2012 Emakumeen Euskal Bira Explained

2012 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
Date:	7–10 June 2012
Stages:	4
Distance:	320.4
Unit:	km
Time:	8h 30' 59"
First:	Judith Arndt
First Nat:	Germany
First Team:	GreenEDGE–AIS
Second:	Emma Johansson
Second Nat:	Sweden
Second Team:	Hitec Products
Third:	Annemiek van Vleuten
Third Nat:	Netherlands
Third Team:	Rabobank Women Cycling Team
Points:	Annemiek van Vleuten
Points Nat:	Netherlands
Points Team:	Rabobank Women Cycling Team
Mountains:	Emma Pooley
Mountains Nat:	United Kingdom
Mountains Team:	AA Drink–leontien.nl
Sprints:	Valentina Scandolara
Sprints Nat:	Italy
Sprints Team:	S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
Youth:	Sarah-lena Hofmann
Youth Nat:	Germany
Youth Team:	Germany national team
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Emakumeen Euskal Bira was the 25th edition of the Emakumeen Bira, a women's cycling stage race in Spain. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.1, and was held between 7 and 10 June 2012.

Stages

Stage 1

7 June 2012 – Iurreta to Matiena, 97km (60miles)^[1]

Stage 1 result Rider Team Time 1 2 AA Drink–leontien.nl s.t. 3 s.t.

General classification after stage 1 Rider Team Time 1 2 AA Drink–leontien.nl s.t. 3 s.t.

Stage 2

8 June 2012 – Lekeitio – Lekeitio, 98km (61miles)^[2]

Stage 2 result Rider Team Time 1 AA Drink–leontien.nl 2 Rabobank Women Cycling Team + 20" 3 + 20"

General classification after stage 2 Rider Team Time 1 AA Drink–leontien.nl 2 Rabobank Women Cycling Team + 8" 3 + 8"

Stage 3

9 June 2012 – Orduña to Orduña (individual time trial), 13.4km (08.3miles)^[3]

Stage 3 result Rider Team Time 1 GreenEDGE–AIS 2 GreenEDGE–AIS + 3" 3 + 6"

General classification after stage 3 Rider Team Time 1 AA Drink–leontien.nl 2 GreenEDGE–AIS + 1" 3 Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team + 8"

Stage 4

10 June 2012 – Orduña to Iurreta, 112km (70miles)^[4]

Stage 4 result Rider Team Time 1 Rabobank Women Cycling Team 2 Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team + 1" 3 + 1"

General classification after stage 4 Rider Team Time 1 GreenEDGE–AIS 2 Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team + 7" 3 Rabobank Women Cycling Team + 14"

Final classifications

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1		GreenEDGE–AIS
2		Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team	+ 7"
3		Rabobank Women Cycling Team	+ 14"
4		BePink	+ 39"
5		AA Drink–leontien.nl	+ 42"
6		AA Drink–leontien.nl	+ 55"
7			+ 1' 21"
8		AA Drink–leontien.nl	+ 1' 50"
9		Bizkaia–Durango	+ 2' 05"
10		GreenEDGE–AIS	+ 2' 30"

Source:^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Emakumeen Euskal Bira (ESP) 07 Jun 2012 - Stage 1: Iurreta - Matiena. UCI. 7 June 2012. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052535/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22735&EditionID=726547&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=726936&Phase1ID=769602&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=740949&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 4 March 2016. dead.
2. News: Emakumeen Euskal Bira (ESP) 08 Jun 2012 - Stage 2: Lekeitio - Lekeitio. UCI. 8 June 2012. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050929/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22735&EditionID=726547&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=726936&Phase1ID=769603&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=740526&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 4 March 2016. dead.
3. News: Emakumeen Euskal Bira (ESP) 09 Jun 2012 - Stage 3 (ITT): Orduña - Orduña. UCI. 9 June 2012. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222933/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22735&EditionID=726547&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=726936&Phase1ID=769604&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=740527&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 3 March 2016. dead.
4. News: Emakumeen Euskal Bira (ESP) 10 Jun 2012 - Stage 4: Orduña - Iurreta. UCI. 10 June 2012. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053514/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22735&EditionID=726547&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=769605&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 4 March 2016. dead.
5. News: Emakumeen Euskal Bira (ESP) 07 Jun-10 Jun 2012 - General classification: Iurreta - Iurreta. UCI. 10 June 2012. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222921/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22735&EditionID=726547&SeasonID=482&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 3 March 2016. dead.