2018 UCI Road World Championships | ||||||||||
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Race details | ||||||||||
Dates | 23 September 2018 | |||||||||
Stages | 1 | |||||||||
Distance | 54.1 km (33.62 mi) | |||||||||
Winning time | 1h 01' 46.60" [1] | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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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 |
The Women's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fifteenth edition of the championship, and the seventh since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Dutch outfit Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017. [2] 12 teams and 72 riders entered the competition. [3]
Canyon–SRAM from Germany won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 52.544 kilometres per hour (32.649 mph), 21.9 seconds faster than Dutch team Boels–Dolmans. [4] The bronze medal went to the defending world champions Team Sunweb, 28.67 seconds behind Canyon–SRAM. [1]
Amongst the winning riders for Canyon–SRAM, Trixi Worrack won a record fifth team time trial world championships, [5] having won four consecutive titles between 2012 and 2015 for Velocio–SRAM and its two previous iterations. Four of the five remaining riders won their first world title – Alena Amialiusik won her second gold medal – in a result described as a "surprise" by the cycling media, [6] [7] as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2018. [8]
The race consisted of a route 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, but also did not include the climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, that was part of the men's event later that day. [9]
All twelve teams completed the 52.1-kilometre (32.4 mi)-long course. [1]
Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003 German National Road Race Championships, Worrack's career highlights included winning the 2005 Primavera Rosa, capturing the overall title at the 2004 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and competing in the women's road race at five Summer Olympic Games between 2004 and 2020.
Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.
Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
Karol-Ann Canuel is a Canadian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the Vienne Futuroscope, Velocio–SRAM and SD Worx teams.
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma is a Polish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM. Among her eighteen professional wins are the Amstel Gold Race in 2019, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in 2018, and The Women's Tour stage race in 2017. She is a former national champion in both the Polish National Road Race Championships and the Polish National Time Trial Championships, winning both in 2016.
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.
Amalie Dideriksen is a Danish road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Lisa Klein is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM.
Evelyn Lee Stevens is an American retired professional road cyclist.
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We did not win one single team time trial this year so it's also a bit of a surprise but for the others more than for us, because we knew what we could do if we had the perfect day.