UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

The UCI Road World Championships - Women's time trial is the annual world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of time trial, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. The event was first run in 1994.

Women's Time Trial

Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date	September–October
Discipline	Time Trial
Type	One-day
Organiser	Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
History
First edition	1994 (1994)
Editions	31 (as 2024)
First winner	Karen Kurreck (USA)
Most wins	Jeannie Longo (FRA) (4 wins)
Most recent	Grace Brown (AUS)

From 2022 to 2024, competitors in this event under the age of 23 at the end of the previous year were also competing for honours in their own classification.

Medallists

Ellen van Dijk won in 2013 (pictured), 2021, and 2022.

Women's time trial medallists^[1]

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Margin	Bronze	Margin	Distance	Location	Ref.
1994	Karen Kurreck (USA)	38' 22"	Anne Samplonius (CAN)	+ 0' 44"	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	+ 1' 21"	30.0 km (18.6 mi)	Agrigento, Italy	[2]
1995	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	44' 27"	Clara Hughes (CAN)	+ 1' 11"	Kathryn Watt (AUS)	+ 1' 25"	26.1 km (16.2 mi)	Duitama, Colombia	[3]
1996	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	35' 16"	Catherine Marsal (FRA)	+ 0' 49"	Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA)	+ 0' 54"	26.4 km (16.4 mi)	Lugano, Switzerland	[4]
1997	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	39' 15"	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	+ 0"[A]	Judith Arndt (GER)	+ 0' 29"	28.0 km (17.4 mi)	San Sebastián, Spain	[4]
1998	Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED)	31' 51"	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	+ 0"[B]	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)	+ 0' 02"	23.0 km (14.3 mi)	Valkenburg, Netherlands	[5]
1999	Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED)	32' 31"	Anna Wilson (AUS)	+ 0' 04"	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)	+ 0' 31"	25.8 km (16.0 mi)	Verona, Italy	[6]
2000	Mari Holden (USA)	33' 14"	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	+ 0' 03"	Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU)	+ 0' 46"	24.5 km (15.2 mi)	Plouay, France	[7]
2001	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	29' 08"	Nicole Brändli (SUI)	+ 0' 04"	Teodora Ruano (ESP)	+ 0' 44"	19.2 km (11.9 mi)	Lisbon, Portugal	[8]
2002	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	32' 02"	Nicole Brändli (SUI)	+ 0' 14"	Karin Thürig (SUI)	+ 0' 17"	23.2 km (14.4 mi)	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[9]
2003	Joane Somarriba (ESP)	28' 23"	Judith Arndt (GER)	+ 0' 10"	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	+ 0' 26"	20.8 km (12.9 mi)	Hamilton, Canada	[10]
2004	Karin Thürig (SUI)	30' 53"	Judith Arndt (GER)	+ 0' 51"	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	+ 0' 56"	24.0 km (14.9 mi)	Verona, Italy	[11]
2005	Karin Thürig (SUI)	28' 51"	Joane Somarriba (ESP)	+ 0' 05"	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	+ 0' 39"	21.9 km (13.6 mi)	Madrid, Spain	[12]
2006	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	35' 04"	Karin Thürig (SUI)	+ 0' 25"	Christine Thorburn (USA)	+ 0' 29"	26.1 km (16.2 mi)	Salzburg, Austria	[13]
2007	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)	34' 43"	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	+ 0' 23"	Christiane Soeder (AUT)	+ 0' 41"	25.1 km (15.6 mi)	Stuttgart, Germany	[14]
2008	Amber Neben (USA)	33' 51"	Christiane Soeder (AUT)	+ 0' 07"	Judith Arndt (GER)	+ 0' 22"	25.1 km (15.6 mi)	Varese, Italy	[15]
2009	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	35' 26"	Noemi Cantele (ITA)	+ 0' 55"	Linda Villumsen (DEN)	+ 0' 58"	26.8 km (16.7 mi)	Mendrisio, Switzerland	[16]
2010	Emma Pooley (GBR)	32' 48"	Judith Arndt (GER)	+ 0' 15"	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	+ 0' 15"	22.8 km (14.2 mi)	Geelong, Australia	[17]
2011	Judith Arndt (GER)	37' 07"	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	+ 0' 21"	Emma Pooley (GBR)	+ 0' 24"	27.8 km (17.3 mi)	Copenhagen, Denmark	[18]
2012	Judith Arndt (GER)	32' 26"	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	+ 0' 33"	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	+ 0' 40"	24.3 km (15.1 mi)	Valkenburg, Netherlands	[19]
2013	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	28' 47"	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	+ 0' 24"	Carmen Small (USA)	+ 0' 28"	22.0 km (13.7 mi)	Florence, Italy	[20]
2014	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	38' 44"	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	+ 0' 18"	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	+ 0' 21"	29.5 km (18.3 mi)	Ponferrada, Spain	[21]
2015	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	40' 29"	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 0' 02"	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	+ 0' 05"	29.9 km (18.6 mi)	Richmond, Virginia, United States	[22]
2016	Amber Neben (USA)	44' 42"	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 0' 05"	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	+ 0' 08"	28.9 km (18.0 mi)	Doha, Qatar	[23]
2017	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	28' 50"	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 0' 12"	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	+ 0' 19"	21.1 km (13.1 mi)	Bergen, Norway	[24]
2018	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	34' 25"	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 0' 29"	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 1' 25"	27.7 km (17.2 mi)	Innsbruck, Austria	[25]
2019	Chloé Dygert (USA)	42' 11"	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 1' 32"	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	+ 1' 52"	30.4 km (18.9 mi)	Yorkshire, United Kingdom	[26]
2020	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	40' 20"	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	+ 0' 15"	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 0' 31"	31.7 km (19.7 mi)	Imola, Italy	[27]
2021	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	36' 05"	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	+ 0' 10"	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	+ 0' 24"	30.3 km (18.8 mi)	Brugge, Belgium	[28]
2022	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	44' 28"	Grace Brown (AUS)	+ 0' 13"	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	+ 0' 42"	34.2 km (21.3 mi)	Wollongong, Australia	[29]
2023	Chloe Dygert (USA)	46' 59"	Grace Brown (AUS)	+ 0' 06"	Christina Schweinberger (AUT)	+ 1' 13"	36.2 km (22.5 mi)	Stirling, Scotland, UK	[30]
2024	Grace Brown (AUS)	39' 16"	Demi Vollering (NED)	+ 0' 16"	Chloe Dygert (USA)	+ 0' 56"	29.9 km (18.6 mi)	Zurich, Switzerland	[31]

Most successful cyclists

Most successful Women's time trial cyclists

Rank	Cyclist	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medal-winning places
1	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	4	1	1	6	Duitama, Lugano, San Sebastián, Lisbon
2	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	3	1	2	6	Firenze, Brugge, Wollongong
3	Judith Arndt (GER)	2	3	2	7	Copenhagen, Valkenburg
4	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	2	1	1	4	Salzburg, Mendrisio
	Karin Thürig (SUI)	2	1	1	4	Verona, Madrid
6	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	2	0	2	4	Bergen, Innsbruck
7	Chloe Dygert (USA)	2	0	1	3	Harrogate, Stirling
8	Leontien van Moorsel (NED)	2	0	0	2	Valkenburg, Verona
	Amber Neben (USA)	2	0	0	2	Varese, Doha
10	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	1	4	0	5	Imola
11	Linda Villumsen (NZL) (DEN)	1	2	3	6	Richmond

Medallists by nation

Nations are ranked in order of number of gold, silver and bronze medals won.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	8	6	4	18
2	United States	8	2	5	15
3	Germany	4	3	4	11
4	France	4	2	1	7
5	Switzerland	2	5	2	9
6	Australia	1	3	3	7
7	New Zealand	1	2	2	5
	Russia	1	2	2	5
9	Spain	1	1	1	3
10	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
11	Canada	0	2	0	2
12	Austria	0	1	2	3
13	Italy	0	1	1	2
14	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
15	Lithuania	0	0	2	2
16	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		31	31	31	93

Footnotes

1. Longo finished 0' 00" 85"' ahead of Zabirova.^[4]
2. Zijlaard-Van Moorsel finished 0' 00" 37"' ahead of Zabirova.^[5]

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External links

• Women's ITT