2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial

The Women's team time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place on 22 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

The course of the race was from the town of Pistoia to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.

Qualification Invitations were sent to the 20 leading UCI Women's Teams in the 2013 UCI Team Ranking on 15 August 2013. Teams that accepted the invitation within the deadline had the right to participate. The Italian team Vaiano Fondriest (placed 23rd) also received an invitation. Every participating team selected six riders from its team roster (excluding stagiaires) to compete in the event.

The UCI women's teams that received an invitation are listed below in order of the team ranking as of 15 August 2013. Teams that did not accept the invitation are listed below in italics. In total sixteen teams from eight nations (where the teams are based) participated. # Nat Team1 2 Orica–AIS3 4 Hitec Products UCK5 Wiggle–Honda6 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team7 BePink8 Pasta Zara–Cogeas9 MCipollini–Giordana10 Team Argos–Shimano11 Lotto–Belisol Ladies12 Team TIBCO–To The Top13 Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team14 Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies15 RusVelo16 Faren Kuota17 Chirio Forno D'Asolo18 S.C. Michela Fanini–Rox19 GSD Gestion–Kallisto20 Team Pratomagno Women23 Vaiano Fondriest

Preview , which won the team time trial at the 2012 Championships, was the favourite for the event. The team won the UCI World Cup team time trial race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 38 seconds ahead of , who finished fourth at the 2012 championships, and 1' 26" ahead of 2012 runners-up Orica–AIS on 16 August.

As well as this, won all team time trials held during the 2013 season; at the Lotto–Belisol Belgium Tour, they won the team time trial by 35 seconds from Orica–AIS, while did not participate. At the Holland Ladies Tour, won the km team time trial by 15 seconds ahead of Orica–AIS, and 37 seconds ahead of .

Schedule Date Time Event22 September 2013 10:00–11:35 Women's team time trial22 September 2013 11:55 Victory ceremony Source

Final classification

Rank Team Riders Time 1 51' 10.69" 2 + 1' 11.09" 3 Orica–AIS + 1' 33.83" 4 RusVelo + 2' 02.31" 5 MCipollini–Giordana + 2' 18.83" 6 + 2' 33.00" 7 Team Argos–Shimano + 2' 50.51" 8 + 3' 03.44" 9 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team + 3' 05.80" 10 Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team + 3' 33.70" 11 Be Pink + 3' 48.49" 12 S.C. Michela Fanini-Rox + 4' 34.18" 13 Hitec Products UCK + 4' 38.50" 14 + 4' 46.14" 15 Faren Kuota + 5' 27.38" 16 Vaiano Fondriest + 5' 30.87"

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