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at the

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in London, took place on 29 July over a course starting and ending on The Mall and heading out of London into

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Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...

of Great Britain was the defending champion. In heavy rain, the race and gold medal was won by

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

of the Netherlands. Great Britain's

Lizzie Armitstead Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion. Deignan is ...

was second, collecting silver, and Russia's rider

Olga Zabelinskaya Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Conti ...

won the bronze in third place.

Start list

The provisional start list of 67 riders was published on 23 July. The final start list of 66 riders was corrected by the removal of

Lee Wai Sze Sarah Lee Wai-sze, BBS, MH (; born 12 May 1987) is a Hong Kong professional track cyclist. Her greatest success to date is winning the bronze medal in the women's keirin at the 2012 London Olympics, Hong Kong's third- ever Olympic medal and ...

of Hong Kong to leave Hong Kong with the one place they had obtained under the qualification system, and the German team decided to replace

Claudia Häusler Claudia Lichtenberg (née Häusler; born 17 November 1985 in Munich) is a German former professional cyclist, who now works as a coach for German amateur team RSV Irschenberg. Born in Munich, Lichtenberg won the Tour de l'Aude in 2009, a race w ...

with

Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finish ...

Race

The race started at 12:00

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( UTC+01:00). The weather was cool and it was very rainy. At both the start and finish of the race it was pouring down with rain. Due to the bad weather, the race saw a lot of punctures and incidents which caused riders to lose valuable time. After an unsuccessful attack from Janildes Silva Fernandes,

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time ...

attacked after around 35 kilometres. A couple of other riders joined Van Dijk in her escape but the efforts were not successful, as the escapees were caught by the group. A few minutes later,

attacked again in an attempt to splinter the peloton but was soon reeled in again. After two short bursts from Ellen van Dijk and one from

Loes Gunnewijk Loes Gunnewijk (born 27 November 1980 in Groenlo) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015. Gunnewijk was a member of the Dutch national team together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Anne ...

, the American

Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Savola (; born August 11, 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a ...

attacked on the climb of Box Hill, followed by Great Britain's

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. When the bunch was back together, race favourite

attacked but was immediately followed by America's

Shelley Olds Shelley Olds (born September 30, 1980) is an American former professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist. Career Olds was born and raised in Groton, Massachusetts. She studied health and human performance at Roanoke College in Virginia, and was ...

and the bunch. After other attacks from Ellen van Dijk,

Judith Arndt Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20. In 2004, she won ...

and Ellen van Dijk respectively, the bunch contained about 35 riders with 50 kilometers to go. At the beginning of the second of the two rounds of Box Hill, Marianne Vos attacked the bunch, joined by

and the Belarus rider

Alena Amialiusik Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik ( be, Алена Васільеўна Амялюсік; born 6 February 1989) is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road ra ...

but were unable to get away. After the descent of Box Hill there was a clear escape of Marianne Vos, Olga Zabelinskya, Lizzie Armitstead and Shelley Olds, who quickly made a gap of half a minute between themselves and the chasing posse. After a puncture of

the three remaining riders increased the distance between them and their pursuers to 48 seconds with 10 kilometres to go. After Zabelinskaya tried unsuccessful to escape with 2 kilometres to go, it was Vos who sprinted for the finish with about 200 metres to go. Armitstead tried to get after her but failed to do so and was beaten by a bike-length.

Final classification

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Ina-Yoko Teutenberg : Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...

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Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini (born 3 August 1983) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2017. She won the women's road race in the UCI Road World Championships in both 2010 and 2011 and the women's poi ...

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Emma Johansson Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 she finished t ...

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, , {{flagIOC, USA, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 8 , align=left,

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Elite Mountain Bike team BMC MTB Racing in cross-country cycling. and has signed for Ineos Grenadiers for 2023. Ferrand-Prévot has al ...

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Liesbet De Vocht Liesbet De Vocht (born 5 January 1979) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 9th and in the Women's time trial and finishing 23rd in the race. She retired at the end ...

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Aude Biannic Aude Biannic (born 27 March 1991) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 10th. Major results ;2008 : 1st Road race, Nation ...

, , {{flagIOC, FRA, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 11 , align=left,

Katarzyna Pawłowska Katarzyna Pawłowska (born 16 August 1989) is a Polish road racing and track cyclist, who most recently rode for Belgian amateur team . She won the women's scratch race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2012 and 2013, and competed ...

, , {{flagIOC, POL, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 12 , align=left,

Joëlle Numainville Joëlle Numainville (born November 20, 1987) is a Canadian former road bicycle racer. Career She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, finishing 12th. Numainville left for Belgium-based in August 2014, replacing Brito ...

, , {{flagIOC, CAN, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 13 , align=left,

Na Ah-Reum Na A-reum (, born 24 March 1990) is a South Korean track and road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, born in Naju, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Wome ...

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Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Van Vleuten is a two-time winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI ...

, , {{flagIOC, NED, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 15 , align=left,

, , {{flagIOC, BLR, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 16 , align=left,

Ashleigh Moolman Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional female road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing ...

, , {{flagIOC, RSA, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 17 , align=left,

Grete Treier Grete Treier (born 12 December 1977) is an Estonian road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in ...

, , {{flagIOC, EST, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 18 , align=left,

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010. Career Born in Herning, V ...

, , {{flagIOC, NZL, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 19 , align=left,

Emilia Fahlin Emilia Fahlin (born 24 October 1988) is a Swedish road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Fahlin has won the Swedish National Road Race Championships three times (2008, 2013, 2018) and the Swedish National Time Tria ...

, , {{flagIOC, SWE, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 20 , align=left,

Pia Sundstedt Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt (born 2 May 1975, in Kokkola) is a professional former cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing, as well as cross-country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics for Finlan ...

, , {{flagIOC, FIN, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 21 , align=left,

Christine Majerus Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road r ...

, , {{flagIOC, LUX, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 22 , align=left,

Polona Batagelj Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the , (two spells) and squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI ...

, , {{flagIOC, SLO, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 23 , align=left, Clemilda Fernandes , , {{flagIOC, BRA, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 24 , align=left, Evelyn Stevens , , {{flagIOC, USA, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 25 , align=left,

Tatiana Antoshina Tatiana Andreyevna Antoshina (born 27 July 1982) is a Russian road bicycle racer. Career She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, finishing 25th, and in the time trial, finishing 12th. Doping case On July 4, 2016, An ...

, , {{flagIOC, RUS, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 26 , align=left,

Evelyn García Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only ...

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Maaike Polspoel Maaike Polspoel (born 28 March 1989) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 29th. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Buggenhout- Opstal : 8th Grand Prix de Dottignies ;201 ...

, , {{flagIOC, BEL, 2012 Summer , {{3:36:01 , - , 30 , align=left,

Tatiana Guderzo Tatiana Guderzo (born 22 August 1984) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She won the world road race championship on 26 September 2009 at Mendrisio, Switzerland and a bronze medal in th ...

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Clara Hughes Clara Hughes, (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the co ...

, , {{flagIOC, CAN, 2012 Summer , {{s.t. , - , 33 , align=left,

Trixi Worrack Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack (born 28 September 1981) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003 German National Road Race Championships, Worrack's career highlights in ...

, , {{flagIOC, GER, 2012 Summer , {{3:36:04 , - , 34 , align=left,

Noemi Cantele Noemi Cantele (born 17 July 1981) is a professional road bicycle racer. In 2012, she rides for the Be Pink team in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar and UCI Women's World Cup. She competed at the 2012 Summer ...

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, , {{flagIOC, USA, 2012 Summer , {{3:36:16 , - , 36 , align=left,

Amber Neben Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race champions ...

, , {{flagIOC, USA, 2012 Summer , {{3:36:20 , - , 37 , align=left,

, , {{flagIOC, GER, 2012 Summer , {{3:36:28 , - , 38 , align=left,

Larisa Pankova Larisa Olegovna Pankova (russian: Лариса Олеговна Панкова; born 12 May 1991) is a Russian road bicycle racer. She was born in Semey. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 38th. In 2012 ...

, , {{flagIOC, RUS, 2012 Summer , {{3:37:22 , - , 39 , align=left,

Shara Gillow Shara Gillow (born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the , , and teams. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finis ...

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, , {{flagIOC, GBR, 2012 Summer , {{3:37:36 , - , – , align=left,

Íngrid Drexel Íngrid Drexel Clouthier (born 28 July 1993) is a Mexican road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the ...

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Monia Baccaille Monia Baccaille (born 10 April 1984 in Marsciano) is an Italian professional cyclist. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, but finished over the time limit. Notable results ;2005 * Tour of Flanders for Women (3r ...

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, , {{flagIOC, NED, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, OTL, Over time limit , - , – , align=left,

Lucy Martin Lucy Martin (born 5 May 1990) is a British retired professional road and track cyclist. Career Martin was born in Whiston, Merseyside and grew up in Widnes, Cheshire where she attended Riverside College. She was spotted by British Cycling's Ol ...

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Audrey Cordon Audrey Cordon-Ragot (née Cordon; born 22 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, but finished over the time limit. In ...

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Ludivine Henrion Ludivine Henrion (born 23 January 1984, in Namur) is a Belgian road bicycle racer. She won the bronze medal at the 2006 World University Cycling Championship in the road race behind Ellen van Dijk and Eva Lutz. She competed at the 2012 S ...

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Amanda Spratt Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Aust ...

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Chloe Hosking Chloe Hosking (born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Hosking has represented Australia at junior and then senior levels since 2007. Following success in a number of in ...

, , {{flagIOC, AUS, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, OTL, Over time limit , - , – , align=left, Yumari González , , {{flagIOC, CUB, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, OTL, Over time limit , - , – , align=left, Emilie Moberg , , {{flagIOC, NOR, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, OTL, Over time limit , - , – , align=left,

Isabelle Söderberg Isabelle Söderberg (born 28 May 1989) is a Swedish professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, m ...

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Jamie Wong Jamie Wong Wan-Yiu (; born 4 November 1986) is a Hong Kong cyclist. She was second in the Asian Cycling Championships in 2007 in Thailand. A year later she won the points race at the 2007–08 Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen. 2010 Asia ...

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Danielys García Danielys Del Valle García Buitrago (born August 20, 1986 in Valera, Trujillo) is a female track and road cyclist from Venezuela. She won a bronze medal for her native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She com ...

, , {{flagIOC, VEN, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, DNF, Did not finish , - , – , align=left, Paola Muñoz , , {{flagIOC, CHI, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, DNF, Did not finish , - , – , align=left, Aurelie Halbwachs , , {{flagIOC, MRI, 2012 Summer , {{Tooltip, DNF, Did not finish , - , – , align=left,

Elena Tchalykh Elena Tchalykh (born 25 March 1974) is a Russian professional racing cyclist who competed from 2011 on for Azerbaijan. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race and in the Women's time trial. Career highlights ;1990 ...

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Jutatip Maneephan Jutatip Maneephan ( th, จุฑาธิป มณีพันธุ์; born 8 July 1988) is a Thai road bicycle racer and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Career Maneephan was born and raised in the Roi Et Provinc ...

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Janildes Fernandes Janildes Fernandes Silva (born 23 August 1980) is a Brazilian road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race, Women's road race, but failed to fi ...

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Gallery

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and

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in southwest London, near the beginning of the women's road race File:Womensbikerace2012.JPG, The peloton through

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