The women's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia. The race was won by Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten for the second time.
Qualification Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 16 August 2022.
UCI World Rankings The following nations qualified.
Criterium Rank Number of riders Nations To enter To start UCI World Ranking by Nations 1–5 11 7 6–15 9 6 16–20 8 5 UCI World Ranking by Individuals(if not already qualified) 1–200 3 3
Continental champions Name Country Reason Elisa Balsamo Incumbent World Champion Ebtissam Mohamed African Champion Arlenis Sierra Panamerican Champion Nguyễn Thị Thật Asian Champion Lorena Wiebes European Champion Josie Talbot Oceanian Champion
Course The race started in Helensburgh (about north of Wollongong) before tackling a loop around Mount Keira (climb length of with an average gradient of 5% and a maximum incline of 15%). The race then tackled 6 laps of the Wollongong City Circuit. This finishing circuit had of climbing elevation each lap including the Mount Pleasant climb (climb length of with an average gradient of 7.7%, maximum incline of 14%).
In total, the Elite Women Road Race climbed elevation over a race distance of (1 Mount Keira loop, 6x Wollongong City Circuit).
Final classification
Of the race's 126 entrants, 78 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Annemiek van Vleuten 4h 24' 25" 2 Lotte Kopecky + 1" 3 Silvia Persico + 1" 4 Liane Lippert + 1" 5 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig + 1" 6 Arlenis Sierra + 1" 7 Juliette Labous + 1" 8 Katarzyna Niewiadoma + 1" 9 Elise Chabbey + 1" 10 Elisa Longo Borghini + 1" 11 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio + 1" 12 Niamh Fisher-Black + 1" 13 Marlen Reusser +11" 14 Marianne Vos + 13" 15 Alexandra Manly + 13" 16 Pfeiffer Georgi + 13" 17 Sofia Bertizzolo + 13" 18 Alison Jackson + 13" 19 Justine Ghekiere + 13" 20 Ricarda Bauernfeind + 13" 21 Brodie Chapman + 13" 22 Simone Boilard + 13" 23 Veronica Ewers + 13" 24 Ellen van Dijk + 13" 25 Margarita Victoria García + 13" 26 Anna Shackley + 13" 27 Amanda Spratt + 1'25" 28 Paula Patiño + 4'50" 29 Eri Yonamine + 4'50" 30 Ane Santesteban + 4'50" 31 Silvia Zanardi + 4'57" 32 Noemi Rüegg + 4'57" 33 Carina Schrempf + 4'57" 34 Julie de Wilde + 4'57" 35 Grace Brown + 4'57" 36 Floortje Mackaij + 4'57" 37 Olivia Baril + 4'57" 38 Leah Thomas + 4'57" 39 Mari Hole Mohr + 4'57" 40 Ella Wyllie + 4'57" 41 Évita Muzic + 4'57" 42 Urška Pintar + 4'57" 43 Julie van de Velde + 5'01" 44 Olga Zabelinskaya + 7'37" 45 Dominika Wlodarczyk + 7'37" 46 Leah Kirchmann + 7'37" 47 Riejanne Markus + 7'39" 48 Elena Cecchini + 7'39" 49 Elisa Balsamo + 7'39" 50 Anna Henderson + 7'39" 51 Shirin van Anrooij + 7'39" 52 Jelena Erić + 7'39" 53 Marie Le Net + 7'39" 54 Omer Shapira + 9'30" 55 Anne Dorthe Ysland + 9'32" 56 Eugenia Bujak + 9'32" 57 Romy Kasper + 9'32" 58 Sarah Roy + 9'54" 59 Rasa Leleivytė + 9'58" 60 Marta Jaskulska + 12'07" 61 Kristen Faulkner + 12'07" 62 Julia Borgström + 12'07" 63 Elena Hartmann + 12'23" 64 Agnieszka Skalniak + 12'42" 65 Špela Kern + 12'42" 66 Lina Hernández + 12'42" 67 Ingvild Gaskjenn + 12'42" 68 Coralie Demay + 12'42" 69 Diana Peñuela + 12'42" 70 Elizabeth Holden + 12'42" 71 Marta Bastianelli + 12'42" 72 Franziska Koch + 15'51" 73 Nina Berton + 15'51" 74 Hayley Preen + 15'51" 75 Heidi Franz + 15'51" 76 Nathalie Eklund + 15'51" 77 Julie Leth + 15'51" 78 Kateřina Nash + 15'51"
Rank Rider Country Time Jade Wiel DNF Vittoria Guazzini DNF Elynor Bäckstedt DNF Skylar Schneider DNF Gladys Verhulst DNF Sara Martín DNF Lourdes Oyarbide DNF Aude Biannic DNF Alice Towers DNF Josie Talbot DNF Nicole Koller DNF Yanina Kuskova DNF Lea Lin Teutenberg DNF Caroline Andersson DNF Emma Cecilie Bjerg DNF Katrine Aalerud DNF Emma Langley DNF Mikayla Harvey DNF Karolina Kumięga DNF Nora Jenčušová DNF Maryna Vernyk DNF Jesse Vandenbulcke DNF Georgia Baker DNF Leung Wing-yee DNF Hanna Nilsson DNF Maude Elaine Le Roux DNF Marta Lach DNF Phetdarin Somrat DNF Tereza Neumanová DNF Magdeleine Vallieres DNF Sandra Alonso DNF Natalia Franco DNF Idoia Eraso DNF Courteney Webb DNF Henrietta Christie DNF Valentine Nzayisenga DNF Mieke Kröger DNF Daryna Nahuliak DNF Rebecca Koerner DNF Luciana Roland DNF Marte Berg Edseth DNF Lauren Stephens DNF Valerie Demey DNF Ana Vitória Magalhães DNF Nesrine Houili DNF Danait Tekeste DNF Chaniporn Batriya DNF Safia Al Sayegh DNF Christina Schweinberger DNS Kathrin Schweinberger DNS Demi Vollering DNS
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