2015 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race


The Women's road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Richmond, Virginia, United States on September 26, 2015. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Richmond. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2014.
In a sprint finish of a select group of nine riders, Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead added the rainbow jersey to her UCI Women's Road World Cup overall victory, out-sprinting Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen by just over a wheel's length. The podium was completed by home rider Megan Guarnier, the first American to podium in the event since 1994.

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the 2015 UCI Nation Ranking as of August 15, 2015. 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.
ChampionNameNote
Outgoing World Champion
African Champion
European Champion
Pan American ChampionDid not participate
Asian ChampionDid not participate
Oceanian Champion

Course

The women rode eight laps on the road race circuit. The length of the circuit was and had a total elevation of. All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit. The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America". Cyclists took a 180-degree turn at the Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and Virginia Commonwealth University. Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail. A sharp, off-camber turn at Rockets Landing brought the riders to the narrow, twisty, cobbled climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, to the finish.

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time.
DateTimeEvent
September 26, 201513:00–16:25Women's road race

Participating nations

135 cyclists from 46 nations took part in the women's road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
Of the race's 135 entrants, 88 riders completed the full distance of.
RankRiderCountryTime
1Lizzie Armitstead
2Anna van der Breggen
3Megan Guarniers.t.
4Elisa Longo Borghinis.t.
5Emma Johanssons.t.
6Pauline Ferrand-Prévots.t.
7Katarzyna Niewiadomas.t.
8Alena Amialiusiks.t.
9Jolanda Neffs.t.
10Ellen van Dijk+ 9"
11Joëlle Numainville+ 9"
12Trixi Worrack+ 9"
13Karol-Ann Canuel+ 9"
14Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio+ 9"
15Christine Majerus+ 9"
16Lucinda Brand+ 9"
17Tiffany Cromwell+ 9"
18Elena Cecchini+ 17"
19Rachel Neylan+ 17"
20Lizzie Williams+ 17"
21Małgorzata Jasińska+ 17"
22Linda Villumsen+ 17"
23Valentina Scandolara+ 19"
24Evelyn Stevens+ 19"
25Amalie Dideriksen+ 31"
26Emilia Fahlin+ 31"
27Giorgia Bronzini+ 36"
28Lauren Kitchen+ 46"
29Katrin Garfoot+ 46"
30Lisa Brennauer+ 49"
31Romy Kasper+ 51"
32Leah Kirchmann+ 52"
33Hanna Solovey+ 52"
34Daiva Tušlaitė+ 52"
35Rasa Leleivytė+ 52"
36Alison Jackson+ 52"
37Emilie Moberg+ 52"
38Diana Peñuela+ 52"
39Coryn Rivera+ 52"
40Lotta Lepistö+ 52"
41Elena Kuchinskaya+ 52"
42Eugenia Bujak+ 52"
43Ingrid Drexel+ 52"
44Tatiana Antoshina+ 52"
45Aude Biannic+ 52"
46Amy Pieters+ 52"
47An-Li Kachelhoffer+ 52"
48Amanda Spratt+ 52"
49Jolien D'Hoore+ 52"
50Loren Rowney+ 52"
51Ane Santesteban+ 52"
52Anna Plichta+ 52"
53Audrey Cordon+ 52"
54Rossella Ratto+ 52"
55Lenore Pipes+ 52"
56Olga Shekel+ 1' 11"
57Polona Batagelj+ 1' 16"
58Anna Potokina+ 1' 25"
59Oxana Kozonchuk+ 1' 25"
60Gracie Elvin+ 1' 25"
61Chantal Blaak+ 1' 37"
62Tatiana Guderzo+ 2' 33"
63Eri Yonamine+ 3' 33"
64Jelena Erić+ 4' 52"
65Monika Żur+ 5' 41"
66Urša Pintar+ 5' 41"
67Iris Slappendel+ 5' 41"
68Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez+ 5' 41"

RankRiderCountryTime
69Anisha Vekemans+ 5' 41"
70Monika Brzeźna+ 5' 41"
71Olivia Dillon+ 5' 41"
72Joanne Kiesanowski+ 5' 41"
73Sérika Guluma+ 5' 41"
74Hanna Nilsson+ 5' 41"
75Camilla Møllebro+ 5' 41"
76Marta Bastianelli+ 5' 41"
77Tayler Wiles+ 5' 41"
78Rushlee Buchanan+ 5' 41"
79Hayley Simmonds+ 5' 41"
80Doris Schweizer+ 5' 41"
81Roxane Knetemann+ 7' 34"
82Svetlana Vasilieva+ 10' 11"
83Daniela Reis+ 10' 11"
84Erika Varela+ 10' 11"
85Paola Muñoz+ 10' 11"
86Lauren Komanski+ 10' 11"
87Jeanne D'arc Girubuntu+ 11' 37"
88Sheyla Gutiérrez+ 14' 00"
Claudia Lichtenberg
Sara Mustonen-LichanDNF
Alice BarnesDNF
Ingrid LorvikDNF
Martina RitterDNF
Anna SanchisDNF
Amélie RivatDNF
Stephanie PohlDNF
Lucy GarnerDNF
Tüvshinjargalyn EnkhjargalDNF
Lija LaizāneDNF
Paz BashDNF
Miryan NuñezDNF
Cecilie Gotaas JohnsenDNF
Charlotte BeckerDNF
Tetyana RyabchenkoDNF
Kathrin HammesDNF
Shelley OldsDNF
Annelies DomDNF
Pascale JeulandDNF
Roxane FournierDNF
Natalya SaifutdinovaDNF
Zuzana NeckářováDNF
Cherise StanderDNF
Élise DelzenneDNF
Jessie DaamsDNF
Kaat HannesDNF
Jessie WalkerDNF
Lauren StephensDNF
Nicole HanselmannDNF
Kathryn BertineDNF
Chanpeng NontasinDNF
Sofie De VuystDNF
Denise RamsdenDNF
Molly WeaverDNF
Tereza MedvedováDNF
Daria EgorovaDNF
Jennifer CesarDNF
Milagro MenaDNF
Katarzyna WilkosDNF
Fiona MeadeDNF
Olena DemydovaDNF
Miriam BjørnsrudDNF
Sarah RijkesDNF
Jutatip ManeephanDNF
Solymar RiveraDNF
Laura Vainionpää