2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
{{Short description|Cycling race}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = Women's road race
| image = Jersey rainbow.svg
| image_caption = Rainbow jersey
| image_size = 150px
| series = 2017 UCI Road World Championships
| race_no =
| series_no =
| date = 23 September 2017
| stages = 1 in Bergen, Norway
| distance = 152.8
| unit = km
| time = 4h 06' 30"{{cite web|url=http://www.tissottiming.com/File/00030E0105020301FFFFFFFFFFFFFF05|title=Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite|work=Sport Result|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=23 September 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
| speed =
| type = medals
| first = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Chantal Blaak|NED}}
| second = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Katrin Garfoot|AUS}}
| third = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Amalie Dideriksen|DEN}}
| previous = 2016 Doha
| next = Innsbruck 2018
}}
{{2017 UCI Road World Championships}}
The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway.{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/World_Championships_WE_-_Road_Race_2017_Preview |title=World Championships WE – Road Race |accessdate=22 September 2017 |work=ProCyclingStats}} It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/chantal-blaak-wins-elite-womens-road-race-352393 |title=Chantal Blaak nets elite women's road race world title despite crash |accessdate=23 September 2017 |work=Cycling Weekly}}
Course
The race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit {{convert|19.1|km|abbr=off}} in length.{{cite news|url=https://bergen2017.no/news/2017/09/23/countdown-to-the-road-races/|title=Countdown to the road races|work=Bergen2017.no|publisher=Bergen 2017 AS|date=23 September 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017|quote=The women's race will go a distance of {{not a typo|152,8 km}}, including 8 laps on the 19.1 km long circuit.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045707/https://bergen2017.no/news/2017/09/23/countdown-to-the-road-races/|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}} The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about {{convert|7|km|abbr=off}} into the lap; the climb was {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=off}} long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At {{convert|152.8|km|abbr=off}}, the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of {{convert|140.05|km|abbr=off}} in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/18/37/08/UCI2017GBweb_English.pdf|page=51|title=Technical Guide – 2017 UCI Road World Championships|work=UCI.ch|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=16 September 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/18/31/64/Systèmedequalification2017-FINAL-ENG-withTTT_English.PDF|page=6|title=Qualification system for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships|work=UCI.ch|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=19 July 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017}} All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/18/33/84/QuotasBergen_2017_27_aout_ENG_English.pdf|title=Quota allocation for the Bergen 2017 UCI Road World Championships|work=UCI.ch|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=27 August 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
=Continental champions=
| class="wikitable"
! Champion ! Name ! Note | ||
| Outgoing World Champion | {{flagathlete|Amalie Dideriksen|DEN}} | rowspan=5| Competed |
| African Champion | {{flagathlete|Aurelie Halbwachs|MRI}} | |
| Asian Champion | {{flagathlete|Yang Qianyu|HKG}} | |
| European Champion | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | |
| Pan American Champion | {{flagathlete|Paola Muñoz|CHI}} | |
| Oceanian Champion | {{flagathlete|Lisen Hockings|AUS}} | Did not compete |
=UCI World Ranking by Nations=
Rankings as at 15 August 2017.
| {| class="wikitable"
! Rank ! Nation ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagu|Netherlands}} | 4629.5 |
| 2
| {{flagu|Italy}} | 2655 |
| 3
| {{flagu|Australia}} | 2300.25 |
| 4
| {{flagu|United States}} | 2093 |
| 5
| {{flagu|Great Britain}} | 1759.5 |
| 6
| {{flagu|Poland}} | 1714.5 |
| 7
| {{flagu|Belgium}} | 1600.5 |
| 8
| {{DEN}} | 1238 |
| 9
| {{flagu|Germany}} | 1202.5 |
| 10
| {{flagu|Canada}} | 1195.25 |
||
|
| class="wikitable"
! Rank ! Nation ! Points |
| 11
| {{FIN}} | 992 |
| 12
| {{flagu|South Africa}} | 959 |
| 13
| {{flagu|France}} | 879.5 |
| 14
| {{NOR}} | 638.5 |
| 15
| {{flagu|Spain}} | 580.75 |
| 16
| {{flagu|Sweden}} | 578.75 |
| 17
| {{CUB}} | 522 |
| 18
| {{LUX}} | 467 |
| 19
| {{flagu|Russia}} | 431 |
| 20
| {{BLR}} | 408 |
|}
=Participating nations=
153 cyclists from 47 nations were entered in the women's road race, however Cuba's sole representative Marlies Mejías did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
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- {{flagUCIRoad|ARG||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|AUS||7}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|AUT||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|AZE||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|BEL||4}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|BRA||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|CAN||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|CHI||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|COL||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|CUB||1}} (did not start)
- {{flagUCIRoad|CYP||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|CZE||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|DEN||7}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|ETH||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|FIN||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|FRA||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|GER||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|GBR||7}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|GRE||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|HKG||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|HUN||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|IRL||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|ISR||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|ITA||7}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|JPN||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|LTU||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|LUX||4}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|MRI||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|MEX||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|NED||8}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|NZL||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|NOR||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|PAR||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|POL||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|ROU||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|RUS||5}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SRB||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SIN||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SVK||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SLO||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|RSA||2}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|ESP||6}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SWE||5}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|SUI||3}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|UKR||1}}
- {{flagUCIRoad|USA||7}}
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Final classification
Of the race's 153 entrants, 77 riders completed the full distance of {{convert|152.8|km|abbr=off}}.
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| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;" |
| Rank
! Rider ! Country ! Time |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | 4h 06' 30" |
| 2
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 28" |
| 3
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | + 28" |
| 4
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 28" |
| 5
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | + 28" |
| 6
| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}} | + 28" |
| 7
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | + 28" |
| 8
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 28" |
| 9
| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}} | + 28" |
| 10
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | + 28" |
| 11
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | + 28" |
| 12
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 28" |
| 13
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 28" |
| 14
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | + 28" |
| 15
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 28" |
| 16
| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}} | + 28" |
| 17
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | + 28" |
| 18
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | + 28" |
| 19
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 28" |
| 20
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | + 28" |
| 21
| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}} | + 28" |
| 22
| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}} | + 28" |
| 23
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 28" |
| 24
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 28" |
| 25
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}} | + 28" |
| 26
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 28" |
| 27
| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}} | + 28" |
| 28
| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}} | + 28" |
| 29
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | + 28" |
| 30
| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}} | + 28" |
| 31
| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}} | + 28" |
| 32
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | + 28" |
| 33
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 28" |
| 34
| {{flagUCIRoad|MEX}} | + 28" |
| 35
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | + 28" |
| 36
| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}} | + 28" |
| 37
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | + 28" |
| 38
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | + 36" |
| 39
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | + 36" |
| 40
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | + 37" |
| 41
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 38" |
| 42
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | + 38" |
| 43
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | + 1' 19" |
| 44
| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}} | + 1' 19" |
| 45
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 1' 19" |
| 46
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | + 1' 19" |
| 47
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | + 1' 34" |
| 48
| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}} | + 1' 50" |
| 49
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | + 2' 31" |
| 50
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | + 2' 31" |
| 51
| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}} | + 2' 31" |
| 52
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | + 2' 31" |
| 53
| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}} | + 3' 53" |
| 54
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 4' 01" |
| 55
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | + 4' 01" |
| 56
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | + 4' 18" |
| 57
| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}} | + 4' 43" |
| 58
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 4' 43" |
| 59
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}} | + 4' 43" |
| 60
| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}} | + 4' 43" |
| 61
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | + 4' 43" |
| 62
| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}} | + 4' 43" |
| 63
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | + 5' 51" |
| 64
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | + 5' 51" |
| 65
| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}} | + 5' 51" |
| 66
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | + 5' 57" |
| 67
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | + 6' 36" |
| 68
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 8' 38" |
| 69
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 9' 37" |
| 70
| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}} | + 9' 37" |
| 71
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | + 9' 37" |
| 72
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | + 9' 37" |
| 73
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | + 13' 06" |
| 74
| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}} | + 14' 02" |
| 75
| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}} | + 14' 02" |
| 76
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | + 14' 52" |
| 77
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | + 14' 52" |
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| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;" |
| Rider
! Country ! Time |
|---|
| Charlotte Becker
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | {{Tooltip|DNF|Did not finish}} |
| Katie Hall
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | DNF |
| Claudia Lichtenberg
| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}} | DNF |
| Emilie Moberg
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | DNF |
| Makhabbat Umutzhanova
| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}} | DNF |
| Tayler Wiles
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | DNF |
| Julie Leth
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | DNF |
| Alba Teruel Ribes
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | DNF |
| Špela Kern
| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}} | DNF |
| Barbara Benkó
| {{flagUCIRoad|HUN}} | DNF |
| Linda Indergand
| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}} | DNF |
| Ashleigh Moolman
| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}} | DNF |
| Juliette Labous
| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}} | DNF |
| Anna Plichta
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | DNF |
| Ewelina Szybiak
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | DNF |
| Katrine Aalerud
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | DNF |
| Antri Christoforou
| {{flagUCIRoad|CYP}} | DNF |
| Alice Barnes
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | DNF |
| Melissa Lowther
| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}} | DNF |
| Jolien D'Hoore
| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}} | DNF |
| Elisa Balsamo
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | DNF |
| Elisa Longo Borghini
| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}} | DNF |
| Mónika Király
| {{flagUCIRoad|HUN}} | DNF |
| Ana Sanabria
| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}} | DNF |
| Agua Marina Espínola
| {{flagUCIRoad|PAR}} | DNF |
| Jelena Erić
| {{flagUCIRoad|SRB}} | DNF |
| Małgorzata Jasińska
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | DNF |
| Nicole Hanselmann
| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}} | DNF |
| Marta Lach
| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}} | DNF |
| Wing Yee Leung
| {{flagUCIRoad|HKG}} | DNF |
| Anna Potokina
| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}} | DNF |
| Maria Yapura Plaza
| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}} | DNF |
| Olena Pavlukhina
| {{flagUCIRoad|AZE}} | DNF |
| Varvara Fasoi
| {{flagUCIRoad|GRE}} | DNF |
| Christina Perchtold
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}} | DNF |
| Natalya Saifutdinova
| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}} | DNF |
| Elise Maes
| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}} | DNF |
| Lydia Boylan
| {{flagUCIRoad|IRL}} | DNF |
| Lourdes Oyarbide
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | DNF |
| Alicia González Blanco
| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}} | DNF |
| Yumi Kajihara
| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}} | DNF |
| Kelly Van den Steen
| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}} | DNF |
| Megan Guarnier
| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}} | DNF |
| Lotta Lepistö
| {{flagUCIRoad|FIN}} | DNF |
| Ingrid Moe
| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}} | DNF |
| Claire Faber
| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}} | DNF |
| Sara Penton
| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}} | DNF |
| Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru
| {{flagUCIRoad|ETH}} | DNF |
| Daiva Tušlaitė
| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}} | DNF |
| Christina Siggaard
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | DNF |
| Trine Schmidt
| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}} | DNF |
| Amiliya Iskakova
| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}} | DNF |
| Estefania Pilz
| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}} | DNF |
| Chantal Hoffmann
| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}} | DNF |
| Alexandra Nessmar
| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}} | DNF |
| Aurelie Halbwachs
| {{flagUCIRoad|MRI}} | DNF |
| Alžbeta Pavlendová
| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}} | DNF |
| Brenda Santoyo
| {{flagUCIRoad|MEX}} | DNF |
| Ana Maria Covrig
| {{flagUCIRoad|ROU}} | DNF |
| Rotem Gafinovitz
| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}} | DNF |
| Kathrin Schweinberger
| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}} | DNF |
| Justina Jovaišytė
| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}} | DNF |
| Serene Lee
| {{flagUCIRoad|SIN}} | DNF |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova
| {{flagUCIRoad|RUS}} | DNF |
| Aranza Villalón
| {{flagUCIRoad|CHI}} | DNF |
| Pang Yao
| {{flagUCIRoad|HKG}} | DNF |
| Chane Jonker
| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}} | DNF |
| Yang Qianyu
| {{flagUCIRoad|HKG}} | DNF |
| Nicolle Borges
| {{flagUCIRoad|BRA}} | DNF |
| Paola Muñoz
| {{flagUCIRoad|CHI}} | DNF |
| Laura Vainionpää
| {{flagUCIRoad|FIN}} | DNF |
| Jessy Druyts
| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}} | DNF |
| Hilla Yizhaq
| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}} | DNF |
| Selam Amha
| {{flagUCIRoad|ETH}} | DNF |
| Julia Karlsson
| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}} | DNF |
| Marlies Mejías
| {{flagUCIRoad|CUB}} | {{Tooltip|DNS|Did not start}} |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923003202/https://www.bergen2017.no/courses/road-race/elite-women/ Road race page at Bergen 2017 website]
{{UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race}}
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