2022 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race
2022 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates	24 September 2022
Stages	1 in Wollongong, Australia
Distance	164.3 km (102.1 mi)
Winning time	4h 24' 25"
Medalists
	Gold
	Silver
	Bronze
	← Flanders 2021 Glasgow 2023 →

Last updated March 26, 2025

The women's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.^[1]^[2] The race was won by Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten for the second time.^[3]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 16 August 2022.^[4]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.^[5]

Criterium	Rank	Number of riders		Nations
Criterium	Rank	To enter	To start	Nations
UCI World Ranking by Nations	1–5	11	7	Netherlands Italy France United States Belgium
	6–15	9	6	Switzerland Poland Denmark Germany Australia United Kingdom Spain South Africa New Zealand Cuba
	16–20	8	5	Canada Colombia Sweden Norway Hungary
UCI World Ranking by Individuals (if not already qualified)	1–200	3	3	—

Continental champions

Name	Country	Reason
Elisa Balsamo	Italy	Incumbent World Champion
Ebtissam Mohamed	Egypt	African Champion
Arlenis Sierra	Cuba	Panamerican Champion
Nguyễn Thị Thật	Vietnam	Asian Champion
Josie Talbot	Australia	Oceanian Champion

Final classification

Of the race's 126 entrants, 78 riders completed the full distance of 164.3-kilometre (102.1 mi).^[6]^[7]

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
1	Annemiek van Vleuten	Netherlands	4h 24' 25"
2	Lotte Kopecky	Belgium	+ 1"
3	Silvia Persico	Italy	+ 1"
4	Liane Lippert	Germany	+ 1"
5	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Denmark	+ 1"
6	Arlenis Sierra	Cuba	+ 1"
7	Juliette Labous	France	+ 1"
8	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	Poland	+ 1"
9	Elise Chabbey	Switzerland	+ 1"
10	Elisa Longo Borghini	Italy	+ 1"
11	Ashleigh Moolman Pasio	South Africa	+ 1"
12	Niamh Fisher-Black	New Zealand	+ 1"
13	Marlen Reusser	Switzerland	+11"
14	Marianne Vos	Netherlands	+ 13"
15	Alexandra Manly	Australia	+ 13"
16	Pfeiffer Georgi	Great Britain	+ 13"
17	Sofia Bertizzolo	Italy	+ 13"
18	Alison Jackson	Canada	+ 13"
19	Justine Ghekiere	Belgium	+ 13"
20	Ricarda Bauernfeind	Germany	+ 13"
21	Brodie Chapman	Australia	+ 13"
22	Simone Boilard	Canada	+ 13"
23	Veronica Ewers	United States	+ 13"
24	Ellen van Dijk	Netherlands	+ 13"
25	Margarita Victoria García	Spain	+ 13"
26	Anna Shackley	Great Britain	+ 13"
27	Amanda Spratt	Australia	+ 1'25"
28	Paula Patiño	Colombia	+ 4'50"
29	Eri Yonamine	Japan	+ 4'50"
30	Ane Santesteban	Spain	+ 4'50"
31	Silvia Zanardi	Italy	+ 4'57"
32	Noemi Rüegg	Switzerland	+ 4'57"
33	Carina Schrempf	Austria	+ 4'57"
34	Julie de Wilde	Belgium	+ 4'57"
35	Grace Brown	Australia	+ 4'57"
36	Floortje Mackaij	Netherlands	+ 4'57"
37	Olivia Baril	Canada	+ 4'57"
38	Leah Thomas	United States	+ 4'57"
39	Mari Hole Mohr	Norway	+ 4'57"
40	Ella Wyllie	New Zealand	+ 4'57"
41	Évita Muzic	France	+ 4'57"
42	Urška Pintar	Slovenia	+ 4'57"
43	Julie van de Velde	Belgium	+ 5'01"
44	Olga Zabelinskaya	Uzbekistan	+ 7'37"
45	Dominika Wlodarczyk	Poland	+ 7'37"
46	Leah Kirchmann	Canada	+ 7'37"
47	Riejanne Markus	Netherlands	+ 7'39"
48	Elena Cecchini	Italy	+ 7'39"
49	Elisa Balsamo	Italy	+ 7'39"
50	Anna Henderson	Great Britain	+ 7'39"
51	Shirin van Anrooij	Netherlands	+ 7'39"
52	Jelena Erić	Serbia	+ 7'39"
53	Marie Le Net	France	+ 7'39"
54	Omer Shapira	Israel	+ 9'30"
55	Anne Dorthe Ysland	Norway	+ 9'32"
56	Eugenia Bujak	Slovenia	+ 9'32"
57	Romy Kasper	Germany	+ 9'32"
58	Sarah Roy	Australia	+ 9'54"
59	Rasa Leleivytė	Lithuania	+ 9'58"
60	Marta Jaskulska	Poland	+ 12'07"
61	Kristen Faulkner	United States	+ 12'07"
62	Julia Borgström	Sweden	+ 12'07"
63	Elena Hartmann	Switzerland	+ 12'23"
64	Agnieszka Skalniak	Poland	+ 12'42"
65	Špela Kern	Slovenia	+ 12'42"
66	Lina Hernández	Colombia	+ 12'42"
67	Ingvild Gaskjenn	Norway	+ 12'42"
68	Coralie Demay	France	+ 12'42"
69	Diana Peñuela	Colombia	+ 12'42"
70	Elizabeth Holden	Great Britain	+ 12'42"
71	Marta Bastianelli	Italy	+ 12'42"
72	Franziska Koch	Germany	+ 15'51"
73	Nina Berton	Luxembourg	+ 15'51"
74	Hayley Preen	South Africa	+ 15'51"
75	Heidi Franz	United States	+ 15'51"
76	Nathalie Eklund	Sweden	+ 15'51"
77	Julie Leth	Denmark	+ 15'51"
78	Kateřina Nash	Czech Republic	+ 15'51"

Rider	Country	Time
Jade Wiel	France	DNF
Vittoria Guazzini	Italy	DNF
Elynor Bäckstedt	Great Britain	DNF
Skylar Schneider	United States	DNF
Gladys Verhulst	France	DNF
Sara Martín	Spain	DNF
Lourdes Oyarbide	Spain	DNF
Aude Biannic	France	DNF
Alice Towers	Great Britain	DNF
Josie Talbot	Australia	DNF
Nicole Koller	Switzerland	DNF
Yanina Kuskova	Uzbekistan	DNF
Lea Lin Teutenberg	Germany	DNF
Caroline Andersson	Sweden	DNF
Emma Cecilie Bjerg	Denmark	DNF
Katrine Aalerud	Norway	DNF
Emma Langley	United States	DNF
Mikayla Harvey	New Zealand	DNF
Karolina Kumięga	Poland	DNF
Nora Jenčušová	Slovakia	DNF
Maryna Vernyk	Ukraine	DNF
Jesse Vandenbulcke	Belgium	DNF
Georgia Baker	Australia	DNF
Leung Wing-yee	Hong Kong	DNF
Hanna Nilsson	Sweden	DNF
Maude Elaine Le Roux	South Africa	DNF
Marta Lach	Poland	DNF
Phetdarin Somrat	Thailand	DNF
Tereza Neumanová	Czech Republic	DNF
Magdeleine Vallieres	Canada	DNF
Sandra Alonso	Spain	DNF
Natalia Franco	Colombia	DNF
Idoia Eraso	Spain	DNF
Courteney Webb	South Africa	DNF
Henrietta Christie	New Zealand	DNF
Valentine Nzayisenga	Rwanda	DNF
Mieke Kröger	Germany	DNF
Daryna Nahuliak	Ukraine	DNF
Rebecca Koerner	Denmark	DNF
Luciana Roland	Argentina	DNF
Marte Berg Edseth	Norway	DNF
Lauren Stephens	United States	DNF
Valerie Demey	Belgium	DNF
Ana Vitória Magalhães	Brazil	DNF
Nesrine Houili	Algeria	DNF
Danait Tekeste	Eritrea	DNF
Chaniporn Batriya	Thailand	DNF
Safia Al Sayegh	United Arab Emirates	DNF
Christina Schweinberger	Austria	DNS
Kathrin Schweinberger	Austria	DNS
Demi Vollering	Netherlands	DNS

References

↑ "Women Elite Road Race". UCI. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
↑ "89th World Championships – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
↑ Davidson, Tom (24 September 2022). "Annemiek van Vleuten soars to victory in World Championships road race despite broken elbow". Cycling Weekly . Future plc . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
↑ "Qualification System for the 2022 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
↑ "2022 Wollongong Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
↑ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.
↑ "89th World Championships WE – Road Race". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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[1] "Women Elite Road Race". UCI. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[2] "89th World Championships – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[3] Davidson, Tom (24 September 2022). "Annemiek van Vleuten soars to victory in World Championships road race despite broken elbow". Cycling Weekly . Future plc . Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[4] "Qualification System for the 2022 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[5] "2022 Wollongong Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[6] "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.

[7] "89th World Championships WE – Road Race". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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Events at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships

Elite events
Elite road race	men		women
Elite time trial	men		women
Elite team relay		mixed
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men		women
Under-23 time trial	men		women
Junior events
Junior road race	men		women
Junior time trial	men		women
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