Cycling at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's individual road race

The women's road race was one of 4 cycling events of the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. The race started and finished on 27 June at the Vila-seca Urban Circuit and was won by Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy.^[1]

Women's cycling road race at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Vila-seca Urban Circuit 88 km (54.7 mi)
Date	27 June
Competitors	29 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:35:29
Medalists
Elisa Longo Borghini    Italy   Ane Santesteban    Spain   Erica Magnaldi    Italy
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Start list

The following NOCs had entered riders to compete in the road race event.^[2]

NOC	Number	Athletes
Croatia	1	Maja Perinović
Cyprus	1	Antri Christoforou
Greece	2	Varvara Fasoi Argyro Milaki
Italy	6	Maria Giulia Confalonieri Elisa Longo Borghini Sofia Bertizzolo Elena Cecchini Asja Paladin Erica Magnaldi
Morocco	1	Fatima Zahra El Hayani
Portugal	3	Daniela Reis Maria Martins Soraia Silva
Serbia	1	Jelena Erić
Slovenia	2	Špela Kern Urška Žigart
Spain	6	Alicia González Sheyla Gutiérrez Sara Martín Sofia Rodríguez Ane Santesteban Eider Merino
Turkey	6	Ayşe Çakır Cansu Çelebi Esin Yılmaz Fatma Sezer Kübra Bektaş Beyza Kahveci

Results

In the table below, "s.t." indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the cyclist before him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. 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 8% shall not be placed".^[3]

Final results[4][5] Rank Rider Time  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) 2h 35' 29"  Ane Santesteban (ESP) + 3' 18"  Erica Magnaldi (ITA) s.t. 4  Daniela Reis (POR) + 4' 20" 5  Alicia González (ESP) + 4' 31" 6  Špela Kern (SLO) s.t. 7  Urška Žigart (SLO) + 4' 39" 8  Eider Merino (ESP) + 4' 49" 9  Elena Cecchini (ITA) + 7' 53" 10  Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) s.t. 11  Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP) s.t. 12  Jelena Erić (SRB) s.t. 13  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) + 7' 55" 14  Asja Paladin (ITA) + 8' 17" 15  Sara Martín (ESP) + 12' 16" Over time limit –  Maja Perinović (CRO) + 17' 11" –  Varvara Fasoi (GRE) s.t. –  Sofia Rodríguez (ESP) s.t. –  Maria Martins (POR) + 24' 34" –  Fatma Sezer (TUR) + 27' 04" –  Argyro Milaki (GRE) + 28' 06" –  Soraia Silva (POR) + 28' 08" –  Esin Yılmaz (TUR) + 36' 25" –  Kübra Bektaş (TUR) + 38' 52" –  Cansu Çelebi (TUR) s.t. –  Ayşe Çakır (TUR) + 48' 24"

Abandoned during the stage –  Antri Christoforou (CYP) ABN –  Fatima Zahra El Hayani (MAR) ABN –  Beyza Kahveci (TUR) ABN

References

1. "2018 Mediterranean Games: Women's road race medalists" (PDF). Tarragona2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
2. "2018 Mediterranean Games: Cycling-Women's road race start list" (PDF). Tarragona2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
3. UCI Cycling Regulations, Part II: Road Races (PDF), UCI, 1 June 2019, p. 41, retrieved 9 July 2020
4. "2018 Mediterranean Games RR: Results". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
5. "Mediterranean Games 2018: Results Women's Road Race Final" (PDF). Tarragona2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.