Cycling at the 2015 European Games – Women's individual time trial

The women's individual time trial cycling event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place over a distance of 25.8 km on 18 June starting and finishing at Bilgah Beach.[1] The course of the race was quite flat and not very technical with a turning point halfway.

Women's road time trial
at the 2015 European Games
VenueBaku (25.8 km)
Date18 June
Competitors30 from 24 nations
Winning time32:26.87
Medalists
gold medal    Netherlands
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Netherlands
2019 →

Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands won the time trial with force majeure ahead of Hanna Solovey from Ukraine and Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands.

Race

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In the morning of the competition it was sunny with a very strong wind. Because the wind was stronger than the days before, Ellen van Dijk chose another wheel for her bike before the start.

The first rider started at 10:00 with one minute between every rider. For a long time the intermediate and final times of Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands, who started early in the competition, were the fastest times. The intermediate time of Hanna Solovey from Ukraine was seven seconds faster than Van Vleuten. A bit later Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands, the main favorite who started last, was 14 seconds faster than Solovey. On the finish line the Russian Tatiana Antoshina finished just a few seconds slower than Van Vleuten. Solovey was on the finish about half a minute faster than Van Vleuten and Van Dijk was subsequently half a minute faster than Solovey. Ellen van Dijk was very pleased with her win: "It is the first European Games and that is quite special. This was a race I have been preparing for, for a long time. I have been training at high altitude. I wanted to be very strong in this period and that worked out great. It was very tough today, especially with the wind, but then again it's the same circumstances for everyone. I was able to get into a rhythm quickly and I could keep up the pace. This is what I can do, but it didn't feel particularly great on this course. It's hard to concentrate when it's only one straight road ahead. There's not much to do while riding. You just have to push and push."

Results

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Course of the time trial
Rank Rider Nation Time Behind
  Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands 32:26.87
  Hanna Solovey   Ukraine 33:03.37 +36.50
  Annemiek van Vleuten   Netherlands 33:33.56 +1:06.69
4 Tatiana Antoshina   Russia 33:38.73 +1:11.86
5 Martina Ritter   Austria 33:51.77 +1:24.90
6 Olena Pavlukhina   Azerbaijan 33:57.45 +1:30.58
7 Ann-Sophie Duyck   Belgium 34:05.21 +1:38.34
8 Alena Amialiusik   Belarus 34:07.32 +1:40.45
9 Eugenia Bujak   Poland 34:38.82 +2:11.95
10 Camilla Møllebro   Denmark 34:50.63 +2:23.76
11 Tatsiana Sharakova   Belarus 35:03.41 +2:36.54
12 Dana Rožlapa   Latvia 35:18.39 +2:51.52
13 Sari Saarelainen   Finland 35:21.73 +2:54.86
14 Mia Radotić   Croatia 35:27.80 +3:00.93
15 Caroline Ryan   Ireland 35:29.55 +3:02.68
16 Polona Batagelj   Slovenia 35:33.69 +3:06.82
17 Annabelle Dreville   France 35:33.97 +3:07.10
18 Aušrinė Trebaitė   Lithuania 35:38.19 +3:11.32
19 Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen   Norway 35:57.58 +3:30.71
20 Anna Plichta   Poland 36:00.51 +3:33.64
21 Natalia Boyarskaya   Russia 36:06.34 +3:39.47
22 Sheyla Gutiérrez Ruiz   Spain 36:14.28 +3:47.41
23 Tatiana Guderzo   Italy 36:18.25 +3:51.38
24 Liisi Rist   Estonia 36:21.96 +3:55.09
25 Rossella Ratto   Italy 36:22.26 +3:55.39
26 Varvara Fasoi   Greece 36:24.82 +3:57.95
27 Zuzana Neckářová   Czech Republic 36:42.48 +4:15.61
28 Séverine Eraud   France 36:45.99 +4:19.12
29 Tereza Medveďová   Slovakia 39:06.78 +6:39.91
30 Ayşenur Turgut   Turkey 41:53.64 +9:26.77

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References

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  1. ^ "Cycling Road – Women's Individual Time Trial – Start List" (PDF). Baku 2015. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Cycling Road – Women's Individual Time Trial – Results" (PDF). Baku 2015. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)