2006 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The women's road race of the 2006 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 132.6 km long.^[1]

Women's road race

2006 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	23 September 2006
Stages	1 in Salzburg (AUT)
Distance	132.6 km (82.39 mi)
Winning time	3h 20' 26"
Medalists
Gold  Marianne Vos (NED)    Silver  Trixi Worrack (GER)    Bronze  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
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Anne Samplonius (Canada) and Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) made an early break, attacking on the climb on the second lap,^[2] they held a small gap until two laps to go. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) attacked up the steep Gschaiderberg climb on the penultimate lap, this caused huge splits in the main field.^[2] Several others riders eventually joined Cooke to form a breakaway group which included the Swiss riders Nicole Brändli, Priska Doppmann and Annette Beutler; German riders Judith Arndt, Theresa Senff and Trixi Worrack; Andrea Graus and Christiane Soeder of Austria, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia), Oenone Wood (Australia) and Amber Neben (United States) and Marianne Vos (The Netherlands). Vos, Cooke and Brändli attacked several times during the final lap, but the race finished with Vos taking the victory in a small bunch sprint.^[1]

Final classification

Rank Rider Country Time Marianne Vos  Netherlands 3h 20'26" Trixi Worrack  Germany s.t. Nicole Cooke  Great Britain s.t. 4 Noemi Cantele  Italy s.t. 5 Priska Doppmann   Switzerland s.t. 6 Oenone Wood  Australia s.t. 7 Annette Beutler   Switzerland s.t. 8 Nicole Brändli   Switzerland s.t. 9 Svetlana Bubnenkova  Russia s.t. 10 Andrea Graus  Austria s.t. 11 Christiane Soeder  Austria s.t. 12 Amber Neben  United States s.t. 13 Chantal Beltman  Netherlands s.t. 14 Judith Arndt  Germany s.t. 15 Theresa Senff  Germany at 6" 16 Giorgia Bronzini  Italy at 2'07" 17 Mette Fischer Andreasen  Denmark s.t. 18 Lada Kozlíková  Czech Republic s.t. 19 Monia Baccaille  Italy s.t. 20 Grete Treier  Estonia s.t. 21 Zulfiya Zabirova  Kazakhstan s.t. 22 Loes Gunnewijk  Netherlands s.t. 23 Alex Wrubleski  Canada s.t. 24 Evy Van Damme  Belgium s.t. 25 Diana Žiliūtė  Lithuania s.t. 26 Marina Jaunâtre  France s.t. 27 Yulia Arustamova  Russia s.t. 28 Clemilda Fernandes  Brazil s.t. 29 Adrie Visser  Netherlands s.t. 30 Mayuko Hagiwara  Japan s.t. 31 Edita Pučinskaitė  Lithuania s.t. 32 Tetyana Styazhkina  Ukraine s.t. 33 Linda Villumsen  Denmark s.t. 34 Christine Thorburn  United States s.t. 35 Joanne Kiesanowski  New Zealand s.t. 36 Sophie Creux  France s.t. 37 Erinne Willock  Canada s.t. 38 Kristin Armstrong  United States s.t. 39 Tatiana Guderzo  Italy s.t. 40 Claudia Häusler  Germany s.t. 41 Edwige Pitel  France s.t. 42 Lorenza Morfín  Mexico s.t. 43 Maryline Salvetat  France s.t. 44 Susanne Ljungskog  Sweden s.t. 45 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark at 5'55" 46 Daiva Tušlaitė  Lithuania s.t. 47 Liu Yongli  China s.t.

Rank Rider Country Time 48 Rasa Polikevičiūtė  Lithuania s.t. 49 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria  Spain s.t. 50 Daniela Pintarelli  Austria s.t. 51 Suzanne de Goede  Netherlands s.t. 52 Lynette Jansen  South Africa s.t. 53 Anne Samplonius  Canada s.t. 54 Anke Erlank  South Africa s.t. 55 Chrissie Viljoen  South Africa s.t. 56 Paulina Brzeźna  Poland s.t. 57 Sharon Vandromme  Belgium s.t. 58 Trine Hansen  Denmark s.t. 59 Zita Urbonaitė  Lithuania s.t. 60 Ludivine Henrion  Belgium s.t. 61 Laure Werner  Belgium s.t. 62 Yolandi Du Toit  South Africa s.t. 63 Emma Johansson  Sweden s.t. 64 Emma Rickards  Australia s.t. 65 Yevheniya Vysotska  Ukraine s.t. 66 Siobhan Dervan  Ireland s.t. 67 Veronica Andrèasson  Sweden s.t. 68 Tatiana Shishkova  Russia s.t. 69 Eva Hubená  Czech Republic s.t. 70 An Van Rie  Belgium s.t. 71 Anriette Schoeman  South Africa s.t. 72 Iris Slappendel  Netherlands s.t. 73 Magali Le Floc'h  France s.t. 74 Vera Carrara  Italy s.t. 75 Susan Palmer-Komar  Canada s.t. 76 Maribel Moreno  Spain s.t. 77 Fabiana Luperini  Italy s.t. 78 Monika Schachl  Austria at 12'26" 79 Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova  Ukraine s.t. 80 Patricia Schwager   Switzerland s.t. 81 Lise Christensen  Denmark s.t. 82 Toni Bradshaw  New Zealand at 16'58" 83 Li Meifang  China at 22'57" 84 Bernadette Schober  Austria s.t. 85 Karolina Konieczna  Poland s.t. 86 Linn Torp  Norway at 24'06" 87 Martina Růžičková  Czech Republic s.t. 88 Uenia Fernandes  Brazil s.t. 89 Kirsten Wild  Netherlands s.t. 90 Leigh Hobson  Canada s.t. 91 Pavla Havliková  Czech Republic s.t. 92 Yulia Blindyuk  Russia s.t. 93 Valentina Gavrilova  Russia s.t. 94 Iosune Murillo  Spain

Did not finish

41 riders failed to finish the race. Giusepina Grassi Herrera of Mexico did not start the race.

Rider Country Kimberly Anderson  United States Ina-Yoko Teutenberg  Germany Olivia Gollan  Australia Nathalie Bates  Australia Kimberly Baldwin  United States Rachel Heal  Great Britain Isabella Wieser  Austria Urtė Juodvalkytė  Lithuania Monica Holler  Sweden Jennifer Hohl   Switzerland Sofie Goor  Belgium Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli  France Madeleine Sandig  Germany Natalia Boyarskaya  Russia Tina Pic  United States Katherine Bates  Australia Naiara Telletxea  Spain Miho Oki  Japan Sabrina Emmasi   Switzerland Marissa van der Merwe  South Africa Oksana Kashchyshyna  Ukraine

Rider Country Kateryna Krasova  Ukraine Liping Zhang  China Verónica Leal  Mexico Tanja Slater  Great Britain Monika Krawczyk  Poland Amy Moore  Canada Helen Wyman  Great Britain Marie Lindberg  Sweden Marta Vilajosana  Spain Zhao Na  China Monika Grzebinoga  Poland Karin Aune  Sweden Noelia Fernández  Argentina Helen Kelly  Australia Małgorzata Jasińska  Poland Mónika Király  Hungary Regina Schleicher  Germany Janildes Fernandes  Brazil Evelyn García  El Salvador Ana Belen Garcia Antequera  Spain