Battle of Honey Springs

The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.

Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.

Competition format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.^[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 11 August 2012	12:30	Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.^[2]

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
	Julie Bresset	France	1:30:52
	Sabine Spitz	Germany	1:31:54
	Georgia Gould	United States	1:32:00
4	Irina Kalentieva	Russia	1:32:33
5	Esther Süss	Switzerland	1:32:46
6	Alexandra Engen	Sweden	1:33:08
7	Aleksandra Dawidowicz	Poland	1:33:20
8	Annie Last	Great Britain	1:33:47
9	Catharine Pendrel	Canada	1:34:28
10	Tanja Žakelj	Slovenia	1:34:41
11	Lea Davison	United States	1:35:14
12	Shi Qinglan	China	1:35:28
13	Yana Belomoyna	Ukraine	1:35:46
14	Kateřina Nash	Czech Republic	1:36:22
15	Elisabeth Osl	Austria	1:36:47
16	Adelheid Morath	Germany	1:37:17
17	Eva Lechner	Italy	1:37:36
18	Karen Hanlen	New Zealand	1:37:54
19	Katrin Leumann	Switzerland	1:38:23
20	Rie Katayama	Japan	1:38:26
21	Janka Števková	Slovakia	1:39:05
22	Paula Gorycka	Poland	1:39:18
DSQ	Blaža Klemenčič	Slovenia	1:39:42
23	Emily Batty	Canada	1:40:37
24	Rebecca Henderson	Australia	1:41:35
25	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	France	1:42:21
26	Barbara Benkó	Hungary	1:43:24
27	Candice Neethling	South Africa	1:45:03
–	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	Norway	DNF
–	Laura Abril	Colombia	DNF
–	Annika Langvad	Denmark	DNS^[3]