UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

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Women's Time Trial
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Race details
DateSeptember–October
Discipline Time Trial
TypeOne-day
Organiser Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
History
First edition1994 (1994)
Editions31 (as 2024)
First winnerFlag of the United States.svg  Karen Kurreck  (USA)
Most winsFlag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)(4 wins)
Most recentFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS)

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.

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From 2022 to 2024, competitors in this event under the age of 23 at the end of the previous year were also competing for honours in their own classification.

Medallists

Ellen van Dijk won in 2013 (pictured), 2021, and 2022. The podium of the women's time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships (cropped).png
Ellen van Dijk won in 2013 (pictured), 2021, and 2022.
Women's time trial medallists [1]
YearGoldTimeSilverMarginBronzeMarginDistanceLocationRef.
1994 Flag of the United States.svg  Karen Kurreck  (USA)38' 22"Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Anne Samplonius  (CAN)+ 0' 44"Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)+ 1' 21"30.0 km (18.6 mi) Agrigento, Italy [2]
1995 Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)44' 27"Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Clara Hughes  (CAN)+ 1' 11"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kathryn Watt  (AUS)+ 1' 25"26.1 km (16.2 mi) Duitama, Colombia [3]
1996 Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)35' 16"Flag of France.svg  Catherine Marsal  (FRA)+ 0' 49"Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandra Cappellotto  (ITA)+ 0' 54"26.4 km (16.4 mi) Lugano, Switzerland [4]
1997 Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)39' 15"Flag of Russia.svg  Zulfiya Zabirova  (RUS)+ 0" [upper-alpha 1] Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)+ 0' 29"28.0 km (17.4 mi) San Sebastián, Spain [4]
1998 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel  (NED)31' 51"Flag of Russia.svg  Zulfiya Zabirova  (RUS)+ 0" [upper-alpha 2] Flag of Germany.svg  Hanka Kupfernagel  (GER)+ 0' 02"23.0 km (14.3 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [5]
1999 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel  (NED)32' 31"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Anna Wilson  (AUS)+ 0' 04"Flag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)+ 0' 31"25.8 km (16.0 mi) Verona, Italy [6]
2000 Flag of the United States.svg  Mari Holden  (USA)33' 14"Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)+ 0' 03"Flag of Lithuania.svg  Rasa Polikevičiūtė  (LTU)+ 0' 46"24.5 km (15.2 mi) Plouay, France [7]
2001 Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)29' 08"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nicole Brändli  (SUI)+ 0' 04"Flag of Spain.svg  Teodora Ruano  (ESP)+ 0' 44"19.2 km (11.9 mi) Lisbon, Portugal [8]
2002 Flag of Russia.svg  Zulfiya Zabirova  (RUS)32' 02"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nicole Brändli  (SUI)+ 0' 14"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Thürig  (SUI)+ 0' 17"23.2 km (14.4 mi) Heusden-Zolder, Belgium [9]
2003 Flag of Spain.svg  Joane Somarriba  (ESP)28' 23"Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)+ 0' 10"Flag of Russia.svg  Zulfiya Zabirova  (RUS)+ 0' 26"20.8 km (12.9 mi) Hamilton, Canada [10]
2004 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Thürig  (SUI)30' 53"Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)+ 0' 51"Flag of Russia.svg  Zulfiya Zabirova  (RUS)+ 0' 56"24.0 km (14.9 mi) Verona, Italy [11]
2005 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Thürig  (SUI)28' 51"Flag of Spain.svg  Joane Somarriba  (ESP)+ 0' 05"Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)+ 0' 39"21.9 km (13.6 mi) Madrid, Spain [12]
2006 Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)35' 04"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Thürig  (SUI)+ 0' 25"Flag of the United States.svg  Christine Thorburn  (USA)+ 0' 29"26.1 km (16.2 mi) Salzburg, Austria [13]
2007 Flag of Germany.svg  Hanka Kupfernagel  (GER)34' 43"Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)+ 0' 23"Flag of Austria.svg  Christiane Soeder  (AUT)+ 0' 41"25.1 km (15.6 mi) Stuttgart, Germany [14]
2008 Flag of the United States.svg  Amber Neben  (USA)33' 51"Flag of Austria.svg  Christiane Soeder  (AUT)+ 0' 07"Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)+ 0' 22"25.1 km (15.6 mi) Varese, Italy [15]
2009 Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)35' 26"Flag of Italy.svg  Noemi Cantele  (ITA)+ 0' 55"Flag of Denmark.svg  Linda Villumsen  (DEN)+ 0' 58"26.8 km (16.7 mi) Mendrisio, Switzerland [16]
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR)32' 48"Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)+ 0' 15"Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)+ 0' 15"22.8 km (14.2 mi) Geelong, Australia [17]
2011 Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)37' 07"Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)+ 0' 21"Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR)+ 0' 24"27.8 km (17.3 mi) Copenhagen, Denmark [18]
2012 Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)32' 26"Flag of the United States.svg  Evelyn Stevens  (USA)+ 0' 33"Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)+ 0' 40"24.3 km (15.1 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [19]
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)28' 47"Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)+ 0' 24"Flag of the United States.svg  Carmen Small  (USA)+ 0' 28"22.0 km (13.7 mi) Florence, Italy [20]
2014 Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Brennauer  (GER)38' 44"Flag of Ukraine.svg  Hanna Solovey  (UKR)+ 0' 18"Flag of the United States.svg  Evelyn Stevens  (USA)+ 0' 21"29.5 km (18.3 mi) Ponferrada, Spain [21]
2015 Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL)40' 29"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)+ 0' 02"Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Brennauer  (GER)+ 0' 05"29.9 km (18.6 mi) Richmond, Virginia, United States [22]
2016 Flag of the United States.svg  Amber Neben  (USA)44' 42"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)+ 0' 05"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Katrin Garfoot  (AUS)+ 0' 08"28.9 km (18.0 mi) Doha, Qatar [23]
2017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)28' 50"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)+ 0' 12"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Katrin Garfoot  (AUS)+ 0' 19"21.1 km (13.1 mi) Bergen, Norway [24]
2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)34' 25"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)+ 0' 29"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)+ 1' 25"27.7 km (17.2 mi) Innsbruck, Austria [25]
2019 Flag of the United States.svg  Chloé Dygert  (USA)42' 11"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)+ 1' 32"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)+ 1' 52"30.4 km (18.9 mi) Yorkshire, United Kingdom [26]
2020 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)40' 20"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Marlen Reusser  (SUI)+ 0' 15"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)+ 0' 31"31.7 km (19.7 mi) Imola, Italy [27]
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)36' 05"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Marlen Reusser  (SUI)+ 0' 10"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)+ 0' 24"30.3 km (18.8 mi) Brugge, Belgium [28]
2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)44' 28"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS)+ 0' 13"Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Marlen Reusser  (SUI)+ 0' 42"34.2 km (21.3 mi) Wollongong, Australia [29]
2023 Flag of the United States.svg  Chloe Dygert  (USA)46' 59"Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS)+ 0' 06"Flag of Austria.svg  Christina Schweinberger  (AUT)+ 1' 13"36.2 km (22.5 mi) Stirling, Scotland, UK [30]
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS)39' 16"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Demi Vollering  (NED)+ 0' 16"Flag of the United States.svg  Chloe Dygert  (USA)+ 0' 56"29.9 km (18.6 mi) Zurich, Switzerland [31]

Most successful cyclists

Most successful Women's time trial cyclists
RankCyclistGoldSilverBronzeTotalGold medal-winning places
1Flag of France.svg  Jeannie Longo  (FRA)4116 Duitama, Lugano, San Sebastián, Lisbon
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)3126 Firenze, Brugge, Wollongong
3Flag of Germany.svg  Judith Arndt  (GER)2327 Copenhagen, Valkenburg
4Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)2114 Salzburg, Mendrisio
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Thürig  (SUI)2114 Verona, Madrid
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)2024 Bergen, Innsbruck
7Flag of the United States.svg  Chloe Dygert  (USA)2013 Harrogate, Stirling
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Leontien van Moorsel  (NED)2002 Valkenburg, Verona
Flag of the United States.svg  Amber Neben  (USA)2002 Varese, Doha
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)1405 Imola
11Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  Linda Villumsen  (NZL) (DEN)1236 Richmond

Medallists by nation

Nations are ranked in order of number of gold, silver and bronze medals won.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 86418
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 82515
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 43411
4Flag of France.svg  France 4217
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2529
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1337
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1225
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1225
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1113
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1012
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0202
12Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0123
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0112
14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0101
15Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 0022
16Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Totals (16 entries)31313193

Footnotes

  1. Longo finished 0' 00" 85"' ahead of Zabirova. [4]
  2. Zijlaard-Van Moorsel finished 0' 00" 37"' ahead of Zabirova. [5]

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