2024 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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Women's road race
2024 UCI Road World Championships
2024 UCI Road World Championships - Women Elite Road race medal ceremony 15.jpg
The race podium
Race details
Dates28 September 2024
Stages1 in Zurich, Switzerland
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 United States.svg   Chloé Dygert  (USA)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Italy.svg   Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA)
2025  

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]

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Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 20 August 2024. [2]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. [3]

NationsRiders
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium7
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia6
Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
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 Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia5
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

Continental champions

NameCountryReason
Lotte Kopecky Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Incumbent World Champion
Kristen Faulkner Flag of the United States.svg United States Olympic Champion
Lauren Stephens Flag of the United States.svg United States Panamerican Champion
Song Min-ji Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Asian Champion
Katelyn Nicholson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Oceanian Champion

Participating nations

197 cyclists from 67 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [4]

Final classification

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