (AUS)  Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Rabobank  Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)  Thalita de Jong (NED)  Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)  Roxane Knetemann (NED)  Iris Slappendel (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED)
#7	19 August	Open de Suède Vårgårda	Sweden	Iris Slappendel (NED)	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)	Marianne Vos (NED)
#8	25 August	GP de Plouay	France	Marianne Vos (NED)	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

Final points standings

Individuals

Source:^[4]

Position	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank	335
2	Judith Arndt (GER)	Orica–AIS	187
3	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Specialized–lululemon	152
4	Trixi Worrack (GER)	Specialized–lululemon	142
5	Shelley Olds (USA)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	125
6	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	110
7	Iris Slappendel (NED)	Rabobank	109
8	Kirsten Wild (NED)	AA Drink–leontien.nl	108
9	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Orica–AIS	89
10	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Orica–AIS	76

Teams

Place	UCI Code	Team Name	Points
1	RBW	Rabobank	606
2	GEW	Orica–AIS	502
3	SLU	Specialized–lululemon	470
4	LNL	AA Drink–leontien.nl	387
5	HPU	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	203