UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race

Race details
Date End of season
Discipline One-day road race
Organiser UCI
History
Most recent  Elizabeth Armitstead (GBR)

The UCI Road World Championships (for Women) is an annual event that is recognized as the world championship for road race and time trial events for women. The event is held in conjunction with the men's event.

History

The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958.

Until about 1990, the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). From 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano, Switzerland). The 2008 edition, held in Varese in Italy, was the longest at 138.8 km.

Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992.

European nations have dominated this event.

World Road Race Champions

Year Gold Silver Bronze
Women road race medallists[1]
1958  Elsy Jacobs (LUX)  Tamara Novikova (URS)  Mariya Loukchina (URS)
1959  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Aino Pouronen (URS)  Vera Gorbatcheva (URS)
1960  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Rosa Sels (BEL)  Elisabeth Kleinhaus (GDR)
1961  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Elsy Jacobs (LUX)
1962  Marie-Rose Gaillard (BEL)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Marie-Therese Naessens (BEL)
1963  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Rosa Sels (BEL)  Aino Pourenen (URS)
1964  Emma Sonka (URS)  Galina Yudina (URS)  Rosa Sels (BEL)
1965  Elisabeth Eicholz (GDR)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Aino Pourenen (URS)
1966  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Aino Pourenen (URS)
1967  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS)  Anna Konkina (URS)
1968  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Bayba Tsaune (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)
1969  Audrey McElmury (USA)  Bernadette Swinnerton (GBR)  Nina Trofimova (URS)
1970  Anna Konkina (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)  Raisa Obodovskaia (URS)
1971  Anna Konkina (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1972  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS)  Anna Konkina (URS)
1973  Nicole Vandenbroeck (BEL)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Valentina Rebrovskala (URS)
1974  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Bayba Tsaune (URS)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1975  Tineke Fopma (NED)  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1976  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Laura Bissoli (ITA)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)
1977  Josiane Bost (FRA)  Connie Carpenter (USA)  Minnie Brinkhof (NED)
1978  Beate Habetz (FRG)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Eva Lorenzo (ITA)
1979  Petra de Bruijn (NED)  Jen De Smet (BEL)  Beate Habetz (FRG)
1980  Beth Heiden (USA)  Tullikke Jahre (SWE)  Mandy Jones (GBR)
1981  Ute Enzenauer (FRG)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Connie Carpenter (USA)
1982  Mandy Jones (GBR)  Maria Canins (ITA)  Gerda Sierens (BEL)
1983  Marianne Berglund (SWE)  Rebecca Twigg (USA)  Maria Canins (ITA)
1984 No race
1985  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Maria Canins (ITA)  Sandra Schumacher (FRG)
1986  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Janelle Parks (USA)  Alla Jakovleva (URS)
1987  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Heleen Hage (NED)  Connie Meyer (NED)
1988 No race
1989  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Maria Canins (ITA)
1990  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Ruthie Matthes (USA)  Louisa Seghezzi (ITA)
1991  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Inga Thompson (USA)  Alison Sydor (CAN)
1992 No race
1993  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Laura Charameda (USA)
1994  Monica Valvik (NOR)  Patsy Maegerman (BEL)  Jeanne Golay (USA)
1995  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
1996  Barbara Heeb (SUI)  Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU)  Linda Jackson (CAN)
1997  Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA)  Elizabeth Tadich (AUS)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)
1998  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
1999  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)  Anna Wilson (AUS)  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
2000  Zinaida Stahurskaia (BLR)  Chantal Beltman (NED)  Madeleine Lindberg (SWE)
2001  Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)
2002  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)  Nicole Brändli (SUI)  Joane Somarriba (ESP)
2003  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)  Mirjam Melchers (NED)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
2004  Judith Arndt (GER)  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)  Anita Valen (NOR)
2005  Regina Schleicher (GER)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Oenone Wood (AUS)
2006  Marianne Vos (NED)  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
2007  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
2008  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Judith Arndt (GER)
2009  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Noemi Cantele (ITA)
2010  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)
2011  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER)
2012  Marianne Vos (NED)  Rachel Neylan (AUS)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2013  Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Rossella Ratto (ITA)
2014  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Emma Johansson (SWE)
2015  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Megan Guarnier (USA)

Most successful riders

Updated after the 2015 UCI Road World Championships

Rank Name and country Gold Silver Bronze Total Winning years
1  Jeannie Longo (FRA) 5 2 1 8 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995
2  Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 4 2 1 7 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966
3  Marianne Vos (NED) 3 5 0 8 2006, 2012, 2013
4  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED) 2 3 3 8 1968, 1976
5  Beryl Burton (GBR) 2 1 0 3 1960, 1967
 Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) 2 1 0 3 1972, 1974
 Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 2 1 0 3 1991, 1993
8  Anna Konkina (URS) 2 0 2 4 1970, 1971
9  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2 0 1 3 2010, 2011
10  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) 2 0 0 4 2002, 2003

Medalists per nation

Updated after the 2015 UCI Road World Championships

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France 10 5 2 17
2  Netherlands 9 13 5 27 See also: Netherlands at the UCI Road World Championships
3  Belgium 6 6 4 16
4  Italy 5 6 9 20 See also: Italy at the UCI Road World Championships
5  Great Britain 5 3 3 11
6  Germany ^ 5 2 6 13 See also: Germany at the UCI Road World Championships
7  Russia + 3 7 11 21
8  Sweden 3 2 3 8
9  Lithuania 3 2 2 7
10  United States 2 5 4 11 See also: United States at the UCI Road World Championships
11   Switzerland 1 1 0 3
12  Luxembourg 1 0 1 2
12  Norway 1 0 1 2
14  Belarus 1 0 0 1
15  Australia 0 3 1 4
16  Canada 0 0 2 2
17  Spain 0 0 1 1

^ Includes  West Germany,  East Germany

+ Includes  Soviet Union

References

  1. "UCI Road World Championships, Women Elite – Road race" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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