2015 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race
2015 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date September 26, 2015
Distance 129.6 km (80.53 mi)
Winning time 3h 23' 56"[1] (38.130 km/h or 23.693 mph)
Medalists
 Gold  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
 Silver  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
 Bronze  Megan Guarnier (USA)
2015 UCI Road World Championships

Participating nations
Elite events
List of elite cyclists
Elite road race   men   women
Elite time trial   men   women
Elite team time trial   men   women
Under-23 events
List of under-23 cyclists
Under-23 road race   men  
Under-23 time trial   men  
Junior events
List of junior cyclists
Junior road race   men   women
Junior time trial   men   women
 
Qualification

The Women's road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Richmond, Virginia, USA on September 26, 2015. The course of the race was 129.6 km (80.5 mi) with the start and finish in Richmond.[2] Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2014.

The winners of the race on the Podium.

In a sprint finish of a select group of nine riders, Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead added the rainbow jersey to her UCI Women's Road World Cup overall victory, out-sprinting Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen by just over a wheel's length.[1][3][4] The podium was completed by home rider Megan Guarnier, the first American to podium in the event since 1994.[5][6]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the 2015 UCI Nation Ranking as of August 15, 2015. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send three riders to start.[7]

Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were also able to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers.

Champion Name Note
Outgoing World Champion  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
African Champion  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
European Champion (under-23)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Pan American Champion  Marlies Mejias (CUB) Did not participate
Asian Champion  Ting Ying Huang (TPE)
Oceanian Champion  Lauren Kitchen (AUS)

Course

Crowds on Libby Hill
Profile of the road race circuit

The women rode eight laps on the road race circuit. The length of the circuit was 16.2 km (10.1 mi) and had a total elevation of 103 meters (338 feet). All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit. The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America". Cyclists took a 180-degree turn at the Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and Virginia Commonwealth University. Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail. A sharp, off-camber turn at Rocketts Landing brought the riders to the narrow, twisty, cobbled 200 meters (660 feet) climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a 100 meters (330 feet) climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final 300 meters (980 feet) climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, 680 meters (2,230 feet) to the finish.

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).[8]

Date Time Event
September 26, 2015 13:00–16:25 Women's road race

Participating nations

135 cyclists from 46 nations took part in the women's road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.[9]

Final classification

Of the race's 135 entrants, 88 riders completed the full distance of 129.6 km (80.5 mi).[1]

Rank Rider Country Time
1 Lizzie Armitstead  Great Britain 3h 23' 56"
2 Anna van der Breggen  Netherlands s.t.
3 Megan Guarnier  United States s.t.
4 Elisa Longo Borghini  Italy s.t.
5 Emma Johansson  Sweden s.t.
6 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot  France s.t.
7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma  Poland s.t.
8 Alena Amialiusik  Belarus s.t.
9 Jolanda Neff   Switzerland s.t.
10 Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands + 9"
11 Joëlle Numainville  Canada + 9"
12 Trixi Worrack  Germany + 9"
13 Karol-Ann Canuel  Canada + 9"
14 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio  South Africa + 9"
15 Christine Majerus  Luxembourg + 9"
16 Lucinda Brand  Netherlands + 9"
17 Tiffany Cromwell  Australia + 9"
18 Elena Cecchini  Italy + 17"
19 Rachel Neylan  Australia + 17"
20 Lizzie Williams  Australia + 17"
21 Małgorzata Jasińska  Poland + 17"
22 Linda Villumsen  New Zealand + 17"
23 Valentina Scandolara  Italy + 19"
24 Evelyn Stevens  United States + 19"
25 Amalie Dideriksen  Denmark + 31"
26 Emilia Fahlin  Sweden + 31"
27 Giorgia Bronzini  Italy + 36"
28 Lauren Kitchen  Australia + 46"
29 Katrin Garfoot  Australia + 46"
30 Lisa Brennauer  Germany + 49"
31 Romy Kasper  Germany + 51"
32 Leah Kirchmann  Canada + 52"
33 Hanna Solovey  Ukraine + 52"
34 Daiva Tušlaitė  Lithuania + 52"
35 Rasa Leleivytė  Lithuania + 52"
36 Alison Jackson  Canada + 52"
37 Emilie Moberg  Norway + 52"
38 Diana Peñuela  Colombia + 52"
39 Coryn Rivera  United States + 52"
40 Lotta Lepistö  Finland + 52"
41 Elena Kuchinskaya  Russia + 52"
42 Eugenia Bujak  Poland + 52"
43 Ingrid Drexel  Mexico + 52"
44 Tatiana Antoshina  Russia + 52"
45 Aude Biannic  France + 52"
46 Amy Pieters  Netherlands + 52"
47 An-Li Kachelhoffer  South Africa + 52"
48 Amanda Spratt  Australia + 52"
49 Jolien D'Hoore  Belgium + 52"
50 Loren Rowney  Australia + 52"
51 Ane Santesteban  Spain + 52"
52 Anna Plichta  Poland + 52"
53 Audrey Cordon  France + 52"
54 Rossella Ratto  Italy + 52"
55 Lenore Pipes  Guam + 52"
56 Olga Shekel  Ukraine + 1' 11"
57 Polona Batagelj  Slovenia + 1' 16"
58 Anna Potokina  Russia + 1' 25"
59 Oxana Kozonchuk  Russia + 1' 25"
60 Gracie Elvin  Australia + 1' 25"
61 Chantal Blaak  Netherlands + 1' 37"
62 Tatiana Guderzo  Italy + 2' 33"
63 Eri Yonamine  Japan + 3' 33"
64 Jelena Erić  Serbia + 4' 52"
65 Monika Żur  Poland + 5' 41"
66 Urša Pintar  Slovenia + 5' 41"
67 Iris Slappendel  Netherlands + 5' 41"
68 Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez  Colombia + 5' 41"

Rank Rider Country Time
69 Anisha Vekemans  Belgium + 5' 41"
70 Monika Brzeźna  Poland + 5' 41"
71 Olivia Dillon  Ireland + 5' 41"
72 Joanne Kiesanowski  New Zealand + 5' 41"
73 Sérika Guluma  Colombia + 5' 41"
74 Hanna Nilsson  Sweden + 5' 41"
75 Camilla Møllebro  Denmark + 5' 41"
76 Marta Bastianelli  Italy + 5' 41"
77 Tayler Wiles  United States + 5' 41"
78 Rushlee Buchanan  New Zealand + 5' 41"
79 Hayley Simmonds  Great Britain + 5' 41"
80 Doris Schweizer   Switzerland + 5' 41"
81 Roxane Knetemann  Netherlands + 7' 34"
82 Svetlana Vasilieva  Russia + 10' 11"
83 Daniela Reis  Portugal + 10' 11"
84 Erika Varela  Mexico + 10' 11"
85 Paola Muñoz  Chile + 10' 11"
86 Lauren Komanski  United States + 10' 11"
87 Jeanne D'arc Girubuntu  Rwanda + 11' 37"
88 Sheyla Gutiérrez  Spain + 14' 00"
Claudia Lichtenberg  Germany DNF
Sara Mustonen-Lichan  Sweden DNF
Alice Barnes  Great Britain DNF
Ingrid Lorvik  Norway DNF
Martina Ritter  Austria DNF
Anna Sanchis  Spain DNF
Amélie Rivat  France DNF
Stephanie Pohl  Germany DNF
Lucy Garner  Great Britain DNF
Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal  Mongolia DNF
Lija Laizāne  Latvia DNF
Paz Bash  Israel DNF
Miryan Nuñez  Ecuador DNF
Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen  Norway DNF
Charlotte Becker  Germany DNF
Tetyana Ryabchenko  Ukraine DNF
Kathrin Hammes  Germany DNF
Shelley Olds  United States DNF
Annelies Dom  Belgium DNF
Pascale Jeuland  France DNF
Roxane Fournier  France DNF
Natalya Saifutdinova  Kazakhstan DNF
Zuzana Neckářová  Czech Republic DNF
Cherise Stander  South Africa DNF
Élise Delzenne  France DNF
Jessie Daams  Belgium DNF
Kaat Hannes  Belgium DNF
Jessie Walker  Great Britain DNF
Lauren Stephens  United States DNF
Nicole Hanselmann   Switzerland DNF
Kathryn Bertine  Saint Kitts and Nevis DNF
Chanpeng Nontasin  Thailand DNF
Sofie De Vuyst  Belgium DNF
Denise Ramsden  Canada DNF
Molly Weaver  Great Britain DNF
Tereza Medvedová  Slovakia DNF
Daria Egorova  Russia DNF
Jennifer Cesar  Venezuela DNF
Milagro Mena  Costa Rica DNF
Katarzyna Wilkos  Poland DNF
Fiona Meade  Ireland DNF
Olena Demydova  Ukraine DNF
Miriam Bjørnsrud  Norway DNF
Sarah Rijkes  Austria DNF
Jutatip Maneephan  Thailand DNF
Solymar Rivera  Puerto Rico DNF
Laura Vainionpää  Finland DNS

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. "Lizzie Armitstead claims gold in the Road World Championships". BBC Sport (BBC). September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  3. Fotheringham, William (September 26, 2015). "Lizzie Armitstead claims gold to become world road champion". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  4. Puddicombe, Stephen (September 26, 2015). "Lizzie Armitstead wins women's World Championship road race". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  5. Skretta, Dave (September 26, 2015). "Armitstead wins dramatic sprint at road world championships". Houston Chronicle (Jack Sweeney, Hearst Corporation). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  6. "Competition Guide Apendixes" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  7. "Race Schedule". Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  8. "Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Individual Road Race" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

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