Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s road race one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 29 July over a course starting and ending on The Mall and heading out of London into Surrey. Nicole Cooke of Great Britain was the defending champion.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.