2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

Women's time trial
2018 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates	25 September 2018
Stages	1
Distance	27.7 km (17.21 mi)
Winning time	34' 25.36" [1]
Medalists
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Last updated June 03, 2020

The Women's time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion, having won in 2017.^[2] 52 riders from 34 nations entered the competition.^[3]

Van Vleuten became the first rider since Judith Arndt in 2012 to defend the world time trial title, finishing almost half a minute clear of her nearest rival.^[4] Just as she did in 2017, Anna van der Breggen won the silver medal, while a Dutch clean sweep of the podium placings was completed by the European champion,^[5] Ellen van Dijk, a further 56.2 seconds behind van der Breggen.^[1]

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.^[6]

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Competed
African Champion	Mosana Debesay (ERI)
European Champion	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Pan American Champion	Amber Neben (USA)
Oceanian Champion	Grace Brown (AUS)	Did not compete
Asian Champion	Lee Ju-mi (KOR)	Did not compete

Participating nations

52 cyclists from 34 nations took part in the women's time trial.^[3] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.^[1]

Argentina (1)
Austria (2)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (1)
Canada (2)
China (1)
Croatia (1)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (2)
Eritrea (1)
Ethiopia (1)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Germany (2)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (1)
Ireland (2)
Israel (2)
Italy (2)
Japan (1)
Kazakhstan (2)
Netherlands (4)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (1)
Paraguay (1)
Russia (2)
Slovakia (1)
Spain (1)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (3)

Final classification

51 out of the race's 52 starters completed the 27.7-kilometre (17.2 mi)-long course.^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	34' 25.36"
2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 28.99"
3	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 1' 25.19"
4	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	+ 1' 26.81"
5	Leah Thomas (USA)	+ 1' 32.39"
6	Lucinda Brand (NED)	+ 1' 42.59"
7	Amber Neben (USA)	+ 1' 47.51"
8	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)	+ 2' 15.86"
9	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	+ 2' 17.12"
10	Tayler Wiles (USA)	+ 2' 31.16"
11	Georgia Williams (NZL)	+ 2' 33.28"
12	Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)	+ 2' 34.94"
13	Juliette Labous (FRA)	+ 2' 39.83"
14	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	+ 2' 48.94"
15	Trixi Worrack (GER)	+ 3' 02.12"
16	Emilia Fahlin (SWE)	+ 3' 09.39"
17	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	+ 3' 11.29"
18	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)	+ 3' 16.65"
19	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	+ 3' 17.49"
20	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	+ 3' 19.94"
21	Elena Pirrone (ITA)	+ 3' 31.72"
22	Alice Barnes (GBR)	+ 3' 41.71"
23	Hayley Simmonds (GBR)	+ 3' 47.41"
24	Vita Heine (NOR)	+ 3' 48.03"
25	Martina Ritter (AUT)	+ 3' 51.20"
26	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)	+ 3' 55.56"
27	Omer Shapira (ISR)	+ 3' 59.14"
28	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	+ 3' 59.79"
29	Eri Yonamine (JPN)	+ 4' 00.18"
30	Margarita Victoria García (ESP)	+ 4' 09.02"
31	Olga Shekel (UKR)	+ 4' 09.03"
32	Anastasiia Iakovenko (RUS)	+ 4' 10.34"
33	Kelly Murphy (IRL)	+ 4' 19.00"
34	Anabel Yapura (ARG)	+ 4' 21.38"
35	Antri Christoforou (CYP)	+ 4' 30.72"
36	Valeriya Kononenko (UKR)	+ 4' 34.40"
37	Barbara Meyer (AUT)	+ 4' 40.87"
38	Tereza Korvasová (CZE)	+ 5' 00.89"
39	Mia Radotić (CRO)	+ 5' 04.04"
40	Rotem Gafinovitz (ISR)	+ 5' 09.32"
41	Eileen Burns (IRL)	+ 5' 10.81"
42	Maria Novolodskaya (RUS)	+ 5' 25.92"
43	Natalya Saifutdinova (KAZ)	+ 5' 46.98"
44	Varvara Fasoi (GRE)	+ 6' 08.54"
45	Faina Potapova (KAZ)	+ 6' 29.68"
46	Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru (ETH)	+ 6' 34.21"
47	Agua Marina Espínola (PAR)	+ 6' 46.43"
48	Tatiana Jaseková (SVK)	+ 6' 48.99"
49	Teniel Campbell (TRI)	+ 7' 18.74"
50	Mosana Debesay (ERI)	+ 7' 32.16"
51	Pu Yixian (CHN)	+ 7' 37.02"
	Mikayla Harvey (NZL)	DNF

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1 2 3 4 "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
↑ Wynn, Nigel (19 September 2017). "Annemiek van Vleuten wins elite women's time trial as Dutch dominate". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
1 2 "Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
↑ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (25 September 2018). "Annemiek Van Vleuten wins UCI Road World Championships 2018 women's time trial as Dutch dominate the podium". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
↑ "Goud, zilver én brons voor Nederlandse vrouwen op WK tijdrijden" [Gold, silver and bronze for Dutch women in the time trial world championships]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
↑ "Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale . Deltatre. 16 August 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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[Tissot-1] 1 2 3 4 "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[2] Wynn, Nigel (19 September 2017). "Annemiek van Vleuten wins elite women's time trial as Dutch dominate". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[SL-3] 1 2 "Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[4] Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (25 September 2018). "Annemiek Van Vleuten wins UCI Road World Championships 2018 women's time trial as Dutch dominate the podium". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[5] "Goud, zilver én brons voor Nederlandse vrouwen op WK tijdrijden" [Gold, silver and bronze for Dutch women in the time trial world championships]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[6] "Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale . Deltatre. 16 August 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

Events at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships

Participating nations Qualification
Elite events
Elite road race	men	women
Elite time trial	men	women
Elite team time trial	men	women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men
Under-23 time trial	men
Junior events
Junior road race	men	women
Junior time trial	men	women
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