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2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Men's Individual Road Race

| image = Philippe Gilbert, 2012 Road World Championships, Cauberg.jpg

| image_caption = Philippe Gilbert sprinting to victory

| image_size = 250

| series = 2012 UCI Road World Championships

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 23 September 2012

| stages = 1

| distance = 269

| unit = km

| time = 6h 10' 41"{{cite web|url=http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2012/WM/12RES00.pdf|title=Final Results / Résultats finaux: Men's Road Race / Course en ligne – Hommes|work=Sport Result|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927173556/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2012/WM/12RES00.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-27|url-status=dead}}

| speed = 43.541

| type = medals

| first = Philippe Gilbert

| first_nat = Belgium

| second = Edvald Boasson Hagen

| second_nat = Norway

| third = Alejandro Valverde

| third_nat = Spain

| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

{{2012 UCI Road World Championships}}

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.

The race was won by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, after he made a late attack on the final ascent of the Cauberg climb and advanced clear of the rest of the field to win his first world title and the first by a Belgian since Tom Boonen won in Madrid in 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/sports/120923_Cycling_World_Championship_Gilbert|title=The new World Champion in cycling is... a Belgian!|work=De Redactie|publisher=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19693297|title=Belgium's Philippe Gilbert wins world road race title|first=Peter|last=Scrivener|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012}} He finished four seconds clear of Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen, who claimed the silver medal,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2012/elite-men-road-race/results|title=Gilbert wins world championship in Valkenburg|first=Daniel|last=Benson|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012}} while the bronze medal went to Spain's Alejandro Valverde, who finished a second further behind.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12921/Philippe-Gilbert-solos-to-World-road-race-championship.aspx|title=Philippe Gilbert solos to World road race championship|first=Ben|last=Atkins|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012}} When the announcement was made of the course, Gilbert was the instant favourite and rode all year with this pressure. Leading into the worlds he had won only two races all season.

Route

The race started in Maastricht and ended in Valkenburg. The first {{convert|108|km}} was contested through a number of Limburg cities before the riders entered a {{convert|16.1|km}} circuit to be completed on ten occasions. The finish was {{convert|1.7|km}} beyond the summit of the Cauberg hill in Valkenburg – where the Amstel Gold Race had finished from 2003 to 2013, and hosted the finish of stage 3 of the 2006 Tour de France – a {{convert|1.5|km}} long climb with a maximum gradient of 12%.{{cite web|title=UCI Road World Championships: Courses|url=http://www.limburg2012.nl/section.php?sid=items_en&items_vmd=svw&items_id=parcoursen|work=Limburg 2012|publisher=Colofon|access-date=18 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927032945/http://www.limburg2012.nl/section.php?sid=items_en&items_vmd=svw&items_id=parcoursen|archive-date=27 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Final classification

Of the race's 207 entrants, 122 riders completed the full distance of {{convert|269|km|1|abbr=on}}.

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Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

1

| Philippe Gilbert

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| {{nowrap|6h 10' 41"}}

1

| Edvald Boasson Hagen

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 4"

1

| Alejandro Valverde

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 5"

4

| John Degenkolb

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 5"

5

| Lars Boom

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 5"

6

| Allan Davis

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 5"

7

| Thomas Voeckler

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 5"

8

| Ramūnas Navardauskas

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| + 5"

9

| Sergio Henao

| {{COL}}

| + 5"

10

| Óscar Freire

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 5"

11

| Rui Costa

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 5"

12

| Tom Boonen

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 5"

13

| Oscar Gatto

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 5"

14

| Peter Sagan

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| + 5"

15

| Fredrik Kessiakoff

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 5"

16

| Koen de Kort

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 5"

17

| Michael Albasini

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 5"

18

| Assan Bazayev

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| + 5"

DQ

| Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 5"

19

| Lars Petter Nordhaug

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 5"

20

| Simon Gerrans

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 5"

21

|colspan=4 align=center| Not allocated

22

| Stefan Denifl

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 5"

23

| Rigoberto Urán

| {{COL}}

| + 5"

24

| Daniel Moreno

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 5"

25

| Greg Van Avermaet

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 5"

26

| Björn Leukemans

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 5"

27

| Fabian Wegmann

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 5"

28

| Alexandr Kolobnev

| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}}

| + 5"

29

| Vincenzo Nibali

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 5"

30

| André Cardoso

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 17"

31

| Andriy Hryvko

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| + 17"

32

| Robert Gesink

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 17"

33

| Dan Martin

| {{flagUCIRoad|IRL}}

| + 17"

34

| Nicolas Roche

| {{flagUCIRoad|IRL}}

| + 17"

35

| Jürgen Roelandts

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 17"

36

| Ian Stannard

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 53"

37

| Paul Martens

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 53"

38

| Alberto Contador

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 53"

39

| Joaquim Rodríguez

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 53"

40

| Yuri Trofimov

| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}}

| + 1' 01"

41

| Samuel Sánchez

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 1' 37"

42

| David Tanner

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 1' 37"

43

| Andrew Talansky

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 1' 54"

44

| Rene Mandri

| {{flagUCIRoad|EST}}

| + 2' 21"

45

| Gustav Larsson

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 2' 21"

46

| Marek Rutkiewicz

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 2' 21"

47

| Carlos Betancur

| {{COL}}

| + 2' 21"

48

| Bauke Mollema

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

49

| Rafael Andriato

| {{flagUCIRoad|BRA}}

| + 2' 21"

50

| Michael Schär

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 2' 21"

51

| Gatis Smukulis

| {{flagUCIRoad|LAT}}

| + 2' 21"

52

| Chris Anker Sørensen

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 2' 21"

53

| Jarosław Marycz

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 2' 21"

54

| Takashi Miyazawa

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| + 2' 21"

55

| Karsten Kroon

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

56

| Tom-Jelte Slagter

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

57

| Sylvain Chavanel

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 21"

58

| Radoslav Rogina

| {{flagUCIRoad|CRO}}

| + 2' 21"

59

| Jan Bárta

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 2' 21"

60

| Ben Swift

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 2' 21"

61

| Michał Gołaś

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 2' 21"

62

| Jempy Drucker

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 2' 21"

63

| Mathias Frank

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 2' 21"

64

| Alex Howes

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 2' 21"

65

| Vladimir Gusev

| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}}

| + 2' 21"

66

| Niki Terpstra

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

67

| Steve Morabito

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 2' 21"

68

| Winner Anacona

| {{COL}}

| + 2' 21"

69

| Nairo Quintana

| {{COL}}

| + 2' 21"

70

| Steve Cummings

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 2' 21"

71

| Sérgio Paulinho

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 2' 21"

72

| Simon Geschke

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 2' 21"

73

| Heinrich Haussler

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 2' 21"

74

| Moreno Moser

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 34"

75

| Luca Paolini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 46"

76

| Rinaldo Nocentini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 46"

77

| Marco Marcato

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 46"

78

| Simon Clarke

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 2' 53"

79

| Johannes Fröhlinger

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 2' 53"

80

| Christian Knees

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 2' 53"

81

| Juan Antonio Flecha

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 2' 53"

82

| Borut Božič

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 2' 53"

83

| David Veilleux

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 2' 53"

84

| Mickaël Delage

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 53"

85

| Diego Ulissi

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 53"

86

| Eduard Vorganov

| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}}

| + 2' 53"

87

| Oleksandr Polivoda

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| + 3' 11"

88

| Luke Rowe

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 5' 46"

89

| Vladimir Isaichev

| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}}

| + 5' 46"

90

| Gianni Meersman

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 8' 10"

91

| Matej Jurčo

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| + 8' 55"

92

| Carlos Oyarzun

| {{flagUCIRoad|CHI}}

| + 8' 55"

93

| Aleksandr Kuschynski

| {{flagUCIRoad|BLR}}

| + 8' 55"

94

| Siarhei Papok

| {{flagUCIRoad|BLR}}

| + 8' 55"

95

| Stefan Hristov

| {{flagUCIRoad|BUL}}

| + 8' 55"

96

| Evaldas Šiškevičius

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| + 8' 55"

97

| Carlos José Ochoa

| {{flagUCIRoad|VEN}}

| + 8' 55"

98

| Taylor Phinney

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 8' 55"

99

| Péter Kusztor

| {{flagUCIRoad|HUN}}

| + 8' 55"

100

| Bert-Jan Lindeman

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 8' 55"

101

| Przemysław Niemiec

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 8' 55"

102

| Jacek Morajko

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 8' 55"

103

| Brent Bookwalter

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 8' 55"

104

| František Raboň

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 8' 55"

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Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

105

| Ronan McLaughlin

| {{flagUCIRoad|IRL}}

| + 8' 55"

106

| Matthias Brändle

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 8' 55"

107

| Milan Kadlec

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 8' 55"

108

| Ryder Hesjedal

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 8' 55"

109

| Georgi Georgiev

| {{flagUCIRoad|BUL}}

| + 8' 55"

110

| François Parisien

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 8' 55"

111

| Marcus Burghardt

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEU}}

| + 8' 55"

112

| Thomas Löfkvist

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 8' 55"

113

| Leopold König

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 8' 55"

114

| Tanel Kangert

| {{flagUCIRoad|EST}}

| + 8' 55"

115

| Jure Kocjan

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 8' 55"

116

| Zdeněk Štybar

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 8' 55"

117

| Kristijan Đurasek

| {{flagUCIRoad|CRO}}

| + 8' 55"

118

| Jacques Janse van Rensburg

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| + 8' 55"

119

| Laurens ten Dam

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 8' 55"

120

| Matteo Trentin

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 9' 44"

121

| Andrey Amador

| {{flagUCIRoad|CRC}}

| + 10' 23"

122

| Jonathan Castroviejo

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 10' 23"

| Jakob Fuglsang

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| {{Tooltip|DNF|Did not finish}}

| Kristijan Koren

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Janez Brajkovič

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Grega Bole

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Vasil Kiryienka

| {{flagUCIRoad|BLR}}

| DNF

| Sergey Firsanov

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Dimitry Muravyev

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| DNF

| Dario Cataldo

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| DNF

| Pablo Lastras

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| DNF

| Rein Taaramäe

| {{flagUCIRoad|EST}}

| DNF

| Jay Thomson

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Wesley Sulzberger

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Adam Hansen

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Jérôme Coppel

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Vincent Jérôme

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Yukiya Arashiro

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| DNF

| Chris Horner

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Tejay van Garderen

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Tony Gallopin

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Kevin De Weert

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| DNF

| Ignatas Konovalovas

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| DNF

| Gabriel Rasch

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| DNF

| Jonathan Monsalve

| {{flagUCIRoad|VEN}}

| DNF

| Maxime Bouet

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Martin Grashev

| {{flagUCIRoad|BUL}}

| DNF

| Grégory Rast

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| DNF

| Oliver Zaugg

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| DNF

| Bruno Pires

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| DNF

| Roman Kreuziger

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| DNF

| Miguel Ángel Rubiano

| {{COL}}

| DNF

| Fabio Duarte

| {{COL}}

| DNF

| Arthur Vichot

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Richie Porte

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Timmy Duggan

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Michael Matthews

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Yeung Ying-Hon

| {{flagUCIRoad|HKG}}

| DNF

| Johan Vansummeren

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| DNF

| Matthew Busche

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Vladimir Miholjević

| {{flagUCIRoad|CRO}}

| DNF

| Marko Kump

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Fabricio Ferrari

| {{flagUCIRoad|URU}}

| DNF

| Julian Dean

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| DNF

| Yaroslav Popovych

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Reinardt Janse van Rensburg

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Vitaliy Buts

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Denys Kostyuk

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Daniel Schorn

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| DNF

| Alexsandr Dyachenko

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| DNF

| Luka Mezgec

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Hayden Roulston

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| DNF

| Fumiyuki Beppu

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| DNF

| Lucas Euser

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Jorge Martín Montenegro

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Dmytro Krivtsov

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Juraj Sagan

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Maroš Kováč

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Tomasz Marczyński

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| DNF

| Alexandre Pliuschin

| {{flagUCIRoad|MDA}}

| DNF

| Ben Gastauer

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| DNF

| Jérémy Roy

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Peter Velits

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Matti Breschel

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| DNF

| Chris Froome

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Bradley Wiggins

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Jesse Sergent

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| DNF

| Tomás Gil

| {{flagUCIRoad|VEN}}

| DNF

| Stanislav Kozubek

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| DNF

| Maximiliano Richeze

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Dries Devenyns

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| DNF

| Laurent Didier

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| DNF

| Enzo Moyano

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Shinichi Fukushima

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| DNF

| Yukihiro Doi

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| DNF

| Alex Dowsett

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Aleksejs Saramotins

| {{flagUCIRoad|LAT}}

| DNF

| Mauricio Muller

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Hichem Chaabane

| {{flagUCIRoad|ALG}}

| DNF

| Mark Cavendish

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Yusuke Hatanaka

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| DNF

| Amir Rusli

| {{flagUCIRoad|MYS}}

| DNF

| Svein Tuft

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| DNF

| Loh Sea Keong

| {{flagUCIRoad|MYS}}

| DNF

| Martin Velits

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Nebojša Jovanović

| {{flagUCIRoad|SRB}}

| DNF

| Elchin Asadov

| {{flagUCIRoad|AZE}}

| DNF

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.limburg2012.nl/ }}

{{UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race}}

{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2012 UCI Road World Championships - Men's road race}}

Men's road race

Category:UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race