1982 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race explained

Women's road race
Series:1982 UCI Road World Championships
Date:4 September 1982
Stages:1 in Goodwood (GBR)
Distance:61
Unit:km
Time:1h 31' 00"
Type:medals
Previous:1981 Prague
Next:Altenrhein 1983

The 1982 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race took place on the 4th of september 1982[1] around Goodwood, Sussex in the United Kingdom. It was 61 km in length.[2]

Mandy Jones broke clear of the field to win by 10 seconds. She was the first British woman to win a world championship for 15 years.[3] She said:

"I won by accident. It was just plain daft. We were going downhill and I just rode past them. Then I looked back, saw I had a gap and kept going. I was praying my legs wouldn't collapse. But with around half a lap to go, I started thinking 'Hey, I could win this!"[4]

Final classification

Rank Rider Country Time
1h31'00"[5]
at 0'10"
4at 0'26"
5at 0'42"
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20at 0'57"
21
22
23
24at 1'02"
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42at 1'14"
43
44Els Gottschal[6] [7]
45
46
47
48
49
50
51at 3'11"
52at 3'32"
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62at 5'15"
63at 5'32"
64at 10'13"
65at 10'33"
66at 11'38"
67at 12'20"
68Zlatuše Hrnčířová[8] at 12'51"
69

Notes and References

  1. https://www.the-sports.org/cycling-world-championships-results-1982-women-epf11967.html Cycling - World Championships - 1982
  2. Web site: World Championships  - Road Race  - Elite Women  - History. Cyclingnews. 2004.
  3. Golden Book of Cycling
  4. Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK
  5. https://www.the-sports.org/cycling-world-championships-results-1982-women-epf11967.html Cycling - World Championships - 1982
  6. Els Gottschal's name was cited in the article "Heerschappij Hennie Top staat nu wel vast", about the Dutch Championships in the newspaper Leidsch Dagblad, 28 juni 1982.
  7. Els Gottschal (Groningen), cited in "Uitslagen Criteriums", Dames, Ochten, in the Dutch newspaper De Stem, 19 juli 1982, page: Sport/Tour '82
  8. Zlatuše Hrnčířová on on procyclingstats.com