2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
# 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.

## Course

The race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles), the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 140.05 kilometres (87.02 miles) in 2013.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.

### Continental champions

| Champion | Name | Note |
| - | - | - |
| Outgoing World Champion | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) | Competed |
| African Champion | Aurelie Halbwachs (MRI) | Competed |
| Asian Champion | Yang Qianyu (HKG) | Competed |
| European Champion | Marianne Vos (NED) | Competed |
| Pan American Champion | Paola Muñoz (CHI) | Competed |
| Oceanian Champion | Lisen Hockings (AUS) | Did not compete |

### UCI World Ranking by Nations

Rankings as at 15 August 2017.

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4629.5 |
| 2 | Italy | 2655 |
| 3 | Australia | 2300.25 |
| 4 | United States | 2093 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1759.5 |
| 6 | Poland | 1714.5 |
| 7 | Belgium | 1600.5 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1238 |
| 9 | Germany | 1202.5 |
| 10 | Canada | 1195.25 |
| Rank | Nation | Points |
| 11 | Finland | 992 |
| 12 | South Africa | 959 |
| 13 | France | 879.5 |
| 14 | Norway | 638.5 |
| 15 | Spain | 580.75 |
| 16 | Sweden | 578.75 |
| 17 | Cuba | 522 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 467 |
| 19 | Russia | 431 |
| 20 | Belarus | 408 |

### Participating nations

153 cyclists from 47 nations were entered in the women's road race, however Cuba's sole representative Marlies Mejías did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

* Argentina (2)
* Australia (7)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (2)
* Colombia (3)
* Cuba (1) (did not start)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (7)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Lithuania (3)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (6)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (6)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (5)
* Serbia (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (3)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (3)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (7)

## Final classification

Of the race's 153 entrants, 77 riders completed the full distance of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles).

| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chantal Blaak | Netherlands | 4h 06' 30" |
| 2 | Katrin Garfoot | Australia | + 28" |
| 3 | Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | + 28" |
| 4 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 5 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | + 28" |
| 6 | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | + 28" |
| 7 | Susanne Andersen | Norway | + 28" |
| 8 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 9 | Emilia Fahlin | Sweden | + 28" |
| 10 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 28" |
| 11 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | France | + 28" |
| 12 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | + 28" |
| 13 | Lucinda Brand | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 14 | Hannah Barnes | Great Britain | + 28" |
| 15 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 16 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | + 28" |
| 17 | Sheyla Gutiérrez | Spain | + 28" |
| 18 | Coryn Rivera | United States | + 28" |
| 19 | Sarah Roy | Australia | + 28" |
| 20 | Dani King | Great Britain | + 28" |
| 21 | Linda Villumsen | New Zealand | + 28" |
| 22 | Urša Pintar | Slovenia | + 28" |
| 23 | Gracie Elvin | Australia | + 28" |
| 24 | Shara Gillow | Australia | + 28" |
| 25 | Martina Ritter | Austria | + 28" |
| 26 | Janneke Ensing | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 27 | Polona Batagelj | Slovenia | + 28" |
| 28 | Olga Zabelinskaya | Russia | + 28" |
| 29 | Vita Heine | Norway | + 28" |
| 30 | Ann-Sophie Duyck | Belgium | + 28" |
| 31 | Paula Patiño | Colombia | + 28" |
| 32 | Margarita Victoria García | Spain | + 28" |
| 33 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | + 28" |
| 34 | Íngrid Drexel | Mexico | + 28" |
| 35 | Eugenia Bujak | Poland | + 28" |
| 36 | Hanna Nilsson | Sweden | + 28" |
| 37 | Élise Delzenne | France | + 28" |
| 38 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 36" |
| 39 | Tatiana Guderzo | Italy | + 36" |
| 40 | Audrey Cordon | France | + 37" |
| 41 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | + 38" |
| 42 | Lizzie Deignan | Great Britain | + 38" |
| 43 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | + 1' 19" |
| 44 | Ramona Forchini | Switzerland | + 1' 19" |
| 45 | Amy Pieters | Netherlands | + 1' 19" |
| 46 | Giorgia Bronzini | Italy | + 1' 19" |
| 47 | Rossella Ratto | Italy | + 1' 34" |
| 48 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 1' 50" |
| 49 | Hayley Simmonds | Great Britain | + 2' 31" |
| 50 | Lisa Klein | Germany | + 2' 31" |
| 51 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 2' 31" |
| 52 | Trixi Worrack | Germany | + 2' 31" |
| 53 | Diana Peñuela | Colombia | + 3' 53" |
| 54 | Rachel Neylan | Australia | + 4' 01" |
| 55 | Romy Kasper | Germany | + 4' 01" |
| 56 | Eider Merino Cortazar | Spain | + 4' 18" |
| 57 | Anastasiia Iakovenko | Russia | + 4' 43" |
| 58 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 4' 43" |
| 59 | Chloe Hosking | Australia | + 4' 43" |
| 60 | Georgia Williams | New Zealand | + 4' 43" |
| 61 | Lauren Stephens | United States | + 4' 43" |
| 62 | Nikola Nosková | Czech Republic | + 4' 43" |
| 63 | Stine Borgli | Norway | + 5' 51" |
| 64 | Camilla Møllebro | Denmark | + 5' 51" |
| 65 | Olga Shekel | Ukraine | + 5' 51" |
| 66 | Pernille Mathiesen | Denmark | + 5' 57" |
| 67 | Elinor Barker | Great Britain | + 6' 36" |
| 68 | Lex Albrecht | Canada | + 8' 38" |
| 69 | Sara Bergen | Canada | + 9' 37" |
| 70 | Omer Shapira | Israel | + 9' 37" |
| 71 | Ruth Winder | United States | + 9' 37" |
| 72 | Sofia Bertizzolo | Italy | + 9' 37" |
| 73 | Amber Neben | United States | + 13' 06" |
| 74 | Kirsti Lay | Canada | + 14' 02" |
| 75 | Kseniya Dobrynina | Russia | + 14' 02" |
| 76 | Eugénie Duval | France | + 14' 52" |
| 77 | Aude Biannic | France | + 14' 52" |
| Rider | Country | Time |
| Charlotte Becker | Germany | DNF |
| Katie Hall | United States | DNF |
| Claudia Lichtenberg | Germany | DNF |
| Emilie Moberg | Norway | DNF |
| Makhabbat Umutzhanova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Tayler Wiles | United States | DNF |
| Julie Leth | Denmark | DNF |
| Alba Teruel Ribes | Spain | DNF |
| Špela Kern | Slovenia | DNF |
| Barbara Benkó | Hungary | DNF |
| Linda Indergand | Switzerland | DNF |
| Ashleigh Moolman | South Africa | DNF |
| Juliette Labous | France | DNF |
| Anna Plichta | Poland | DNF |
| Ewelina Szybiak | Poland | DNF |
| Katrine Aalerud | Norway | DNF |
| Antri Christoforou | Cyprus | DNF |
| Alice Barnes | Great Britain | DNF |
| Melissa Lowther | Great Britain | DNF |
| Jolien D'Hoore | Belgium | DNF |
| Elisa Balsamo | Italy | DNF |
| Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | DNF |
| Mónika Király | Hungary | DNF |
| Ana Sanabria | Colombia | DNF |
| Agua Marina Espínola | Paraguay | DNF |
| Jelena Erić | Serbia | DNF |
| Małgorzata Jasińska | Poland | DNF |
| Nicole Hanselmann | Switzerland | DNF |
| Marta Lach | Poland | DNF |
| Wing Yee Leung | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Anna Potokina | Russia | DNF |
| Maria Yapura Plaza | Argentina | DNF |
| Olena Pavlukhina | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| Varvara Fasoi | Greece | DNF |
| Christina Perchtold | Austria | DNF |
| Natalya Saifutdinova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Elise Maes | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Lydia Boylan | Ireland | DNF |
| Lourdes Oyarbide | Spain | DNF |
| Alicia González Blanco | Spain | DNF |
| Yumi Kajihara | Japan | DNF |
| Kelly Van den Steen | Belgium | DNF |
| Megan Guarnier | United States | DNF |
| Lotta Lepistö | Finland | DNF |
| Ingrid Moe | Norway | DNF |
| Claire Faber | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Sara Penton | Sweden | DNF |
| Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru | Ethiopia | DNF |
| Daiva Tušlaitė | Lithuania | DNF |
| Christina Siggaard | Denmark | DNF |
| Trine Schmidt | Denmark | DNF |
| Amiliya Iskakova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Estefania Pilz | Argentina | DNF |
| Chantal Hoffmann | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Alexandra Nessmar | Sweden | DNF |
| Aurelie Halbwachs | Mauritius | DNF |
| Alžbeta Pavlendová | Slovakia | DNF |
| Brenda Santoyo | Mexico | DNF |
| Ana Maria Covrig | Romania | DNF |
| Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | DNF |
| Kathrin Schweinberger | Austria | DNF |
| Justina Jovaišytė | Lithuania | DNF |
| Serene Lee | Singapore | DNF |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | DNF |
| Aranza Villalón | Chile | DNF |
| Pang Yao | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Chane Jonker | South Africa | DNF |
| Yang Qianyu | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Nicolle Borges | Brazil | DNF |
| Paola Muñoz | Chile | DNF |
| Laura Vainionpää | Finland | DNF |
| Jessy Druyts | Belgium | DNF |
| Hilla Yizhaq | Israel | DNF |
| Selam Amha | Ethiopia | DNF |
| Julia Karlsson | Sweden | DNF |
| Marlies Mejías | Cuba | DNS |
