2016 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race explained

Women's road race
Series:2016 UCI Road World Championships
Date:15 October 2016
Stages:1 in Doha, Qatar
Distance:134.1
Unit:km
Time:3h 10' 27"[1]
Speed:42.247
Type:medals
Previous:2015 Richmond
Next:Bergen 2017

The Women's road race of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Doha, Qatar on 15 October 2016.[2] The course of the race was 134.1km (83.3miles) with the start and finish in Doha.[2] Lizzie Deignan was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2015.[3] Deignan was unable to defend her title, as she finished fourth in the bunch sprint finish.[4]

The gold medal and rainbow jersey went to 20-year-old Danish rider Amalie Dideriksen,[5] who became the youngest rider in a decade to win the title, and only the fifth rider to win both the junior and elite world titles,[6] having won the junior title in 2013 and 2014.[7] She finished ahead of Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands, while the bronze medal went to Finland's Lotta Lepistö.[8]

Course

The race started at the Qatar Foundation in Education City before the race made its way towards The Pearl Island, with 27.7km (17.2miles) being completed before the first passage of the finish line. Thereafter, seven laps of 15.2km (09.4miles) were completed before the race's conclusion.

Schedule

All times are in Arabia Standard Time .[9]

Participating nations

146 cyclists from 46 nations were entered in the women's road race, with 142 riders taking the start. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.[10]

Final classification

Of the race's 146 entrants, 103 riders completed the full distance of 134.1km (83.3miles).[1]

RankRiderCountryTime
1Amalie Dideriksen
2Kirsten Wild
3Lotta Lepistös.t.
4Lizzie Deignans.t.
5Marta Bastianellis.t.
6Roxane Fourniers.t.
7Chloe Hoskings.t.
8Sheyla Gutiérrezs.t.
9Joëlle Numainvilles.t.
10Jolien D'Hoores.t.
11Emilie Mobergs.t.
12Lisa Brennauers.t.
13Katarzyna Pawłowskas.t.
14Leah Kirchmanns.t.
15Christine Majeruss.t.
16Coryn Riveras.t.
17Sara Mustonens.t.
18Mia Radotićs.t.
19Rasa Leleivytės.t.
20Barbara Guarischi+ 4"
21Miho Yoshikawa+ 4"
22Marianne Vos+ 4"
23Alison Jackson+ 4"
24Jelena Erić+ 4"
25Barbora Průdková+ 4"
26Ashleigh Moolman+ 4"
27Megan Guarnier+ 4"
28Christina Perchtold+ 4"
29Carmen Small+ 4"
30Alexis Ryan+ 4"
31Eugenia Bujak+ 4"
32Amy Pieters+ 4"
33Polona Batagelj+ 4"
34Alena Amialiusik+ 4"
35Katarzyna Niewiadoma+ 4"
36Maria Giulia Confalonieri+ 10"
37Aude Biannic+ 12"
38Nicolle Bruderer+ 12"
39Katrine Aalerud+ 12"
40Olena Pavlukhina+ 12"
41Samantha Sanders+ 12"
42Diana Peñuela+ 12"
43Hanna Solovey+ 12"
44Yusseli Mendivil+ 12"
45Urša Pintar+ 12"
46Alice Barnes+ 12"
47Julie Leth+ 12"
48Tiffany Cromwell+ 12"
49Emma Johansson+ 12"
50Chantal Blaak+ 12"
51Katrin Garfoot+ 12"
52Stephanie Pohl+ 12"
53Annemiek van Vleuten+ 12"
54Natalya Saifutdinova+ 16"
55Sara Penton+ 18"
56Dani King+ 18"
57Eileen Roe+ 18"
58Heidi Dalton+ 18"
59Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen+ 18"
60Huang Ting-ying+ 18"
61Emilia Fahlin+ 18"
62Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig+ 18"
63Sarah Rijkes+ 18"
64Yumi Kajihara+ 18"
65Alicia González Blanco+ 18"
66Kaat Van der Meulen+ 18"
67Chantal Hoffmann+ 18"
68Valerie Demey+ 18"
69Lauren Kitchen+ 22"
70Romy Kasper+ 22"
71Karol-Ann Canuel+ 22"
72Mieke Kröger+ 22"
73Trixi Worrack+ 27"
RankRiderCountryTime
74Tatiana Guderzo+ 27"
75Lotte Kopecky+ 30"
76Hannah Barnes+ 39"
77Olga Shekel+ 39"
78Rosa Törmänen+ 39"
79Abby-Mae Parkinson+ 39"
80Lisa Klein+ 39"
81Elise Maes+ 39"
82Annasley Park+ 42"
83Lauren Stephens+ 42"
84Anna Plichta+ 42"
85Ellen van Dijk+ 45"
86Eri Yonamine+ 45"
87Anna van der Breggen+ 1' 00"
88Audrey Cordon+ 1' 00"
89Elisa Longo Borghini+ 1' 00"
90Elena Cecchini+ 1' 00"
91Sara Bergen+ 1' 00"
92Gracie Elvin+ 1' 00"
93Roxane Knetemann+ 1' 43"
94Sofie De Vuyst+ 1' 43"
95Anisha Vekemans+ 2' 30"
96Wahazit Kidane+ 3' 42"
97Meng Zhaojuan+ 3' 42"
98Amber Neben+ 6' 46"
99Sarah Roy+ 6' 46"
100Eugénie Duval+ 6' 46"
101Nicole Hanselmann+ 10' 31"
102Alba Teruel Ribes+ 10' 31"
103Paz Bash+ 11' 48"
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Loren RowneyDNF
Rotem GafinovitzDNF
Alexandra NessmarDNF
Varvara FasoiDNF
Allie DragooDNF
Marta LachDNF
Laura VainionpääDNF
Alexandra ChekinaDNF
Guo HongDNF
Phetdarin SomratDNF
Anriette SchoemanDNF
Nguyễn Thị ThậtDNF
Coralie DemayDNF
Laura MasseyDNF
Valeriya KononenkoDNF
Nikola NoskováDNF
Anastasiia IakovenkoDNF
Svetlana VasilievaDNF
Pascale JeulandDNF
Margarita SyrodoevaDNF
Antonia GröndahlDNF
Makhabbat UmutzhanovaDNF
Wogahta GebrehiwetDNF
Ebtissam MohamedDNF
Mossana DebesaiDNF
Sofía ArreolaDNF
Silvija LatožaitėDNF
Kelly KalmDNF
Alicja RatajczakDNF
Eden BekeleDNF
Carla OberholzerDNF
Tsega Gebre BeyeneDNF
Najla AljeraiwiDNF
Zanele TshokoDNF
Sun JiajunDNF
Noura AlameeriDNF
Nada AljeraiwiDNF
Olga Zabelinskaya
Giorgia Bronzini
Yang QianyuDNS
Beatha IngabireDNS
Eyeru TesfoamDNS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite. Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  2. Web site: 2016 Road World Championships Elite Women's Road Race . 15 October 2016 . Cycling News . 13 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013183937/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2016/elite-women-road-race/ . dead .
  3. News: World Road Championships 2015: Lizzie Armitstead wins world title. BBC Sport. 26 September 2015. 15 October 2016.
  4. News: Road World Championships 2016: Lizzie Deignan fourth as Amalie Dideriksen wins. BBC Sport. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  5. News: Amalie Dideriksen wins World Championships women's road race title; Lizzie Deignan fourth. Stuart. Clarke. Cycling Weekly. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  6. News: Dideriksen: World title is a dream come true. Sadhbh. O'Shea. Cyclingnews.com. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  7. News: Amalie Dideriksen wins women's world road race with Lizzie Deignan fourth. William. Fotheringham. William Fotheringham. The Guardian. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  8. News: World Championships: Dideriksen wins women's world title in Doha. Cyclingnews.com. 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016.
  9. Web site: UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. All you need to know about the 2016 UCI Road World Championships. 15 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite. Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 14 October 2016. 15 October 2016.

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