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UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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Women's road race
Race details
DateEnd of season
DisciplineOne-day road race
OrganiserUCI
History
Most wins Jeannie Longo (FRA) (5 wins)
Most recent Lotte Kopecky (BEL)

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

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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 130 kilometres (81 mi) and 160 kilometres (99 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

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Women road race medallists[1]
1958  Elsy Jacobs (LUX)  Tamara Novikova (URS)  Mariya Loukchina (URS)
1959  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Aino Puronen (URS)  Vera Gorbatcheva (URS)
1960  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Rosa Sels (BEL)  Elisabeth Kleinhaus (GDR)
1961  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Elsy Jacobs (LUX)
1962  Marie-Rose Gaillard (BEL)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Marie-Therese Naessens (BEL)
1963  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Rosa Sels (BEL)  Aino Puronen (URS)
1964  Emīlija Sonka (URS)  Galina Yudina (URS)  Rosa Sels (BEL)
1965  Elisabeth Eicholz (GDR)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Aino Puronen (URS)
1966  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Aino Puronen (URS)
1967  Beryl Burton (GBR)  Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS)  Anna Konkina (URS)
1968  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Baiba Caune (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)
1969  Audrey McElmury (USA)  Bernadette Swinnerton (GBR)  Nina Trofimova (URS)
1970  Anna Konkina (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)  Raisa Obodovskaia (URS)
1971  Anna Konkina (URS)  Morena Tartagni (ITA)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1972  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS)  Anna Konkina (URS)
1973  Nicole Vandenbroeck (BEL)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Valentina Rebrovskala (URS)
1974  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Baiba Caune (URS)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1975  Tineke Fopma (NED)  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)
1976  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Laura Bissoli (ITA)  Yvonne Reynders (BEL)
1977  Josiane Bost (FRA)  Connie Carpenter (USA)  Minnie Brinkhof (NED)
1978  Beate Habetz (FRG)  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED)  Eva Lorenzo (ITA)
1979  Petra de Bruijn (NED)  Jen De Smet (BEL)  Beate Habetz (FRG)
1980  Beth Heiden (USA)  Tullikke Jahre (SWE)  Mandy Jones (GBR)
1981  Ute Enzenauer (FRG)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Connie Carpenter (USA)
1982  Mandy Jones (GBR)  Maria Canins (ITA)  Gerda Sierens (BEL)
1983  Marianne Berglund (SWE)  Rebecca Twigg (USA)  Maria Canins (ITA)
1984 No race
1985  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Maria Canins (ITA)  Sandra Schumacher (FRG)
1986  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Janelle Parks (USA)  Alla Jakovleva (URS)
1987  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Heleen Hage (NED)  Connie Meyer (NED)
1988 No race
1989  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Maria Canins (ITA)
1990  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Ruthie Matthes (USA)  Luisa Seghezzi (ITA)
1991  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Inga Thompson (USA)  Alison Sydor (CAN)
1992 No race
1993  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Laura Charameda (USA)
1994  Monica Valvik (NOR)  Patsy Maegerman (BEL)  Jeanne Golay (USA)
1995  Jeannie Longo (FRA)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
1996  Barbara Heeb (SUI)  Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU)  Linda Jackson (CAN)
1997  Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA)  Elizabeth Tadich (AUS)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)
1998  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)  Leontien van Moorsel (NED)  Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
1999  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)  Anna Wilson (AUS)  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
2000  Zinaida Stahurskaia (BLR)  Chantal Beltman (NED)  Madeleine Lindberg (SWE)
2001  Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)  Jeannie Longo (FRA)
2002  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)  Nicole Brändli (SUI)  Joane Somarriba (ESP)
2003  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)  Mirjam Melchers (NED)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
2004  Judith Arndt (GER)  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)  Anita Valen (NOR)
2005  Regina Schleicher (GER)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Oenone Wood (AUS)
2006  Marianne Vos (NED)  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
2007  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
2008  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Judith Arndt (GER)
2009  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Noemi Cantele (ITA)
2010  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)
2011  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER)
2012  Marianne Vos (NED)  Rachel Neylan (AUS)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2013  Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Rossella Ratto (ITA)
2014  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Emma Johansson (SWE)
2015  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Megan Guarnier (USA)
2016  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)  Kirsten Wild (NED)  Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
2017  Chantal Blaak (NED)  Katrin Garfoot (AUS)  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)
2018  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)
2019  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)
2020  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2021  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
2022  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Silvia Persico (ITA)
2023  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
2024  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Chloe Dygert (USA)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

Most successful riders

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Updated after the 2024 UCI Road World Championships

Rank Name and country Gold Silver Bronze Total Winning years
1  Jeannie Longo (FRA) 5 2 1 8 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995
2  Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 4 2 1 7 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966
3  Marianne Vos (NED) 3 6 0 9 2006, 2012, 2013
4  Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED) 2 3 3 8 1968, 1976
5  Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2 2 0 4 2018, 2020
6  Beryl Burton (GBR) 2 1 0 3 1960, 1967
 Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) 2 1 0 3 1972, 1974
 Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 2 1 0 3 1991, 1993
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2 1 0 3 2019, 2022
 Lotte Kopecky (BEL) 2 1 0 3 2023, 2024
11  Anna Konkina (URS) 2 0 2 4 1970, 1971
12  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2 0 1 3 2010, 2011

Medalists per nation

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Updated after the 2024 UCI Road World Championships

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)1418537
2 France (FRA)105217
3 Belgium (BEL)87419
4 Italy (ITA)661325
5 Great Britain (GBR)53311
6 Germany (GER)42511
7 Soviet Union (URS)371121
8 Sweden (SWE)3238
9 Lithuania (LTU)3227
10 United States (USA)26412
11 Switzerland (SUI)1102
12 Denmark (DEN)1023
13 East Germany (GDR)1012
 Luxembourg (LUX)1012
 Norway (NOR)1012
16 Belarus (BLR)1001
17 Australia (AUS)0527
18 Canada (CAN)0022
19 Finland (FIN)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (21 entries)646464192

References

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  1. ^ "UCI Road World Championships, Women Elite – Road race" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 21 September 2015.