UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
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| Race details | |
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| Date | End of season |
| Discipline | One-day road race |
| Organiser | UCI |
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 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBR) |
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.
History
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958.
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). From 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano, Switzerland). The 2008 edition, held in Varese in Italy, was the longest at 138.8 km.
Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992.
European nations have dominated this event.
World Road Race Champions
Most successful riders
Updated after the 2015 UCI Road World Championships
| Rank | Name and country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Winning years |
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| 1 |  Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Yvonne Reynders (BEL) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 |
| 3 |  Marianne Vos (NED) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2006, 2012, 2013 |
| 4 | Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1968, 1976 |
| 5 | Beryl Burton (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1960, 1967 |
| Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1972, 1974 | |
| Leontien van Moorsel (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1991, 1993 | |
| 8 |  Anna Konkina (URS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1970, 1971 |
| 9 |  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2010, 2011 |
| 10 |  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2002, 2003 |
Medalists per nation
Updated after the 2015 UCI Road World Championships
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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| 1 | France | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 9 | 13 | 5 | 27 | See also: Netherlands at the UCI Road World Championships |
| 3 | Belgium | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | See also: Italy at the UCI Road World Championships |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 6 |  Germany ^ | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | See also: Germany at the UCI Road World Championships |
| 7 |  Russia + | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9 |  Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 |  United States | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | See also: United States at the UCI Road World Championships |
| 11 |  Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 16 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- (*) Record
^ Includes West Germany, 
East Germany
+ Includes Soviet Union
References
- ↑ "UCI Road World Championships, Women Elite – Road race" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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