The Women's team time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 21 September 2014. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Ponferrada. It was the third edition of the team time trial event for UCI Women's Teams. was the defending champion, having won both previous editions in 2012 and 2013.
once again won the world title, finishing over a minute clear of their closest competitors, . The bronze medal went to Astana BePink, after were severely delayed because of an incident that caused several members of the team to hit the ground.
Qualification
Invitations were sent to the 25 leading UCI Women's Teams in the UCI Team Ranking as of 15 August 2014. Teams that accepted the invitation within the deadline had the right to participate. Every participating team had the opportunity to register nine riders from its team roster, with the exception of stagiaires, and had to select six riders to compete in the event.
Teams that did not accept the invitation are listed below in italics.
Top 25 as of 15 August 2014 # Nat Team1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hitec Products8 RusVelo9 Alé Cipollini10 Astana BePink Women's Team11 Estado de México-Faren12 13 UnitedHealthcare14 Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies15 Servetto Footon16 17 BTC City Ljubljana18 S.C. Michela Fanini Rox19 TIBCO–To The Top20 Futurumshop.nl–Zannata21 Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.8622 Lointek23 Bizkaia–Durango24 Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo25 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
Course The course for the women's team time trial was in length. The team time trial started in the centre of Ponferrada and passed through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo, Carracedelo and Cacabelos before returning to Ponferrada. The total elevation of the course was . A few kilometres before the finish there was a climb with an incline of over and a maximum inclination of 7%. A short stretch before riding into Ponferrada was made for the championships.
Schedule All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1). Date Time Event21 September 2014 10:00–11:25 Women's team time trial21 September 2014 11:45 Victory ceremony
Prize money The UCI assigned premiums for the top 5 finishers with a total prize money of €49,531. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Amount €10,666 €6,666 €4,166 €2,500 €1,666 €49,531
Final classification
Rank Team Riders Time 1 43' 33.35" 2 + 1' 17.56" 3 Astana BePink + 2' 19.64" 4 Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies + 2' 25.75" 5 + 2' 26.33" 6 UnitedHealthcare + 2' 43.80" 7 + 2' 55.54" 8 + 3' 45.05" 9 Hitec Products + 4' 01.38" 10 RusVelo + 4' 07.66" 11 TIBCO–To The Top + 4' 10.25" 12 BTC City Ljubljana + 4' 19.93" 13 Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo + 5' 45.82" 14 + 10' 05.32"
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