2012 EPZ Omloop van Borsele


The 2012 EPZ Omloop van Borsele was the 11th running of the Omloop van Borsele, a women's cycling event in 's-Heerenhoek, 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 as 1.2 category race.
After winning the time trial of Borsele, rider Ellen van Dijk 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 from Australia and Sarah Düster from Germany.

Time trial

The individual time trial was held on 20 April over a distance of.

Results

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Road race

Race report

The race took place on a wet course on 21 April. After 25 kilometer a group of 6 riders emerged. Slapendel 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. In the final kilometers Elvin and Düster tried both to escape but it was Van Dijk who reached first the finish line.

Results

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