The Women's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fifteenth edition of the championship, and the seventh since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Dutch outfit Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017.[2] 12 teams and 72 riders entered the competition.[3]
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| Dates | 23 September 2018 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 54.1 km (33.62 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1h 01' 46.60"[1] | |||||||||
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Canyon–SRAM from Germany won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 52.544 kilometres per hour (32.649 mph), 21.9 seconds faster than Dutch team Boels–Dolmans.[4] The bronze medal went to the defending world champions Team Sunweb, 28.67 seconds behind Canyon–SRAM.[1]
Amongst the winning riders for Canyon–SRAM, Trixi Worrack won a record fifth team time trial world championships,[5] having won four consecutive titles between 2012 and 2015 for Velocio–SRAM and its two previous iterations. Four of the five remaining riders won their first world title – Alena Amialiusik won her second gold medal – in a result described as a "surprise" by the cycling media,[6][7] as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2018.[8]
Course
editThe race consisted of a route 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, but also did not include the climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, that was part of the men's event later that day.[9]
Final classification
editAll twelve teams completed the 52.1-kilometre (32.4 mi)-long course.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Final Results / Résultat final: Women's Team Time Trial / Contre-la-montre par équipes Femmes". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "World Championships: Team Sunweb win women's team time trial". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Start List / Liste de départ: Women's Team Time Trial / Contre-la-montre par équipes Femmes". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (23 September 2018). "Canyon-SRAM win UCI Road World Championships women's team time trial". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (23 September 2018). "World Championships: Worrack moved by fifth team time trial victory". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (23 September 2018). "Favourites Boels Dolmans and Sunweb lose out in Worlds TTT". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Adams, Tom (23 September 2018). "UCI World Championships - Canyon-SRAM take women's TTT title from Sunweb in Innsbruck". Eurosport. Discovery, Inc. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
Reigning champions Sunweb were dethroned on day one of the UCI World Championships in Innsbruck as Canyon-SRAM sprung a surprise in the women's team time trial.
- ^ "Women's world championship TTT report: Canyon-SRAM overcome pre-race favorites". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
We did not win one single team time trial this year so it's also a bit of a surprise but for the others more than for us, because we knew what we could do if we had the perfect day.
- ^ "Up next: UCI Women's and Men's Team Time Trials". Innsbruck-Tirol 2018. Innsbruck-Tirol Cycling Championship 2018 GmbH. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.