2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The women's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 13 August 2023 in Balloch, Great Britain.[1]

Women's road race
2023 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates13 August 2023
Stages1 in Balloch, Great Britain
Distance154.1 km (95.75 mi)
Winning time4h 02' 12"
Medalists
   Gold Belgium Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
   Silver Netherlands Demi Vollering (NED)
   Bronze Denmark Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)

Qualification edit

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 30 June 2023.[2]

UCI World Rankings edit

The following nations qualified.[3]

Nations Riders
  Australia 7
  Belgium
  France
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Canada 6
  Denmark
  Germany
  Great Britain
  New Zealand
  Poland
  South Africa
  Spain
   Switzerland
  United States
  Neutral athletes of Russian sporting nationality 5
  Austria
  Cuba
  Norway
  Uzbekistan

Continental champions edit

Name Country Reason
Annemiek van Vleuten   Netherlands Incumbent World Champion
Ese Ukpeseraye   Nigeria African Champion
Skylar Schneider   United States Panamerican Champion
Nguyễn Thị Thật   Vietnam Asian Champion

Participating nations edit

210 cyclists from 71 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[4]

Final classification edit

References edit

  1. ^ "90th World Championships – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Road Race Women's Elite 2023 Start List". ProcyclingStats. Retrieved 30 August 2023.