| 2001 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 10 October 2001 in  Lisbon (Portugal) | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 19.2 km (11.93 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 29' 08.55" | ||||||||||||
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The Women's time trial at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 19.2 kilometres (11.9 miles) in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 October 2001. [1]
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jeannie Longo |  France | 29' 08.55" |
 | Nicole Brändli |  Switzerland | + 0.41" |
 | Teodora Ruano |  Spain | + 44.61" |
| 4 | Rasa Polikevičiūtė |  Lithuania | + 46.94" |
| 5 | Judith Arndt |  Germany | + 55.07" |
| 6 | Mari Holden |  United States | + 1' 26.00" |
| 7 | Anna Millward |  Australia | + 1' 26.67" |
| 8 | Mirjam Melchers |  Netherlands | + 1' 32.52" |
| 9 | Diana Žiliūtė | Lithuania | + 1' 32.79" |
| 10 | Priska Doppmann | Switzerland | + 1' 40.71" |
| 11 | Fabiana Luperini |  Italy | + 1' 42.27" |
| 12 | Alessandra Cappellotto | Italy | + 1' 48.71" |
| 13 | Olga Slyusareva |  Russia | + 1' 53.09" |
| 14 | Kimberly Bruckner | United States | + 2' 00.08" |
| 15 | Leah Goldstein |  Canada | + 2' 05.21" |
| 16 | Anne Samplonius | Canada | + 2' 07.39" |
| 17 | Hanka Kupfernagel | Germany | + 2' 21.40" |
| 18 | Bogumiła Matusiak |  Poland | + 2' 24.76" |
| 19 | Elena Tchalykh | Russia | + 2' 30.12" |
| 20 | Solrun Flataas |  Norway | + 2' 37.29" |
| 21 | Pia Sundstedt |  Finland | + 2' 43.13" |
| 22 | Sara Carrigan | Australia | + 2' 43.44" |
| 23 | Jenny Algelid |  Sweden | + 2' 48.06" |
| 24 | Lada Kozlíková |  Czech Republic | + 2' 51.12" |
| 25 | Tetyana Andrushchenko |  Ukraine | + 2' 56.76" |
| 26 | Doris Posch |  Austria | + 3' 00.09" |
| 27 | Sari Saarelainen | Finland | + 3' 09.38" |
| 28 | Katrina Berger | United States | + 3' 16.81" |
| 29 | Lisbeth Simper |  Denmark | + 3' 22.15" |
| 30 | Séverine Desbouys | France | + 3' 37.10" |
| 31 | Kirsty Nicole Robb |  New Zealand | + 3' 59.94" |
| 32 | Wenche Stensvold | Norway | + 4' 07.57" |
| 33 | Flor Delgadillo Ruiz |  Colombia | + 4' 12.20" |
| 34 | Miho Oki |  Japan | + 4' 36.01" |
| 35 | Monika Tyburska | Poland | + 5' 00.11" |
| 36 | Ine Wannijn |  Belgium | + 5' 08.17" |
| 37 | Martha Luz Lopez | Colombia | + 5' 37.65" |
| 38 | Anastasia Pastourmatzi |  Greece | + 9.07.81" |
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