UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race
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The UCI Road World Championships (for Women) is an annual event that is recognized as the world championship for road race and time trial events for women. The event is held in conjunction with the men's event.
[edit] History
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1959. For the first several years (until about 1990), the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). Beginning in 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano, Switzerland).
Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The 2007 edition, held in Stuttgart in Germany, is to date the longest ever at 133.7 km.
[edit] World Road Race Champions
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1958 |  Elsie Jacobs (LUX) |
 Tamara Novikova (URS) |
Mariya Loukchina (URS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
Aino Pouronen (URS) |
Vera Gorbatcheva (URS) |
| 1960 |  Beryl Burton (GBR) |
Rosa Sels (BEL) |
 Elisabeth Kleinhaus (GDR) |
| 1961 | Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
Beryl Burton (GBR) |
Elsie Jacobs (LUX) |
| 1962 | Marie-Rose Gaillard (BEL) |
Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
Marie-Therese Naessens (BEL) |
| 1963 | Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
Rosa Sels (BEL) |
Aino Pourenen (URS) |
| 1964 | Emma Sonka (URS) |
Galina Yudina (URS) |
Rosa Sels (BEL) |
| 1965 | Elisabeth Eicholz (GDR) |
Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
Aino Pourenen (URS) |
| 1966 | Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
 Cor Hage (NED) |
Aino Pourenen (URS) |
| 1967 | Beryl Burton (GBR) |
Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS) |
Anna Konkina (URS) |
| 1968 | Cor Hage (NED) |
Baybe Tsaune (URS) |
 Morena Tartagni (ITA) |
| 1969 |  Audrey McElmury (USA) |
Bernadette Swinnerton (GBR) |
Nina Trofimova (URS) |
| 1970 | Anna Konkina (URS) |
Morena Tartagni (ITA) |
Raisa Obodovskaia (URS) |
| 1971 | Anna Konkina (URS) |
Morena Tartagni (ITA) |
Cor Hage (NED) |
| 1972 |  Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) |
Lyubov Zadorojnala (URS) |
Anna Konkina (URS) |
| 1973 | Nicole Vandenbroeck (NED) |
Cor Hage (NED) |
Valentina Rebrovskala (URS) |
| 1974 | Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) |
Bayba Tsaune (URS) |
Cor Hage (NED) |
| 1975 | Tineke Fopma (NED) |
Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) |
Cor Hage (NED) |
| 1976 | Cor Hage (NED) |
Laura Bissoli (ITA) |
Yvonne Reynders (BEL) |
| 1977 | Josiane Bost (FRA) |
Connie Carpenter (USA) |
Minnie Brinkhof (NED) |
| 1978 |  Beate Habetz (FRG) |
Cor Hage (NED) |
Eva Lorenzo (ITA) |
| 1979 | Petra de Bruijn (NED) |
Jen De Smet (BEL) |
Beate Habetz (FRG) |
| 1980 | Beth Heiden (USA) |
 Trude Jahre (SUI) |
Amanda Jones (GBR) |
| 1981 | Ute Enzenauer (FRG) |
Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Connie Carpenter (USA) |
| 1982 | Mandy Jones (GBR) |
Maria Canins (ITA) |
Gerda Sierens (BEL) |
| 1983 |  Marianne Berglund (SWE) |
Rebecca Twigg (USA) |
Maria Canins (ITA) |
| 1984 | No race | ||
| 1985 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Maria Canins (ITA) |
Sandra Schumacher (FRG) |
| 1986 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Janelle Parks (USA) |
Alla Jakovleva (URS) |
| 1987 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Heleen Hage (NED) |
Connie Meyer (NED) |
| 1988 | No race | ||
| 1989 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Catherine Marsal (FRA) |
Maria Canins (ITA) |
| 1990 | Catherine Marsal (FRA) |
Ruthie Matthes (USA) |
Louisa Seghezzi (ITA) |
| 1991 | Leontien van Moorsel (NED) |
Inga Thompson (USA) |
 Alison Sydor (CAN) |
| 1992 | No race | ||
| 1993 | Leontien van Moorsel (NED) |
Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Laura Charameda (USA) |
| 1994 |  Monica Valvik (NOR) |
Patsy Maergerman (BEL) |
Jeanne Golay (USA) |
| 1995 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Catherine Marsal (FRA) |
 Edita Pucinskaite (LTU) |
| 1996 | Barbara Heeb (SUI) |
Rasa Polikeviciute (LTU) |
Linda Jackson (CAN) |
| 1997 | Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) |
 Liz Tadich (AUS) |
Catherine Marsal (FRA) |
| 1998 | Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) |
Leontien van Moorsel (NED) |
Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) |
| 1999 | Edita Pucinskaite (LTU) |
Anna Wilson (AUS) |
Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) |
| 2000 |  Zinaida Stahurskaia (BLR) |
Chantal Beltman (NED) |
Madaleine Lindberg (SWE) |
| 2001 | Rasa Polikeviciute (LTU) |
Edita Pucinskaite (LTU) |
Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
| 2002 | Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) |
Nicole Brandli (SUI) |
 Joane Somarriba (ESP) |
| 2003 | Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) |
Mirjam Melchers (NED) |
Nicole Cooke (GBR) |
| 2004 | Judith Arndt (GER) |
Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) |
Anita Valen (NOR) |
| 2005 | Regina Schleicher (GER) |
Nicole Cooke (GBR) |
Oenone Wood (AUS) |
| 2006 | Marianne Vos (NED) |
Trixi Worrack (GER) |
Nicole Cooke (GBR) |
| 2007 | Marta Bastianelli (ITA) |
Marianne Vos (NED) |
Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) |
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