Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race

The Women's Road Race at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling):

Women's cycling road race at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Urban Road Cycling Course 126.4 km (78.5 mi)
Date	15 August 2004[1]
Competitors	67 from 27 nations
Winning time	3:24:24
Medalists
Sara Carrigan  Australia Judith Arndt  Germany Olga Slyusareva  Russia

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
Track time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team pursuit	men
Sprint	men	women
Team sprint	men
Points race	men	women
Keirin	men
Madison	men
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women

The peloton finally split on the penultimate lap, with a small group going clear that contained a number of the favourites, and two Australian cyclists, Sara Carrigan and Oenene Wood. When Carrigan broke from this group on the final lap, only Judith Arndt was able or willing to chase her down, and the pair stayed clear until the end, Carrigan out sprinting Arndt for the line. Russian sprinter Olga Slyusareva won the chase for bronze ahead of Wood and Nicole Cooke of Britain, who had had to work hard to catch up with the chasing group after hitting a barrier on the final lap. The 2000 Olympic champion, Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands clipped another rider and crashed out on the penultimate lap.

Date: 15 August

Start: 15:00