The Women's time trial of the

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took place in and around in

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, United States on September 22, 2015. The course of the race is with the start and finish in Richmond.

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was the defending champion, after winning her first world time trial title in

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. New Zealand's

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won her first world title, after five previous medal finishes, by 2.54 seconds ahead of

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of the Netherlands, while defending champion Brennauer finished in the bronze medal position, 5.26 seconds behind Villumsen. Australia's

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finished just off the podium in fourth, 9.32 seconds off the winning time.

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, one of the favorites, finished disappointingly seventh. A reason for her performance was that her rear wheel was not well attached in the frame. Her wheel ran into the frame, damaging her tire and puncturing her inner tube.

Qualification

Qualification for the event

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.

Olympic qualification

This time trial was also part of the

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of the women's time trial at the

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. The first ten nations in the time trial qualified one athlete.

Course

The individual time trial was contested on a circuit of and has a total elevation of . The elite women rode two laps of the circuit. The circuit was a technical course that went through the city of Richmond. From the start, the route headed west from downtown to

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, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America." From there, the course made a 180-degree turn at N. Davis Avenue and continued in the opposite direction. The race then cut through the Uptown district before coming back through

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and then crossing the

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. After a technical turnaround, the race came back across the river and worked its way through

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, eventually heading up to ascend 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

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( UTC−4).

Participating nations

44 cyclists from 33 nations took part in the women's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (host)

Final classification

References

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