| 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile | |
| Date: | 29 June–7 July 2012 |
| Stages: | 9 |
| Distance: | 961 |
| Time: | 24h 50′ 43″ |
| Speed: | 38.68 |
| Unit: | km |
| First: | Marianne Vos |
| First Nat: | NED |
| First Color: | pink |
| First Team: | Rabobank Women |
| Second: | Emma Pooley |
| Second Nat: | GBR |
| Second Team: | AA Drink–leontien.nl |
| Third: | Evelyn Stevens |
| Third Nat: | USA |
| Third Team: | Specialized–lululemon |
| Points: | Marianne Vos |
| Points Nat: | NED |
| Points Color: | yellow |
| Points Team: | Rabobank Women |
| Mountains: | Emma Pooley |
| Mountains Nat: | GBR |
| Mountains Color: | green |
| Mountains Team: | AA Drink–leontien.nl |
| Youth: | Elisa Longo Borghini |
| Youth Nat: | ITA |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Youth Team: | Hitec Products–Mistral Home |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 23rd running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the most prestigious stage race on the women's road cycling calendar.[1] It was held over nine stages from 29 June to 7 July 2012, starting in Naples and finishing in Bergamo.[2] The race was won by last year's winner Marianne Vos, who also won 5 of the 9 stages as well as the yellow jersey (points).
Seventeen teams competed in the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile: the top ten UCI Women's Teams (listed on the left below), a Dutch national team, and six 'wildcard' Italian teams (listed on the right below):[3] [4]
The 2012 race started with the longest stage, a 139.1 km flat stage from Naples to Terracina. The second stage was a 7.2 km individual time trial around the streets of Rome.[5]
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| Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance (km) | Stage winner | Winner's team | |
| 1 | 29 June | 139.1 | |||||
| 2 | 30 June | Rome | Rome | 7.2 | |||
| 3 | 1 July | 124.0 | Specialized–lululemon | ||||
| 4 | 2 July | Montecatini Alto | 98.0 | ||||
| 5 | 3 July | 118.7 | Orica–AIS | ||||
| 6 | 4 July | 122.2 | AA Drink–leontien.nl | ||||
| 7 | 5 July | 129.1 | Rabobank Women | ||||
| 8 | 6 July | 116.2 | Rabobank Women | ||||
| 9 | 7 July | 106.9 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home |
There were five different jerseys awarded in the 2012 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia, and as in the men's race, the leader of the general classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.[6]
The other jerseys differ in colour from those of the men's Giro:
Top five with times behind the race leader:
| Stage | Leader | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4" | 6" | 7" | 8" | |||||
| 2 | 15" | 19" | 22" | 27" | |||||
| 3 | 12" | 31" | 1' 01" | 2' 35" | |||||
| 4 | 1' 31" | 2' 07" | 2' 37" | 4' 08" | |||||
| 5 | 3' 46" | ||||||||
| 6 | 1' 44" | 2' 20" | 2' 57" | 4' 06" | |||||
| 7 | 1' 54" | 2' 30" | 3' 03" | 4' 24" | |||||
| 8 | 2' 00" | 3' 20" | 3' 53" | 4' 45" | |||||
| 9 | 3' 27" | 6' 32" | align=right | 7' 39" | 7' 50" | ||||
Source:[8]
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabobank Women | |||
| 2 | + 3' 27" | |||
| 3 | Specialized–lululemon | + 6' 32" | ||
| 4 | Faren Honda | + 7' 39" | ||
| 5 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home | + 7' 50" | ||
| 6 | Orica–AIS | + 8' 30" | ||
| 7 | MCipollini–Giambenini | + 9' 00" | ||
| 8 | Orica–AIS | + 9' 13" | ||
| 9 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home | + 10' 07" | ||
| 10 | Lotto Belisol Ladies | + 10' 12" |
| Rider | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabobank Women | 107 | ||
| 2 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home | 52 | ||
| 3 | Orica–AIS | 48 | ||
| 4 | Specialized–lululemon | 47 | ||
| 5 | 43 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 | ||
| 2 | Specialized–lululemon | 21 | |
| 3 | Rabobank Women | 16 | |
| 4 | Orica–AIS | 12 | |
| 5 | Orica–AIS | 10 | |
| Faren Honda | 10 |
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home | |||
| 2 | Be Pink | + 5' 11" | ||
| 3 | Verinlegno-Fabiani | + 13' 12" | ||
| 4 | + 28' 42" | |||
| 5 | Dutch national team | +30' 10" |