Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race
The women's road race was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The event was held on 7 August 2016 at Fort Copacabana and was won by Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands.
Qualification
Course
The women's course was long. Starting at Fort Copacabana, the peloton headed west to pass through Ipanema, Barra, and Reserva Maripendi Beaches via the coastal road leading to the Pontal / Grumari circuit loop. After two laps of the Grumari sector, the course returned east via the same coastal road to enter the Vista Chinesa Circuit loop at Gávea for one lap of the circuit before finishing back at Fort Copacabana. As with all road races during the Olympic Games, law enforcement escorted the athletes to keep them and bystanders safe during the competition. The Brazilian Federal Highway Police were assigned the duty to escort the athletes during the 2016 Olympics.Start list
The following NOCs had qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders were confirmed by their respective NOCs.and her fans
| NOC | # Athletes | Confirmed Athletes | Ref |
| 4 | Gracie Elvin Katrin Garfoot Rachel Neylan Amanda Spratt | * | |
| 1 | Martina Ritter | * | |
| 1 | Olena Pavlukhina | * | |
| 3 | Ann-Sophie Duyck Lotte Kopecky Anisha Vekemans | ||
| 1 | Alena Amialiusik | * | |
| 2 | Clemilda Fernandes Flávia Oliveira | ||
| 3 | Karol-Ann Canuel Leah Kirchmann Tara Whitten | * | |
| 1 | Paola Munoz Grandon | * | |
| 1 | Ana Christina Sanabria Sanchez | * | |
| 1 | Arlenis Sierra | * | |
| 1 | Antri Christoforou | * | |
| 1 | Ane Santesteban | ||
| 1 | Lotta Lepistö | ||
| 2 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Audrey Cordon | ||
| 3 | Lizzie Armitstead Nikki Harris Emma Pooley | * | |
| 4 | Lisa Brennauer Romy Kasper Claudia Lichtenberg Trixi Worrack | * | |
| 1 | Shani Bloch | * | |
| 4 | Elisa Longo Borghini Giorgia Bronzini Tatiana Guderzo Elena Cecchini | * | |
| 1 | Eri Yonamine | * | |
| 1 | Ah Reum Na | * | |
| 1 | Daiva Tuslaite | * | |
| 2 | Christine Majerus Chantal Hoffmann | * | |
| 1 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez | * | |
| 1 | Vera Adrian | * | |
| 4 | Marianne Vos Anna van der Breggen Ellen van Dijk Annemiek van Vleuten | ||
| 1 | Vita Heine | * | |
| 1 | Linda Villumsen | * | |
| 3 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma Malgorzata Jasinska Anna Plichta | * | |
| 2 | Ashleigh Moolman An-Li Kachelhoffer | * | |
| 1 | Olga Zabelinskaya | * | |
| 1 | Polona Batagelj | * | |
| 1 | Jolanda Neff | ||
| 3 | Emma Johansson Sara Mustonen Emilia Fahlin | ||
| 1 | Jutatip Maneephan | * | |
| 1 | Huang Ting-ying | * | |
| 1 | Hanna Solovey | * | |
| 4 | Mara Abbott Kristin Armstrong Megan Guarnier Evelyn Stevens | * | |
| 1 | Jennifer Cesar | * |
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