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. It was held over nine stages from 29 June to 7 July 2012, starting in Naples and finishing in Bergamo. 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:
Rabobank Women Specialized–lululemon AA Drink–leontien.nl Orica–AIS Hitec Products–Mistral Home Diadora–Pasta Zara Be Pink Faren Honda RusVelo Lotto Belisol 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.
Stage Date CourseDistance Stage winner Winner's team 1 29 JuneNaples to Terracina Rabobank Women 2 30 June Rome Rabobank Women 3 1 July Vernio to Castiglione dei Pepoli Specialized–lululemon 4 2 July Montecatini Terme to Montecatini Alto Rabobank Women 5 3 July Polesella to Molinella Orica–AIS 6 4 July Modena to Salsomaggiore AA Drink–leontien.nl 7 5 July Voghera to Castagnole delle Lanze Rabobank Women 8 6 July Mornago to Lonate Pozzolo Rabobank Women 9 7 July Sarnico to Bergamo Hitec Products–Mistral HomeTotal
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.
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. 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. 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. 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 4" 6" 7" 8" 2 15" 19" 22" 27" 3 12" 31" 1' 01" 2' 35" 4 1' 31" 2' 07" 2' 37" 4' 08" 5 3' 46" 6 1' 44" 2' 20" 2' 57" 4' 06" 7 1' 54" 2' 30" 3' 03" 4' 24" 8 2' 00" 3' 20" 3' 53" 4' 45" 9 3' 27" 6' 32" 7' 39" 7' 50"
Final standings Source:
General classification RiderTeamTime1 Rabobank Women 2 + 3' 27" 3 Specialized–lululemon + 6' 32" 4 Faren Honda + 7' 39" 5 Hitec Products–Mistral Home + 7' 50" 6 Orica–AIS + 8' 30" 7 MCipollini–Giambenini + 9' 00" 8 Orica–AIS + 9' 13" 9 Hitec Products–Mistral Home + 10' 07" 10 Lotto Belisol Ladies + 10' 12"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Rabobank Women 107 2 Hitec Products–Mistral Home 52 3 Orica–AIS 48 4 Specialized–lululemon 47 5 43
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 43 2 Specialized–lululemon 21 3 Rabobank Women 16 4 Orica–AIS 12 5 Orica–AIS 10 Faren Honda 10
Young riders classification RiderTeamTime1 Hitec Products–Mistral Home 2 Be Pink + 5' 11"3 Verinlegno-Fabiani + 13' 12"4 + 28' 42"5 Dutch national team +30' 10"
References
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