2015 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

Women's time trial

2015 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	September 22, 2015
Stages	1
Distance	29.9 km (18.58 mi)
Winning time	40' 29.87"
Medalists
Gold Linda Villumsen (NZL)    Silver Anna van der Breggen (NED)    Bronze Lisa Brennauer (DEU)

The women's time trial of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around in Richmond, Virginia, United States on September 22, 2015. The course of the race is 29.9 km (18.6 mi) with the start and finish in Richmond. Lisa Brennauer was the defending champion, after winning her first world time trial title in 2014.

New Zealand's Linda Villumsen won her first world title, after five previous medal finishes, by 2.54 seconds ahead of Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands, while defending champion Brennauer finished in the bronze medal position, 5.26 seconds behind Villumsen. Australia's Katrin Garfoot finished just off the podium in fourth, 9.32 seconds off the winning time. Ellen van Dijk, one of the favorites, finished disappointingly seventh. A reason for her performance was that her rear wheel was not well attached in the frame. Her wheel ran into the frame, damaging her tire and puncturing her inner tube.

Qualification

Qualification for the event

Main article: 2015 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Lisa Brennauer (GER)
Pan American Champion	Carmen Small (USA)
European Champion (under-23)	Mieke Kröger (GER)
African Champion	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Did not participate
Asian Champion	Na Ah-reum (KOR)
Oceanian Champion	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)

Olympic qualification

This time trial was also part of the qualification of the women's time trial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The first ten nations in the time trial qualified one athlete.

Course

The individual time trial was contested on a circuit of 15 km (9.3 mi) and has a total elevation of 96 meters (315 feet). The elite women rode two laps of the circuit.

The circuit was a technical course that went through the city of Richmond. From the start, the route headed west from downtown to Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America." From there, the course made a 180-degree turn at N. Davis Avenue and continued in the opposite direction. The race then cut through the Uptown district before coming back through Virginia Commonwealth University and then crossing the James River. After a technical turnaround, the race came back across the river and worked its way through downtown Richmond, eventually heading up to ascend 300 meters (980 feet) on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, 680 meters (2,230 feet) to the finish.

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Date	Time	Event
September 22, 2015	13:30–16:45	Women's time trial

Participating nations

44 cyclists from 33 nations took part in the women's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

• Australia (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Belarus (1)
• Canada (2)
• Colombia (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Denmark (1)
• El Salvador (1)
• Spain (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• Germany (4)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Japan (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Mongolia (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Poland (2)
• Russia (2)
• Rwanda (1)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United States (3) (host)

Final classification

42 years old Kristin Armstrong was for a long time in the leading position

Ellen van Dijk, one of the favorites, had mechanical problems and finished disappointingly seventh

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	40' 29.87"
2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 2.54"
3	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	+ 5.26"
4	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	+ 9.32"
5	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	+ 20.58"
6	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	+ 26.58"
7	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 53.98"
8	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	+ 1' 06.03"
9	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	+ 1' 19.20"
10	Trixi Worrack (GER)	+ 1' 19.41"
11	Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)	+ 1' 21.36"
12	Martina Sáblíková (CZE)	+ 1' 21.94"
13	Tara Whitten (CAN)	+ 1' 26.23"
14	Carmen Small (USA)	+ 1' 27.59"
15	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)	+ 1' 32.49"
16	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	+ 1' 38.50"
17	Emma Johansson (SWE)	+ 1' 48.06"
18	Eri Yonamine (JPN)	+ 2' 10.35"
19	Mieke Kröger (GER)	+ 2' 20.78"
20	Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL)	+ 2' 23.16"
21	Christine Majerus (LUX)	+ 2' 26.33"
22	Eugenia Bujak (POL)	+ 2' 29.32"
23	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	+ 2' 39.51"
24	Doris Schweizer (SUI)	+ 2' 42.79"
25	Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (NOR)	+ 2' 47.45"
26	Hayley Simmonds (GBR)	+ 2' 54.41"
27	Aude Biannic (FRA)	+ 3' 11.17"
28	Siobhan Horgan (IRL)	+ 3' 16.91"
29	Martina Ritter (AUT)	+ 3' 33.01"
30	Silvia Valsecchi (ITA)	+ 3' 34.55"
31	Svetlana Vasilieva (RUS)	+ 3' 49.29"
32	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)	+ 3' 54.90"
33	Corinna Lechner (GER)	+ 3' 56.32"
34	Kathryn Bertine (SKN)	+ 4' 07.07"
35	Evelyn García (ESA)	+ 4' 09.27"
36	Daiva Tušlaitė (LTU)	+ 4' 11.17"
37	Lija Laizāne (LAT)	+ 4' 12.91"
38	Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal (MGL)	+ 4' 15.96"
39	Olga Shekel (UKR)	+ 4' 16.03"
40	Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP)	+ 4' 40.47"
41	Camilla Møllebro (DEN)	+ 4' 49.84"
42	Íngrid Drexel (MEX)	+ 5' 24.37"
43	Sérika Gulumá (COL)	+ 5' 52.66"
44	Jeanne D'arc Girubuntu (RWA)	+ 7' 11.84"