2014 World Road Cycling Championships
81st edition: Sept 21 - Sept 28, 2014
Ponferrada, Spain
Elite Women's Road Race
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Saturday, September 27: Elite Women's Road Race, 7 laps of 18.2 km = 127.4 km
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Elite Women's Road Race finish. It couldn't get any closer. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: A big crash sent several riders to the hospital during the second lap. Still, the peloton still had plenty of top riders to contend for the title.
Near the top of the final climb of the final lap a powerful group of four got away: Marianne Vos (3 times world road champion, 7 times world cyclocross champion), Emma Johansson, Elisa Longo Borghini and Evelyn Stevens. That should have been the race and probably another rainbow jersey for Vos, but they were not able to work together.
Near the finish the slowing quartet was caught. Vos tried a last desperate surge, but she was caught by the speeding sprinters. Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand Prevot won the close sprint. The judges had to look at the photo to determine the winner.
Elite women's road race photos |
Complete Results: 134 starters, 75 did not finish (DNF), 59 classified finishers
Weather: Partly cloudy, rainy, 22C
Winner's average speed: 36.513 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Time | |
| 1 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | FRA | 3hr 29min 21sec |
| 2 | Lisa Brennauer | GER | |
| 3 | Emma Johansson | SWE | |
| 4 | Giorgia Bronzini | ITA | |
| 5 | Tiffany Cromwell | AUS | |
| 6 | Shelley Olds | USA | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Armitstead | GBR | |
| 8 | Linda Melanie Villumsen | NZL | |
| 9 | Hanna Solovey | UKR | |
| 10 | Marianne Vos | NED | |
| 11 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | POL | |
| 12 | Evelyn Stevens | USA | @ 3 seconds |
| 13 | Rossella Ratto | ITA | |
| 14 | Elisa Longo Borghini | ITA | |
| 15 | Claudia Häusler | GER | 6" |
| 16 | Audrey Cordon | FRA | 41" |
| 17 | Chantal Blaak | NED | |
| 18 | Paulina Brzezna | POL | |
| 19 | Malgorzta Jasinska | POL | |
| 20 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio | RSA | |
| 21 | Elena Kuchinskaya | RUS | |
| 22 | Eri Yonamine | JPN | |
| 23 | Doris Schweizer | SUI | |
| 24 | Rachel Neylan | AUS | |
| 25 | Flavia Oliveira | BRA | |
| 26 | Anna Sanchis Chafer | ESP | |
| 27 | Sofie De Vuyst | BEL | 47" |
| 28 | Tetiana Riabchenko | UKR | |
| 29 | Eleonora Van Dijk | NED | |
| 30 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez | ESP | |
| 31 | Christine Majerus | LUX | |
| 32 | Trixi Worrack | GER | |
| 33 | Lucinda Brand | NED | |
| 34 | Kelly Druyts | BEL | +1:10 |
| 35 | Serika Guluma Ortiz | COL | |
| 36 | Jessenia Meneses | COL | +1:24 |
| 37 | Tatiana Guderzo | ITA | +2:41 |
| 38 | Annie Last | GBR | +3:06 |
| 39 | Julie Leth | DEN | |
| 40 | Maaike Polspoel | BEL | |
| 41 | Lauren Hall | USA | +5:30 |
| 42 | Emilie Moberg | NOR | +5:46 |
| 43 | Elise Delzenne | FRA | |
| 44 | Amélie Rivat | FRA | |
| 45 | Polona Batagelj | SLO | |
| 46 | Špela Kern | SLO | |
| 47 | Megan Guarnier | USA | |
| 48 | Katrin Garfoot | AUS | |
| 49 | Sara Mustonen | SWE | +5:51 |
| 50 | Alexandra Burchenkova | RUS | |
| 51 | Anastasiya Chulkova | RUS | |
| 52 | Mayuko Hagiwara | JPN | |
| 53 | Charlotte Becker | GER | |
| 54 | Sari Saarelainen | FIN | +8:38 |
| 55 | Elena Cecchini | ITA | +8:45 |
| 56 | Sabrina Stultiens | NED | +11:06 |
| 57 | Carlee Taylor | AUS | +11:44 |
| 58 | Verónica Leal Balderas | MEX | |
| 59 | Paz Bash | ISR | +12:28 |
| DNF | Uenia Fernandes Da Souza | BRA | |
| DNF | An-Li Pretorius | RSA | |
| DNF | Anna Christian | GBR | |
| DNF | Stephanie Pohl | GER | |
| DNF | Hannah Barnes | GBR | |
| DNF | Susanna Zorzi | ITA | |
| DNF | Alison Powers | USA | |
| DNF | Amy Pieters | NED | |
| DNF | Iris Slappendel | NED | |
| DNF | Sara Olsson | SWE | |
| DNF | Valentina Scandolara | ITA | |
| DNF | Daiva Tuslaite | LTU | |
| DNF | Lija Laizane | LAT | |
| DNF | Katazina Sosna | LTU | |
| DNF | Jacqueline Hahn | AUT | |
| DNF | Ewelina Szybiak | POL | |
| DNF | Desiree Ehrler | SUI | |
| DNF | Tatiana Antoshina | RUS | |
| DNF | Emilia Fahlin | SWE | |
| DNF | Tayler Wiles | USA | |
| DNF | Lotta Lepistö | FIN | |
| DNF | Joanne Kiesanowski | NZL | |
| DNF | Eline Gleditsch Brustad | NOR | |
| DNF | Aude Biannic | FRA | |
| DNF | Romy Kasper | GER | |
| DNF | Loren Rowney | AUS | |
| DNF | Kseniya Tuhai | BLR | |
| DNF | Emilie Aubry | SUI | |
| DNF | Lex Albrecht | CAN | |
| DNF | Nicole Hanselmann | SUI | |
| DNF | Martina Ritter | AUT | |
| DNF | Linda Indergand | SUI | |
| DNF | Linnea Sjöblom | SWE | |
| DNF | Reta Trotman | NZL | |
| DNF | Dana Rožlapa | LAT | |
| DNF | Kathryn Bertine | SKN | |
| DNF | Liisa Ehrberg | EST | |
| DNF | Daniela Reis | POR | |
| DNF | Mia Radotic | CRO | |
| DNF | Barvara Fasoh | GRE | |
| DNF | Alice Barnes | GBR | |
| DNF | Lucy Garner | GBR | |
| DNF | Corinna Lechner | GER | |
| DNF | Eugénie Duval | FRA | |
| DNF | Lavinia Nicoleta Rolea | ROU | |
| DNF | Alena Amialiusik | BLR | |
| DNF | Eugenia Bujak | POL | |
| DNF | Roxane Knetemann | NED | |
| DNF | Heidi Dalton | RSA | |
| DNF | Antonela Ferencic | CRO | |
| DNF | Milda Jankauskaite | LTU | |
| DNF | Ana Teresa Casas Bonilla | MEX | |
| DNF | Veronika Kormos | HUN | |
| DNF | Liisi Rist | EST | |
| DNF | Diána Szurominé Pulsfort | HUN | |
| DNF | Shani Bloch | ISR | |
| DNF | Ursa Pintar | SLO | |
| DNF | Alexandra Nessmar | SWE | |
| DNF | Annelies Van Doorslaer | BEL | |
| DNF | Miriam Bjørnsrud | NOR | |
| DNF | Jessie Daams | BEL | |
| DNF | Oxana Kozonchuk | RUS | |
| DNF | Anna Plichta | POL | |
| DNF | Joelle Numainville | CAN | |
| DNF | Lizzie Williams | AUS | |
| DNF | Ann-Sofie Duyck | BEL | |
| DNF | Leah Kirchmann | CAN | |
| DNF | Thalita De Jong | NED | |
| DNF | Mara Abbott | USA | |
| DNF | Karol-Ann Canuel | CAN | |
| DNF | Anastasiia Iakovenko | RUS | |
| DNF | Martina Sablikova | CZE | |
| DNF | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz | ESP | |
| DNF | Emily Collins | NZL | |
| DNF | Clemilda Fernandes Silva | BRA |
Elite women's road race photos:
The American team before the start. Photo ©Sirotti
The team to be feared, the Netherlands. Photo ©Sirotti
The Kiwis. Photo ©Sirotti
Marianne Vos at the start. Photo ©Sirotti
Time to race. Photo ©Sirotti
The peloton. Photo ©Sirotti
A Belgian rider leads on a descent. Photo ©Sirotti
Here they come. Winner Pauline Ferrand is on the left. Photo ©Sirotti
Pauline Ferrand wins the photofinish sprint. Photo ©Sirotti
New world champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot. Photo ©Sirotti
The podium, from left: Lisa Brennauer, Pauline Ferrand Prevot and Emma Johansson. Photo ©Sirotti
A happy French team. Photo ©Sirotti
Elite women's road race map and profile:
Elite women's road race map and profile