2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road 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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

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).[1]

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.[1]

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,[2] 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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

September 29, 2007: Stuttgart, 133.7 km[3]

Rank Rider Country Time Marta Bastianelli  Italy 3h 46'34 Marianne Vos  Netherlands at 0'06" Giorgia Bronzini  Italy s.t. 4 Svetlana Bubnenkova  Russia s.t. 5 Noemi Cantele  Italy s.t. 6 Emma Johansson  Sweden s.t. 7 Marina Jaunatre  France s.t. 8 Oenone Wood  Australia s.t. 9 Alex Wrubleski  Canada s.t. 10 Emma Pooley  Great Britain s.t. 11 Maryline Salvetat  France s.t. 12 Lieselot Decroix  Belgium s.t. 13 Kristin Armstrong  United States s.t. 14 Maribel Moreno  Spain s.t. 15 Joanne Kiesanowski  New Zealand s.t. 16 Amber Neben  United States s.t. 17 Erinne Willock  Canada s.t. 18 Trixi Worrack  Germany at 0'14" 19 Sereina Trachsel   Switzerland at 0'53" 20 Chantal Beltman  Netherlands at 0'54" 21 Judith Arndt  Germany at 0'58" 22 Edwige Pitel  France at 1'06" 23 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli  France s.t. 24 Rasa Polikevičiūtė  Lithuania s.t. 25 Anita Valen  Norway at 1'09" 26 Priska Doppmann   Switzerland s.t. 27 Maja Adamsen  Denmark s.t. 28 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel  Netherlands s.t. 29 Karen Steurs  Belgium s.t. 30 Catherine Hare  Great Britain s.t. 31 Clemilda Fernandes  Brazil s.t. 32 Leigh Hobson  Canada s.t. 33 Yuliya Martisova  Russia s.t. 34 Lang Meng  China s.t. 35 Min Gao  China s.t. 36 Tereza Huříková  Czech Republic s.t. 37 Wang Fei  China s.t. 38 Élodie Touffet  France s.t. 39 Lorian Graham  Australia s.t. 40 Grete Treier  Estonia s.t. 41 Andrea Graus  Austria s.t.

Rank Rider Country Time 42 Zulfiya Zabirova  Kazakhstan s.t. 43 Verónica Leal  Mexico s.t. 44 Christine Thorburn  United States s.t. 45 Mara Abbott  United States s.t. 46 Claudia Häusler  Germany at 2'44" 47 An Van Rie  Belgium s.t. 48 Lohse Rasmussen Dorte  Denmark s.t. 49 Sufen Ma  China s.t. 50 Suzanne de Goede  Netherlands s.t. 51 Andrea Bosman  Netherlands s.t. 52 Luisa Tamanini  Italy s.t. 53 Karin Thürig   Switzerland s.t. 54 Diana Žiliūtė  Lithuania s.t. 55 Hanka Kupfernagel  Germany s.t. 56 Nikki Egyed  Australia at 3'11" 57 Rachel Heal  Great Britain at 5'36" 58 Alyona Andruk  Ukraine at 5'43" 59 Sofie Goor  Belgium at 6'01" 60 Edita Pučinskaitė  Lithuania at 10'39" 61 Marta Vila Josana  Spain s.t. 62 Jolanta Polikevičiūtė  Lithuania s.t. 63 Tatsiana Sharakova  Belarus s.t. 64 Rosane Kirch  Brazil s.t. 65 Oksana Kashchyshyna  Ukraine at 12'04" 66 Oxana Kozonchuk  Russia at 12'08" 67 Siobhan Dervan  Ireland at 12'38" 68 Grace Verbeke  Belgium s.t. 69 Jennifer Hohl   Switzerland at 12'40" 70 Patricia Schwager   Switzerland s.t. 71 Monika Schachl  Austria s.t. 72 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga  Spain s.t. 73 Rosara Joseph  New Zealand at 14'24" 74 Daniela Pintarelli  Austria s.t. 75 Sylwia Kapusta  Poland at 16'56" 76 Giuseppina Grassi Herrera  Mexico s.t. 77 Michelle Hyland  New Zealand s.t. 78 Rasa Leleivytė  Lithuania s.t. 79 Veronika Sprügl  Austria s.t. 80 Yolandi Du Toit  South Africa s.t. 81 Ana Madriñan Villegas  Colombia at 20'59"

Did not finish

61 riders failed to finish the race.

Rider Country Olivia Gollan  Australia Emma Rickards  Australia Eva Lutz  Germany Tatiana Guderzo  Italy Monia Baccaille  Italy Irene van den Broek  Netherlands Luise Keller  Germany Regina Bruins  Netherlands Ludivine Henrion  Belgium Christine Majerus  Luxembourg Miho Oki  Japan Aleksandra Wnuczek  Poland Alena Konečná  Czech Republic Kateryna Krasova  Ukraine Małgorzata Jasińska  Poland Christiane Soeder  Austria Katheryn Curi  United States Lauren Franges  United States Anne Samplonius  Canada Annette Beutler   Switzerland Carissa Wilkes  New Zealand Magali Mocquery  France Meifang Li  China Sara Carrigan  Australia Natalia Boyarskaya  Russia Sara Mustonen  Sweden Daiva Tušlaitė  Lithuania Rosario Rodriguez Maria  Spain Iosune Murillo Elkano  Spain Jarmila Machačová  Czech Republic Li Liu Yong  China

Rider Country Marissa van der Merwe  South Africa Laura Lepasalu  Estonia Aurelie Halbwachs  Mauritius Lyubov Dombitskaya  Kazakhstan Olessya Atrashkevich  Kazakhstan Chapookam Monrudee  Thailand Nontasin Chanpeng  Thailand Viena Balen  Croatia Martina Růžičková  Czech Republic Elizabeth Armitstead  Great Britain Evelyn García  El Salvador Elena Novikova  Russia Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova  Ukraine Tatiana Antoshina  Russia Monika Grzebinoga  Poland Hye Lee Min  South Korea Trine Schmidt  Denmark Anastasia Pastourmatzi  Greece Thatsani Wichana  Thailand Helen Wyman  Great Britain Paulina Brzeźna  Poland Dragana Kovačević  Serbia Tanja Slater  Great Britain Susanne Ljungskog  Sweden Arantzazu Azpiroz  Spain Tina Mayolo Pic  United States Janildes Fernandes  Brazil Uenia Fernandes  Brazil Nathalie Lamborelle  Luxembourg Toni Bradshaw  New Zealand