2012 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit

Women's individual pursuit
2012 Dutch National Track Championships
Race details
Dates	28 December 2012
Stages	1
Distance	3 km (1.864 mi)
Medalists
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Last updated September 27, 2019

The women's individual pursuit at the 2012 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 28, 2012. 8 athletes participated in the contest.^[1]

The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. The event is held over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) for men and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the fastest time. They will ride on the pursuit line at the bottom of the track in order to find the fastest line. This race makes for a good spectacle as the two riders pursue each other attempting to catch the other rider who started on the other side of the track. If the catch is achieved, then the successful pursuer is declared the winner. However, they can continue to ride the rest of the race distance in order to set the fastest time in a qualifying race or a record in a final.

The 2012 Dutch National Track Championships were the Dutch national championship for track cycling. They took place in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from December 27 to December 30, 2012.

Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo, had a population of 160,852 in 2017. The western half of the municipality lies on the Veluwe ridge, the eastern half lies in the IJssel valley.

Preview

The title holder, Ellen van Dijk and the main favourite to win the gold did not participate at the 2012 Dutch National Track Championships. The other favourites were the numbers two and three of 2011: Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters.

Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Trek–Segafredo. Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time trial specialist and is five times world champion. She won her first world title on the track in the scratch race in 2008. She became Road World Champion in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with her respective trade teams in the team time trial and in 2013 also in the individual time trial. In 2015, she won the time trial at the first European Games and the silver medal in the team time trial at the world championships.

Kirsten Carlijn Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling. Wild competed in two track cycling events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Amy Pieters is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Boels–Dolmans. She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit. In September 2015 it was announced that Pieters would join Wiggle High5 for the 2016 season, after spending five years with Team Liv–Plantur.

Competition format

The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.^[1]

Results

Qualification

The qualification round started at 17:05.^[2]

Rank	Name	Time	Note
1	Kirsten Wild	3:42.762	Q
2	Amy Pieters	3.44.988	Q
3	Judith Bloem	3.53.728	q
4	Laura van der Kamp	3.55.242	q
5	Winanda Spoor	3.57.739
6	Birgitta Roos	3.58.119
7	Rozanne Slik	3.59.129
8	Daisy Rodenburg	4.06.120

Finals

The finals started at 19:30.^[2]

Bronze medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Laura van der Kamp	3.54.480
Judith Bloem	3.54.908	4

Gold medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Kirsten Wild	caught opponent
Amy Pieters	caught

Final results

Rank	Name	Time
	Kirsten Wild	caught opponent
	Amy Pieters	caught
	Laura van der Kamp	3.54.480
4	Judith Bloem	3.54.908
5	Winanda Spoor	3.57.739
6	Birgitta Roos	3.58.119
7	Rozanne Slik	3.59.129
8	Daisy Rodenburg	4.06.120

Results from nkbaanwielrennen.nl.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Results day 2 2012 Dutch national track championships" (PDF). nkbaanwielrennen.nl. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
1 2 "Schedule" (PDF). nkbaanwielrennen.nl. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

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[results-1] 1 2 3 "Results day 2 2012 Dutch national track championships" (PDF). nkbaanwielrennen.nl. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[schedule-2] 1 2 "Schedule" (PDF). nkbaanwielrennen.nl. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2012.