# UCI Road World Championships – Junior women's road race

UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race is the annual world championship race for road bicycle racing for women in the Junior category. It is organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. It was first held in 1987. In 2020 no junior race was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The winner of the event is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in Junior competitions for one year.

## Medal winners

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1987 Bergame details | Catherine Marsal (FRA) | Aiga Zagorska (URS) | Ellis Guazzaroni (ITA) |
| 1988 Odense details | Gitte Hjortflod (DEN) | Esther van Verseveld (NED) | Lotte Schmidt (DEN) |
| 1989 Moscow details | Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA) | Jessica Grieco (USA) | Elena Nechaeva (URS) |
| 1990 Middelsborough details | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (RFA) | Jessica Grieco (USA) | Daniëlle Overgaag (NED) |
| 1991 Colorado Springs details | Elsbeth Vink (NED) | Sally Dawes (GBR) | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) |
| 1992 Olympia details | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (FRA) | Marion Borst (NED) |
| 1993 Perth details | Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (FRA) | Cinzia Faccin (ITA) | Karine Boitier (FRA) |
| 1994 Quito details | Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) | Alla Epifanova (RUS) | Evi Gensheimer (GER) |
| 1995 San Marino details | Andrea Hänni (SUI) | Kerstin Scheitle (GER) | Lisbeth Simper (DEN) |
| 1996 Novo Mesto details | Alessandra D'Ettore (ITA) | Oksana Saprykina (UKR) | Martina Corazza (ITA) |
| 1997 San Sebastián details | Mirella Van Melis (NED) | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | Sofie Andersson (SWE) |
| 1998 Valkenburg details | Tina Liebig (GER) | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | Nathalie Bates (AUS) |
| 1999 Verona details | Genevieve Jeanson (CAN) | Trixi Worrack (GER) | Noemi Cantele (ITA) |
| 2000 Plouay details | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Magdalena Sadlecka (POL) | Clare Hall-Patch (CAN) |
| 2001 Lisbon details | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Pleuni Möhlmann (NED) | Maja Włoszczowska (POL) |
| 2002 Zolder details | Suzanne de Goede (NED) | Claudia Stumpf (GER) | Monica Holler (SWE) |
| 2003 Hamilton details | Loes Markerink (NED) | Irina Tolmacheva (RUS) | Sabine Fischer (GER) |
| 2004 Verona details | Marianne Vos (NED) | Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
| 2005 Oberwart details | Mie Bekker Lacota (DEN) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rasa Leleivytė (LTU) |
| 2006 Spa – Francorchamps details | Rasa Leleivytė (LTU) | Marina Romoli (ITA) | Eleonora Patuzzo (ITA) |
| 2007 Aguascalientes details | Eleonora Patuzzo (ITA) | Cherise Taylor (RSA) | Valentina Scandolara (ITA) |
| 2008 Cape Town details | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Rossella Callovi (ITA) | Hanna Amend (GER) |
| 2009 Moscow details | Rossella Callovi (ITA) | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Susanna Zorzi (ITA) |
| 2010 Offida details | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Rossella Ratto (ITA) | Coryn Rivera (USA) |
| 2011 Copenhagen details | Lucy Garner (GBR) | Jessy Druyts (BEL) | Christina Siggaard (DEN) |
| 2012 Limburg details | Lucy Garner (GBR) | Eline Gleditsch Brustad (NOR) | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (ITA) |
| 2013 Florence details | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) | Anastasiia Iakovenko (RUS) | Olena Demydova (UKR) |
| 2014 Ponferrada details | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) | Agnieszka Skalniak (POL) |
| 2015 Richmond details | Chloé Dygert (USA) | Emma White (USA) | Agnieszka Skalniak (POL) |
| 2016 Doha details | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) | Skylar Schneider (USA) | Susanne Andersen (NOR) |
| 2017 Bergen details | Elena Pirrone (ITA) | Emma Norsgaard (DEN) | Letizia Paternoster (ITA) |
| 2018 Innsbruck details | Laura Stigger (AUT) | Marie Le Net (FRA) | Simone Boilard (CAN) |
| 2019 Yorkshire details | Megan Jastrab (USA) | Julie de Wilde (BEL) | Lieke Nooijen (NED) |
| 2021 Flanders details | Zoë Bäckstedt (GBR) | Kaia Schmid (USA) | Linda Riedmann (GER) |
| 2022 Wollongong details | Zoë Bäckstedt (GBR) | Eglantine Rayer (FRA) | Nienke Vinke (NED) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Julie Bego (FRA) | Cat Ferguson (GBR) | Fleur Moors (BEL) |
| 2024 Zurich details | Cat Ferguson (GBR) | Paula Ostiz Taco (ESP) | Viktoria Chladonova (SVK) |
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### Medallists by nation

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | United States | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Russia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |