2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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Women's road race
2017 UCI Road World Championships
Jersey rainbow.svg
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates23 September 2017
Stages1 in Bergen, Norway
Distance152.8 km (94.95 mi)
Winning time4h 06' 30" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Chantal Blaak  (NED)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Katrin Garfoot  (AUS)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Denmark.svg   Amalie Dideriksen  (DEN)
←  2016 Doha

The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. [2] It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark. [3]

Contents

Course

The race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. [4] The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles), the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 140.05 kilometres (87.02 miles) in 2013. [5]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. [6] All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part. [7]

Continental champions

ChampionNameNote
Outgoing World Champion Flag of Denmark.svg  Amalie Dideriksen  (DEN)Competed
African ChampionFlag of Mauritius.svg  Aurelie Halbwachs  (MRI)
Asian ChampionFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Yang Qianyu  (HKG)
European ChampionFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)
Pan American ChampionFlag of Chile.svg  Paola Muñoz  (CHI)
Oceanian ChampionFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Lisen Hockings  (AUS)Did not compete

UCI World Ranking by Nations

Rankings as at 15 August 2017.

RankNationPoints
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands4629.5
2Flag of Italy.svg Italy2655
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2300.25
4Flag of the United States.svg United States2093
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain1759.5
6Flag of Poland.svg Poland1714.5
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium1600.5
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1238
9Flag of Germany.svg Germany1202.5
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada1195.25
RankNationPoints
11Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 992
12Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa959
13Flag of France.svg France879.5
14Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 638.5
15Flag of Spain.svg Spain580.75
16Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden578.75
17Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 522
18Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 467
19Flag of Russia.svg Russia431
20Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 408

Participating nations

153 cyclists from 47 nations were entered in the women's road race, however Cuba's sole representative Marlies Mejías did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [1]

Final classification

Of the race's 153 entrants, 77 riders completed the full distance of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Championships WE – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chantal Blaak nets elite women's road race world title despite crash". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Countdown to the road races". Bergen2017.no. Bergen 2017 AS. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017. The women's race will go a distance of 152,8 km, including 8 laps on the 19.1 km long circuit.
  5. ↑ "Technical Guide – 2017 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 September 2017. p. 51. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Qualification system for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19 July 2017. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Quota allocation for the Bergen 2017 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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