Some have waited many weeks, even many months, for this moment. The main stars of women’s cycling – with the exception of Martha Cavalli (Italy/FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope), injured – thus met in Australia, more precisely in Wollongong, for the road race World Championships which will take place this Saturday. They are all ready to start the 164.3 kilometer route Elisa Balsamo (Italy / Trek-Segafredo). As the reigning world champion, the 24-year-old Italian is one of the favorites and therefore has a good chance of keeping her world championship crown. That contest will still be severe in Australia.

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Longo Borghini, Labous, Ludwig… among the contenders!

Among the favourites: the Dutch Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), triple world champion (2006, 2012, 2013), and Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar team). But in what physical condition will the winner of the Tour de France women after his fall in the mixed relay on Wednesday? Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy / Trek-Segafredo) has the skills to shine at Wollongong. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark / FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope) or even Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland / Canyon//SRAM Racing) are also among the contenders for the world championship. The French – Juliette Labus (Team DSM) and Evita Mužic (FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroskop) – also have their say.

A week ago 🙌

Elisa Balsamo 🇮🇹 became UCI Road World Champion in Flanders in 2021 #Flanders2021 pic.twitter.com/GGhPUSRPK5

—UCI (@UCI_cycling) October 2, 2021

The start list

Italy

1 BALSAMO Elisa
2 CECCHINI Elena
3 LONGO BORGHINI Elisha
4 BASTIANELLI Marta
5 Persico Silvia
6 ZANARDI Silvia
7 BERTIZZOLO Sofia
8 GUAZZINI Vittoria

Austria

9 SCHREMPF Carina
10 SCHWEINBERGER Christina
11 SCHWEINBERGER Catherine

Netherlands

12 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
13 FULL RING half
14 VAN DIJK cubits
15 MACKAIJ Floortje
16 HER Marianne
17 MARK Riejanne
18 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin

France

19 BIANNIC Aude
20 TODAY Coralie
21 MUZIC Evita
22 VERHULST Gladys
23 WIEL Jade
24 Tedious Juliet
25 THE NET Mary

Belgium

26 VANDENBUCKE Jesse
27 EN WILD Julie
28 VAN DE VELDE Julie
29 GHEKIERE Justine
30 KOPECKY monkfish
31 DEMEY Valerie

Australia

32 MALE Alexandra
33 SPRATT Amanda
34 CHAPMAN Brodie
35 BAKER Georgia
36 BROWN Grace
37 TALBOT Josie
38 ROY Sarah

Denmark

39 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup
40 NORSGAARD ​​Emma
41 LETH Julie
42 GRAINS Rebecca

Poland

43 SKALNIAK SOJKA
44 WLODARCZYK Dominika
45 KUMIEGA Carolina
46 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
47 JASKULSKA Marta
48 LAUGH Martha

UNITED STATES

49 LANGLEY Emma
50 Franz Heidi
51 FAULKNER Kristen
52 STEPHENS Lauren
53 THOMAS Lea
54 TAILOR Skylar
55 EWERS Veronica

Germany

56 COOK Franziska
57 TEUTENBERG Lea Lin
58 LIPPERT liana
59 KROGER Mieke
60 BAUERNFEIND Ricarda
61 KASPER Romy

Spain

62 SANTESTEBAN donkeys
63 ERASO Idoia
64 OYARBID Lourdes
65 GARCIA Mavi
66 Alonso Sandra
67 MARTIN Sarah

Swiss

68 HARTMANN Elena
69 CHABBEY Elise
70 REUSSER Marlen
71 KOLLER Nicole
72 RÜEGG Noemi

Great Britain

73 TOWERS Alice
74 HENDERSON Anna
75 SHACKLEY Anna
76 HOLDEN ELIZABETH
77 BACKSTEDT Elynor
78 GEORGI Pfeiffer

South Africa

79 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh
80 PREEN Hayley
81 WEBB Courteney
82 LE ROUX Maude

New Zealand

83 WYLLIE Ella
84 CHRISTIE Henrietta
85 HARVEY Mikayla
86 FISHER-BLACK Niamh

Canada

87 JACKSON Alison
88 KIRCHMANN Leah
89 VALLIERES Magdeleine
90 BARREL Olivia
91 BOILARD Simone

Cuba

92 SIERRA Arlenis

Sweden

93 ANDERSSON Carolina
94 NILSSON Hannah
95 BORGSTROM Julia
96 EKLUND Nathalie

Colombia

97 PENUELA Diana
98 HERNANDEZ Lina
99 FRANCO Natalia
100 PATINO Paula

Norway

101 YSLAND Anne Dorthe
102 GASKJENN Ingvild
103 ALERUD Katrine
104 MOHR husband hole
105 MOUNTAIN EDSETH Marte

Uzbekistan

106 ZABELINSKAYA Olga
107 Kuskova Yanina

Slovenia

108 BUJAK Eugenia
109 CORE Spela
110 PINTAR Urska

Czech Republic

111 NASH Katerina
112 NEUMANOVA Tereza

Thailand

113 BATRIYA Chaniporn
114 SOMRAT Phetdarine

Serbia

115 ERIC Yelena

Luxembourg

116 BERTON Nina

Eritrea

117 TEKESTE Danait

Lithuania

118 LELEIVYTE Rasa

Ukraine

119 NAHULIAK Daryna
120 VARENYK Maryna

Brazil

121 MAGALHAES Ana

Argentina

122 ROLAND Luciana

Japan

123 YONAMINE Eri

Israel

124 SHAPIRA Omer

Slovakia

125 JENCUSOVA Nora

Hong Kong

126 LEUNG Wing Yee

Algeria

127 HOUILI Nesrine

Rwanda

128 NZAYISENGA Valantine

United Arab Emirates

130 AL SAYEGH Safia

The road race profile of the 2022 World Championship

Saturday 24.09 : Helensburgh-Wollongong (164.3 kmDeparts Helensburgh, then 1 lap of the 34.2 km Mount Keira Circuit, then 6 laps of the Circuit), departure scheduled for 4:25 am and estimated arrival around 9 am.

diffusion

Eurosport 1 and Eurosport player : 4:15

France 3 : 7 o’clock in the morning

palmares

The last twenty issues

2021 (Bruges, Belgium): 1. Elisa Balsamo (ITA) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)

2020 (Imola, Italy): 1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2. Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 3. Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

2019 (Harrogate, UK): 1. Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2. Anna van der Breggen (NED) 3. Amanda Spratt (AUS)

2018 (Innsbruck, Austria): 1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2. Amanda Spratt (AUS) 3. Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)

2017 (Bergen, Norway): 1. Chantal Blaak (NED) 2. Katrin Garfoot (AUS) 3. Amalie Dideriksen (DAN)

2016 (Doha, Qatar): 1. Amalie Dideriksen (DAN) 2. Kirsten Wild (NED) 3. Lotta Henttala (FIN)

2015 (Richmond, USA): 1. Elizabeth Deignan (GBR) 2. Anna van der Breggen (NED) 3. Megan Guarnier (USA)

2014 (Ponferrada, Spain): 1. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (FRA) 2. Lisa Brennauer (GER) 3. Emma Johansson (SWE)

2013 (Florence, Italy): 1. Marianne Vos (NED) 2. Emma Johansson (SWE) 3. Rossella Ratto (ITA)

2012 (Valkenburg, The Netherlands): 1. Marianne Vos (NED) 2. Rachel Neylan (AUS) 3. Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

2011 (Copenhagen, Denmark): 1. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER)

2010 (Geelong, Australia): 1. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Emma Johansson (SWE)

2009 (Mendrisio, Switzerland): 1. Tatyana Guderzo (ITA) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Noemie Cantele (ITA)

2008 (Varese, Italy): 1. Nicole Cooke (GBR) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Judith Arndt (GER)

2007 (Stuggart, Germany): 1. Marta Bastianelli (ITA) 2. Marianne Vos (NED) 3. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)

2006 (Salzburg, Austria): 1. Marianne Vos (NED) 2. Trixi Worrack (GER) 3. Nicole Cooke (GBR)

2005 (Madrid, Spain): 1. Regina Schleicher (GER) 2. Nicole Cooke (GBR) 3. Oenone Wood (AUS)

2004 (Verona, Italy): 1. Judith Arndt (GER) 2. Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) 3. Anita Valen (NOR)

2003 (Hamilton, Canada): 1. Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) 2. Mirjam Melchers (NED) 3. Nicole Cooke (GBR)

2002 (Zolder, Belgium): 1. Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) 2. Nicole Brandli (SUI) 3. Joane Somarriba (ESP)

Highest number of achievements

5: Jeannie Longo (FRA / 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)

4: Yvonne Reynders (BEL / 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966)

3: Marianne Vos (NED / 2006, 2012, 2013)

Success by Country

13: Netherlands

10: France (Jeannie Longo 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1995, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in 2014)

6: Italy, Belgium

5: Great Britain

4: Germany

3: USSR, Sweden, Lithuania

2: United States

1: Switzerland, West Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Belarus