title: 2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
text: # 2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
  
  The Women's road race of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2020 in Imola, Italy. Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion.
  
  Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands became the first rider in 25 years to win both the road race and time trial titles at a single World Championships, after a 40-kilometre (25-mile) solo attack. She finished 80 seconds clear of her closest competitors, to win her second world title in three years. The silver medal went to compatriot van Vleuten, who was riding the race with a brace on a fractured wrist – having completed a U-turn on competing in the race – following a crash the week prior at the Giro Rosa. The bronze medal was taken by Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini, losing out to van Vleuten in a two-up sprint.
  
  The race took place on a 28.8 kilometres (17.9 mi) course, starting and finishing at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (a motor racing circuit). Heading out from the Autodromo into the Emilia-Romagna countryside, the course used two climbs with an average gradient of 10% separated by the town of Riolo Terme, before returning to the Autodromo. The women's road race lapped the course five times, making a total of 143 kilometres (89 mi).
  
  ## Qualification
  
  ### Participating nations
  
  Following the withdrawals of Chloé Dygert and Rotem Gafinovitz after the time trial two days prior to the race, 143 cyclists from 41 nations were listed to start the 143-kilometre (89 mi)-long course. Three further riders did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (7)
  * Austria (3)
  * Belgium (6)
  * Belarus (2 1)
  * Canada (6)
  * Chile (1)
  * Colombia (3)
  * Cuba (1)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * Denmark (6)
  * Spain (6)
  * Estonia (1)
  * Ethiopia (1)
  * France (5)
  * Germany (7)
  * Great Britain (6)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Iceland (3)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (7)
  * Japan (1)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Lithuania (3)
  * Luxembourg (3)
  * Morocco (2)
  * Mexico (4)
  * Netherlands (8)
  * Norway (6 5)
  * New Zealand (3)
  * Poland (6)
  * South Africa (2)
  * Russia (3)
  * Slovenia (5)
  * Switzerland (4)
  * Slovakia (1)
  * Sweden (3)
  * Trinidad and Tobago (1)
  * Ukraine (3)
  * United States (6)
  * Uzbekistan (1 0)
  
  ## Final classification
  
  Of the race's 140 entrants, 105 riders completed the full distance of 143-kilometre (89 mi).
  
  | Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | 4h 09' 57" |
  | 2 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 1' 20" |
  | 3 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | + 1' 20" |
  | 4 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 2' 01" |
  | 5 | Liane Lippert | Germany | + 2' 01" |
  | 6 | Lizzie Deignan | Great Britain | + 2' 01" |
  | 7 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | + 2' 01" |
  | 8 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 2' 41" |
  | 9 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | + 3' 08" |
  | 10 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | + 3' 08" |
  | 11 | Lauren Stephens | United States | + 3' 08" |
  | 12 | Chantal van den Broek-Blaak | Netherlands | + 3' 08" |
  | 13 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | France | + 3' 08" |
  | 14 | Eugenia Bujak | Slovenia | + 3' 08" |
  | 15 | Niamh Fisher-Black | New Zealand | + 3' 08" |
  | 16 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | + 3' 08" |
  | 17 | Urša Pintar | Slovenia | + 3' 08" |
  | 18 | Margarita Victoria García | Spain | + 3' 08" |
  | 19 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | + 3' 08" |
  | 20 | Évita Muzic | France | + 3' 08" |
  | 21 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 3' 08" |
  | 22 | Mikayla Harvey | New Zealand | + 3' 08" |
  | 23 | Ane Santesteban | Spain | + 3' 08" |
  | 24 | Katrine Aalerud | Norway | + 3' 08" |
  | 25 | Anna Shackley | Great Britain | + 3' 08" |
  | 26 | Tayler Wiles | United States | + 3' 08" |
  | 27 | Sandra Levenez | France | + 3' 08" |
  | 28 | Lucy Kennedy | Australia | + 3' 08" |
  | 29 | Kristabel Doebel-Hickok | United States | + 3' 08" |
  | 30 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 4' 49" |
  | 31 | Katia Ragusa | Italy | + 4' 51" |
  | 32 | Brodie Chapman | Australia | + 5' 50" |
  | 33 | Marta Cavalli | Italy | + 7' 25" |
  | 34 | Amy Pieters | Netherlands | + 9' 29" |
  | 35 | Demi Vollering | Netherlands | + 9' 29" |
  | 36 | Hannah Barnes | Great Britain | + 9' 29" |
  | 37 | Coryn Rivera | United States | + 10' 16" |
  | 38 | Špela Kern | Slovenia | + 10' 16" |
  | 39 | Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | + 10' 16" |
  | 40 | Omer Shapira | Israel | + 10' 16" |
  | 41 | Juliette Labous | France | + 10' 16" |
  | 42 | Sara Poidevin | Canada | + 10' 16" |
  | 43 | Aigul Gareeva | Russia | + 11' 50" |
  | 44 | Anna Kiesenhofer | Austria | + 11' 53" |
  | 45 | Tatiana Guderzo | Italy | + 12' 56" |
  | 46 | Georgia Williams | New Zealand | + 14' 01" |
  | 47 | Teniel Campbell | Trinidad and Tobago | + 14' 01" |
  | 48 | Marta Lach | Poland | + 14' 01" |
  | 49 | Maria Novolodskaya | Russia | + 14' 01" |
  | 50 | Valerie Demey | Belgium | + 14' 01" |
  | 51 | Rachel Neylan | Australia | + 14' 01" |
  | 52 | Hanna Nilsson | Sweden | + 14' 01" |
  | 53 | Jesse Vandenbulcke | Belgium | + 14' 01" |
  | 54 | Kata Blanka Vas | Hungary | + 14' 01" |
  | 55 | Paula Patiño | Colombia | + 14' 01" |
  | 56 | Ashleigh Moolman | South Africa | + 14' 01" |
  | 57 | Yevheniya Vysotska | Ukraine | + 14' 01" |
  | 58 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | + 14' 01" |
  | 59 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | + 14' 01" |
  | 60 | Anna Henderson | Great Britain | + 14' 01" |
  | 61 | Emma Cecilie Norsgaard | Denmark | + 14' 01" |
  | 62 | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | + 14' 01" |
  | 63 | Lizzy Banks | Great Britain | + 14' 01" |
  | 64 | Nikola Nosková | Czech Republic | + 14' 01" |
  | 65 | Erica Magnaldi | Italy | + 14' 01" |
  | 66 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | + 14' 01" |
  | 67 | Soraya Paladin | Italy | + 14' 01" |
  | 68 | Sarah Roy | Australia | + 14' 43" |
  | 69 | Amber Neben | United States | + 15' 08" |
  | 70 | Susanne Andersen | Norway | + 15' 13" |
  | 71 | Stine Borgli | Norway | + 15' 13" |
  | 72 | Victorie Guilman | France | + 15' 13" |
  | Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
  | 73 | Melanie Maurer | Switzerland | + 15' 13" |
  | 74 | Tereza Neumanová | Czech Republic | + 18' 03" |
  | 75 | Franziska Koch | Germany | + 20' 08" |
  | 76 | Jarmila Machačová | Czech Republic | + 21' 12" |
  | 77 | Diana Klimova | Russia | + 21' 18" |
  | 78 | Julia Biryukova | Ukraine | + 21' 20" |
  | 79 | Sara Martín | Spain | + 21' 20" |
  | 80 | Małgorzata Jasińska | Poland | + 21' 22" |
  | 81 | Ariadna Gutiérrez | Mexico | + 22' 57" |
  | 82 | Lija Laizāne | Latvia | + 22' 57" |
  | 83 | Carolina Upegui | Colombia | + 22' 57" |
  | 84 | Anastasiya Kolesava | Belarus | + 23' 42" |
  | 85 | Karolina Kumięga | Poland | + 23' 42" |
  | 86 | Sarah Rijkes | Austria | + 23' 42" |
  | 87 | Noemi Rüegg | Switzerland | + 23' 42" |
  | 88 | Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru | Ethiopia | + 26' 47" |
  | 89 | Ingrid Lorvik | Norway | + 26' 47" |
  | 90 | Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | + 26' 47" |
  | 91 | Grace Brown | Australia | + 26' 47" |
  | 92 | Floortje Mackaij | Netherlands | + 26' 47" |
  | 93 | Julie Leth | Denmark | + 26' 47" |
  | 94 | Lone Meertens | Belgium | + 26' 47" |
  | 95 | Tereza Medveďová | Slovakia | + 26' 47" |
  | 96 | Catalina Soto | Chile | + 26' 47" |
  | 97 | Alicia González Blanco | Spain | + 26' 47" |
  | 98 | Sandra Alonso | Spain | + 26' 47" |
  | 99 | Mieke Kröger | Germany | + 27' 47" |
  | 100 | Fien van Eynde | Belgium | + 27' 47" |
  | 101 | Kathrin Hammes | Germany | + 27' 47" |
  | 102 | Mieke Docx | Belgium | + 27' 47" |
  | 103 | Olivija Baleišytė | Lithuania | + 29' 24" |
  | 104 | Julia Borgström | Sweden | + 30' 06" |
  | 105 | Urška Žigart | Slovenia | + 33' 33" |
  | | Ruth Winder | United States | DNF |
  | | Gloria Rodríguez | Spain | DNF |
  | | Tiffany Cromwell | Australia | DNF |
  | | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | DNF |
  | | Alice Barnes | Great Britain | DNF |
  | | Elena Cecchini | Italy | DNF |
  | | Romy Kasper | Germany | DNF |
  | | Trixi Worrack | Germany | DNF |
  | | Angelika Tazreiter | Austria | DNF |
  | | Fernanda Yapura | Argentina | DNF |
  | | Brenda Santoyo | Mexico | DNF |
  | | Andrea Ramírez | Mexico | DNF |
  | | Katarzyna Wilkos | Poland | DNF |
  | | Urška Bravec | Slovenia | DNF |
  | | Ann-Sophie Duyck | Belgium | DNF |
  | | Valeriya Kononenko | Ukraine | DNF |
  | | Shara Gillow | Australia | DNF |
  | | Pernille Mathiesen | Denmark | DNF |
  | | Anna Plichta | Poland | DNF |
  | | Birgitte Krogsgaard | Denmark | DNF |
  | | Daniela Atehortua | Colombia | DNF |
  | | Magdeleine Vallieres | Canada | DNF |
  | | Fatima El Hayani | Morocco | DNF |
  | | Maria Gaxiola | Mexico | DNF |
  | | Akvilė Gedraitytė | Lithuania | DNF |
  | | Kerry Jonker | South Africa | DNF |
  | | Nina Berton | Luxembourg | DNF |
  | | Marie-Soleil Blais | Canada | DNF |
  | | Mae Lang | Estonia | DNF |
  | | Bríet Kristý Gunnarsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
  | | Agusta Edda Bjornsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
  | | Hafdís Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | DNF |
  | | Claire Faber | Luxembourg | DNF |
  | | Martine Gjøs | Norway | DNF |
  | | Siham Es Sad | Morocco | DNF |
  | | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad | Norway | DNS |
  | | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | DNS |
  | | Olga Zabelinskaya | Uzbekistan | DNS |
  