The Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.
After finishing one place out of the medals in last World Championships, Amber Neben became gold medal winner, recording a time 7 seconds quicker than Austria's Christiane Soeder with Germany's Judith Arndt finishing behind Soeder in third.
Route The course covered 25.2 km.
Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part. Champion Name Note Outgoing World Champion Did not participate African Champion Asian Champion European Champion (under-23) Oceanian Champion Pan American Champion Did not participate
Final classification Rank Rider Country Time 1 33' 51" 2 + 7" 3 + 22" 4 + 23" 5 + 25" 6 + 30" 7 + 57" 8 + 57" 9 + 1' 03" 10 + 1' 05" 11 + 1' 08" 12 + 1' 17" 13 + 1' 20" 14 + 1' 26" 15 + 1' 36" 16 + 1' 36" 17 + 1' 53" 18 + 2' 02" 19 + 2' 03" 20 + 2' 11" 21 + 2' 14" 22 + 2' 15" 23 + 2' 17" 24 + 2' 21" 25 + 2' 27" 26 + 2' 37" 27 + 2' 40" 28 + 2' 46" 29 + 2' 50" 30 + 2' 52" 31 + 2' 59" 32 + 3' 04" 33 + 3' 15" 34 + 3' 20" 35 + 3' 31" 36 + 3' 41" 37 + 3' 55" 38 + 4' 22" 39 + 4' 25" 40 + 5' 10" 41 + 5' 20" 42 + 5' 22" 43 + 8' 37"
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