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  Valkenburg | |
| Venue | Valkenburg, the Netherlands |
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| Date | (2012-09-15 -2012-09-23)September 15–23, 2012 |
| Coordinates | 50°52′N5°50′E / 50.867°N 5.833°E /50.867; 5.833 |
| Nations participating | 74 |
| Events | 12 |
| Events at the2012 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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| Participating nations | ||
| Elite events | ||
| Elite road race | men | women |
| Elite time trial | men | women |
| Elite team time trial | men | women |
| Under-23 events | ||
| Under-23 road race | men | |
| Under-23 time trial | men | |
| Junior events | ||
| Junior road race | men | women |
| Junior time trial | men | women |
The2012 UCI Road World Championships took place in the southern part of theDutch province ofLimburg, also known asSouth Limburg, between September 15 and 23. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23, and team time trials for elite men and women. It was the 79th Road World Championships.Castelfidardo nearLoreto in Italy was also a candidate, but Italy had held the UCI Road World Championships inVarese in 2008. The Netherlands had last hosted the Road World Championships in 1998, inValkenburg aan de Geul, and 2012 was the seventh time that the country hosted the championships.
The 2012 championships had a number of changes compared to the former editions.[1] A team time trial was reintroduced. This was last competed as a world championship event in1994 between nations. The reintroduction will see trade teams compete, similar to theEindhoven Team Time Trial held between 2005 and 2007. The Junior championships will also be on the programme. With the extra events, the championships will be held over two weekends (nine days) and will also include an opening ceremony and acyclosportive event.
The start and finish for the events was inVilt, a commune ofValkenburg aan de Geul on top of theCauberg.
| Date | Timings | Event | Distance | Start | Finish | |
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| Team time trial events | ||||||
| September 16 | 11:00 | 12:30 | Women's teams | 34.2 km (21.3 mi) | Sittard-Geleen | Valkenburg aan de Geul |
| 13:30 | 16:40 | Men's teams | 53.2 km (33.1 mi) | |||
| Individual time trial events | ||||||
| September 17 | 10:00 | 12:05 | Junior men | 26.6 km (16.5 mi) | Landgraaf | Valkenburg aan de Geul |
| 14:00 | 16:25 | Under-23 men | 36.0 km (22.4 mi) | |||
| September 18 | 10:30 | 12:22 | Junior women | 15.6 km (9.7 mi) | Eijsden-Margraten | |
| 14:00 | 16:25 | Elite women | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) | |||
| September 18 | 13:30 | 16:40 | Elite men | 45.7 km (28.4 mi) | Heerlen | |
Circuit = west on Rijksweg inVilt, continuing throughBerg en Terblijt onto Bergerstraat, turning left grazingMaastricht on the east by going south on Molenweg, then turning left and continuing east on Bemelerweg, continuing onto Oude Akerstraat and Bemelerberg throughBemelen, continuing onto Gasthuis, turning left and continuing northeast On Smitserweg, which turns into Bemelerweg grazingSibbe on the west and into Daalhemerweg curving to north all the way intoValkenburg aan de Geul, at the end turning left ontoCauberg, back toVilt.
Cyclists from 74 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed, excluding riders in the team time trials, is shown in parentheses.
| Participating national federations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page |
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| Place | Nation |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Australia | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Team time trials are included under the UCI registration country of the team.
