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.
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was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2018 in
Innsbruck
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, 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 retired Dutch professional Bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
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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 sports, professional cycle sport, cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the Track cycling, 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 S ...
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 professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, , and . She won the gold medal in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olymp ...
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 bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...
, 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
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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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