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The 2012 EPZ Omloop van Borsele was the 11th running of the
The 2012 EPZ Omloop van Borsele was the 11th running of the Omloop van Borsele
Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 in women's road cycling, 2012, the event also contains a ...
, a women's cycling event in 's-Heerenhoek
s-Heerenhoek is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Middelburg.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1750 as 'S Heerenhoek, and "means corner of the ...
, the Netherlands. New this year was the introduction of an individual time trial, held on 20 April over a distance of . The road race was held on 21 April 2012 over a distance of . It was rated by the UCI UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
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as 1.2 category race.
After winning the time trial of Borsele, rider 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 ...
won also the road race of the EPZ Omloop van Borsele. She won the sprint of a group of seven riders ahead of Gracie Elvin
Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the and . Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victories in 2013 and 2 ...
from Australia (Australian national team) and Sarah Düster
Sarah Düster (born 10 July 1982) is a road cyclist from Germany. She participated at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consis ...
from Germany (Rabobank Women Cycling Team
Liv Racing TeqFind (UCI code: LIV) was a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Rider ...
).
Time trial
The individual time trial was held on 20 April over a distance of .Results
SourceRoad race
Race report
The race took place on a wet course on 21 April. After 25 kilometer a group of 6 riders emerged (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 ...
, Gracie Elvin
Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the and . Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victories in 2013 and 2 ...
, Chantal Blaak
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classi ...
, Amy Pieters
Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (togethe ...
, Iris Slappendel
Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist.
Career
She won the 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda road race, the penultimate event in the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Slappendel took a total of five UCI race ...
, Megan Guarner and Melissa Hoskins
Melissa Hoskins (24 February 1991 – 31 December 2023) was an Australian track and road racing cyclist, who topped the general classification in the 2012 Tour of Chongming Island. She was a member of the Australian track cycling team pursuit ...
). Slapendel (Rabobank Women Cycling Team
Liv Racing TeqFind (UCI code: LIV) was a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Rider ...
) had to leave the group due to material damage. Sarah Düster was able to ride to the front group and so the Rabobank Women Cycling Team had another rider at the front. Due to good teamwork the seven riders were not pulled back by the bunch with among others the world champion 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 ...
. In the final kilometers Elvin and Düster tried both to escape but it was Van Dijk Van Dijk () is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) dike". With 56,441 people, it was the fifth most common name in the Netherlands in 2007. Abroad, people with this surname usually abandoned the ij digraph, resulting in names like Van Dy ...
who reached first the finish line.
Results
SourcesSee also
* 2012 in women's road cyclingReferences
External links
* {{Omloop van Borsele Omloop van Borsele 2012 in Dutch sport 2012 in women's road cycling