2012 national road cycling championships

The 2012 national road cycling championships began in New Zealand with the time trial event (both men and women) on January 6. On January 7 the Women's Road Race.

Jerseys

The winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships and the Olympics, or unless they are wearing a category leader's jersey in a stage race. Most national champion jerseys tend to represent a country's flag or use the colours from it. Jerseys may also feature traditional sporting colours of a country that are not derived from a national flag, such as the National colours of Australia on the jerseys of Australian national champions.

2012 champions

Men's Elite

Country	Men's Elite Road Race Champion	Champion's Current Team	Men's Elite Time Trial Champion	Champion's Current Team
Albania	Eugert Zhupa		Eugert Zhupa
Algeria	Azzedine Lagab	Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie	Azzedine Lagab	Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
Andorra			David Albós	Agrupació Ciclista Andorrana
Angola	Igor Silva		Igor Silva
Antigua and Barbuda	Jyme Bridges[1]	Rattlers[1]	Robert Marsh[2]	Club Savoy[2]
Argentina	Juan Pablo Dotti[3]	Circunvalación en San Juan[3]	Ignacio Pereyra[4]	Asociación Ciclista Santiagueña[4]
Aruba	George Winterdal		Gino Hodge
Australia	Simon Gerrans[5]	GreenEDGE[5]	Luke Durbridge[6]	GreenEDGE[6]
Austria	Lukas Pöstlberger	RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein	Riccardo Zoidl[7]	RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein[7]
Azerbaijan	Oleksandr Surutkovych	Team Specialized Concept Store	Elchin Asadov	Team Specialized Concept Store
Bahamas	Anthony Colebrook		Spencer Deleveaux
Barbados	Mario Forde		Russell Elcock
Belarus	Yauheni Hutarovich	FDJ–BigMat	Branislau Samoilau[8]	Movistar Team[8]
Belgium	Tom Boonen[9]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[9]	Kristof Vandewalle[10]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[10]
Belize	Roger Troyer		Byron Pope
Bermuda	Dominique Mayho[11]	Madison[11]	Dominique Mayho[12]	Madison[12]
Bolivia	Horacio Gallardo[13]		Óscar Soliz[13]	Movistar Continental Team[13]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vladimir Kuvalja
Botswana	Bernardo Ayuso		Bernardo Ayuso
Brazil	Otávio Bulgarelli[14]	Funvic-Pindamonhangaba[14]	Luiz Carlos Amorim	Real Cycling Team
British Virgin Islands	Philippe Leroy[N 1]		Philippe Leroy[N 2]
Brunei
Bulgaria	Danail Petrov[15]	Caja Rural[15]	Nikolay Mihaylov	CCC–Polkowice
Burkina Faso	Rasmane Ouedraogo
Canada	Ryan Roth[16]	SpiderTech–C10[16]	Svein Tuft[17]	Orica–GreenEDGE[17]
Cayman Islands	Michele Smith		Steve Abbott
Chile	Carlos Oyarzun[18]	Triciclo-USM[18]	Carlos Oyarzun[18]	Triciclo-USM[18]
China	Xu Gang	Champion System	Xue Mingxing	Max Success Sports
Colombia	Félix Cárdenas		Iván Casas
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Enock Manzambi
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica	Pablo Mudarra		Rodolfo Villalobos
Ivory Coast	Porolohi Soro
Croatia	Vladimir Miholjević	Acqua & Sapone	Vladimir Miholjević[19]	Acqua & Sapone[19]
Cuba	Pedro Sibila
Curaçao	Marc de Maar	UnitedHealthcare	Marc de Maar	UnitedHealthcare
Cyprus	Vassilis Adamou		Marios Athanasiadis
Czech Republic	Milan Kadlec[20]	ASC Dukla Praha[20]	Jan Bárta[21]	Team NetApp[21]
Denmark	Sebastian Lander[22]	Glud & Marstrand–LRØ[22]	Jakob Fuglsang[23]	RadioShack–Nissan[23]
Dominican Republic	Braulio García[24][25]
Ecuador
El Salvador	Jimmy López		Jimmy López
Eritrea	Daniel Teklehaymanot	Orica–GreenEDGE	Daniel Teklehaymanot[26]	Orica–GreenEDGE[26]
Estonia	Tanel Kangert[27]	Astana[27]	Rein Taaramäe[28]	Cofidis[28]
Finland	Jarkko Niemi[29]	Koiviston Isku[29]	Matti Helminen[30]	Landbouwkrediet–Euphony[30]
France	Nacer Bouhanni[9]	FDJ–BigMat[9]	Sylvain Chavanel[31]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[31]
Gabon	Frédéric Obiang		Frédéric Obiang
Georgia	Giorgi Nadiradze		Giorgi Nadiradze
Germany	Fabian Wegmann[32]	Garmin–Barracuda[32]	Tony Martin[33]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[33]
Greece	Ioannis Drakakis		Ioannis Tamouridis	SP Tableware
Guatemala	Mario Archila[34]	Coca-Cola[34]	Manuel Rodas[35]	Cable DX-Decorabaños[35]
Guyana	Orville Hinds		Jude Bentley
Hong Kong	Kwok Ho Ting
Hungary	Péter Kusztor[36]	Atlas Personal–Jakroo[36]	Gábor Fejes[37]	Bátorfi AKTK[37]
Iceland	David Sigurdsson		Hakon Sigurdsson
Iran	Hossein Alizadeh	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team	Alireza Haghi	Azad University Cross Team
Ireland	Matt Brammeier	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	Michael Hutchinson[38]	In Gear Quikvit[38]
Israel	Oleg Sergeev		Anton Mikailov
Italy	Franco Pellizotti[39]	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela[39]	Dario Cataldo[40]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[40]
Jamaica	Linford Blackwood		Peter Thompson
Japan	Yukihiro Doi[41]	Argos–Shimano[41]	Ryota Nishizono[42]	Bridgestone-Anchor[42]
Kazakhstan	Assan Bazayev	Astana	Dmitriy Gruzdev[43]	Astana[43]
Kyrgyzstan	Evgeny Vakker	Uzbekistan Suren Team	Evgeny Vakker	Uzbekistan Suren Team
Latvia	Aleksejs Saramotins[44]	Cofidis[44]	Gatis Smukulis[45]	Team Katusha[45]
Lebanon	Nabil Tabbal		Zaher el Hage
Lesotho
Liechtenstein	Daniel Rinner[N 3]	Team Vorarlberg	Karlheinz Risch
Lithuania	Gediminas Bagdonas[46]	An Post–Sean Kelly[46]	Ramūnas Navardauskas[47]	Garmin–Barracuda[47]
Luxembourg	Laurent Didier[9]	RadioShack–Nissan[9]	Ben Gastauer[N 4]	Ag2r–La Mondiale[48]
Macedonia	Stefan Petrovski		Joze Jovanov
Madagascar	Jean Rakotondrasoa		Jean Rakotondrasoa
Malawi
Malaysia	Mohamed Zamri Salleh	Terengganu Pro Asia Cycling Team	Mohamed Azman Zulkifli
Mali	Oumar Sangare
Malta	Maurice Formosa
Mauritius	Matthieu Leblanc[49]	VVJCC[49]	Yannick Lincoln
Mongolia
Moldova	Alexandre Pliușchin[50]	Leopard-Trek Continental Team[50]	Sergiu Cioban	Tușnad Cycling Team
Morocco	Tarik Chaoufi[51]	MT[51]	Mouhssine Lahsaini[51]	FUS de Rabat[51]
Mexico	Luis Enrique Lemus[52]	Jelly Belly	Bernardo Colex[53]	Arenas Tlax-Mex
Namibia	Lotto Petrus[54]	MTN–Qhubeka[54]	Lotto Petrus[54]	MTN–Qhubeka[54]
Netherlands	Niki Terpstra[9]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[9]	Lieuwe Westra[55]	Vacansoleil–DCM[55]
New Zealand	James Williamson[N 5]	PureBlack Racing[56]	Paul Odlin[57]	Subway Pro Cycling[57]
Nicaragua	Alvaro Baltodano		Walter Gaitán
Norway	Edvald Boasson Hagen[58]	Team Sky[58]	Reidar Borgersen[59]	Joker–Merida[59]
Panama	José Rodriguez		Ramón Carretero[60]	Movistar Continental Team[60]
Pakistan
Paraguay	cancelled[N 6]		Oscar Santos
Peru	Cesar Mucha		Alexy Limaylla
Poland	Michał Gołaś[61]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[61]	Maciej Bodnar[62]	Liquigas–Cannondale[62]
Portugal	Manuel Antonio Cardoso[63]	Caja Rural[63]	José Gonçalves[64]	Onda[64]
Puerto Rico	Edgardo Richiez[N 7]		Edgardo Richiez
Romania	Zoltan Sipos	Mazicon	Andrei Nechita
Russia	Eduard Vorganov[65]	Team Katusha[65]	Denis Menchov[66]	Team Katusha[66]
Rwanda	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN–Qhubeka
Saint Lucia	Fidel Mangal
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Assim Chapman		Reggie Douglas[N 8]
Serbia	Nikola Kozomara		Ivan Stević	Salcano–Arnavutkoy
Singapore	Darren Low	OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team	Junaidi Bin Hashim[N 9]	OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
Slovakia	Peter Sagan[9]	Liquigas–Cannondale[9]	Peter Velits[67]	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[67]
Slovenia	Borut Božič[68]	Astana[68]	Robert Vrečer[69]	Team Vorarlberg[69]
South Africa	Robert Hunter[70]	Garmin–Barracuda[70]	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg[71]	MTN–Qhubeka[71]
South Korea	Jang Chan-Jae	Terengganu Pro Asia Cycling Team
Spain	Francisco Ventoso[72]	Movistar Team[72]	Luis León Sánchez[73]	Rabobank[73]
Suriname	Moses Rickets		Ruiz Ceder
Sweden	Christopher Stevenson	Team UK Youth	Gustav Larsson[74]	Vacansoleil–DCM[74]
Switzerland	Martin Kohler[75]	BMC Racing Team[75]	Fabian Cancellara[76]	RadioShack–Nissan[76]
Taiwan	Wu Po-Hung	Team Senter–Merida	Lee Wei-Cheng
Thailand
Togo	Assion Ayivon
Tunisia	Maher Hasnaoui[77]	AS Militaire de Tunis[77]
Turkey	Miraç Kal[78]	Konya–Torku Şekerspor[78]	Eyüp Karagöbek	Brisaspor
Trinidad and Tobago	Troy Nelson		Jovian Gomez
Uganda	Leone Matovu
Ukraine	Andriy Hryvko[79]	Astana[79]	Andriy Hryvko[80]	Astana[80]
United Kingdom	Ian Stannard[81]	Team Sky[81]	Alex Dowsett[82]	Team Sky[82]
United Arab Emirates	Badr Banihammad		Yousif Banihammad
Uruguay	Emanuel Yanes[83]	C.C. Porongos[83]	Jorge Soto[84]	C.C. Porongos[84]
United States	Timmy Duggan[85]	Liquigas–Cannondale[85]	David Zabriskie[86]	Garmin–Barracuda[86]
United States Virgin Islands	Mark Defour		Glenn Massiah
Uzbekistan	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil–DCM	Muradjan Halmuratov
Venezuela	Miguel Ubeto[N 10]	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela	Tomás Gil	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Women's

Country	Women's Elite Road Race Champion	Champion's Current Team	Women's Elite Time Trial Champion	Champion's Current Team
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda			Tamiko Butler[2]	Team Terminex[2]
Argentina
Australia	Amanda Spratt[87]	GreenEDGE–AIS[87]	Shara Gillow[88]	GreenEDGE–AIS[88]
Austria			Christiane Soeder[7]	ARBÖ Radteam Vitalogic Niederösterreich[7]
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium	Jolien D'Hoore[89]	Topsport Vlaanderen–Ridley 2012[89]	Liesbet De Vocht[10]	Rabobank Women Cycling Team[10]
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark	Cathrine Grage[90]	Hvidovre CK[90]	Cathrine Grage[91]	Hvidovre CK[91]
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Eritrea
France
Finland	Lotta Lepistö[92]	Porin Tarmo[92]	Anne Palm[93]	Cycle Club Helsinki[93]
Germany	Judith Arndt[94]	Orica–AIS[94]	Judith Arndt[95]	Orica–AIS[95]
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Georgia
Iceland
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lesotho
Lithuania	Inga Čilvinaitė[96]	Diadora–Pasta Zara[96]	Vilija Sereikaitė[47]
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mongolia
Moldova
Morocco
Mexico
Namibia	Vera Adrian[54]		Vera Adrian[54]
Netherlands	Annemiek van Vleuten[97]	Rabobank Women Cycling Team[97]	Ellen van Dijk[55] details	Team Specialized–lululemon[55]
New Zealand	Nicky Samuels[98]	BikeNZ[98]	Lauren Ellis[99]	BikeNZ[99]
Norway			Lise Hafsø Nøstvold[100]	SK Sandnes
Panama
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia			Tjaša Rutar[69]	Polet Garmin[69]
South Africa	Ashleigh Moolman[101]	Lotto–Belisol Ladies[101]	Cherise Taylor[71]	Lotto–Belisol Ladies[71]
South Korea
Spain	Anna Sanchís	Bizkaia–Durango	Anna Sanchís	Bizkaia–Durango
Suriname
Sweden	Emma Johansson	Hitec Products–Mistral Home	Emma Johansson	Hitec Products–Mistral Home
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey	Semra Yetiş	Brisaspor	Merve Tayfun Marmara	Brisaspor
Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
United Kingdom	Sharon Laws[102]	AA Drink–leontien.nl[102]	Wendy Houvenaghel[82]	Bike Chain Ricci[82]
United Arab Emirates
United States	Megan Guarnier[103]	Team TIBCO–To The Top[103]	Amber Neben[104]	Team Specialized–lululemon[104]
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Notes

1. Leroy finished second to Antigua & Barbuda's Lynn Murray.
2. Leroy finished second to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rider Orano Andrews.
3. Rinner finished second to Swiss rider Yves Covi.
4. Although Bob Jungels recorded the best time for the time trial, he was eligible for Under-23 honours only.^[48]
5. Williamson finished second overall behind Michael Vink, but Vink was ineligible for the senior event, as he was in contention for Under-23 honours only.^[56]
6. The road race championships were cancelled after a local female cyclist was killed.
7. Richiez finished second to Mexico's Marco Ortega in the event.
8. Douglas finished second to France's Patricio Carty in the time trial.
9. Bin Hashim finished second to Netherlands' Tjarco Cuppens in the time trial.
10. Ubeto finished second behind Xavier Quevedo, but Quevedo was only eligible for Under-23 honours.