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

Women's cycling road race at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
The podium of the event
Venue	Fort Copacabana 141 km (87.6 mi)
Date	7 August 2016
Competitors	68 from 39 nations
Winning time	3:51:27
Medalists
Anna van der Breggen   Netherlands   Emma Johansson   Sweden   Elisa Longo Borghini   Italy

Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Qualification
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women
BMX
BMX		men		women

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.

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

2016 Olympic Cycling Grumari Circuit: 24.8 km

2016 Olympic Cycling Vista Chinesa Circuit: 25.7 km

Start list

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	# Athletes	Confirmed Athletes	Ref
Australia	4	Gracie Elvin Katrin Garfoot Rachel Neylan Amanda Spratt	*
Austria	1	Martina Ritter	*
Azerbaijan	1	Olena Pavlukhina	*
Belgium	3	Ann-Sophie Duyck Lotte Kopecky Anisha Vekemans	[5]
Belarus	1	Alena Amialiusik	*
Brazil	2	Clemilda Fernandes Flávia Oliveira	[6]
Canada	3	Karol-Ann Canuel Leah Kirchmann Tara Whitten	*
Chile	1	Paola Munoz Grandon	*
Colombia	1	Ana Christina Sanabria Sanchez	*
Cuba	1	Arlenis Sierra	*
Cyprus	1	Antri Christoforou	*
Spain	1	Ane Santesteban	[7]
Finland	1	Lotta Lepistö	[8]
France	2	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Audrey Cordon	[9]
Great Britain	3	Lizzie Armitstead Nikki Harris Emma Pooley	*
Germany	4	Lisa Brennauer Romy Kasper Claudia Lichtenberg Trixi Worrack	*
Israel	1	Shani Bloch	*
Italy	4	Elisa Longo Borghini Giorgia Bronzini Tatiana Guderzo Elena Cecchini	*
Japan	1	Eri Yonamine	*
South Korea	1	Ah Reum Na	*
Lithuania	1	Daiva Tuslaite	*
Luxembourg	2	Christine Majerus Chantal Hoffmann	*
Mexico	1	Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez	*
Namibia	1	Vera Adrian	*
Netherlands	4	Marianne Vos Anna van der Breggen Ellen van Dijk Annemiek van Vleuten	[10]
Norway	1	Vita Heine	*
New Zealand	1	Linda Villumsen	*
Poland	3	Katarzyna Niewiadoma Malgorzata Jasinska Anna Plichta	*
South Africa	2	Ashleigh Moolman An-Li Pretorius	*
Russia	1	Olga Zabelinskaya	* [11]
Slovenia	1	Polona Batagelj	*
Switzerland	1	Jolanda Neff	[12]
Sweden	3	Emma Johansson Sara Mustonen Emilia Fahlin	[13]
Thailand	1	Jutatip Maneephan	*
Chinese Taipei	1	Ting Ying Huang	*
Ukraine	1	Hanna Solovey	*
United States	4	Mara Abbott Kristin Armstrong Megan Guarnier Evelyn Stevens	*
Venezuela	1	Jennifer 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 Pretorius (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"
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
–	Nikki Harris (GBR)	DNF
–	Emma Pooley (GBR)	DNF
–	Sara Mustonen (SWE)	DNF
–	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	DNF
–	Chantal Hoffmann (LUX)	DNF
–	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)	DNF
–	Carolina Rodríguez (MEX)	DNF
–	Paola Muñoz (CHI)	DNF
–	Jutatip Maneephan (THA)	DNF
–	Vera Adrian (NAM)	DNF
–	Milagro Mena (CRC)	DNF
–	Huang Ting-ying (TPE)	DNF

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