2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race Jersey rainbow.svg Rainbow jersey 150px 2007 UCI Road World Championships 29 September 2007 1 in GER Stuttgart (GER) 133.7 km 3h 46' 34" medals Marta Bastianelli ITA Marianne Vos NED Giorgia Bronzini ITA 2006 Salzburg Varese 2008 The 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's Road Race took place on September 29, 2007 around the German city of Stuttgart. The race started at 9:00.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/worlds07/?id=results/worlds074 Bastianelli caps dominating Italian performance with gold 2007-09-29 2007-09-29 Cyclingnews.com The race was won by Italian Marta Bastianelli, who broke away 15 km from the finish and held a gap over the chasing group.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/29092007/58/bastianelli-wins-world-title.html Bastianelli wins world title Eurosport 2007-09-29 2007-09-29 October 2010 H3llBot Last year's champion Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver with Giorgia Bronzini of Italy taking bronze to cap a dominant performance by the Italian team. It was Bastianelli's first victory of the season. Race Although the sun was out at the start of the race, the road were still wet and treacherous. The first victim of the conditions was Toni Bradshaw of New Zealand, this was the first of many early crashes, which included Zulfiya Zabirova. The race started at a gentle pace but the climbs immediately stretched out the field. Rosario Rodriguez Maria of Spain attacked but was not successful, so the front of the peloton remained quiet. The first lap was completed in just over 33 minutes, with an average speed of 34.709 km/h. The second lap was equally uneventful, except for Christine Thorburn of the United States who suffered a slight mechanical. Her chain came off on an uphill section, bringing her to a standstill and impeding the progress of several other riders. The second lap was completed in 33'07", an average speed of 34.604 km/h. The Brazilian Clemilda Fernandes Silva attempted to attack on the third lap, but was marked by the strongest teams. The peloton completed the third lap marginally slower, in 33'32" (average speed 34.494 km/h). The Italian rider Tatiana Guderzo launched an attack on lap four. Katheryn Curi (USA), Oxana Kozonchuk (Russia) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) responded immediately. Kupfernagel marked attacks throughout the race, attempting to ensure a sprint finish for teammate Judith Arndt, Kupfernagel had already won a gold medal in the time trial. Trixi Worrack was the second rider to drop her chain on a climb, but a passing teammate gave her a little push to get her going again. Lap four was completed nearly a minute faster than the previous lap, with an average speed 34.66 km/h. It was Guderzo who attacked again on the fifth lap, with the first serious attack of the race. She quickly built 10 second lead, which was then extended to 20 seconds. Other riders began to attack including Spaniards, Australians and Swiss riders, but the German team was trying to keep the race under control and no others were able to get away. Guderzo was within the bunch's sights when an advertising barrier was blown over, bringing down several riders, including Priska Doppmann, Maribel Moreno Allue, Regina Bruins and Edita Pučinskaitė. The peloton's rhythm was sufficiently disrupted so that Guderzo was once more able to increase her lead. With two laps to go, Guderzo had a second lead, but it was never more than 25 seconds. Noemi Cantele was 43 seconds behind having been caught up in the crash, but with the help of her team she quickly caught up. It was the turn of the American team set the pace, as Amber Neben attacked, but Cantele went with her, driving the break as they caught and passed Guderzo, gaining 25 seconds on the bunch. But the gap began to fall as the bunch worked hard up the climbs, catching Neben and Cantele two kilometres before the start of the final lap. This penultimae lap had been the fastest so far, completed in 31'37", an average speed of 36.246 km/h. Defending champion Marianne Vos and Cantele attacked on the first climb of the final lap, and built small lead. It was Marta Bastianelli's turn to attack from the front of the bunch, she did so strongly, taking advantage of other riders' hesitation. A group of around a dozen riders was able to catch back up to the second group, which consisted of seven riders. Bastianelli increased her lead to 20 seconds, and despite a brief problem with her chain, she was soon approximately 15 seconds ahead of the small chase group made up of 22 riders. She had wanted to avoid sprinting head to head with Marianne Vos; her tactics worked as she crossed the line first. Vos came in to take the bunch sprint and second position, just in front of Giorgia Bronzini. Final classification September 29, 2007: Stuttgart, 133.7 kmhttp://oldsite.uci.ch/UciDoc/ROA/2007/CM/RR_WE_RE.pdf Official Final Results – Women's Road Race UCI PDF 2007-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20081203134619/http://oldsite.uci.ch/UciDoc/ROA/2007/CM/RR_WE_RE.pdf 2008-12-03 dead Rank Rider Country Time1Marta Bastianelli ITA3h 46'34"1Marianne Vos NEDat 0'06"1Giorgia Bronzini ITAs.t.4Svetlana Bubnenkova RUSs.t.5Noemi Cantele ITAs.t.6Emma Johansson SWEs.t.7Marina Jaunâtre FRAs.t.8Oenone Wood AUSs.t.9Alex Wrubleski CANs.t.10Emma Pooley GBRs.t.11 Maryline Salvetat FRAs.t.12 Lieselot Decroix BELs.t.13 Kristin Armstrong USAs.t.14 Maribel Moreno ESPs.t.15 Joanne Kiesanowski NZLs.t.16 Amber Neben USAs.t.17 Erinne Willock CANs.t.18 Trixi Worrack GERat 0'14"19 Sereina Trachsel SUIat 0'53"20 Chantal Beltman NEDat 0'54"21 Judith Arndt GERat 0'58"22 Edwige Pitel FRAat 1'06"23 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli FRAs.t.24 Rasa Polikevičiūtė LTUs.t.25 Anita Valen NORat 1'09" 26 Priska Doppmann SUIs.t.27 Maja Adamsen DENs.t.28 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel NEDs.t.29 Karen Steurs BELs.t.30 Catherine Hare GBRs.t.31 Clemilda Fernandes BRAs.t.32 Leigh Hobson CANs.t.33 Yuliya Martisova RUSs.t.34 Lang Meng CHNs.t.35 Min Gao CHNs.t.36 Tereza Huříková CZEs.t.37 Wang Fei CHNs.t.38 Élodie Touffet FRAs.t.39 Lorian Graham AUSs.t.40 Grete Treier ESTs.t.41 Andrea Graus AUTs.t. Rank Rider Country Time42 Zulfiya Zabirova KAZs.t.43 Verónica Leal MEXs.t.44 Christine Thorburn USAs.t.45 Mara Abbott USAs.t.46 Claudia Häusler GERat 2'44"47 An Van Rie BELs.t.48 Lohse Rasmussen Dorte DENs.t.49 Sufen Ma CHNs.t.50 Suzanne de Goede NEDs.t.51 Andrea Bosman NEDs.t.52 Luisa Tamanini ITAs.t.53 Karin Thürig SUIs.t.54 Diana Žiliūtė LTUs.t.55 Hanka Kupfernagel GERs.t.56 Nikki Egyed AUSat 3'11"57 Rachel Heal GBRat 5'36"58 Alyona Andruk UKRat 5'43"59 Sofie Goor BELat 6'01"60 Edita Pučinskaitė LTUat 10'39"61 Marta Vila Josana ESPs.t.62 Jolanta Polikevičiūtė LTUs.t.63 Tatsiana Sharakova BLRs.t.64 Rosane Kirch BRAs.t.65 Oksana Kashchyshyna UKRat 12'04"66 Oxana Kozonchuk RUSat 12'08"67 Siobhan Dervan IRLat 12'38"68 Grace Verbeke BELs.t.69 Jennifer Hohl SUIat 12'40"70 Patricia Schwager SUIs.t.71 Monika Schachl AUTs.t.72 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga ESPs.t.73 Rosara Joseph NZLat 14'24"74 Daniela Pintarelli AUTs.t.75 Sylwia Kapusta POLat 16'56"76 Giuseppina Grassi Herrera MEXs.t.77 Michelle Hyland NZLs.t.78 Rasa Leleivytė LTUs.t.79 Veronika Sprügl AUTs.t.80 Yolandi Du Toit RSAs.t.81Ana Madriñan Villegas COL at 20'59" Did not finish 61 riders failed to finish the race. Rider CountryOlivia Gollan AUSEmma Rickards AUS Eva Lutz GER Tatiana Guderzo ITA Monia Baccaille ITA Irene van den Broek NED Luise Keller GER Regina Bruins NED Ludivine Henrion BEL Christine Majerus LUXMiho Oki JPN Aleksandra Wnuczek POLAlena Konečná CZE Kateryna Krasova UKR Małgorzata Jasińska POLChristiane Soeder AUT Katheryn Curi USALauren Franges USAAnne Samplonius CAN Annette Beutler SUI Carissa Wilkes NZLMagali Mocquery FRA Meifang Li CHN Sara Carrigan AUS Natalia Boyarskaya RUSSara Mustonen SWEDaiva Tušlaitė LTU Rosario Rodriguez Maria ESPIosune Murillo Elkano ESPJarmila Machačová CZE Li Liu Yong CHN Rider CountryMarissa van der Merwe RSA Laura Lepasalu EST Aurelie Halbwachs MRI Lyubov Dombitskaya KAZ Olessya Atrashkevich KAZ Chapookam Monrudee THANontasin Chanpeng THAViena Balen CRO Martina Růžičková CZE Elizabeth Armitstead GBREvelyn García ESA Elena Novikova RUSYelyzaveta Bochkaryova UKR Tatiana Antoshina RUSMonika Grzebinoga POLHye Lee Min KORTrine Schmidt DENAnastasia Pastourmatzi GREThatsani Wichana THAHelen Wyman GBRPaulina Brzeźna POLDragana Kovačević SRBTanja Slater GBRSusanne Ljungskog SWEArantzazu Azpiroz ESPTina Mayolo Pic USAJanildes Fernandes BRAUenia Fernandes BRANathalie Lamborelle LUXToni Bradshaw NZL References Women's Road Race Category:UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race Category:2007 in women's road cycling