Although it did not score any gold medals at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships, Australia showed that it is developing some of the best new talent in the world by scoring the most medals of any country at the event.
The country excelled in the U23 men's category, netting two medals by Rohan Dennis (silver) and Damien Howson (bronze) in the time trial, while Caleb Ewan scooped up a silver in the junior men's road race. Rachel Neylan capped off the team's effort with a silver in the women's road race.
Germany was next in the standings, thanks to its time trial prowess. The country scored both elite gold medals with Tony Martin and Judith Arndt, and a bronze medal in the junior men's category by Maximilian Schachmann. Norway also had three medals - a gold in the junior men's time trial by Oskar Svendsen and silvers from Edvald Boasson Hagen in the men's road race and Eline Gleditsch Brustad in the junior women's race.
Great Britain scored two victories, both by the junior women: Lucy Garner became the first to take back to back rainbow jerseys in the road race, while Elinor Barker won the time trial.
The host country, the Netherlands, managed only one gold medal, but it was a hugely popular and emotional victory by Marianne Vos in the women's road race, coupled with a bronze in the junior women's time trial by Demi de Jong.
Medal standings
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Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
Australia
0
3
1
4
2
Germany
2
0
1
3
3
Norway
1
2
0
3
4
Great Britain
2
0
0
2
5
Slovenia
1
1
0
2
6
Belgium
1
0
1
2
7
Netherlands
1
0
1
2
8
United States
0
2
0
2
8
Italy
0
0
2
2
8
Kazakhstan
1
0
0
1
8
Russia
1
0
0
1
12
Denmark
0
1
0
1
13
France
0
1
0
1
14
Belarus
0
0
1
1
15
Croatia
0
0
1
1
16
New Zealand
0
0
1
1
16
Spain
0
0
1
1
All Medalists from the 2012 UCI Road World Championships
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