2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
Cycling race
Cycling race
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| Dates | 29 September 2018 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 in Innsbruck, Austria | |||||||||
| Distance | 155.6 km (96.69 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 11' 04"[1] | |||||||||
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The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017.[2] 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition.[3]
Blaak surrendered the title to her teammate Anna van der Breggen, the reigning Olympic champion, after attacking on the penultimate ascent of the Aldrans–Lans–Igls climb. Having caught the erstwhile leaders a few kilometres later, van der Breggen soloed away from them not long after. Van der Breggen extended her advantage over the remaining 40 kilometres (25 miles) and continued on to her first world championship title with a winning margin of three minutes and forty-two seconds.[4] Australia's Amanda Spratt managed to remain clear from the breakaway to take Australia's second consecutive silver medal, while Italy's Tatiana Guderzo – the 2009 world champion – completed the podium,[5] attacking on the final lap from a small group; she finished almost five-and-a-half minutes in arrears of van der Breggen.[6]
Course
The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places.[7] After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting three laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length. The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls.[8] After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck and the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. At 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles), the 2018 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles) in 2017.
Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018. 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.[9] 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 (for both elite and under-23 riders) were also able to take part.[10]
Continental champions
| Champion | Name | Note |
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| Outgoing World Champion |  Chantal Blaak (NED) | Competed |
| Asian Champion |  Nguyễn Thị Thật (VIE) | |
| Pan American Champion |  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) | |
| African Champion |  Bisrat Gebremeskel (ERI) | Did not compete |
| Asian Under-23 Champion |  Liu Zixin (CHN) | |
| European Champion |  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | |
| European Under-23 Champion |  Nikola Nosková (CZE) | |
| Oceanian Champion |  Sharlotte Lucas (NZL) |
UCI World Ranking by Nations
Rankings as at 12 August 2018.
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Participating nations
149 cyclists from 48 nations were entered in the women's road race.[3] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[1]
Albania (1)
Argentina (1)
Australia (7)
Austria (3)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (2)
Canada (6)
Chile (1)
China (1)
Colombia (3)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (6)
Eritrea (1)
Ethiopia (1)
Finland (2)
France (6)
Germany (7)
Great Britain (6)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Israel (2)
Italy (7)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan (3)
Lithuania (1)
Luxembourg (2)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (3)
Norway (5)
Poland (6)
Romania (1)
Russia (5)
Serbia (1)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (4)
South Africa (2)
Spain (6)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (3)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Ukraine (3)
United States (7)
Vietnam (1)
Final classification
Of the race's 149 entrants, 81 riders completed the full distance of 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles).[1]
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References
- ^ a b c "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (23 September 2017). "Chantal Blaak nets elite women's road race world title despite crash". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Start List / Liste de départ: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "World Road Championships: Anna van der Breggen takes dominant gold in women's race". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Rogers, Owen (29 September 2018). "Van der Breggen wins World Championship road race with staggering attack in Innsbruck". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (29 September 2018). "Anna van der Breggen solos to world championship title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Rohan Dennis beats Dumoulin for world time trial title". New Jersey Herald. Keith Flynn, Quincy Media. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
The course through the Austrian Alps was rather flat for the first 30 kilometers, until a five-kilometer climb from Fritzens to Gnadenwald with an average gradient of 7.1 percent.
- ^ "2018 UCI Road World Championships - Technical guide" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. p. 57. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Qualification system for the 2018 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 August 2018. p. 6. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Deltatre. 16 August 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
External links
- Road race page at Innsbruck-Tirol 2018 website
