Cycling race
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The Women's road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany , Italy.
The course of the race was 140.05 km (87.02 mi) from the town of Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence .[ 2] [ 3]
Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the 2013 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2013. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start.[ 4]
Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were able to take part in the race.[ 4]
Participating nations
141 riders from 43 nations participated in the women's road race.[ 5]
Schedule
Date
Time
Event
28 September 2013
14:15–17:50
Women's road race
28 September 2013
18:10
Victory ceremony
Source[ 6]
Results
Final classification
Of the race's 141 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of 140.05 km (87.02 mi).[ 1]
The peloton in an early stage of the race. (Eugenia Bujak (white red), Ellen van Dijk (orange), Trixi Worrack (white), and Flávia Oliveira (yellow green)
A breakaway of Lucinda Brand and Rossella Ratto
Peloton during the race
Front group in the final last lap
Riders who failed to finish
95 riders failed to finish the race.[ 1]
References