The Women's road race of the
2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2020 in
Imola
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, Italy.
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 UC ...
was the defending champion.
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 ...
from the Netherlands became the first rider in 25 years to win both the road race and time trial titles at a single World Championships, after a solo attack.
She finished 80 seconds clear of her closest competitors,
to win her second world title in three years. The silver medal went to compatriot van Vleuten, who was riding the race with a brace on a fractured wrist – having completed a U-turn on competing in the race – following a crash the week prior at the
Giro Rosa. The bronze medal was taken by Italy's
Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-p ...
, losing out to van Vleuten in a two-up sprint.
The race took place on a course, starting and finishing at the
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known as Imola, is a motor racing circuit in the town of Imola, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, east of Bologna. It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an an ...
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Motorsport, motorsports or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. The terminology can also be used to describe forms of competition of two ...
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Heading out from the Autodromo into the
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countryside, the course used two climbs with an average gradient of 10% separated by the town of
Riolo Terme
Riolo Terme ( rgn, Riô or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ravenna. The main attraction of the town are the termal baths.
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, before returning to the Autodromo. The women's road race lapped the course five times, making a total of .
Qualification
Participating nations
Following the withdrawals of
Chloé Dygert
Chloé Dygert (born January 1, 1997) is an American professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She has won seven gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and a silver medal at the Olympic Games. ...
and
Rotem Gafinovitz
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after the
time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
two days prior to the race, 143 cyclists from 41 nations were listed to start the -long course.
Three further riders did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
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Final classification
Of the race's 140 entrants, 105 riders completed the full distance of .
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2020 UCI Road World Championships - Women's road race
Women's road race
UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
2020 in women's road cycling