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2021 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

{{short description|Cycling race}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Women's road race

| image = 2021 WK Vlaanderen women elite podium 4.jpg

| image_caption = Podium of the women's road race

| image_size = 150px

| series = 2021 UCI Road World Championships

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 25 September 2021

| stages = 1 in Leuven, Belgium

| distance = 157.7

| unit = km

| time = 3h 52' 27"

| speed =

| type = medals

| first = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| second = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}}

| third = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Katarzyna Niewiadoma|POL}}

| previous = Imola 2020

| next = Wollongong 2022

}}

{{2021 UCI Road World Championships}}

The Women's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://www.flanders2021.com/en/races/women-elite-road-race |title=Women Elite Road Race |work=Flanders 2021 |access-date=23 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship-we/2021/startlist/preview |title=88th World Championships WE – Road Race: Preview |work=Pro Cycling Stats |access-date=23 September 2021}} Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands was the defending champion.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2020/elite-women-road-race/results/|title=Anna van der Breggen wins elite women's world title at Imola World Championships|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=26 September 2020|access-date=26 September 2020}}

The race was won by Italian Elisa Balsamo in a bunch sprint ahead of three time world champion Marianne Vos from the Netherlands, and Katarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58690608 |title=Road Cycling World Championships: Italy's Elisa Balsamo wins gold in elite women's race |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=25 September 2021}}

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 17 August 2021.{{cite web |title=Qualification System for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships. |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/4MGnojHlPJ8wDMpcXPADu8/4f43fc4ab4309124058ed2d9beca13f1/rwc-2021-qualification-system-eng.pdf |website=Union Cycliste International |publisher=Union Cycliste International |access-date=27 September 2021}}

=UCI World Rankings=

The following nations qualified.{{cite web |title=2021 Flanders Quota Allocation |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/7KOJG8QgRXAMqBFETnLsRT/514861a60405856927e56e6fc2ee7935/quotas-rwc---flanders-2021.pdf |website=Union Cycliste Internationale |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=27 September 2021}}

class="wikitable"

!rowspan=2| Criterium

!rowspan=2| Rank

!colspan=2| Number of riders

!rowspan=2| Nations

To enter

! To start

rowspan=3| UCI World Ranking by Nations

| 1-5

|

| 7

| {{hlist|{{flagu|Netherlands}}|{{flagu|Italy}}|{{DEN}}|{{flagu|Germany}}|{{flagu|Australia}}}}

6-14

|

| 6

| {{hlist|{{flagu|Belgium}}|{{flagu|United States}}|{{flagu|Great Britain}}|{{flagu|South Africa}}|{{flagu|Poland}}}}{{hlist|{{flagu|Switzerland}}|{{flagu|France}}|{{flagu|Spain}}|{{NOR}}| Russian Cycling Federation}}

15-19

|

| 5

| {{hlist|{{flagu|New Zealand}}|{{AUT}}|{{flagu|Sweden}}|{{SLO}}|{{COL}}}}

UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified)

| 1–200

| 2

| 1

| {{N/A}}

=Continental champions=

class="wikitable"

!| Name

!| Country

!| Reason

Anna Kiesenhofer

| {{AUT}}

| Olympic Champion

Anna van der Breggen

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

| Outgoing World Champion

Carla Oberholzer

| {{flagu|South Africa}}

| African Champion

Lina Hernández

| {{COL}}

| Pan American Champion

Final classification

Of the race's 162 entrants, 117 riders completed the full distance of {{convert|157.7|km|adj=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130216020201FFFFFFFFFFFFFF05|title=Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race|work=Tissot Timing|publisher=Tissot|date=25 September 2021|access-date=25 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship-we/2021/result |title=88th World Championships WE – Road Race |work=Pro Cycling Stats |access-date=25 September 2021}}

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class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

1

| Elisa Balsamo

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| 3h 52' 27"

2

| Marianne Vos

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 0"

3

| Katarzyna Niewiadoma

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 1"

4

| Kata Blanka Vas

| {{flagUCIRoad|HUN}}

| + 1"

5

| Arlenis Sierra

| {{flagUCIRoad|CUB}}

| + 1"

6

| Alison Jackson

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 1"

7

| Demi Vollering

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 1"

8

| Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 1"

9

| Lisa Brennauer

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 1"

10

| Coryn Rivera

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 1"

11

| Ashleigh Moolman

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| + 1"

12

| Alena Amialiusik

| {{flagUCIRoad|BLR}}

| + 1"

13

| Elise Chabbey

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 1"

14

| Elizabeth Deignan

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 1"

15

| Sina Frei

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 1"

16

| Lotte Kopecky

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 1"

17

| Elisa Longo Borghini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 1"

18

| Ellen van Dijk

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 8"

19

| Annemiek van Vleuten

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 8"

20

| Marta Cavalli

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 15"

21

| Ruth Winder

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 17"

22

| Marta Bastianelli

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 17"

23

| Maria Giulia Confalonieri

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 29"

24

| Rachel Neylan

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 45"

25

| Anna Henderson

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 49"

26

| Ella Harris

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| + 49"

27

| Audrey Cordon-Ragot

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 49"

28

| Špela Kern

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 50"

29

| Mavi García

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 50"

30

| Amy Pieters

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 50"

31

| Karol-Ann Canuel

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 50"

32

| Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 50"

33

| Christine Majerus

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 50"

34

| Jolien D'Hoore

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 1'21"

35

| Pfeiffer Georgi

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 1'21"

36

| Lucinda Brand

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 3'01"

37

| Franziska Koch

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 3'29"

38

| Sarah Roy

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 3'31"

39

| Ane Santesteban

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 3'31"

40

| Anna Shackley

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 3'31"

41

| Tiffany Cromwell

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 3'31"

42

| Paula Patiño

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 3'31"

43

| Hanna Nilsson

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 3'31"

44

| Omer Shapira

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}}

| + 3'31"

45

| Aude Biannic

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 3'34"

46

| Juliette Labous

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 3'34"

47

| Anne Dorthe Ysland

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 6'23"

48

| Jesse Vandenbulcke

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 7'31"

49

| Eugénie Duval

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 7'31"

50

| Évita Muzic

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 7'31"

51

| Karolina Kumiega

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 7'31"

52

| Kristen Faulkner

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 8'22"

53

| Marta Lach

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 8'50"

54

| Rasa Leleivytė

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| + 8'50"

55

| Eider Merino

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 8'55"

56

| Leah Thomas

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 9'13"

57

| Hanna Solovey

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| + 9'13"

58

| Eugenia Bujak

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 9'13"

59

| Shari Bossuyt

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 9'13"

60

| Jarmila Machačová

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 9'13"

61

| Hayley Preen

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| + 9'13"

62

| Noemi Rüegg

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 9'13"

63

| Leah Kirchmann

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 9'13"

64

| Michaela Drummond

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| + 9'13"

65

| Amalie Dideriksen

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 9'13"

66

| Lisa Klein

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 9'13"

67

| Sarah Rijkes

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 9'13"

68

| Marta Jaskulska

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 9'13"

69

| Sara Martín

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 9'13"

70

| Anastasiya Kolesava

| {{flagUCIRoad|BLR}}

| + 9'13"

71

| Tayler Wiles

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 9'13"

72

| Aurela Nerlo

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 9'13"

73

| Nathalie Eklund

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 9'13"

74

| Kathrin Hammes

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 9'13"

75

| Susanne Andersen

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 9'13"

76

| Valerie Demey

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 9'13"

77

| Lourdes Oyarbide

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 9'13"

78

| Ingvild Gåskjenn

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 9'13"

79

| Julie Leth

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 9'13"

80

| Stine Borgli

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 9'13"

81

| Sheyla Gutiérrez

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 9'13"

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class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

82

| Emma Jørgensen

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 9'13"

83

| Katrine Aalerud

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 9'13"

84

| Alice Barnes

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 9'13"

85

| Eri Yonamine

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| + 9'13"

86

| Rotem Gafinovitz

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}}

| + 9'13"

87

| Romy Kasper

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 9'25"

88

| Lea Lin Teutenberg

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 9'25"

89

| Anna van der Breggen

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 9'30"

90

| Marlen Reusser

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 9'30"

91

| Niamh Fisher-Black

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| + 9'30"

92

| Lauretta Hanson

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 9'30"

93

| Amanda Spratt

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 9'30"

94

| Vittoria Guazzini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 9'30"

95

| Elena Cecchini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 9'30"

96

| Marita Jensen

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 13'21"

97

| Karolina Karasiewicz

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 13'21"

98

| Diana Peñuela

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 13'21"

99

| Lizbeth Salazar

| {{flagUCIRoad|MEX}}

| + 13'21"

100

| Phetdarin Somrat

| {{flagUCIRoad|THA}}

| + 13'21"

101

| Julia Borgström

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| + 13'21"

102

| Trine Holmsgaard

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 13'21"

103

| Daniela Campos

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 13'21"

104

| Christina Schweinberger

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 13'21"

105

| Caroline Baur

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 13'21"

106

| Lauren Stephens

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 13'21"

107

| Valeriya Kononenko

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| + 13'21"

108

| Dana Rožlapa

| {{flagUCIRoad|LAT}}

| + 13'21"

109

| Roxane Fournier

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 13'21"

110

| Jelena Erić

| {{flagUCIRoad|SRB}}

| + 13'21"

111

| Jessica Allen

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 13'21"

112

| Frances Janse van Rensburg

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| + 18'47

113

| Yuliia Biriukova

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| + 18'47

114

| Yanina Kuskova

| {{flagUCIRoad|UZB}}

| + 18'47

115

| Inga Češulienė

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| + 18'47

116

| Nina Berton

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 22'01"

117

| Yeny Lorena Colmenares

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 22'01"

| Joss Lowden

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Henrietta Christie

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| DNF

| Chloe Hosking

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Kim de Baat

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| DNF

| Kathrin Schweinberger

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| DNF

| Verena Eberhardt

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| DNF

| Teniel Campbell

| {{flagUCIRoad|TTO}}

| DNF

| Fernanda Yapura

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Urška Žigart

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Maria Martins

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| DNF

| Lina Hernández

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| DNF

| Erika Botero

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| DNF

| Nicole Koller

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| DNF

| Kerry Jonker

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Sara Penton

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| DNF

| Paola Muñoz

| {{flagUCIRoad|CHI}}

| DNF

| Tiffany Keep

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Aidi Gerde Tuisk

| {{flagUCIRoad|EST}}

| DNF

| Valentine Nzayisenga

| {{flagUCIRoad|RWA}}

| DNF

| Tereza Medveďová

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Chaniporn Batriya

| {{flagUCIRoad|THA}}

| DNF

| Bríet Kristý Gunnarsdóttir

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISL}}

| DNF

| Desiet Kidane

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Urška Bravec

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Caroline Andersson

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| DNF

| Agua Marina Espínola

| {{flagUCIRoad|PAR}}

| DNF

| Tamara Dronova

| Russian Cycling Federation

| DNF

| Shaknoza Abdullaeva

| {{flagUCIRoad|UZB}}

| DNF

| Liane Lippert

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| DNF

| Emilie Moberg

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| DNF

| Megan Armitage

| {{flagUCIRoad|IRL}}

| DNF

| Rebecca Koerner

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| DNF

| Thayná Araújo de Lima

| {{flagUCIRoad|BRA}}

| DNF

| Agusta Edda Bjornsdóttir

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISL}}

| DNF

| Courteney Webb

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Luciana Roland

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| DNF

| Bisrat Gebremeskel

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Diane Ingabire

| {{flagUCIRoad|RWA}}

| DNF

| Kamonrada Khaoplot

| {{flagUCIRoad|THA}}

| DNF

| Elín Björg Björnsdóttir

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISL}}

| DNF

| Ayan Khankishiyeva

| {{flagUCIRoad|AZE}}

| DNF

| Anna Kulikova

| {{flagUCIRoad|UZB}}

| DNF

| Lina Svarinska

| {{flagUCIRoad|LAT}}

| DNF

| Stephanie Subercaseaux

| {{flagUCIRoad|CHI}}

| DNF

| Adyam Tesfalem

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race}}

{{UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021 UCI Road World Championships - Women's road race}}

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