2024 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race

2024 UCI Road World Championships
The race podium
Race details
Dates	28 September 2024
Stages	1 in Zurich, Switzerland
Distance	154.1 km (95.75 mi)
Winning time	4h 02' 12"
Medalists
Gold   Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)    Silver   Chloé Dygert  (USA)    Bronze   Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA)
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The women's road race of the 2024 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland. ^[1] The race was won by Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky for the second year running. ^[2]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 20 August 2024. ^[3]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. ^[4]

Nations	Riders
Belgium	7
France
Italy
Poland
Netherlands
Australia	6
Austria
Canada
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
New Zealand
Spain
Switzerland
United States
Colombia	5
Cuba
Finland
Luxembourg
Norway
South Africa

Continental champions

Name	Country	Reason
Lotte Kopecky	Belgium	Incumbent World Champion
Kristen Faulkner	United States	Olympic Champion
Lauren Stephens	United States	Panamerican Champion
Song Min-ji	South Korea	Asian Champion
Katelyn Nicholson	Australia	Oceanian Champion

Participating nations

197 cyclists from 67 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. ^[5]

•   Argentina  (1)
•   Australia  (6)
•   Austria  (6)
•   Afghanistan  (2)
•   Azerbaijan  (1)
•   Belgium  (7)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Benin  (1)
•   Bolivia  (2)
•   Bulgaria  (3)
•   Burundi  (1)
•   Canada  (6)
•   Chile  (1)
•   China  (3)
•   Colombia  (4)
•   Cyprus  (1)
•   Czech Republic  (3)
•   Denmark  (6)
•   Ecuador  (3)
•   El Salvador  (1)
•   Eritrea  (1)
•   Estonia  (2)
•   France  (7)
•   Germany  (6)
•   Great Britain  (6)
•   Greece  (1)
•   Honduras  (1)
•   Hong Kong  (2)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   Indonesia  (2)
•   Ireland  (3)
•   Israel  (2)
•   Italy  (7)
•   Japan  (3)
•   Latvia  (1)
•   Lithuania  (1)
•   Luxembourg  (3)
•   Mauritius  (1)
•   Malta  (1)
•   Mexico  (3)
•   Mongolia  (3)
•   Morocco  (1)
•   Namibia  (1)
•   Netherlands  (7)
•   New Zealand  (3)
•   Norway  (5)
•   Paraguay  (1)
•   Poland  (7)
•   Portugal  (2)
•   Romania  (2)
•   Rwanda  (3)
•   Serbia  (1)
•   Slovakia  (1)
•   Slovenia  (3)
•   South Africa  (4)
•   Spain  (6)
•   Sweden  (3)
•    Switzerland  (6)
•   Thailand  (1)
•   Turkey  (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago  (1)
•   Uganda  (1)
•   Ukraine  (3)
•   United Arab Emirates  (1)
•   Uruguay  (1)
•   United States  (7)
•   Uzbekistan  (5)
•   Venezuela  (2)
•   Zimbabwe  (2)
•   Refugee Olympic Team  (1)

Final classification

Rank Rider Country Time 1 Lotte Kopecky   Belgium 4h 05' 26" 2 Chloé Dygert   United States s.t. 3 Elisa Longo Borghini   Italy s.t. 4 Liane Lippert   Germany s.t. 5 Demi Vollering   Netherlands s.t. 6 Ruby Roseman-Gannon   Australia s.t. 7 Justine Ghekiere   Belgium + 1' 06" 8 Marianne Vos   Netherlands + 1' 06" 9 Riejanne Markus   Netherlands + 1' 06" 10 Blanka Vas   Hungary + 3' 00" 11 Noemi Ruegg    Switzerland + 3' 00" 12 Juliette Labous   France + 3' 00" 13 Puck Pieterse   Netherlands + 3' 00" 14 Magdeleine Vallieres   Canada + 3' 00" 15 Neve Bradbury   Australia + 3' 00" 16 Caroline Andersson   Sweden + 3' 00" 17 Kasia Niewiadoma   Poland + 3' 00" 18 Antonia Niedermaier   Germany + 3' 00" 19 Mischa Bredewold   Netherlands + 3' 00" 20 Sarah Gigante   Australia + 3' 21" 21 Anna Henderson   Great Britain + 4' 19" 22 Ava Holmgren   Canada + 4' 19" 23 Elise Chabbey    Switzerland + 4' 21" 24 Urška Žigart   Slovenia + 4' 21" 25 Niamh Fisher-Black   New Zealand + 9' 01" 26 Évita Muzic   France + 9' 01" 27 Ingvild Gaskjenn   Norway + 10' 10" 28 Carina Schrempf   Australia + 10' 10" 29 Yuliia Biriukova   Ukraine + 10' 10" 30 Grace Brown   Australia + 10' 10" 31 Lauren Stephens   United States + 10' 10" 32 Alice Towers   Great Britain + 10' 10" 33 Cecilie Ludwig   Denmark + 10' 10" 34 Paula Patiño   Colombia + 10' 10" 35 Kristen Faulkner   United States + 10' 10" 36 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio   South Africa + 10' 10" 37 Mie Ottestad   Norway + 10' 10" 38 Brodie Chapman   Australia + 10' 10" 39 Katrine Aalerud   Norway + 10' 10" 40 Elena Hartmann    Switzerland + 10' 10" 41 Olivia Baril   Canada + 10' 10" 42 Gaia Realini   Italy + 11' 01" 43 Franziska Koch   Germany + 11' 01" 44 Christine Majerus   Luxembourg + 11' 01" 45 Dominika Włodarczyk   Poland + 11' 01" 46 Cedrine Kerbaol   France + 11' 01" 47 Teniel Campbell   Trinidad and Tobago + 11' 01" 48 Usoa Ostolaza   Spain + 11' 01" 49 Eneritz Vadillo Crespo   Spain + 11' 01" 50 Alice Arzuffi   Italy + 11' 01" 51 Clara Emond   Canada + 11' 01" 52 Lotte Claes   Belgium + 11' 01" 53 Sara Martín   Spain + 11' 01" 54 Sigrid Haugset   Norway + 11' 01" 55 Fariba Hashimi   Afghanistan + 11' 01" 56 Erica Magnaldi   Italy + 11' 01" 57 Marion Bunel   France + 11' 01" 58 Barbara Malcotti   Italy + 11' 01" 59 Olha Kulynych   Ukraine + 11' 07" 60 Soraya Paladin   Italy + 11' 07" 61 Elinor Barker   Great Britain + 15' 17" 62 Ruth Edwards   United States + 18' 31" 63 Mireia Benito   Spain + 18' 31" 64 Alison Jackson   Canada + 21' 05" 65 Fiona Mangan   Ireland + 21' 05" 66 Yanina Kuskova   Uzbekistan + 21' 05" 67 Ana Vitória Magalhães   Brazil + 21' 05" 68 Paula Blasi   Spain + 21' 05" 69 Marte Edseth   Norway + 21' 05" 70 Anastasia Carbonari   Latvia + 21' 05" 71 Nina Berton   Luxembourg + 21' 05" 72 Jasmin Liechti    Switzerland + 21' 05" 73 Eri Yonamine   Japan + 21' 05" 74 Yurina Kinoshita   Japan + 21' 05" 75 Stina Kagevi   Sweden + 21' 05" 76 Rebecca Koerner   Denmark + 21' 05" 77 Solbjork Anderson   Denmark + 21' 05" 78 Julia Borgstrom   Sweden + 21' 05" 79 Julie de Wilde   Belgium + 21' 27" 80 Margot Vanpachtenbeke   Belgium + 21' 27" 81 Fernanda Yapura   Argentina + 26' 57"

Rank Rider Country Time Pauliena Rooijakkers   Netherlands DNF Malwina Mul   Poland DNF Agua Marina Espínola   Paraguay DNF Linda Riedmann   Germany DNF Tabea Huys   Austria DNF Adar Shriki   Israel DNF Alberte Greve   Denmark DNF Daniela Campos   Portugal DNF Miryam Núñez   Ecuador DNF Nora Jenčušová   Slovakia DNF Barbora Němcova   Czech Republic DNF Anet Barrera   Mexico DNF Lee Sze Wing   Hong Kong DNF Karolina Perekitko   Poland DNF Henrietta Christie   New Zealand DNF Jelena Erić   Serbia DNF Mara Roldan   Canada DNF Juliana Londoño   Colombia DNF Tiffany Cromwell   Australia DNF Urša Pintar   Slovenia DNF Josie Nelson   Great Britain DNF Jade Wiel   France DNF Clara Koppenburg   Germany DNF Hannah Ludwig   Germany DNF Caroline Baur    Switzerland DNF Špela Kern   Slovenia DNF Emily Ehrlich   United States DNF Floren Villanueva   Bolivia DNF S'Annara Grove   South Africa DNF Tiffany Keep   South Africa DNF Romina Hinojosa   Mexico DNF Valerie Demey   Belgium DNF Maja Brandt   Denmark DNF Tang Xin   China DNF Marcela Panafiel   Ecuador DNF Estefania Herrera   Colombia DNF Phetdarin Somrat   Thailand DNF Elina Tasane   Estonia DNF Argyro Milaki   Greece DNF Caoimhe O'Brien   Ireland DNF Maho Kakita   Japan DNF Diane Ingabire   Rwanda DNF Zhou Qiuying   China DNF Natalia Vásquez   Ecuador DNF Ayustina Delia Priatna   Indonesia DNF Elisa Balsamo   Italy DNF Thalita de Jong   Netherlands DNF Mavi García   Spain DNF Marie Schreiber   Luxembourg DNF Heidi Franz   United States DNS Julie van de Velde   Belgium DNF Lea Curinier   France DNF Pauline Ferrand-Prevot   France DNF Marta Lach   Poland DNF Marta Jaskulska   Poland DNF Valentina Cavallar   Austria DNF Rasa Leleivytė   Lithuania DNF Antri Christoforou   Cyprus DNF Wing Yee Leung   Hong Kong DNF Marcela Prieto   Mexico DNF Ana Caramelo   Portugal DNF Amber Neben   United States DNF Aoife O'Brien   Ireland DNF Elisa Winter   Austria DNF Lucie de Marignylagesse   Mauritius DNF Zeng Luyao   China DNF Anujin Jinjiibadam   Mongolia DNF Ksanet Weldemikeal   Eritrea DNF Jessicaa Pratt   Malta DNF Sara Torrico   Bolivia DNF Monique du Plessis   Namibia DNF Otto Taneal   South Africa DNF Dewika Mulya Solva   Indonesia DNF Gergana Stoyanova   Bulgaria DNF Diana Peñuela   Colombia DNF Valentine Nzayisenga   Rwanda DNF Neyran Elden Köşker   Turkey DNF Enkhmaa Enkhtur   Mongolia DNF Viktoriya Sidorenko   Azerbaijan DNF Mallika Benallal   Morocco DNF Gissele Andino   Honduras DNF Petya Minkova   Bulgaria DNF Hermionne Ahouissou   Benin DNF Iuliana Cioclu   Romania DNF Sauking Shi   El Salvador DNF Jazilla Mwamikazi   Rwanda DNF Sevim Gercek   Turkey DNF Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka   Poland DNF Emma Bjerg   Denmark DNF Claire Steels   Great Britain DNF Kathrin Schweinberger   Austria DNF Laura Sander   Estonia DNF Ella Wyllie   New Zealand DNF Elizabeth Holden   Great Britain DNF Christina Schweinberger   Austria DNF Ivana Tonkova   Bulgaria DNF Szonja Greman   Hungary DNF Eyeru Gebru   Refugee Olympic Team DNF Lilibeth Chacón   Venezuela DNF Shakhnoza Abdullaeva   Uzbekistan DNF Olha Shekel   Ukraine DNF Safia Al Sayegh   United Arab Emirates DNF Nela Slanikova   Czech Republic DNF Yulduz Hashimi   Afghanistan DNF Catalina Soto   Chile DNF Agustina Reyes   Uruguay DNF Rukundo Emmanuella   Burundi DNF Lore de Schepper   Belgium DNF Linda Zanetti    Switzerland DNF Nikola Noskova   Czech Republic DNF Cătălina Andreea Cătineanu   Romania DNF Solongo Tserenlkham   Mongolia DNF Rotem Gafinovitz   Israel DNS

References

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