Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race
Women's cycling road race at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Fort Copacabana 141 km (87.6 mi) | ||||||||||||
Date | 7 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 68 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:51:27 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's road race was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The event was held on 7 August 2016 at Fort Copacabana and was won by Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands.
Qualification
Course
The women's course was 141 km (87.6 mi) long. Starting at Fort Copacabana, the peloton headed west to pass through Ipanema, Barra, and Reserva Maripendi Beaches via the coastal road leading to the 24.8 km (15.4 mi) Pontal / Grumari circuit loop. After two laps of the Grumari sector 49.6 km (30.8 mi), the course returned east via the same coastal road to enter the Vista Chinesa Circuit loop at Gávea for one lap of the 25.7 km (16.0 mi) circuit before finishing back at Fort Copacabana. As with all road races during the Olympic Games, law enforcement escorted the athletes to keep them and bystanders safe during the competition. The Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) were assigned the duty to escort the athletes during the 2016 Olympics.
Start list
The following NOCs had qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders were confirmed by their respective NOCs.
* ref:
- Over time limit (OTL)
- Under UCI regulations for one-day road races (article 2.3.039), "Any rider finishing in a time exceeding that of the winner by more than 5% shall not be placed".
Result
Rank | Rider | Time |
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Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 3h 51' 27" | |
Emma Johansson (SWE) | s.t. | |
Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | s.t. | |
4 | Mara Abbott (USA) | + 4" |
5 | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | + 20" |
6 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | s.t. |
7 | Flávia Oliveira (BRA) | s.t. |
8 | Jolanda Neff (SUI) | s.t. |
9 | Marianne Vos (NED) | + 1' 14" |
10 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) | s.t. |
Final Classification (11– 50) | ||
11 | Megan Guarnier (USA) | s.t. |
12 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 1' 16" |
13 | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | + 2' 16" |
14 | Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) | + 2' 19" |
15 | Amanda Spratt (AUS) | + 4' 09" |
16 | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | + 4' 25" |
17 | Eri Yonamine (JPN) | + 4' 56" |
18 | Christine Majerus (LUX) | + 5' 07" |
19 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | s.t. |
20 | Elena Cecchini (ITA) | s.t. |
21 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | s.t. |
22 | Rachel Neylan (AUS) | s.t. |
23 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | s.t. |
24 | Małgorzata Jasińska (POL) | s.t. |
25 | Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) | s.t. |
26 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | s.t. |
27 | Emilia Fahlin (SWE) | + 6' 36" |
28 | Arlenis Sierra (CUB) | s.t. |
29 | Anisha Vekemans (BEL) | s.t. |
30 | Na Ah-reum (KOR) | s.t. |
31 | Claudia Lichtenberg (GER) | s.t. |
32 | Polona Batagelj (SLO) | s.t. |
33 | Vita Heine (NOR) | + 7' 07" |
34 | Daiva Tušlaitė (LTU) | s.t |
35 | Olena Pavlukhina (AZE) | + 7' 38" |
36 | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | + 9' 35" |
37 | Audrey Cordon (FRA) | + 9' 37" |
38 | Leah Kirchmann (CAN) | + 10' 02" |
39 | An-Li Kachelhoffer (RSA) | s.t. |
40 | Ana Sanabria (COL) | s.t. |
41 | Anna Plichta (POL) | s.t. |
42 | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | + 10' 06" |
43 | Trixi Worrack (GER) | s.t. |
44 | Romy Kasper (GER) | + 10' 40" |
45 | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | s.t. |
46 | Martina Ritter (AUT) | s.t. |
47 | Ane Santesteban (ESP) | + 11' 32" |
48 | Shani Bloch (ISR) | s.t. |
49 | Gracie Elvin (AUS) | + 11' 34" |
50 | Jennifer Cesar (VEN) | + 11' 51" |
51 | Lotta Lepistö (FIN) | + 12' 07" |
52 | Nikki Harris (GBR) | s.t. |
53 | Emma Pooley (GBR) | + 17' 45" |
Over time limit | ||
– | Clemilda Fernandes (BRA) | OTL |
– | Antri Christoforou (CYP) | OTL |
Did not finish | ||
– | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | DNF |
– | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | DNF |
– | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | DNF |
– | Tara Whitten (CAN) | DNF |
– | Sara Mustonen (SWE) | DNF |
– | Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL) | DNF |
– | Chantal Hoffmann (LUX) | DNF |
– | Carolina Rodríguez (MEX) | DNF |
– | Paola Muñoz (CHI) | DNF |
– | Jutatip Maneephan (THA) | DNF |
– | Vera Adrian (NAM) | DNF |
– | Milagro Mena (CRC) | DNF |
Disqualified | ||
– | Huang Ting-ying (TPE) | DSQ |