2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial

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Women's team time trial
2017 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates17 September 2017
Stages1
Distance42.5 km (26.41 mi)
Winning time55' 41.63" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Team Sunweb
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Boels–Dolmans
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  2016
2018  

The Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships. [2] [3]

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Team Sunweb from the Netherlands won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 45.786 kilometres per hour (28.450 mph), 12.43 seconds faster than another Dutch team Boels–Dolmans, the defending world champions. [4] The bronze medal went to Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling from Germany, 28 seconds behind Boels–Dolmans. [1]

Amongst the winning riders for Team Sunweb, Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 and 2013 for Specialized–lululemon and 2016 for Boels–Dolmans. The five remaining riders won their first world title, in a result described as an "upset", [5] as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2017. [6]

Final classification

All nine teams completed the 42.5-kilometre (26.4 mi)-long course. [1]

RankTeamRidersTime
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Team Sunweb Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leah Kirchmann  (CAN)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Floortje Mackaij  (NED)
Flag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sabrina Stultiens  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)
55' 41.63"
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boels–Dolmans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Chantal Blaak  (NED)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Karol-Ann Canuel  (CAN)
Flag of the United States.svg  Megan Guarnier  (USA)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Christine Majerus  (LUX)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Amy Pieters  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)
+ 12.43"
3 Flag of Germany.svg Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling Flag of Germany.svg  Stephanie Gaumnitz  (DEU)
Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Klein  (DEU)
Flag of Germany.svg  Clara Koppenburg  (DEU)
Flag of Finland.svg  Lotta Lepistö  (FIN)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman  (RSA)
+ 28.03"
4 Flag of Germany.svg Canyon–SRAM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Barnes  (GBR)
Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Brennauer  (DEU)
Flag of Italy.svg  Elena Cecchini  (ITA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Mieke Kröger  (DEU)
Flag of the United States.svg  Alexis Ryan  (USA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Trixi Worrack  (DEU)
+ 1' 04.79"
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Team Virtu Cycling Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Claudia Koster  (NED)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Christina Siggaard  (DEN)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Pernille Mathiesen  (DEN)
Flag of the United States.svg  Amber Neben  (USA)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sara Penton  (SWE)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)
+ 2' 51.52"
6 Flag of France.svg FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope Flag of France.svg  Aude Biannic  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Coralie Demay  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Eugénie Duval  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Roxane Fournier  (FRA)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shara Gillow  (AUS)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roxane Knetemann  (NED)
+ 3' 23.04"
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg BTC City Ljubljana Flag of Slovenia.svg  Polona Batagelj  (SLO)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Maaike Boogaard  (NED)
Flag of Poland.svg  Eugenia Bujak  (POL)
Flag of Germany.svg  Corinna Lechner  (DEU)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Hanna Nilsson  (SWE)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Urša Pintar  (SLO)
+ 3' 46.58"
8 Flag of Italy.svg Bepink–Cogeas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alison Jackson  (CAN)
Flag of Italy.svg  Francesca Pattaro  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Katia Ragusa  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Ilaria Sanguineti  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Silvia Valsecchi  (ITA)
Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Zabelinskaya  (RUS)
+ 4' 07.29"
9 Flag of Norway.svg Team Hitec Products Flag of Germany.svg  Charlotte Becker  (DEU)
Flag of Norway.svg  Miriam Bjørnsrud  (NOR)
Flag of Italy.svg  Simona Frapporti  (ITA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen  (NOR)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nina Kessler  (NED)
Flag of Norway.svg  Thea Thorsen  (NOR)
+ 4' 58.84"

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