2008 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial explained

Women's time trial
Series:2008 UCI Road World Championships
Date:September 24, 2008
Stages:1
Distance:25.15
Unit:km
Time:33' 51"
Speed:44.571
Type:medals
First:Amber Neben
First Nat:USA
Second:Christiane Soeder
Second Nat:AUT
Third:Judith Arndt
Third Nat:GER
Previous:2007
Next:2009

The Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.

After finishing one place out of the medals in last World Championships, Amber Neben became gold medal winner, recording a time 7 seconds quicker than Austria's Christiane Soeder with Germany's Judith Arndt finishing behind Soeder in third.[1]

Route

The course covered 25.2 km.[2]

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[3]

ChampionNameNote
Did not participate
African Champion
Oceanian Champion
Pan American Champion Did not participate

Final classification

RankRiderTime
133' 51.35"
2+ 07.56"
3+ 22.77"
4+ 23.39"
5+ 25.27"
6+ 30.99"
7+ 57.38"
8+ 57.52"
9+ 1' 03.32"
10+ 1' 05.43"
11+ 1' 08.91"
12+ 1' 17.16"
13+ 1' 20.03"
14+ 1' 26.31"
15+ 1' 36.83"
16+ 1' 36.23"
17+ 1' 53.56"
18+ 2' 02.24"
19+ 2' 03.06"
20+ 2' 11.46"
21+ 2' 14.52"
22+ 2' 15.64"
23+ 2' 17.73"
24+ 2' 21.11"
25+ 2' 27.84"
26+ 2' 37.03"
27+ 2' 40.05"
28+ 2' 46.30"
29+ 2' 50.22"
30+ 2' 52.06"
31+ 2' 59.46"
32+ 3' 04.02"
33+ 3' 15.01"
34+ 3' 20.07"
35+ 3' 31.31"
36+ 3' 41.23"
37+ 3' 55.35"
38+ 4' 22.49"
39+ 4' 25.06"
40+ 5' 10.88"
41+ 5' 20.61"
42+ 5' 22.56"
43+ 8' 37.31"

Notes and References

  1. News: Neben knocks out favourites for gold. cyclingnews.com. 12 May 2012.
  2. News: September 24: Women's time trial, 25.15km. cyclingnews.com. 12 May 2012.
  3. Web site: Competition Guide Apendixes . UCI . 15 April 2014 .