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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race
Competition in 2012 Olympics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The women's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 29 July[2] over a course starting and ending on The Mall[3] and heading out of London into Surrey.[4] Nicole Cooke of Great Britain was the defending champion.
Quick Facts Women's cycling road race at the Games of the XXX Olympiad, Venue ...
Women's cycling road race at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() The three medal winners in the closing stages of the race | |||||||||||||
Venue | Central and southwest London and north Surrey[1] 140.3 kilometres (87.2 mi) | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 July 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:35:29 | ||||||||||||
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In heavy rain, the race and gold medal was won by Marianne Vos of the Netherlands. Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead was second, collecting silver, and Russia's rider Olga Zabelinskaya won the bronze in third place.[5]