UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
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{{Infobox cycling race
| name = Women's road race
| current_event =
| image = Image:Jersey rainbow.svg
| image_caption = Rainbow jersey
| date = End of season
| discipline = One-day road race
| competition =
| type =
| organiser = UCI
| number =66 (as of 2024)
| final =
| mostwins = {{flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} (5 wins)
| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}
|first=1958}}
The UCI Road World Championships Elite Women's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion (or World Road Cycling Champion) and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. The road race is contested by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.
History
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958. Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992.
Until about 1990, the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). From 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano, Switzerland). Since 2010, the course has varied in length between {{Convert|130|km|mi}} and {{Convert|160|km|mi}}.
The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing specialist or all-round type of cyclist. It usually involves laps of a circuit, albeit with fewer laps than the Elite Men's race.
From 2022 to 2024, competitors in this race under the age of 23 at the end of the previous year were also competing for honours in their own classification.
Historically, European nations have dominated this event.
Results
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year }} |
| + Women road race medallists{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/17/26/44/Palmar%C3%A8sChMroute-WE-IRR_Neutral.pdf|publisher=UCI|access-date=21 September 2015|title=UCI Road World Championships, Women Elite – Road race}} |
| 1958
| {{Flagathlete|Elsy Jacobs|LUX}} || {{Flagathlete|Tamara Novikova|URS}} | {{Flagathlete|Mariya Loukchina|URS}} |
|---|
| 1959
| {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Aino Puronen|URS}} | {{Flagathlete|Vera Gorbatcheva|URS}} |
| 1960
| {{Flagathlete|Beryl Burton|GBR}} || {{Flagathlete|Rosa Sels|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Elisabeth Kleinhaus|GDR}} |
| 1961
| {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Beryl Burton|GBR}} | {{Flagathlete|Elsy Jacobs|LUX}} |
| 1962
| {{Flagathlete|Marie-Rose Gaillard|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Marie-Therese Naessens|BEL}} |
| 1963
| {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Rosa Sels|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Aino Puronen|URS}} |
| 1964
| {{Flagathlete|Emīlija Sonka|URS}} || {{Flagathlete|Galina Yudina|URS}} || {{Flagathlete|Rosa Sels|BEL}} |
| 1965
| {{Flagathlete|Elisabeth Eicholz|GDR}} || {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Aino Puronen|URS}} |
| 1966
| {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Aino Puronen|URS}} |
| 1967
| {{Flagathlete|Beryl Burton|GBR}} || {{Flagathlete|Lyubov Zadorojnala|URS}} | {{Flagathlete|Anna Konkina|URS}} |
| 1968
| {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Baiba Caune|URS}} || {{Flagathlete|Morena Tartagni|ITA}} |
| 1969
| {{Flagathlete|Audrey McElmury|USA}} || {{Flagathlete|Bernadette Swinnerton|GBR}} | {{Flagathlete|Nina Trofimova|URS}} |
| 1970
| {{Flagathlete|Anna Konkina|URS}} || {{Flagathlete|Morena Tartagni|ITA}} | {{Flagathlete|Raisa Obodovskaia|URS}} |
| 1971
| {{Flagathlete|Anna Konkina|URS}} || {{Flagathlete|Morena Tartagni|ITA}} | {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
| 1972
| {{Flagathlete|Geneviève Gambillon|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Lyubov Zadorojnala|URS}} | {{Flagathlete|Anna Konkina|URS}} |
| 1973
| {{Flagathlete|Nicole Vandenbroeck|BEL}} || {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Valentina Rebrovskala|URS}} |
| 1974
| {{Flagathlete|Geneviève Gambillon|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Baiba Caune|URS}} | {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
| 1975
| {{Flagathlete|Tineke Fopma|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Geneviève Gambillon|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
| 1976
| {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Laura Bissoli|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} |
| 1977
| {{Flagathlete|Josiane Bost|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Connie Carpenter|USA}} | {{Flagathlete|Minnie Brinkhof|NED}} |
| 1978
| {{Flagathlete|Beate Habetz|FRG}} || {{Flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Eva Lorenzo|ITA}} |
| 1979
| {{Flagathlete|Petra de Bruijn|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Jen De Smet|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Beate Habetz|FRG}} |
| 1980
| {{Flagathlete|Beth Heiden|USA}} || {{Flagathlete|Tullikke Jahre|SWE}} | {{Flagathlete|Mandy Jones|GBR}} |
| 1981
| {{Flagathlete|Ute Enzenauer|FRG}} || {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Connie Carpenter|USA}} |
| 1982
| {{Flagathlete|Mandy Jones|GBR}} || {{Flagathlete|Maria Canins|ITA}} | {{Flagathlete|Gerda Sierens|BEL}} |
| 1983
| {{Flagathlete|Marianne Berglund|SWE}} || {{Flagathlete|Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | {{Flagathlete|Maria Canins|ITA}} |
| 1984
|No race || || |
| 1985
| {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Maria Canins|ITA}} | {{Flagathlete|Sandra Schumacher|FRG}} |
| 1986
| {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Janelle Parks|USA}} | {{Flagathlete|Alla Jakovleva|URS}} |
| 1987
| {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Heleen Hage|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Connie Meyer|NED}} |
| 1988
|No race || || |
| 1989
| {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Catherine Marsal|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Maria Canins|ITA}} |
| 1990
| {{Flagathlete|Catherine Marsal|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Ruthie Matthes|USA}} | {{Flagathlete|Luisa Seghezzi|ITA}} |
| 1991
| {{Flagathlete|Leontien van Moorsel|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Inga Thompson|USA}} | {{Flagathlete|Alison Sydor|CAN}} |
| 1992
|No race || || |
| 1993
| {{Flagathlete|Leontien van Moorsel|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Laura Charameda|USA}} |
| 1994
| {{Flagathlete|Monica Valvik|NOR}} || {{Flagathlete|Patsy Maegerman|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Jeanne Golay|USA}} |
| 1995
| {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} || {{Flagathlete|Catherine Marsal|FRA}} | {{Flagathlete|Edita Pučinskaitė|LTU|1988}} |
| 1996
| {{Flagathlete|Barbara Heeb|SUI}} || {{Flagathlete|Rasa Polikevičiūtė|LTU|1988}} | {{Flagathlete|Linda Jackson|CAN}} |
| 1997
| {{Flagathlete|Alessandra Cappellotto|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Elizabeth Tadich|AUS}} | {{Flagathlete|Catherine Marsal|FRA}} |
| 1998
| {{Flagathlete|Diana Žiliūtė|LTU|1988}} || {{Flagathlete|Leontien van Moorsel|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Hanka Kupfernagel|GER}} |
| 1999
| {{Flagathlete|Edita Pučinskaitė|LTU|1988}} || {{Flagathlete|Anna Wilson|AUS}} | {{Flagathlete|Diana Žiliūtė|LTU|1988}} |
| 2000
| {{Flagathlete|Zinaida Stahurskaia|BLR|1995}} || {{Flagathlete|Chantal Beltman|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Madeleine Lindberg|SWE}} |
| 2001
| {{Flagathlete|Rasa Polikevičiūtė|LTU|1988}} || {{Flagathlete|Edita Pučinskaitė|LTU|1988}} | {{Flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} |
| 2002
| {{Flagathlete|Susanne Ljungskog|SWE}} || {{Flagathlete|Nicole Brändli|SUI}} | {{Flagathlete|Joane Somarriba|ESP}} |
| 2003
| {{Flagathlete|Susanne Ljungskog|SWE}} || {{Flagathlete|Mirjam Melchers|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Nicole Cooke|GBR}} |
| 2004
| {{Flagathlete|Judith Arndt|GER}} || {{Flagathlete|Tatiana Guderzo|ITA|2003}} | {{Flagathlete|Anita Valen|NOR}} |
| 2005
| {{Flagathlete|Regina Schleicher|GER}} || {{Flagathlete|Nicole Cooke|GBR}} | {{Flagathlete|Oenone Wood|AUS}} |
| 2006
| {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Trixi Worrack|GER}} | {{Flagathlete|Nicole Cooke|GBR}} |
| 2007
| {{Flagathlete|Marta Bastianelli|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Giorgia Bronzini|ITA}} |
| 2008
| {{Flagathlete|Nicole Cooke|GBR}} || {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Judith Arndt|GER}} |
| 2009
| {{Flagathlete|Tatiana Guderzo|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Noemi Cantele|ITA}} |
| 2010
| {{Flagathlete|Giorgia Bronzini|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Emma Johansson|SWE}} |
| 2011
| {{Flagathlete|Giorgia Bronzini|ITA}} || {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Ina-Yoko Teutenberg|GER}} |
| 2012
| {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} || {{Flagathlete|Rachel Neylan|AUS}} | {{Flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}} |
| 2013
| {{Flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}}|| {{Flagathlete|Emma Johansson|SWE}} | {{Flagathlete|Rossella Ratto|ITA}} |
| 2014
| {{flagathlete|Pauline Ferrand-Prévot|FRA}} | {{flagathlete|Lisa Brennauer|GER}} | {{flagathlete|Emma Johansson|SWE}} |
| 2015
| {{flagathlete|Lizzie Armitstead|GBR}} | {{flagathlete|Anna van der Breggen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Megan Guarnier|USA}} |
| 2016
| {{flagathlete|Amalie Dideriksen|DEN}} | {{flagathlete|Kirsten Wild|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lotta Lepistö|FIN}} |
| 2017
| {{flagathlete|Chantal Blaak|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Katrin Garfoot|AUS}} | {{flagathlete|Amalie Dideriksen|DEN}} |
| 2018
| {{flagathlete|Anna van der Breggen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Amanda Spratt|AUS}} | {{flagathlete|Tatiana Guderzo|ITA}} |
| 2019
| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Anna van der Breggen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Amanda Spratt|AUS}} |
| 2020
| {{flagathlete|Anna van der Breggen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}} |
| 2021
| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Katarzyna Niewiadoma|POL}} |
| 2022
| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}} | {{Flagathlete|Silvia Persico|ITA}} |
| 2023
| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}} | {{Flagathlete|Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig|DEN}} |
| 2024
| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Chloe Dygert|USA}} | {{flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}} |
=Most successful riders=
Updated after the 2024 UCI Road World Championships
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Name and country !Gold !Silver !Bronze !Total !Winning years | ||||||
| 1 | {{flagathlete|Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995 |
| 2 | {{flagathlete|Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 |
| 3 | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2006, 2012, 2013 |
| 4 | {{flagathlete|Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1968, 1976 |
| 5 | {{flagathlete|Anna van der Breggen|NED}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2018, 2020 |
| rowspan=5|6 | {{flagathlete|Beryl Burton|GBR}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1960, 1967 |
| {{flagathlete|Geneviève Gambillon|FRA}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1972, 1974 | |
| {{flagathlete|Leontien van Moorsel|NED}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1991, 1993 | |
| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2019, 2022 | |
| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2023, 2024 | |
| 11 | {{flagathlete|Anna Konkina|URS}} | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1970, 1971 |
| rowspan=2|12 | {{flagathlete|Giorgia Bronzini|ITA}} | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2010, 2011 |
=Medalists per nation=
Updated after the 2024 UCI Road World Championships
{{Medals table
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| host =
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| event =
| team =
| gold_NED = 14 | silver_NED = 18 | bronze_NED = 5
| gold_FRA = 10 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 2
| gold_BEL = 8 | silver_BEL = 7 | bronze_BEL = 4
| gold_ITA = 6 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 13
| gold_GBR = 5 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 3
| gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 5
| gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 7 | bronze_URS = 11
| gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 3
| gold_LTU = 3 | silver_LTU = 2 | bronze_LTU = 2
| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 4
| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 2
| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 1
| gold_LUX = 1 | silver_LUX = 0 | bronze_LUX = 1
| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 5 | bronze_AUS = 2
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 2
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
}}
References
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{{UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race}}
{{UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race}}
{{UCI Road World Championships events}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uci Road World Championships - Women's road race}}