Roster
Ages as of 1 January 2012. [1]
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| 2012 Rabobank Women Cycling Team | |
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| UCI Team ranking | 1st |
| Season victories | |
| One-day races | |
| Stage race overall | |
| Best ranked rider | Marianne Vos (1st) |
The 2012 season was the eighth for the Rabobank Women Cycling Team cycling team, which began as the DSB Bank team in 2005.
Ages as of 1 January 2012. [1]
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| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Winner |
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| 21 June | French National Road Race Championships |  | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot |
| 23 June | Dutch National Road Race Championships |  | Annemiek van Vleuten |
| 29 July | Olympic Road Race Champion | Marianne Vos | |
| 15 August | Belgian National Time Trial Champion |  | Liesbet De Vocht |
| 22 September | Road Race World Champion |  | Marianne Vos |
| Date | # | Race | Best rider | Place |
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| 10 March | 1 | Ronde van Drenthe |  Marianne Vos | 1st |
| 25 March | 2 | Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | Marianne Vos | 1st |
| 1 April | 3 | Tour of Flanders |  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | 11th |
| 18 April | 4 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Marianne Vos | 2nd |
| 13 May | 5 | Tour of Chongming Island |  Liesbet De Vocht | 7th |
| 17 August | 6 | Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 3rd |
| 19 August | 7 | Open de Suède Vårgårda | Iris Slappendel | 5th |
| 25 August | 8 | GP de Plouay | Marianne Vos | 1st |
| Final individual classification | Marianne Vos | 1st | ||
| Final team classification | Rabobank Women Cycling Team | 1st | ||
| Date | Race | Place |
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| 16 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial | 4th |
| Grand tour | Giro d'Italia Femminile |
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| Rider (classification) | Marianne Vos (1st) [4] |
| Victories | 5 stage wins |
The team finished first in the UCI ranking for teams. [3]
| Rank | Rider | Points |
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| 1 | Marianne Vos | 1666 |
| 7 | Annemiek van Vleuten | 558 |
| 20 | Liesbet De Vocht | 317 |
| 33 | Iris Slappendel | 208 |
| 37 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | 191.5 |
| 97 |  Sarah Düster | 58 |
| 98 |  Tatiana Antoshina | 57 |
| 188 | Thalita de Jong | 15 |
| 223 | Roxane Knetemann | 12 |
| 249 | Sanne van Paassen | 10 |
| 328 |  Lauren Kitchen | 6 |
| 442 | Sabrina Stultiens | 2 |
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