The Women's team time trial of the

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was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in

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, Austria. It was the fifteenth edition of the championship, and the seventh since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Dutch outfit were the defending champions, having won in

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. 12 teams and 72 riders entered the competition. from Germany won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of , 21.9 seconds faster than Dutch team . The bronze medal went to the defending world champions , 28.67 seconds behind . Amongst the winning riders for ,

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won a record fifth team time trial world championships, having won four consecutive titles between

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and

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for and its two previous iterations. Four of the five remaining riders won their first world title –

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won her second gold medal – in a result described as a "surprise" by the cycling media, as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2018.

Course

The race consisted of a route in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in

. The route was primarily rolling, but also did not include the climb of between

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and

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, that was part of the men's event later that day.

Final classification

All twelve teams completed the -long course.

References

External links

Team time trial page at Innsbruck-Tirol 2018 website
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