See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Road race | July 28 | ||||
| Men's Time trial | August 1 |
The World Road Championships was held in Limburg, Netherlands.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship Team Time Trial | September 16 |  |  |  | |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 19 | ||||
| World Championship Road Race | September 23 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | May 5–27 | ||||
 Tour de France | June 30 – July 22 | ||||
 Vuelta a España | August 18 – September 9 |
See main article: 2012 UCI World Tour.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour Down Under[1] | January 17–22 | ||||
| Paris–Nice | March 4–11 | ||||
| Tirreno–Adriatico | March 7–13 | ||||
| Milan–San Remo | March 17 | ||||
| Volta a Catalunya | March 19–25 | ||||
| E3 Harelbeke | March 23 | ||||
| Gent–Wevelgem | March 25 | ||||
| Tour of Flanders | April 1 | ||||
| Tour of the Basque Country | April 2–7 | ||||
| Paris–Roubaix | April 8 | ||||
 Amstel Gold Race | April 15 | ||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | April 18 | ||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | April 22 | ||||
 Tour de Romandie | April 24–29 | ||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | June 3–10 | ||||
| Tour de Suisse | June 9–17 | ||||
 Tour de Pologne | July 10–16 | ||||
| Eneco Tour | August 6–12 | ||||
| Clásica de San Sebastián | August 14 | ||||
 Vattenfall Cyclassics | August 19 | ||||
| GP Ouest-France | August 26 | ||||
 GP de Québec | September 7 | ||||
| GP de Montréal | September 9 | ||||
| Giro di Lombardia | September 29 | ||||
 Tour of Beijing | October 9–13 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tour of Qatar[2] | February 5–10 | ||||
| February 14–19 | |||||
 Tour de Langkawi[3] | February 24 – March 4 | ||||
| Critérium International | March 24–25 | ||||
| Three Days of De Panne | March 27–29 | ||||
| Giro del Trentino | April 17–20 | ||||
 Presidential Tour of Turkey | April 22–29 | ||||
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 4–8 | ||||
| Tour of California | May 13–20 | ||||
| Tour of Belgium | May 23–27 | ||||
| Bayern-Rundfahrt | May 23–27 | ||||
 Tour de Luxembourg | May 30 – June 3 | ||||
 Österreich Rundfahrt | July 1–8 | ||||
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 13–22 | ||||
| Tour de Wallonie | July 21–25 | ||||
| Vuelta a Burgos | August 1–5 | ||||
| Tour du Limousin | August 14–17 | ||||
| USA Pro Cycling Challenge | August 20–26 | ||||
| Damark Rundt | August 22–26 | ||||
| Tour of Hainan | October 20–28 |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | February 25 | ||||
| Clásica de Almería | February 26 | ||||
| GP Miguel Induráin | March 31 | ||||
| Scheldeprijs | April 4 | ||||
| Brabantse Pijl | April 11 | ||||
| Rund um den Finanzplatz | May 1 | ||||
| TD Bank International Cycling Championship | June 2 | ||||
| Tre Valli Varesine | August 18 | ||||
| Paris–Bruxelles | September 8 | ||||
| Grand Prix de Fourmies | September 9 | ||||
| Milano–Torino | September 26 | ||||
| Giro del Piemonte | September 27 | ||||
| Giro dell'Emilia | October 6 | ||||
| Paris–Tours | October 7 | ||||
| Tour de Vendée | October 14 | ||||
 Japan Cup | October 21 |
| Tour | Individual champion | Individual champion's team | Team champion | Nations champion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Tour | | ||||
| Africa Tour | No team |  | |||
| America Tour |  | ||||
| Asia Tour | | ||||
| Europe Tour | |||||
| Oceania Tour | Subway Cycling Team | Team Jayco–AIS |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | November 13, 2011 | ||||
| Individual time trial | November 11, 2011 | ||||
| Team time trial | November 9, 2011 |  Eritrea |  South Africa | Morocco |
See main article: 2012 Asian Cycling Championships.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | February | ||||
| Individual time trial | February |
See main article: 2012 European Road Championships.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Jan Tratnik | Andžs Flaksis | Wouter Wippert | ||
| Individual time trial | Rasmus Quaade | Bob Jungels |  Oleksandr Golovash |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |  Paul Odlin | Nick Aitken | Mark O'Brien | ||
| Individual time trial | Sam Horgan | Paul Odlin | Michael Cupitt |
See main article: 2012 national road cycling championships.