Race details | |
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Date | September–October |
Discipline | Time Trial |
Type | One-day |
Organiser | Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) |
History | |
First edition | 1994 |
Editions | 30 (as 2023) |
First winner | Karen Kurreck (USA) |
Most wins | Jeannie Longo (FRA)(4 wins) |
Most recent | Chloe Dygert (USA) |
The UCI Road World Championships - Women's time trial is the annual world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of time trial, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. The event was first run in 1994.
Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Margin | Bronze | Margin | Distance | Location | Ref. |
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1994 | Karen Kurreck (USA) | 38' 22" | Anne Samplonius (CAN) | + 0' 44" | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | + 1' 21" | 30.0 km (18.6 mi) | Agrigento, Italy | [2] |
1995 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 44' 27" | Clara Hughes (CAN) | + 1' 11" | Kathryn Watt (AUS) | + 1' 25" | 26.1 km (16.2 mi) | Duitama, Colombia | [3] |
1996 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 35' 16" | Catherine Marsal (FRA) | + 0' 49" | Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) | + 0' 54" | 26.4 km (16.4 mi) | Lugano, Switzerland | [4] |
1997 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 39' 15" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0" [upper-alpha 1] | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 29" | 28.0 km (17.4 mi) | San Sebastián, Spain | [4] |
1998 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) | 31' 51" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0" [upper-alpha 2] | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | + 0' 02" | 23.0 km (14.3 mi) | Valkenburg, Netherlands | [5] |
1999 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) | 32' 31" | Anna Wilson (AUS) | + 0' 04" | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) | + 0' 31" | 25.8 km (16.0 mi) | Verona, Italy | [6] |
2000 | Mari Holden (USA) | 33' 14" | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | + 0' 03" | Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) | + 0' 46" | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) | Plouay, France | [7] |
2001 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 29' 08" | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | + 0' 04" | Teodora Ruano (ESP) | + 0' 44" | 19.2 km (11.9 mi) | Lisbon, Portugal | [8] |
2002 | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | 32' 02" | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | + 0' 14" | Karin Thürig (SUI) | + 0' 17" | 23.2 km (14.4 mi) | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | [9] |
2003 | Joane Somarriba (ESP) | 28' 23" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 10" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0' 26" | 20.8 km (12.9 mi) | Hamilton, Canada | [10] |
2004 | Karin Thürig (SUI) | 30' 53" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 51" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0' 56" | 24.0 km (14.9 mi) | Verona, Italy | [11] |
2005 | Karin Thürig (SUI) | 28' 51" | Joane Somarriba (ESP) | + 0' 05" | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | + 0' 39" | 21.9 km (13.6 mi) | Madrid, Spain | [12] |
2006 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | 35' 04" | Karin Thürig (SUI) | + 0' 25" | Christine Thorburn (USA) | + 0' 29" | 26.1 km (16.2 mi) | Salzburg, Austria | [13] |
2007 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | 34' 43" | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | + 0' 23" | Christiane Soeder (AUT) | + 0' 41" | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) | Stuttgart, Germany | [14] |
2008 | Amber Neben (USA) | 33' 51" | Christiane Soeder (AUT) | + 0' 07" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 22" | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) | Varese, Italy | [15] |
2009 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | 35' 26" | Noemi Cantele (ITA) | + 0' 55" | Linda Villumsen (DEN) | + 0' 58" | 26.8 km (16.7 mi) | Mendrisio, Switzerland | [16] |
2010 | Emma Pooley (GBR) | 32' 48" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 15" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 15" | 22.8 km (14.2 mi) | Geelong, Australia | [17] |
2011 | Judith Arndt (GER) | 37' 07" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 21" | Emma Pooley (GBR) | + 0' 24" | 27.8 km (17.3 mi) | Copenhagen, Denmark | [18] |
2012 | Judith Arndt (GER) | 32' 26" | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 0' 33" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 40" | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) | Valkenburg, Netherlands | [19] |
2013 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 28' 47" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 24" | Carmen Small (USA) | + 0' 28" | 22.0 km (13.7 mi) | Florence, Italy | [20] |
2014 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | 38' 44" | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | + 0' 18" | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 0' 21" | 29.5 km (18.3 mi) | Ponferrada, Spain | [21] |
2015 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | 40' 29" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 02" | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | + 0' 05" | 29.9 km (18.6 mi) | Richmond, Virginia, United States | [22] |
2016 | Amber Neben (USA) | 44' 42" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 0' 05" | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | + 0' 08" | 28.9 km (18.0 mi) | Doha, Qatar | [23] |
2017 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 28' 50" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 12" | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | + 0' 19" | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | Bergen, Norway | [24] |
2018 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 34' 25" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 29" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 1' 25" | 27.7 km (17.2 mi) | Innsbruck, Austria | [25] |
2019 | Chloé Dygert (USA) | 42' 11" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 1' 32" | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 1' 52" | 30.4 km (18.9 mi) | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | [26] |
2020 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 40' 20" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 15" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 0' 31" | 31.7 km (19.7 mi) | Imola, Italy | [27] |
2021 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 36' 05" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 10" | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 0' 24" | 30.3 km (18.8 mi) | Brugge, Belgium | [28] |
2022 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 44' 28" | Grace Brown (AUS) | + 0' 13" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 42" | 34.2 km (21.3 mi) | Wollongong, Australia | [29] |
2023 | Chloe Dygert (USA) | 46' 59" | Grace Brown (AUS) | + 0' 06" | Christina Schweinberger (AUT) | + 1' 13" | 36.2 km (22.5 mi) | Stirling, Scotland | [30] |
Rank | Cyclist | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold medal-winning places |
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1 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Duitama, Lugano, San Sebastián, Lisbon |
2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Firenze, Brugge, Wollongong |
3 | Judith Arndt (GER) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Copenhagen, Valkenburg |
4 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Salzburg, Mendrisio |
Karin Thürig (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Verona, Madrid | |
6 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Bergen, Innsbruck |
7 | Leontien van Moorsel (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Valkenburg, Verona |
Amber Neben (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Varese, Doha | |
Chloe Dygert (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Harrogate, Stirling | |
10 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Imola |
11 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Richmond |
Nations are ranked in order of number of gold, silver and bronze medals won.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Netherlands | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
2 | United States | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
3 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
4 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Switzerland | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
6 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
8 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (16 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |
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