2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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Women's road race
2018 UCI Road World Championships
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Race details
Dates29 September 2018
Stages1 in Innsbruck, Austria
Distance155.6 km (96.69 mi)
Winning time4h 11' 04" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Anna van der Breggen  (NED)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Amanda Spratt  (AUS)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Italy.svg   Tatiana Guderzo  (ITA)

The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017. [2] 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition. [3]

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Blaak surrendered the title to her teammate Anna van der Breggen, the reigning Olympic champion, after attacking on the penultimate ascent of the Aldrans–Lans–Igls climb. Having caught the erstwhile leaders a few kilometres later, van der Breggen soloed away from them not long after. Van der Breggen extended her advantage over the remaining 40 kilometres (25 miles) and continued on to her first world championship title with a winning margin of three minutes and forty-two seconds. [4] Australia's Amanda Spratt managed to remain clear from the breakaway to take Australia's second consecutive silver medal, while Italy's Tatiana Guderzo – the 2009 world champion – completed the podium, [5] attacking on the final lap from a small group; she finished almost five-and-a-half minutes in arrears of van der Breggen. [6]

Course

The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places. [7] After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting three laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length. The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls. [8] After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck and the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. At 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles), the 2018 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles) in 2017.

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018. 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. [9] 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 (for both elite and under-23 riders) were also able to take part. [10]

Continental champions

ChampionNameNote
Outgoing World Champion Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Chantal Blaak  (NED)Competed
Asian ChampionFlag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thị Thật  (VIE)
Pan American ChampionFlag of Cuba.svg  Arlenis Sierra  (CUB)
African ChampionFlag of Eritrea.svg  Bisrat Gebremeskel  (ERI)Did not compete
Asian Under-23 ChampionFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Zixin  (CHN)
European ChampionFlag of Italy.svg  Marta Bastianelli  (ITA)
European Under-23 ChampionFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Nikola Nosková  (CZE)
Oceanian ChampionFlag of New Zealand.svg  Sharlotte Lucas  (NZL)

UCI World Ranking by Nations

Rankings as at 12 August 2018.

RankNationPoints
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7123.71
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3644.91
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3521.43
4Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3069.14
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2025.60
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1947.98
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1747.12
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1577.81
9Flag of France.svg  France 1539.32
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1262.62
RankNationPoints
11Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1241.74
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1122.47
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1110.21
14Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1110
15Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 950
16Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 910
17Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 907.57
18Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 891
19Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 623.33
20Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 597.60

Participating nations

149 cyclists from 48 nations were entered in the women's road race. [3] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [1]

Final classification

Of the race's 149 entrants, 81 riders completed the full distance of 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Puddicombe, Stephen (23 September 2017). "Chantal Blaak nets elite women's road race world title despite crash". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "World Road Championships: Anna van der Breggen takes dominant gold in women's race". BBC Sport . BBC. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Rogers, Owen (29 September 2018). "Van der Breggen wins World Championship road race with staggering attack in Innsbruck". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Ostanek, Daniel (29 September 2018). "Anna van der Breggen solos to world championship title". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rohan Dennis beats Dumoulin for world time trial title". New Jersey Herald . Keith Flynn, Quincy Media. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018. The course through the Austrian Alps was rather flat for the first 30 kilometers, until a five-kilometer climb from Fritzens to Gnadenwald with an average gradient of 7.1 percent.
  8. ↑ "2018 UCI Road World Championships - Technical guide" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. p. 57. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Qualification system for the 2018 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 August 2018. p. 6. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale . Deltatre. 16 August 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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