The Women's time trial of the

2012 UCI Road World Championships The 2012 UCI Road World Championships took place in the southern part of the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, also known as South Limburg (Netherlands), South Limburg, between September 15 and 23. The event consiste ...

cycling event took place on 18 September 2012 in and around Valkenburg, Netherlands.

Judith Arndt Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional sports, professional cycle sport, cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the Track cycling, 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 S ...

of Germany defended successfully her world time trial title. The 36-year-old, who retired at the end of the championships, completed the hilly course in a time of 32 minutes 26 seconds to beat former teammate Evelyn Stevens of the United States by 33 seconds. Stevens had been the seventh last to start, and her time of 33 minutes dead took the lead from teammate

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...

of the Netherlands. Second last to go, as the previous year's silver medallist, New Zealand's

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Denmark, 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 H ...

, Arndt's

Orica–AIS Liv AlUla Jayco (UCI Code: LIV) is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia which competes in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world. After being sponsored by Orica for five years, the team ...

teammate, came closest to unseating the American, but crossed the line in 33’07", which was only good enough for provisional second place, ahead of 2010 champion

Emma Pooley Emma Jane Pooley (born 3 October 1982) is a British-Swiss athlete in multiple sports. A former professional cyclist who specialised in time trials and hilly races, she later transferred to endurance running, duathlon and triathlon, and was four- ...

of Great Britain. As defending champion Arndt set off last and, after setting the fastest time at both intermediate checkpoints, powered up the final

Cauberg The Cauberg is a hill in Valkenburg aan de Geul, a town in the South Limburg region of the Netherlands. The hill played an important role in the early development of tourism in Valkenburg. Today, several major tourist attractions are situated on ...

climb and sprinted to the finish to push Stevens off the top step of the podium, and Pooley out of the medals altogether.

Final classification

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 UCI Road World Championships - Women's time trial Women's time trial UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial 2012 in women's road cycling