The Women's road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Richmond, Virginia, United States on September 26, 2015. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Richmond. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2014.
In a sprint finish of a select group of nine riders, Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead added the rainbow jersey to her UCI Women's Road World Cup overall victory, out-sprinting Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen by just over a wheel's length. The podium was completed by home rider Megan Guarnier, the first American to podium in the event since 1994.
Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the 2015 UCI Nation Ranking as of August 15, 2015. 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 women rode eight laps on the road race circuit. The length of the circuit was and had a total elevation of . All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit. The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America". Cyclists took a 180-degree turn at the Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and Virginia Commonwealth University. Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail. A sharp, off-camber turn at Rockets Landing brought the riders to the narrow, twisty, cobbled climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, to the finish.
Schedule All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Date Time EventSeptember 26, 2015 13:00–16:25 Women's road race
Participating nations 135 cyclists from 46 nations took part in the women's road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
Final classification Of the race's 135 entrants, 88 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Lizzie Armitstead 2 Anna van der Breggen 3 Megan Guarnier s.t. 4 Elisa Longo Borghini s.t. 5 Emma Johansson s.t. 6 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot s.t. 7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma s.t. 8 Alena Amialiusik s.t. 9 Jolanda Neff s.t. 10 Ellen van Dijk + 9" 11 Joëlle Numainville + 9" 12 Trixi Worrack + 9" 13 Karol-Ann Canuel + 9" 14 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio + 9" 15 Christine Majerus + 9" 16 Lucinda Brand + 9" 17 Tiffany Cromwell + 9" 18 Elena Cecchini + 17" 19 Rachel Neylan + 17" 20 Lizzie Williams + 17" 21 Małgorzata Jasińska + 17" 22 Linda Villumsen + 17" 23 Valentina Scandolara + 19" 24 Evelyn Stevens + 19" 25 Amalie Dideriksen + 31" 26 Emilia Fahlin + 31" 27 Giorgia Bronzini + 36" 28 Lauren Kitchen + 46" 29 Katrin Garfoot + 46" 30 Lisa Brennauer + 49" 31 Romy Kasper + 51" 32 Leah Kirchmann + 52" 33 Hanna Solovey + 52" 34 Daiva Tušlaitė + 52" 35 Rasa Leleivytė + 52" 36 Alison Jackson + 52" 37 Emilie Moberg + 52" 38 Diana Peñuela + 52" 39 Coryn Rivera + 52" 40 Lotta Lepistö + 52" 41 Elena Kuchinskaya + 52" 42 Eugenia Bujak + 52" 43 Íngrid Drexel + 52" 44 Tatiana Antoshina + 52" 45 Aude Biannic + 52" 46 Amy Pieters + 52" 47 An-Li Kachelhoffer + 52" 48 Amanda Spratt + 52" 49 Jolien D'Hoore + 52" 50 Loren Rowney + 52" 51 Ane Santesteban + 52" 52 Anna Plichta + 52" 53 Audrey Cordon + 52" 54 Rossella Ratto + 52" 55 Lenore Pipes + 52" 56 Olga Shekel + 1' 11" 57 Polona Batagelj + 1' 16" 58 Anna Potokina + 1' 25" 59 Oxana Kozonchuk + 1' 25" 60 Gracie Elvin + 1' 25" 61 Chantal Blaak + 1' 37" 62 Tatiana Guderzo + 2' 33" 63 Eri Yonamine + 3' 33" 64 Jelena Erić + 4' 52" 65 Monika Żur + 5' 41" 66 Urša Pintar + 5' 41" 67 Iris Slappendel + 5' 41" 68 Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez + 5' 41"
Rank Rider Country Time 69 Anisha Vekemans + 5' 41" 70 Monika Brzeźna + 5' 41" 71 Olivia Dillon + 5' 41" 72 Joanne Kiesanowski + 5' 41" 73 Sérika Gulumá + 5' 41" 74 Hanna Nilsson + 5' 41" 75 Camilla Møllebro + 5' 41" 76 Marta Bastianelli + 5' 41" 77 Tayler Wiles + 5' 41" 78 Rushlee Buchanan + 5' 41" 79 Hayley Simmonds + 5' 41" 80 Doris Schweizer + 5' 41" 81 Roxane Knetemann + 7' 34" 82 Svetlana Vasilieva + 10' 11" 83 Daniela Reis + 10' 11" 84 Erika Varela + 10' 11" 85 Paola Muñoz + 10' 11" 86 Lauren Komanski + 10' 11" 87 Jeanne D'arc Girubuntu + 11' 37" 88 Sheyla Gutiérrez + 14' 00" Claudia Lichtenberg Sara Mustonen-Lichan DNF Alice Barnes DNF Ingrid Lorvik DNF Martina Ritter DNF Anna Sanchis DNF Amélie Rivat DNF Stephanie Pohl DNF Lucy Garner DNF Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal DNF Lija Laizāne DNF Paz Bash DNF Miryan Nuñez DNF Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen DNF Charlotte Becker DNF Tetyana Ryabchenko DNF Kathrin Hammes DNF Shelley Olds DNF Annelies Dom DNF Pascale Jeuland DNF Roxane Fournier DNF Natalya Saifutdinova DNF Zuzana Neckářová DNF Cherise Stander DNF Élise Delzenne DNF Jessie Daams DNF Kaat Hannes DNF Jessie Walker DNF Lauren Stephens DNF Nicole Hanselmann DNF Kathryn Bertine DNF Chanpeng Nontasin DNF Sofie De Vuyst DNF Denise Ramsden DNF Molly Weaver DNF Tereza Medveďová DNF Daria Egorova DNF Jennifer Cesar DNF Milagro Mena DNF Katarzyna Wilkos DNF Fiona Meade DNF Olena Demydova DNF Miriam Bjørnsrud DNF Sarah Rijkes DNF Jutatip Maneephan DNF Solymar Rivera DNF Laura Vainionpää
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