2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race

2014 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date		27 September 2014
Distance		127.40 km (79.16 mi)
Winning time		3h 29' 21"[1]
Medalists
	01 ! Gold	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
	02 ! Silver	Lisa Brennauer (DEU)
	03 ! Bronze	Emma Johansson (SWE)

2014 UCI Road World Championships Participating nations
Elite events
List of elite cyclists
Elite road race		men		women
Elite time trial		men		women
Elite team time trial		men		women
Under-23 events
List of under-23 cyclists
Under-23 road race		men
Under-23 time trial		men
Junior events
List of junior cyclists
Junior road race		men		women
Junior time trial		men		women
Qualification

The Women's road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 27 September 2014. The course of the race was 127.40 km (79.16 mi) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.^[2][3] Marianne Vos was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2012 and 2013.

The world title was won by France's Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in a sprint finish,^[4] becoming the first French woman since Jeannie Longo in 1995 to win the women's world title. The silver medal went to Germany's Lisa Brennauer – the world time trial champion – having narrowly been beaten by Ferrand-Prévot in a photo finish, while Emma Johansson of Sweden won the bronze medal. Vos could only finish tenth in the race – the first time since the 2005 Championships that Vos had not won a medal – after her attack on the final climb (along with Johansson, Lizzie Armitstead and Elisa Longo Borghini) was negated in the closing kilometres, which led to a regrouping of 15 riders prior to the final sprint.

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the 2014 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2014. 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. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send three riders to start.

Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were also able to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers.

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Marianne Vos (NED)
African Champion	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
European Champion (under-23)	Sabrina Stultiens (NED)
Pan American Champion	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Did not participate
Asian Champion	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)
Oceanian Champion	Jessica Allen (AUS)

Course

The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of seven laps. The circuit was 18.20 km (11.31 mi) long and included two hills. The total climbing was 306 m (1,004 ft) per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.^[5]

The first 4 km (2.5 mi) were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining 5.1 km (3.2 mi) were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after 11 km (6.8 mi) at a 16% negative gradient.

The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of 1.1 km (0.68 mi), at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of 4.5 km (2.8 mi) was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.

Schedule

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).^[6]

Participating nations

134 cyclists from 39 nations took part in the women's road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.^[7]

Prize money

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers, with a total prize money of €16,101.^[8]

Results

Final classification

Of the race's 134 entrants, 59 riders completed the full distance of 127.4 km (79.2 mi).^[1][9]

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	France	3h 29' 21"
2	Lisa Brennauer	Germany	s.t.
3	Emma Johansson	Sweden	s.t.
4	Giorgia Bronzini	Italy	s.t.
5	Tiffany Cromwell	Australia	s.t.
6	Shelley Olds	United States	s.t.
7	Lizzie Armitstead	Great Britain	s.t.
8	Linda Villumsen	New Zealand	s.t.
9	Hanna Solovey	Ukraine	s.t.
10	Marianne Vos	Netherlands	s.t.
11	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	Poland	s.t.
12	Evelyn Stevens	United States	+ 3"
13	Rossella Ratto	Italy	+ 3"
14	Elisa Longo Borghini	Italy	+ 3"
15	Claudia Lichtenberg	Germany	+ 6"
16	Audrey Cordon	France	+ 41"
17	Chantal Blaak	Netherlands	+ 41"
18	Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska	Poland	+ 41"
19	Małgorzata Jasińska	Poland	+ 41"
20	Ashleigh Moolman	South Africa	+ 41"
21	Elena Kuchinskaya	Russia	+ 41"
22	Eri Yonamine	Japan	+ 41"
23	Doris Schweizer	Switzerland	+ 41"
24	Rachel Neylan	Australia	+ 41"
25	Flávia Oliveira	Brazil	+ 41"
26	Anna Sanchis	Spain	+ 41"
27	Sofie De Vuyst	Belgium	+ 47"
28	Tatyana Riabchenko	Ukraine	+ 47"
29	Ellen van Dijk	Netherlands	+ 47"
30	Ane Santesteban	Spain	+ 47"
31	Christine Majerus	Luxembourg	+ 47"
32	Trixi Worrack	Germany	+ 47"
33	Lucinda Brand	Netherlands	+ 47"
34	Kelly Druyts	Belgium	+ 1' 10"
35	Sérika Guluma	Colombia	+ 1' 10"
36	Jessenia Meneses	Colombia	+ 1' 24"
37	Tatiana Guderzo	Italy	+ 2' 41"
38	Annie Last	Great Britain	+ 3' 06"
39	Julie Leth	Denmark	+ 3' 06"
40	Maaike Polspoel	Belgium	+ 3' 06"
41	Lauren Hall	United States	+ 5' 30"
42	Emilie Moberg	Norway	+ 5' 46"
43	Élise Delzenne	France	+ 5' 46"
44	Amélie Rivat	France	+ 5' 46"
45	Polona Batagelj	Slovenia	+ 5' 46"
46	Špela Kern	Slovenia	+ 5' 46"
47	Megan Guarnier	United States	+ 5' 46"
48	Katrin Garfoot	Australia	+ 5' 46"
49	Sara Mustonen	Sweden	+ 5' 51"
50	Alexandra Burchenkova	Russia	+ 5' 51"
51	Anastasia Chulkova	Russia	+ 5' 51"
52	Mayuko Hagiwara	Japan	+ 5' 51"
53	Charlotte Becker	Germany	+ 5' 51"
54	Sari Saarelainen	Finland	+ 8' 38"
55	Elena Cecchini	Italy	+ 8' 45"
56	Sabrina Stultiens	Netherlands	+ 11' 06"
57	Carlee Taylor	Australia	+ 11' 44"
58	Verónica Leal	Mexico	+ 11' 44"
59	Paz Bash	Israel	+ 12' 28"

Riders who failed to finish

75 riders failed to finish the race.^[1][9]

Rider Country Uênia Fernandes de Souza  Brazil An-Li Kachelhoffer  South Africa Anna Christian  Great Britain Stephanie Pohl  Germany Hannah Barnes  Great Britain Susanna Zorzi  Italy Alison Powers  United States Amy Pieters  Netherlands Iris Slappendel  Netherlands Sara Olsson  Sweden Valentina Scandolara  Italy Daiva Tušlaitė  Lithuania Lija Laizāne  Latvia Kataržina Sosna  Lithuania Jacqueline Hahn  Austria Ewelina Szybiak  Poland Désirée Ehrler   Switzerland Tatiana Antoshina  Russia Emilia Fahlin  Sweden Tayler Wiles  United States Lotta Lepistö  Finland Joanne Kiesanowski  New Zealand Eline Gleditsch Brustad  Norway Aude Biannic  France Romy Kasper  Germany Loren Rowney  Australia Ksenyia Tuhai  Belarus Émilie Aubry   Switzerland Lex Albrecht  Canada Nicole Hanselmann   Switzerland Martina Ritter  Austria Linda Indergand   Switzerland Linnea Sjöblom  Sweden Reta Trotman  New Zealand Dana Rožlapa  Latvia Kathryn Bertine  Saint Kitts and Nevis Liisa Ehrberg  Estonia Daniela Reis  Portugal

Rider Country Mia Radotić  Croatia Varvara Fasoi  Greece Alice Barnes  Great Britain Lucy Garner  Great Britain Corinna Lechner  Germany Eugénie Duval  France Lavinia Rolea  Romania Alena Amialiusik  Belarus Eugenia Bujak  Poland Roxane Knetemann  Netherlands Heidi Dalton  South Africa Antonela Ferenčić  Croatia Milda Jankauskaitė  Lithuania Ana Teresa Casas  Mexico Veronika Kormos  Hungary Liisi Rist  Estonia Diána Szurominé Pulsfort  Hungary Shani Bloch  Israel Urša Pintar  Slovenia Alexandra Nessmar  Sweden Annelies Van Doorslaer  Belgium Miriam Bjørnsrud  Norway Jessie Daams  Belgium Oxana Kozonchuk  Russia Anna Plichta  Poland Joëlle Numainville  Canada Lizzie Williams  Australia Ann-Sophie Duyck  Belgium Leah Kirchmann  Canada Thalita de Jong  Netherlands Mara Abbott  United States Karol-Ann Canuel  Canada Anastasiia Iakovenko  Russia Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic Sheyla Gutiérrez  Spain Emily Collins  New Zealand Clemilda Fernandes  Brazil

References

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