2004 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race explained

Women's Individual Road Race
Series:	2004 UCI Road World Championships
Date:	2004-10-02
Stages:	1 in Verona (ITA)
Distance:	132.75
Unit:	km
Time:	03h 44' 38"
Speed:	35.5245
Previous:	2003 Hamilton
Next:	Madrid 2005

The women's road race of the 2004 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 2 October in Verona, Italy. Starting at 13:30 CEST, the race was 132.75 km long, which constituted of 9 laps of a circuit around Torricelle, including the 3.4 km Torricelle climb, with an average gradient of approximately 4%, 7% at the steepest point.^[1] The course was almost identical to the one used for the 1999 UCI Road World Championships when Edita Pučinskaitė won the women's championship.^[2]

The race was won by the German rider Judith Arndt.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Championships 2004 – Elite Women's Road Race – LIVE. Daily Peloton. 2004-10-02. 2009-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20071020161312/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=7192. 2007-10-20. dead.
2. Web site: Pucinskaite looks for Verona double. Cyclingnews. 2004.
3. Web site: A different kind of salute: Arndt wins World's with both arms raised – Audacious Italian Guderzo runner-up. Tim Maloney. Cyclingnews. 2004-10-02.