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UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

The UCI Road World Championships - Women's time trial is the annual world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of time trial, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. The event was first run in 1994.

Women's Time Trial
Rainbow jersey
Race details
DateSeptember–October
DisciplineTime Trial
TypeOne-day
OrganiserUnion Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
History
First edition1994 (1994)
Editions31 (as 2024)
First winner Karen Kurreck (USA)
Most wins Jeannie Longo (FRA) (4 wins)
Most recent Grace Brown (AUS)

From 2022 to 2024, competitors in this event under the age of 23 at the end of the previous year were also competing for honours in their own classification.

Medallists

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Ellen van Dijk won in 2013 (pictured), 2021, and 2022.
Women's time trial medallists[1]
Year Gold Time Silver Margin Bronze Margin Distance Location Ref.
1994   Karen Kurreck (USA) 38' 22"   Anne Samplonius (CAN) + 0' 44"   Jeannie Longo (FRA) + 1' 21" 30.0 km (18.6 mi) Agrigento, Italy [2]
1995   Jeannie Longo (FRA) 44' 27"   Clara Hughes (CAN) + 1' 11"   Kathryn Watt (AUS) + 1' 25" 26.1 km (16.2 mi) Duitama, Colombia [3]
1996   Jeannie Longo (FRA) 35' 16"   Catherine Marsal (FRA) + 0' 49"   Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) + 0' 54" 26.4 km (16.4 mi) Lugano, Switzerland [4]
1997   Jeannie Longo (FRA) 39' 15"   Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) + 0"[A]   Judith Arndt (GER) + 0' 29" 28.0 km (17.4 mi) San Sebastián, Spain [4]
1998   Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) 31' 51"   Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) + 0"[B]   Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) + 0' 02" 23.0 km (14.3 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [5]
1999   Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) 32' 31"   Anna Wilson (AUS) + 0' 04"   Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) + 0' 31" 25.8 km (16.0 mi) Verona, Italy [6]
2000   Mari Holden (USA) 33' 14"   Jeannie Longo (FRA) + 0' 03"   Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) + 0' 46" 24.5 km (15.2 mi) Plouay, France [7]
2001   Jeannie Longo (FRA) 29' 08"   Nicole Brändli (SUI) + 0' 04"   Teodora Ruano (ESP) + 0' 44" 19.2 km (11.9 mi) Lisbon, Portugal [8]
2002   Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) 32' 02"   Nicole Brändli (SUI) + 0' 14"   Karin Thürig (SUI) + 0' 17" 23.2 km (14.4 mi) Heusden-Zolder, Belgium [9]
2003   Joane Somarriba (ESP) 28' 23"   Judith Arndt (GER) + 0' 10"   Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) + 0' 26" 20.8 km (12.9 mi) Hamilton, Canada [10]
2004   Karin Thürig (SUI) 30' 53"   Judith Arndt (GER) + 0' 51"   Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) + 0' 56" 24.0 km (14.9 mi) Verona, Italy [11]
2005   Karin Thürig (SUI) 28' 51"   Joane Somarriba (ESP) + 0' 05"   Kristin Armstrong (USA) + 0' 39" 21.9 km (13.6 mi) Madrid, Spain [12]
2006   Kristin Armstrong (USA) 35' 04"   Karin Thürig (SUI) + 0' 25"   Christine Thorburn (USA) + 0' 29" 26.1 km (16.2 mi) Salzburg, Austria [13]
2007   Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 34' 43"   Kristin Armstrong (USA) + 0' 23"   Christiane Soeder (AUT) + 0' 41" 25.1 km (15.6 mi) Stuttgart, Germany [14]
2008   Amber Neben (USA) 33' 51"   Christiane Soeder (AUT) + 0' 07"   Judith Arndt (GER) + 0' 22" 25.1 km (15.6 mi) Varese, Italy [15]
2009   Kristin Armstrong (USA) 35' 26"   Noemi Cantele (ITA) + 0' 55"   Linda Villumsen (DEN) + 0' 58" 26.8 km (16.7 mi) Mendrisio, Switzerland [16]
2010   Emma Pooley (GBR) 32' 48"   Judith Arndt (GER) + 0' 15"   Linda Villumsen (NZL) + 0' 15" 22.8 km (14.2 mi) Geelong, Australia [17]
2011   Judith Arndt (GER) 37' 07"   Linda Villumsen (NZL) + 0' 21"   Emma Pooley (GBR) + 0' 24" 27.8 km (17.3 mi) Copenhagen, Denmark [18]
2012   Judith Arndt (GER) 32' 26"   Evelyn Stevens (USA) + 0' 33"   Linda Villumsen (NZL) + 0' 40" 24.3 km (15.1 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [19]
2013   Ellen van Dijk (NED) 28' 47"   Linda Villumsen (NZL) + 0' 24"   Carmen Small (USA) + 0' 28" 22.0 km (13.7 mi) Florence, Italy [20]
2014   Lisa Brennauer (GER) 38' 44"   Hanna Solovey (UKR) + 0' 18"   Evelyn Stevens (USA) + 0' 21" 29.5 km (18.3 mi) Ponferrada, Spain [21]
2015   Linda Villumsen (NZL) 40' 29"   Anna van der Breggen (NED) + 0' 02"   Lisa Brennauer (GER) + 0' 05" 29.9 km (18.6 mi) Richmond, Virginia, United States [22]
2016   Amber Neben (USA) 44' 42"   Ellen van Dijk (NED) + 0' 05"   Katrin Garfoot (AUS) + 0' 08" 28.9 km (18.0 mi) Doha, Qatar [23]
2017   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 28' 50"   Anna van der Breggen (NED) + 0' 12"   Katrin Garfoot (AUS) + 0' 19" 21.1 km (13.1 mi) Bergen, Norway [24]
2018   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 34' 25"   Anna van der Breggen (NED) + 0' 29"   Ellen van Dijk (NED) + 1' 25" 27.7 km (17.2 mi) Innsbruck, Austria [25]
2019   Chloé Dygert (USA) 42' 11"   Anna van der Breggen (NED) + 1' 32"   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) + 1' 52" 30.4 km (18.9 mi) Yorkshire, United Kingdom [26]
2020   Anna van der Breggen (NED) 40' 20"   Marlen Reusser (SUI) + 0' 15"   Ellen van Dijk (NED) + 0' 31" 31.7 km (19.7 mi) Imola, Italy [27]
2021   Ellen van Dijk (NED) 36' 05"   Marlen Reusser (SUI) + 0' 10"   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) + 0' 24" 30.3 km (18.8 mi) Brugge, Belgium [28]
2022   Ellen van Dijk (NED) 44' 28"   Grace Brown (AUS) + 0' 13"   Marlen Reusser (SUI) + 0' 42" 34.2 km (21.3 mi) Wollongong, Australia [29]
2023   Chloe Dygert (USA) 46' 59"   Grace Brown (AUS) + 0' 06"   Christina Schweinberger (AUT) + 1' 13" 36.2 km (22.5 mi) Stirling, Scotland, UK [30]
2024   Grace Brown (AUS) 39' 16"   Demi Vollering (NED) + 0' 16"   Chloe Dygert (USA) + 0' 56" 29.9 km (18.6 mi) Zurich, Switzerland [31]

Most successful cyclists

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Most successful Women's time trial cyclists
Rank Cyclist Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold medal-winning places
1   Jeannie Longo (FRA) 4 1 1 6 Duitama, Lugano, San Sebastián, Lisbon
2   Ellen van Dijk (NED) 3 1 2 6 Firenze, Brugge, Wollongong
3   Judith Arndt (GER) 2 3 2 7 Copenhagen, Valkenburg
4   Kristin Armstrong (USA) 2 1 1 4 Salzburg, Mendrisio
  Karin Thürig (SUI) 2 1 1 4 Verona, Madrid
6   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2 0 2 4 Bergen, Innsbruck
7   Chloe Dygert (USA) 2 0 1 3 Harrogate, Stirling
8   Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 2 0 0 2 Valkenburg, Verona
  Amber Neben (USA) 2 0 0 2 Varese, Doha
10   Anna van der Breggen (NED) 1 4 0 5 Imola
11     Linda Villumsen (NZL) (DEN) 1 2 3 6 Richmond

Medallists by nation

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Nations are ranked in order of number of gold, silver and bronze medals won.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands86418
2  United States82515
3  Germany43411
4  France4217
5  Switzerland2529
6  Australia1337
7  New Zealand1225
  Russia1225
9  Spain1113
10  Great Britain1012
11  Canada0202
12  Austria0123
13  Italy0112
14  Ukraine0101
15  Lithuania0022
16  Denmark0011
Totals (16 entries)31313193

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Longo finished 0' 00" 85"' ahead of Zabirova.[4]
  2. ^ Zijlaard-Van Moorsel finished 0' 00" 37"' ahead of Zabirova.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "UCI Road World Championships, Women Elite - Individual time trial" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Cycling : World Championships 1994 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. ^ "Women's ITT World Championship 1995". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  4. ^ a b c "World Cycling Championships, Switzerland Women's ITT". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Elite Women's Individual Time Trial, 23 kms". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  6. ^ Maloney, Tim. "World Road Championships 1999". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  7. ^ Maloney, Tim. "There's something about Mari - she's World Champion". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  8. ^ Jones, Jim. "Longo by a whisker". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  9. ^ Jones, Jeff. "More gold for Russia as Zabirova wins in Zolder". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  10. ^ Zalewski, Mark (8 October 2003). "Defending champion takes third to Spanish climber". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  11. ^ Maloney, Tim (28 September 2004). "Thürig thrashes the field in Verona". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  12. ^ Alvarez Macias, Hernan; Stokes, Shane (21 September 2005). "Thürig wins back-to-back". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. ^ Scrymgeour, Kristy (20 September 2006). "First World Championship Gold for Armstrong". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  14. ^ Stokes, Shane (26 September 2007). "Kupfernagel gets first women's time trial title for Germany". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  15. ^ Stokes, Shane (24 September 2008). "Neben knocks out favourites for gold". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  16. ^ Brown, Gregor (23 September 2009). "Armstrong wins second time trial gold in Mendrisio". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Pooley too quick for competition". Cycling News. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  18. ^ Ryan, Barry (20 September 2011). "Arndt claims time trial world title". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. ^ Benson, Daniel (18 September 2012). "Arndt repeats world time trial title". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. ^ Farrand, Stephen (24 September 2013). "Van Dijk wins elite women's time trial world championship". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  21. ^ Ryan, Barry (23 September 2014). "Brennauer wins second gold for Germany in Worlds time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  22. ^ "World Championships: Villumsen secures rainbow jersey in women's time trial". Cycling News. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  23. ^ "World Championships: Neben wins women's individual time trial title". Cycling News. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  24. ^ "Van Vleuten claims time trial world title". Cycling News. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  25. ^ Ryan, Barry (26 September 2018). "World Championships: Van Vleuten leads Dutch sweep of women's time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  26. ^ Ryan, Barry (24 September 2019). "Chloe Dygert Owen wins elite women's individual time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  27. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 September 2020). "Van der Breggen wins time trial title at Imola World Championships". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  28. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (20 September 2021). "Ellen van Dijk wins elite women's time trial title at Flanders World Championships". Cycling News.
  29. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (18 September 2022). "Van Dijk beats Brown to win third elite women's time trial title at World Championships". Cycling News.
  30. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (10 August 2023). "World Championships: Chloe Dygert beats Grace Brown to reclaim elite women's time trial title". Cycling News.
  31. ^ Ostanek, Dani (22 September 2024). "World Championships: UCI World Championships: Grace Brown beats Demi Vollering to elite women's time trial title". Cycling News.
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