2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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Women's road race
2023 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates13 August 2023
Stages1 in Balloch, Great Britain
Distance154.1 km (95.75 mi)
Winning time4h 02' 12"
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Demi Vollering  (NED)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Denmark.svg   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN)

The women's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 13 August 2023 in Balloch, Great Britain. [1]

Contents

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 30 June 2023. [2]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. [3]

NationsRiders
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia7
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada6
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of the United States.svg United States
White flag of surrender.svg Neutral athletes of Russian sporting nationality5
Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan

Continental champions

NameCountryReason
Annemiek van Vleuten Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Incumbent World Champion
Ese Ukpeseraye Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria African Champion
Skylar Schneider Flag of the United States.svg United States Panamerican Champion
Nguyễn Thị Thật Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Asian Champion

Participating nations

210 cyclists from 71 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [4]

Final classification

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