2016 Olympics Cycling:
Women's Road Race
Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, August 7, 2016
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Women's Olympic Road Race, Rio de Janeiro, 136.9 km
Anna Van der Breggen wins the women's road race in front of Emma Johansson (yellow) and Elisa Longo Borghini
The Race: The race had two big moves. With about forty kilometers to go, a small group of powerful riders, including Marianne Vos, (2012 Olympic champion) and Pauline Ferrand-Prevost (current world road champ) went clear. They were rounded up with less than 25 kilometers to race.
On the final climb, Mara Abbot and Annemiek van Vleuten got away. On the dangereous descent that took out several riders in the previous day's men's race, van Vleuten went down hard. That left Abbot to try to get to the finish without the powerful Dutchwoman's help.
Abbot came close, but after the final kilometer mark, she was passed by the trio of Anna Van der Bruggen, Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini.
Van de Bruggen was the speediest of the three, making her the 2016 gold medalist.
Van Vleuten was conscious when she was loaded into the ambulance and is said to be OK.
Complete Results:
136.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.489 km/hr
| 1 | Anna VAN DER BREGGEN | Netherlands | 3hr 51min 27sec |
| 2 | Emma JOHANSSON | Sweden | s.t. |
| 3 | Elisa LONGO BORGHINI | Italy | s.t. |
| 4 | Mara ABBOTT | USA | @ 4sec |
| 5 | Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD | Great Britain | @ 20sec |
| 6 | Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA | Poland | s.t. |
| 7 | Flavia OLIVEIRA | Brazil | s.t. |
| 8 | Jolanda NEFF | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 9 | Marianne VOS | Netherlands | @ 1min 14sec |
| 10 | Ashleigh MOOLMAN-PASIO | South Africa | s.t. |
| 11 | Megan GUARNIER | USA | s.t. |
| 12 | Evelyn STEVENS | USA | +1:16 |
| 13 | Alena AMIALIUSIK | Belarus | +2:16 |
| 14 | Tatiana GUDERZO | Italy | +2:19 |
| 15 | Amanda SPRATT | Australia | +4:09 |
| 16 | Olga ZABELINSKAYA | Russia | +4:25 |
| 17 | Eri YONAMINE | Japan | +4:56 |
| 18 | Christine MAJERUS | Luxembourg | +5:07 |
| 19 | Lisa BRENNAUER | Germany | s.t. |
| 20 | Elena CECCHINI | Italy | s.t. |
| 21 | Ellen VAN DIJK | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 22 | Rachel NEYLAN | Australia | s.t. |
| 23 | Linda VILLUMSEN | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 24 | Malgorzta JASINSKA | Poland | s.t. |
| 25 | Karol-Ann CANUEL | Canada | s.t. |
| 26 | Pauline FERRAND PREVOT | France | s.t. |
| 27 | Emilia FAHLIN | Sweden | +6:36 |
| 28 | Arlenis SIERRA CAÑADILLA | Cuba | s.t. |
| 29 | Anisha VEKEMANS | Belgium | s.t. |
| 30 | Ahreum NA | Korea | s.t. |
| 31 | Claudia LICHTENBERG | Germany | s.t. |
| 32 | Polona BATAGELJ | Slovenia | s.t. |
| 33 | Vita HEINE | Norway | +7:07 |
| 34 | Daiva TUSLAITE | Lithuania | s.t. |
| 35 | Olena PAVLUKHINA | Azerbaijan | +7:38 |
| 36 | Ganna SOLOVEI | Ukraine | +9:35 |
| 37 | Audrey CORDON | France | +9:37 |
| 38 | Leah KIRCHMANN | Canada | +10:02 |
| 39 | An-Li KACHELHOFFER | South Africa | s.t. |
| 40 | Ana SANABRIA | Colombia | s.t. |
| 41 | Anna PLICHTA | Poland | s.t. |
| 42 | Giorgia BRONZINI | Italy | +10:06 |
| 43 | Trixi WORRACK | Germany | s.t. |
| 44 | Romy KASPER | Germany | +10:40 |
| 45 | Lotte KOPECKY | Belgium | s.t. |
| 46 | Martina RITTER | Austria | s.t. |
| 47 | Ane SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ | Spain | +11:32 |
| 48 | Shani BLOCH | Israel | s.t. |
| 49 | Gracie ELVIN | Australia | +11:34 |
| 50 | Yennifer CESAR | Venezuela | +11:51 |
Olympic women's road race map and profile:
2016 Olympic Women's Road Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti
The Dutch team before the race start
The American team
Time to race
The winning trio has passed Mara Abbot (in the distance) while Anna Van der Breggen is leading out the sprint.
Van der Breggen wins the race.
Mara Abbot finishes fourth after coming so close to winning.
The first chasing group with Elizabeth Armitstead
Audrey Cordon of France finishes
Anna Van der Breggen gets the Gold.
The podium, from left: Emma Johansson (2nd), Anna Van der Breggen (winner) and Elisa Longo Borghini (3rd)
Start list with back numbers, August 6, 2016:
| NETHERLANDS | |
| 1 | VOS Marianne |
| 2 | VAN DER BREGGEN Anna |
| 3 | VAN DIJK Ellen |
| 4 | VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek |
| UNITED STATES | |
| 5 | ABBOTT Mara |
| 6 | ARMSTRONG Kristin |
| 7 | GUARNIER Megan |
| 8 | STEVENS Evelyn |
| ITALY | |
| 9 | BRONZINI Giorgia |
| 10 | CECCHINI Elena |
| 11 | GUDERZO Tatiana |
| 12 | LONGO BORGHINI Elisa |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| 13 | ELVIN Gracie |
| 14 | GARFOOT Katrin |
| 15 | NEYLAN Rachel |
| 16 | SPRATT Amanda |
| GERMANY | |
| 17 | BRENNAUER Lisa |
| 18 | KASPER Romy |
| 19 | LICHTENBERG-HÄUSLER Claudia |
| 20 | WORRACK Trixi |
| CANADA | |
| 21 | CANUEL Karol-Ann |
| 22 | KIRCHMANN Leah |
| 23 | WHITTEN Tara |
| POLAND | |
| 24 | JASINSKA Malgorzta |
| 25 | NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna |
| 26 | PLICHTA Anna |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| 27 | ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth |
| 28 | HARRIS-BRAMMEIER Nikki |
| 29 | POOLEY Emma |
| SWEDEN | |
| 30 | FAHLIN Emilia |
| 31 | JOHANSSON Emma |
| 32 | MUSTONEN Sara |
| FRANCE | |
| 33 | CORDON-RAGOT Audrey |
| 34 | FERRAND PREVOT Pauline |
| BELGIUM | |
| 35 | DUYCK Ann Sophie |
| 36 | KOPECKY Lotte |
| 37 | VEKEMANS Anisha |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| 38 | PRETORIUS-KACHELHOFFER An-Li |
| 39 | MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh |
| LUXEMBOURG | |
| 40 | HOFFMANN Chantal |
| 41 | MAJERUS Christine |
| UKRAINE | |
| 42 | SOLOVEY Hanna |
| BELARUS | |
| 43 | AMIALIUSIK Alena |
| FINLAND | |
| 44 | LEPISTÖ Lotta |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| 45 | NEFF Jolanda |
| CUBA | |
| 46 | SIERRA CAÑADILLA Arlenis |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| 47 | VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie |
| SPAIN | |
| 48 | SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ Ane |
| NORWAY | |
| 49 | HEINE PETERSONE Vita |
| MEXICO | |
| 50 | RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ Carolina |
| TAIPEI | |
| 51 | HUANG Ting Ying |
| BRAZIL | |
| 52 | FERNANDES SILVA Clemilda |
| 53 | OLIVEIRA Flavia |
| LITHUANIA | |
| 54 | TUSLAITE Daiva |
| ISRAEL | |
| 55 | BLOCH Shani |
| VENEZUELA | |
| 56 | CESAR Yennifer |
| CHILE | |
| 57 | MUNOZ GRANDON Paola |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| 58 | PAVLUKHINA Olena |
| JAPAN | |
| 59 | YONAMINE Eri |
| COLOMBIA | |
| 60 | SANABRIA SANCHEZ Ana Cristina |
| THAILAND | |
| 61 | MANEEPHAN Jutatip |
| SLOVENIA | |
| 62 | BATAGELJ Polona |
| CYPRUS | |
| 63 | CHRISTOFOROU Antri |
| AUSTRIA | |
| 64 | RITTER Martina |
| KOREA | |
| 65 | NA Ah Reum |
| NAMIBIA | |
| 66 | ADRIAN Vera |
| COSTA RICA | |
| 67 | MENA Milagro |
| RUSSIA | |
| 68 | ZABELINSKAYA Olga |