Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race

The women's road race was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The event was held on 7 August 2016 at Fort Copacabana and was won by Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands.

Women's cycling road race
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
The podium of the event
VenueFort Copacabana
141 km (87.6 mi)
Date7 August 2016
Competitors68 from 39 nations
Winning time3:51:27
Medalists
Anna van der Breggen  Netherlands
Emma Johansson  Sweden
Elisa Longo Borghini  Italy
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Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Course

The women's course was 141 km (87.6 mi) long. Starting at Fort Copacabana,[2] the peloton headed west to pass through Ipanema, Barra, and Reserva Maripendi Beaches via the coastal road leading to the 24.8 km (15.4 mi) Pontal / Grumari circuit loop.[3] After two laps of the Grumari sector 49.6 km (30.8 mi), the course returned east via the same coastal road to enter the Vista Chinesa Circuit loop at Gávea for one lap of the 25.7 km (16.0 mi) circuit before finishing back at Fort Copacabana.[4] As with all road races during the Olympic Games, law enforcement escorted the athletes to keep them and bystanders safe during the competition. The Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) were assigned the duty to escort the athletes during the 2016 Olympics.

Forte de Copacabana
The venue of the race
The start/finish
(The start pictured)
2016 Olympic Cycling
Women's Road Course: 141 km
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Grumari Circuit: 24.8 km
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Vista Chinesa Circuit: 25.7 km

Start list
See also: List of cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The following NOCs had qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders were confirmed by their respective NOCs.

Dutch cyclist Ellen van Dijk and her fans
NOC# AthletesConfirmed AthletesRef
 Australia4Gracie Elvin
Katrin Garfoot
Rachel Neylan
Amanda Spratt		*
 Austria1Martina Ritter*
 Azerbaijan1Olena Pavlukhina*
 Belgium3Ann-Sophie Duyck
Lotte Kopecky
Anisha Vekemans		[5]
 Belarus1Alena Amialiusik*
 Brazil2Clemilda Fernandes
Flávia Oliveira		[6]
 Canada3Karol-Ann Canuel
Leah Kirchmann
Tara Whitten		*
 Chile1Paola Munoz Grandon*
 Colombia1Ana Christina Sanabria Sanchez*
 Cuba1Arlenis Sierra*
 Cyprus1Antri Christoforou*
 Spain1Ane Santesteban[7]
 Finland1Lotta Lepistö[8]
 France2Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Audrey Cordon		[9]
 Great Britain3Lizzie Armitstead
Nikki Harris
Emma Pooley		*
 Germany4Lisa Brennauer
Romy Kasper
Claudia Lichtenberg
Trixi Worrack		*
 Israel1Shani Bloch*
 Italy4Elisa Longo Borghini
Giorgia Bronzini
Tatiana Guderzo
Elena Cecchini		*
 Japan1Eri Yonamine*
 South Korea1Ah Reum Na*
 Lithuania1Daiva Tuslaite*
 Luxembourg2Christine Majerus
Chantal Hoffmann		*
 Mexico1Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez*
 Namibia1Vera Adrian*
 Netherlands4Marianne Vos
Anna van der Breggen
Ellen van Dijk
Annemiek van Vleuten		[10]
 Norway1Vita Heine*
 New Zealand1Linda Villumsen*
 Poland3Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Malgorzata Jasinska
Anna Plichta		*
 South Africa2Ashleigh Moolman
An-Li Kachelhoffer		*
 Russia1Olga Zabelinskaya* [11]
 Slovenia1Polona Batagelj*
 Switzerland1Jolanda Neff[12]
 Sweden3Emma Johansson
Sara Mustonen
Emilia Fahlin		[13]
 Thailand1Jutatip Maneephan*
 Chinese Taipei1Huang Ting-ying*
 Ukraine1Hanna Solovey*
 United States4Mara Abbott
Kristin Armstrong
Megan Guarnier
Evelyn Stevens		*
 Venezuela1Jennifer Cesar*

* ref:[14]

Over time limit (OTL)
Under UCI regulations for one-day road races (article 2.3.039), "Any rider finishing in a time exceeding that of the winner by more than 5% shall not be placed".[15]

Result
Winner Anna van der Breggen
Emma Johansson (left) finished second
Elisa Longo Borghini finished third
Final results[16][17]
Rank Rider Time
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) 3h 51' 27"
 Emma Johansson (SWE) s.t.
 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) s.t.
4  Mara Abbott (USA) + 4"
5  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) + 20"
6  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) s.t.
7  Flávia Oliveira (BRA) s.t.
8  Jolanda Neff (SUI) s.t.
9  Marianne Vos (NED) + 1' 14"
10  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) s.t.
Final Classification (11– 50)
11  Megan Guarnier (USA) s.t.
12  Evelyn Stevens (USA) + 1' 16"
13  Alena Amialiusik (BLR) + 2' 16"
14  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) + 2' 19"
15  Amanda Spratt (AUS) + 4' 09"
16  Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) + 4' 25"
17  Eri Yonamine (JPN) + 4' 56"
18  Christine Majerus (LUX) + 5' 07"
19  Lisa Brennauer (GER) s.t.
20  Elena Cecchini (ITA) s.t.
21  Ellen van Dijk (NED) s.t.
22  Rachel Neylan (AUS) s.t.
23  Linda Villumsen (NZL) s.t.
24  Małgorzata Jasińska (POL) s.t.
25  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) s.t.
26  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) s.t.
27  Emilia Fahlin (SWE) + 6' 36"
28  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) s.t.
29  Anisha Vekemans (BEL) s.t.
30  Na Ah-reum (KOR) s.t.
31  Claudia Lichtenberg (GER) s.t.
32  Polona Batagelj (SLO) s.t.
33  Vita Heine (NOR) + 7' 07"
34  Daiva Tušlaitė (LTU) s.t
35  Olena Pavlukhina (AZE) + 7' 38"
36  Hanna Solovey (UKR) + 9' 35"
37  Audrey Cordon (FRA) + 9' 37"
38  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) + 10' 02"
39  An-Li Kachelhoffer (RSA) s.t.
40  Ana Sanabria (COL) s.t.
41  Anna Plichta (POL) s.t.
42  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) + 10' 06"
43  Trixi Worrack (GER) s.t.
44  Romy Kasper (GER) + 10' 40"
45  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) s.t.
46  Martina Ritter (AUT) s.t.
47  Ane Santesteban (ESP) + 11' 32"
48  Shani Bloch (ISR) s.t.
49  Gracie Elvin (AUS) + 11' 34"
50  Jennifer Cesar (VEN) + 11' 51"
51  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) + 12' 07"
52  Nikki Harris (GBR) s.t.
53  Emma Pooley (GBR) + 17' 45"
Over time limit
–  Clemilda Fernandes (BRA) OTL
–  Antri Christoforou (CYP) OTL
Did not finish
–  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) DNF
–  Kristin Armstrong (USA) DNF
–  Katrin Garfoot (AUS) DNF
–  Tara Whitten (CAN) DNF
–  Sara Mustonen (SWE) DNF
–  Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL) DNF
–  Chantal Hoffmann (LUX) DNF
–  Carolina Rodríguez (MEX) DNF
–  Paola Muñoz (CHI) DNF
–  Jutatip Maneephan (THA) DNF
–  Vera Adrian (NAM) DNF
–  Milagro Mena (CRC) DNF
Disqualified
–  Huang Ting-ying (TPE) DSQ

References
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