2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

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The Women's road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

The course of the race was 140.05 km (87.02 mi) from the town of Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.^[2][3]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the 2013 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2013. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start.^[4]

•  Netherlands (7)
•  Italy (7)
•  Australia (7)
•  United States (7)
•  Sweden (7)
•  Germany (6)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Russia (6)
•  Belgium (6)
•  Poland (6)
•  New Zealand (6)
•  Canada (6)
•  France (6)
•  South Africa (6)
•  Belarus (6)
•  Brazil (5)
•  Colombia (5)
•  Ukraine (5)
•  Lithuania (5)
•  Luxembourg (5)
• All other National Federations (3)

Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were able to take part in the race.^[4]

• Outgoing World Champion:  Marianne Vos (NED)
• African Champion:  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
• American Champion:  Alenis Sierra (CUB)
• Asian Champion:  Mei Yu Hsia (TPE)
• European Champion:  Susanna Zorzi (ITA)
• Oceanian Champion:  Amy Bradley (AUS)

Participating nations

141 riders from 43 nations participated in the women's road race.^[5]

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Belarus
• Brazil
• Canada
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Spain
• Finland
• France
• Great Britain
• Germany
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jordan
• Japan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Netherlands
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Paraguay
• Poland
• South Africa
• Russia
• Slovenia
• Serbia
• Switzerland
• Sweden
• Thailand
• Ukraine
• United States
• Venezuela

Schedule

Source^[6]

Results

Final classification

Of the race's 141 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of 140.05 km (87.02 mi).^[1]

The peloton in an early stage of the race. (Eugenia Bujak (white red), Ellen van Dijk (orange), Trixi Worrack (white), and Flávia Oliveira (yellow green)

A breakaway of Lucinda Brand and Rossella Ratto

Peloton during the race

Front group in the final last lap

Riders who failed to finish

95 riders failed to finish the race.^[1]

References

• Sports portal

1. "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
2. "Sunday 29 September". UCI. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
3. "Tuscany 2013 world championship routes unveiled". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
4. "Competition Guide Apendixes". UCI. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
5. "Start List / Liste de départ Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Competitions guide" (PDF). UCI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.