2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race


The Women's road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 27 September 2014. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Ponferrada. Marianne Vos was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2012 and 2013.
The world title was won by France's Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in a sprint finish, becoming the first French woman since Jeannie Longo in 1995 to win the women's world title. The silver medal went to Germany's Lisa Brennauer – the world time trial champion – having narrowly been beaten by Ferrand-Prévot in a photo finish, while Emma Johansson of Sweden won the bronze medal. Vos could only finish tenth in the race – the first time since the 2005 Championships that Vos had not won a medal – after her attack on the final climb was negated in the closing kilometres, which led to a regrouping of 15 riders prior to the final sprint.

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the 2014 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2014. 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.
Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were also able to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers.
ChampionNameNote
Outgoing World Champion
African Champion
European Champion
Pan American ChampionDid not participate
Asian ChampionDid not participate
Oceanian ChampionDid not participate

Course

The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of seven laps. The circuit was long and included two hills. The total climbing was per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.
The first were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after at a 16% negative gradient.
The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of, at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.

Schedule

All times are in Central European Time.
DateTimeEvent
27 September 201414:00–17:20Women's road race
27 September 201417:40Victory ceremony

Participating nations

134 cyclists from 39 nations took part in the women's road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers, with a total prize money of €16,101.
Position1st2nd3rdTotal
Amount€7,667€5,367€3,067€16,101

Results

Final classification

Of the race's 134 entrants, 59 riders completed the full distance of.
RankRiderCountryTime
1Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
2Lisa Brennauer
3Emma Johanssons.t.
4Giorgia Bronzinis.t.
5Tiffany Cromwells.t.
6Shelley Oldss.t.
7Lizzie Armitsteads.t.
8Linda Villumsens.t.
9Hanna Soloveys.t.
10Marianne Voss.t.
11Katarzyna Niewiadomas.t.
12Evelyn Stevens+ 3"
13Rossella Ratto+ 3"
14Elisa Longo Borghini+ 3"
15Claudia Lichtenberg+ 6"
16Audrey Cordon+ 41"
17Chantal Blaak+ 41"
18Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska+ 41"
19Małgorzata Jasińska+ 41"
20Ashleigh Moolman+ 41"
21Elena Kuchinskaya+ 41"
22Eri Yonamine+ 41"
23Doris Schweizer+ 41"
24Rachel Neylan+ 41"
25Flávia Oliveira+ 41"
26Anna Sanchis+ 41"
27Sofie De Vuyst+ 47"
28Tatyana Riabchenko+ 47"
29Ellen van Dijk+ 47"
30Ane Santesteban+ 47"
31Christine Majerus+ 47"
32Trixi Worrack+ 47"
33Lucinda Brand+ 47"
34Kelly Druyts+ 1' 10"
35Sérika Guluma+ 1' 10"
36Jessenia Meneses+ 1' 24"
37Tatiana Guderzo+ 2' 41"
38Annie Last+ 3' 06"
39Julie Leth+ 3' 06"
40Maaike Polspoel+ 3' 06"
41Lauren Hall+ 5' 30"
42Emilie Moberg+ 5' 46"
43Élise Delzenne+ 5' 46"
44Amélie Rivat+ 5' 46"
45Polona Batagelj+ 5' 46"
46Špela Kern+ 5' 46"
47Megan Guarnier+ 5' 46"
48Katrin Garfoot+ 5' 46"
49Sara Mustonen+ 5' 51"
50Alexandra Burchenkova+ 5' 51"
51Anastasia Chulkova+ 5' 51"
52Mayuko Hagiwara+ 5' 51"
53Charlotte Becker+ 5' 51"
54Sari Saarelainen+ 8' 38"
55Elena Cecchini+ 8' 45"
56Sabrina Stultiens+ 11' 06"
57Carlee Taylor+ 11' 44"
58Verónica Leal+ 11' 44"
59Paz Bash+ 12' 28"

Riders who failed to finish

75 riders failed to finish the race.
RiderCountry
Uênia Fernandes de Souza
An-Li Kachelhoffer
Anna Christian
Stephanie Pohl
Hannah Barnes
Susanna Zorzi
Alison Powers
Amy Pieters
Iris Slappendel
Sara Olsson
Valentina Scandolara
Daiva Tušlaitė
Lija Laizāne
Kataržina Sosna
Jacqueline Hahn
Ewelina Szybiak
Désirée Ehrler
Tatiana Antoshina
Emilia Fahlin
Tayler Wiles
Lotta Lepistö
Joanne Kiesanowski
Eline Gleditsch Brustad
Aude Biannic
Romy Kasper
Loren Rowney
Ksenyia Tuhai
Émilie Aubry
Lex Albrecht
Nicole Hanselmann
Martina Ritter
Linda Indergand
Linnea Sjöblom
Reta Trotman
Dana Rožlapa
Kathryn Bertine
Liisa Ehrberg
Daniela Reis

RiderCountry
Mia Radotić
Varvara Fasoi
Alice Barnes
Lucy Garner
Corinna Lechner
Eugénie Duval
Lavinia Rolea
Alena Amialiusik
Eugenia Bujak
Roxane Knetemann
Heidi Dalton
Antonela Ferenčić
Milda Jankauskaitė
Ana Teresa Casas
Veronika Kormos
Liisi Rist
Diána Szurominé Pulsfort
Shani Bloch
Urša Pintar
Alexandra Nessmar
Annelies Van Doorslaer
Miriam Bjørnsrud
Jessie Daams
Oxana Kozonchuk
Anna Plichta
Joëlle Numainville
Lizzie Williams
Ann-Sophie Duyck
Leah Kirchmann
Thalita de Jong
Mara Abbott
Karol-Ann Canuel
Anastasiia Iakovenko
Martina Sáblíková
Sheyla Gutiérrez
Emily Collins
Clemilda Fernandes