The Women's time trial of the
2018 UCI Road World Championships
The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria.
The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one te ...
was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2018 in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider
Annemiek van Vleuten
Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Van Vleuten is a two-time winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI ...
was the defending champion, having won in
2017
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. 52 riders from 34 nations entered the competition.
Van Vleuten became the first rider since
Judith Arndt
Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20. In 2004, she won ...
in
2012
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to defend the world time trial title, finishing almost half a minute clear of her nearest rival. Just as she did in 2017,
Anna van der Breggen
Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, , and . She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...
won the silver medal, while a Dutch clean sweep of the podium placings was completed by the European champion,
Ellen van Dijk
Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time ...
, a further 56.2 seconds behind van der Breggen.
Qualification
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.
Participating nations
52 cyclists from 34 nations took part in the women's time trial.
The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
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Final classification
51 out of the race's 52 starters completed the -long course.
References
External links
Individual time trial page at Innsbruck-Tirol 2018 website
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Women's time trial
UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
2018 in women's road cycling
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