title: 2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
text: # 2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
  
  The Women's road race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 2 October in Melbourne, Australia.
  
  For the third time in four years, an Italian rider claimed the gold medal, with Giorgia Bronzini edging out her rivals in a sprint finish. Dutch rider Marianne Vos finished second for her fourth consecutive silver medal in the event, with Emma Johansson of Sweden taking the bronze.
  
  ## Route
  
  The race covered 127.2 km.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | 3h 32' 01" |
  | 2 | Marianne Vos (NED) | s.t. |
  | 3 | Emma Johansson (SWE) | s.t. |
  | 4 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | s.t. |
  | 5 | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 1" |
  | 6 | Grace Verbeke (BEL) | + 3" |
  | 7 | Trixi Worrack (GER) | + 3" |
  | 8 | Rasa Leleivytė (LTU) | + 3" |
  | 9 | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | + 3" |
  | 10 | Carla Swart (RSA) | + 3" |
  | 11 | Catherine Cheatley (NZL) | + 3" |
  | 12 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | + 3" |
  | 13 | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | + 3" |
  | 14 | Andrea Graus (AUT) | + 3" |
  | 15 | Tara Whitten (CAN) | + 3" |
  | 16 | Sharon Laws (GBR) | + 3" |
  | 17 | Amber Neben (USA) | + 3" |
  | 18 | Edwige Pitel (FRA) | + 3" |
  | 19 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 3" |
  | 20 | Emma Pooley (GBR) | + 3" |
  | 21 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 8" |
  | 22 | Noemi Cantele (ITA) | + 8" |
  | 23 | Erinne Willock (CAN) | + 21" |
  | 24 | Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) | + 32" |
  | 25 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 1' 42" |
  | 26 | Ruth Corset (AUS) | + 1' 42" |
  | 27 | Regina Bruins (NED) | + 1' 42" |
  | 28 | Vicki Whitelaw (AUS) | + 1' 42" |
  | 29 | Catherine Williamson (GBR) | + 1' 42" |
  | 30 | Tatiana Antoshina (RUS) | + 1' 42" |
  | 31 | Loes Gunnewijk (NED) | + 1' 42" |
  | 32 | Noortje Tabak (NED) | + 1' 42" |
  | 33 | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) | + 1' 42" |
  | 34 | Natalya Boyarskaya (RUS) | + 1' 47" |
  | 35 | Elena Berlato (ITA) | + 2' 02" |
  | 36 | Luisa Tamanini (ITA) | + 2' 02" |
  | 37 | Grete Treier (EST) | + 7' 38" |
  | 38 | Mayuko Hagiwara (JPN) | + 7' 40" |
  | 39 | Oxana Kozonchuk (RUS) | + 7' 40" |
  | 40 | Yulia Martisova (RUS) | + 7' 40" |
  | 41 | Robyn de Groot (RSA) | + 7' 40" |
  | 42 | Marissa van der Merwe (RSA) | + 7' 45" |
  | 43 | Anne Samplonius (CAN) | + 7' 48" |
  | 44 | Polona Batagelj (SLO) | + 9' 39" |
  | 45 | Sara Mustonen (SWE) | + 9' 39" |
  | 46 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (FRA) | + 9' 39" |
  | 47 | Fröydis Waerstad (NOR) | + 9' 39" |
  | 48 | Sophie Creux (FRA) | + 9' 39" |
  | 49 | Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) | + 9' 39" |
  | 50 | Verónica Leal Balderas (MEX) | + 9' 39" |
  | 51 | Lieselot Decroix (BEL) | + 9' 39" |
  | 52 | Marie Lindberg (SWE) | + 11' 36" |
  | 53 | Lise Nøstvold (NOR) | + 11' 36" |
  | 54 | Emilia Fahlin (SWE) | + 11' 36" |
  | 55 | Sofie De Vuyst (BEL) | + 11' 36" |
  | 56 | Anriette Schoeman (RSA) | + 11' 36" |
  | 57 | Martina Růžičková (CZE) | + 11' 36" |
  | 58 | Christine Majerus (LUX) | + 11' 52" |
  | 59 | Emilie Aubry (SUI) | + 11' 52" |
  | 60 | Natalya Stefanskaya (KAZ) | + 11' 52" |
  | 61 | Luise Keller (GER) | + 11' 54" |
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
  | 62 | Serena Sheridan (NZL) | + 11' 54" |
  | 63 | Jennifer Hohl (SUI) | + 11' 54" |
  | 64 | Márcia Fernandes Silva (BRA) | + 11' 54" |
  | 65 | Carmen Small (USA) | + 11' 54" |
  | 66 | Alyona Andruk (UKR) | + 11' 54" |
  | 67 | Valentina Carretta (ITA) | + 11' 54" |
  | 68 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) | + 11' 54" |
  | 69 | Joëlle Numainville (CAN) | + 11' 54" |
  | 70 | Toni Bradshaw (NZL) | + 11' 54" |
  | 71 | Nathalie Lamborelle (LUX) | + 16' 39" |
  | 72 | Edita Janeliūnaitė (LTU) | + 16' 39" |
  | 73 | Inga Čilvinaitė (LTU) | + 16' 39" |
  | 74 | Tatiana Panina (BLR) | + 18' 06" |
  | 75 | Ariadna Tudel Cuberes (AND) | + 18' 33" |
  | 76 | Belén López Morales (ESP) | + 19' 35" |
  | | Emilie Moberg (NOR) | DNF |
  | | Katheryn Curi (USA) | DNF |
  | | Chantal Blaak (NED) | DNF |
  | | Adrie Visser (NED) | DNF |
  | | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER) | DNF |
  | | Kirsten Wild (NED) | DNF |
  | | Charlotte Becker (GER) | DNF |
  | | Rossella Callovi (ITA) | DNF |
  | | Chanpeng Nontasin (THA) | DNF |
  | | Carla Ryan (AUS) | DNF |
  | | Amanda Miller (USA) | DNF |
  | | Shelley Olds (USA) | DNF |
  | | Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) | DNF |
  | | Elena Kuchinskaya (RUS) | DNF |
  | | Eleonora Patuzzo (ITA) | DNF |
  | | Lucy Martin (GBR) | DNF |
  | | Katie Colclough (GBR) | DNF |
  | | Modesta Vžesniauskaitė (LTU) | DNF |
  | | Shara Gillow (AUS) | DNF |
  | | Svitlana Halyuk (UKR) | DNF |
  | | Emma Crum (NZL) | DNF |
  | | Maja Marukic (CRO) | DNF |
  | | Monrudee Chapookam (THA) | DNF |
  | | Ludivine Henrion (BEL) | DNF |
  | | Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) | DNF |
  | | Amanda Spratt (AUS) | DNF |
  | | Bridie O'Donnell (AUS) | DNF |
  | | Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (ESP) | DNF |
  | | Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) | DNF |
  | | Kataržina Sosna (LTU) | DNF |
  | | Mariana Mohammad (MYS) | DNF |
  | | Kimberley Yap (MYS) | DNF |
  | | Cherise Taylor (RSA) | DNF |
  | | Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (ESP) | DNF |
  | | Serene Lee (SIN) | DNF |
  | | Noor Azian Alias (MYS) | DNF |
  | | Kathryn Bertine (SKN) | DNF |
  | | Courteney Lowe (NZL) | DNF |
  | | Doris Schweizer (SUI) | DNF |
  | | Patricia Schwager (SUI) | DNF |
  | | Ana Teresa Casas (MEX) | DNF |
  | | Valeria Teresita Müller (ARG) | DNF |
  | | Dinah Chan (SIN) | DNF |
  | | Sofía Arreola (MEX) | DNF |
  | | Denise Ramsden (CAN) | DNF |
  | | Colleen Ang (SIN) | DNF |
  | | Nina Ovcharenko (UKR) | DNS |
  