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 with the start and finish in Ponferrada. 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, 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.
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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 African Champion European Champion (under-23) Pan American Champion Did not participate Asian Champion Oceanian Champion
Course The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of seven laps. The circuit was long and included two hills. The total climbing was per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.
The first 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 were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after at a 16% negative gradient.
The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of , at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.
Schedule All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1). Date Time Event27 September 2014 14:00–17:20 Women's road race27 September 2014 17:40 Victory ceremony
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.
Australia (6) Austria (2) Belgium (6) Belarus (2) Brazil (3) Canada (4) Colombia (2) Croatia (2) Czech Republic (1) Denmark (1) Estonia (2) Finland (2) France (6) Germany (7) Great Britain (6) Greece (1) Hungary (2) Israel (2) Italy (7) Japan (2) Latvia (2) Lithuania (3) Luxembourg (1) Mexico (2) Netherlands (9) New Zealand (4) Norway (3) Poland (6) Portugal (1) Romania (1) Russia (6) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1) Slovenia (3) South Africa (3) Spain (3) (host) Sweden (6) Switzerland (5) Ukraine (2) United States (7)
Prize money The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers, with a total prize money of €16,101. Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total Amount €7,667 €5,367 €3,067 €16,101
Results
Final classification Of the race's 134 entrants, 59 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 2 Lisa Brennauer 3 Emma Johansson s.t. 4 Giorgia Bronzini s.t. 5 Tiffany Cromwell s.t. 6 Shelley Olds s.t. 7 Lizzie Armitstead s.t. 8 Linda Villumsen s.t. 9 Hanna Solovey s.t. 10 Marianne Vos s.t. 11 Katarzyna Niewiadoma s.t. 12 Evelyn Stevens + 3" 13 Rossella Ratto + 3" 14 Elisa Longo Borghini + 3" 15 Claudia Lichtenberg + 6" 16 Audrey Cordon + 41" 17 Chantal Blaak + 41" 18 Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska + 41" 19 Małgorzata Jasińska + 41" 20 Ashleigh Moolman + 41" 21 Elena Kuchinskaya + 41" 22 Eri Yonamine + 41" 23 Doris Schweizer + 41" 24 Rachel Neylan + 41" 25 Flávia Oliveira + 41" 26 Anna Sanchis + 41" 27 Sofie De Vuyst + 47" 28 Tatyana Riabchenko + 47" 29 Ellen van Dijk + 47" 30 Ane Santesteban + 47" 31 Christine Majerus + 47" 32 Trixi Worrack + 47" 33 Lucinda Brand + 47" 34 Kelly Druyts + 1' 10" 35 Sérika Gulumá + 1' 10" 36 Jessenia Meneses + 1' 24" 37 Tatiana Guderzo + 2' 41" 38 Annie Last + 3' 06" 39 Julie Leth + 3' 06" 40 Maaike Polspoel + 3' 06" 41 Lauren Hall + 5' 30" 42 Emilie Moberg + 5' 46" 43 Élise Delzenne + 5' 46" 44 Amélie Rivat + 5' 46" 45 Polona Batagelj + 5' 46" 46 Špela Kern + 5' 46" 47 Megan Guarnier + 5' 46" 48 Katrin Garfoot + 5' 46" 49 Sara Mustonen + 5' 51" 50 Alexandra Burchenkova + 5' 51" 51 Anastasia Chulkova + 5' 51" 52 Mayuko Hagiwara + 5' 51" 53 Charlotte Becker + 5' 51" 54 Sari Saarelainen + 8' 38" 55 Elena Cecchini + 8' 45" 56 Sabrina Stultiens + 11' 06" 57 Carlee Taylor + 11' 44" 58 Verónica Leal + 11' 44" 59 Paz Bash + 12' 28"
Riders who failed to finish 75 riders failed to finish the race.
Rider Country Uênia Fernandes de Souza An-Li Kachelhoffer Anna Christian Stephanie Pohl Hannah Barnes Susanna Zorzi Alison Powers Amy Pieters Iris Slappendel Sara Olsson Valentina Scandolara Daiva Tušlaitė Lija Laizāne Kataržina Sosna Jacqueline Hahn Ewelina Szybiak Désirée Ehrler Tatiana Antoshina Emilia Fahlin Tayler Wiles Lotta Lepistö Joanne Kiesanowski Eline Gleditsch Brustad Aude Biannic Romy Kasper Loren Rowney Ksenyia Tuhai Émilie Aubry Lex Albrecht Nicole Hanselmann Martina Ritter Linda Indergand Linnea Sjöblom Reta Trotman Dana Rožlapa Kathryn Bertine Liisa Ehrberg Daniela Reis
Rider Country Mia Radotić Varvara Fasoi Alice Barnes Lucy Garner Corinna Lechner Eugénie Duval Lavinia Rolea Alena Amialiusik Eugenia Bujak Roxane Knetemann Heidi Dalton Antonela Ferenčić Milda Jankauskaitė Ana Teresa Casas Veronika Kormos Liisi Rist Diána Szurominé Pulsfort Shani Bloch Urša Pintar Alexandra Nessmar Annelies Van Doorslaer Miriam Bjørnsrud Jessie Daams Oxana Kozonchuk Anna Plichta Joëlle Numainville Lizzie Williams Ann-Sophie Duyck Leah Kirchmann Thalita de Jong Mara Abbott Karol-Ann Canuel Anastasiia Iakovenko Martina Sáblíková Sheyla Gutiérrez Emily Collins Clemilda Fernandes
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