# 2021 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The Women's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands was the defending champion.
The race was won by Italian Elisa Balsamo in a bunch sprint ahead of three time world champion Marianne Vos from the Netherlands, and Katarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 17 August 2021.

### UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.
| Criterium | Rank | Number of riders | Number of riders | Nations |
| Criterium | Rank | To enter | To start | Nations |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 1-5 | | 7 | Netherlands Italy Denmark Germany Australia |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 6-14 | | 6 | Belgium United States Great Britain South Africa Poland Switzerland France Spain NorwayRussian Cycling Federation |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 15-19 | | 5 | New Zealand Austria Sweden Slovenia Colombia |
| UCI World Ranking by Individuals (if not already qualified) | 1–200 | 2 | 1 | — |

### Continental champions

| Name | Country | Reason |
| Anna Kiesenhofer | Austria | Olympic Champion |
| Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | Outgoing World Champion |
| Carla Oberholzer | South Africa | African Champion |
| Lina Hernández | Colombia | Pan American Champion |

## Final classification

Of the race's 162 entrants, 117 riders completed the full distance of 157.7-kilometre (98.0 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Elisa Balsamo | Italy | 3h 52' 27" |
| 2 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 0" |
| 3 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | + 1" |
| 4 | Kata Blanka Vas | Hungary | + 1" |
| 5 | Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | + 1" |
| 6 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 1" |
| 7 | Demi Vollering | Netherlands | + 1" |
| 8 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 1" |
| 9 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | + 1" |
| 10 | Coryn Rivera | United States | + 1" |
| 11 | Ashleigh Moolman | South Africa | + 1" |
| 12 | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | + 1" |
| 13 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | + 1" |
| 14 | Elizabeth Deignan | Great Britain | + 1" |
| 15 | Sina Frei | Switzerland | + 1" |
| 16 | Lotte Kopecky | Belgium | + 1" |
| 17 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | + 1" |
| 18 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | + 8" |
| 19 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 8" |
| 20 | Marta Cavalli | Italy | + 15" |
| 21 | Ruth Winder | United States | + 17" |
| 22 | Marta Bastianelli | Italy | + 17" |
| 23 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri | Italy | + 29" |
| 24 | Rachel Neylan | Australia | + 45" |
| 25 | Anna Henderson | Great Britain | + 49" |
| 26 | Ella Harris | New Zealand | + 49" |
| 27 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | France | + 49" |
| 28 | Špela Kern | Slovenia | + 50" |
| 29 | Mavi García | Spain | + 50" |
| 30 | Amy Pieters | Netherlands | + 50" |
| 31 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | + 50" |
| 32 | Chantal van den Broek-Blaak | Netherlands | + 50" |
| 33 | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | + 50" |
| 34 | Jolien D'Hoore | Belgium | + 1'21" |
| 35 | Pfeiffer Georgi | Great Britain | + 1'21" |
| 36 | Lucinda Brand | Netherlands | + 3'01" |
| 37 | Franziska Koch | Germany | + 3'29" |
| 38 | Sarah Roy | Australia | + 3'31" |
| 39 | Ane Santesteban | Spain | + 3'31" |
| 40 | Anna Shackley | Great Britain | + 3'31" |
| 41 | Tiffany Cromwell | Australia | + 3'31" |
| 42 | Paula Patiño | Colombia | + 3'31" |
| 43 | Hanna Nilsson | Sweden | + 3'31" |
| 44 | Omer Shapira | Israel | + 3'31" |
| 45 | Aude Biannic | France | + 3'34" |
| 46 | Juliette Labous | France | + 3'34" |
| 47 | Anne Dorthe Ysland | Norway | + 6'23" |
| 48 | Jesse Vandenbulcke | Belgium | + 7'31" |
| 49 | Eugénie Duval | France | + 7'31" |
| 50 | Évita Muzic | France | + 7'31" |
| 51 | Karolina Kumiega | Poland | + 7'31" |
| 52 | Kristen Faulkner | United States | + 8'22" |
| 53 | Marta Lach | Poland | + 8'50" |
| 54 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | + 8'50" |
| 55 | Eider Merino | Spain | + 8'55" |
| 56 | Leah Thomas | United States | + 9'13" |
| 57 | Hanna Solovey | Ukraine | + 9'13" |
| 58 | Eugenia Bujak | Slovenia | + 9'13" |
| 59 | Shari Bossuyt | Belgium | + 9'13" |
| 60 | Jarmila Machačová | Czech Republic | + 9'13" |
| 61 | Hayley Preen | South Africa | + 9'13" |
| 62 | Noemi Rüegg | Switzerland | + 9'13" |
| 63 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | + 9'13" |
| 64 | Michaela Drummond | New Zealand | + 9'13" |
| 65 | Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | + 9'13" |
| 66 | Lisa Klein | Germany | + 9'13" |
| 67 | Sarah Rijkes | Austria | + 9'13" |
| 68 | Marta Jaskulska | Poland | + 9'13" |
| 69 | Sara Martín | Spain | + 9'13" |
| 70 | Anastasiya Kolesava | Belarus | + 9'13" |
| 71 | Tayler Wiles | United States | + 9'13" |
| 72 | Aurela Nerlo | Poland | + 9'13" |
| 73 | Nathalie Eklund | Sweden | + 9'13" |
| 74 | Kathrin Hammes | Germany | + 9'13" |
| 75 | Susanne Andersen | Norway | + 9'13" |
| 76 | Valerie Demey | Belgium | + 9'13" |
| 77 | Lourdes Oyarbide | Spain | + 9'13" |
| 78 | Ingvild Gåskjenn | Norway | + 9'13" |
| 79 | Julie Leth | Denmark | + 9'13" |
| 80 | Stine Borgli | Norway | + 9'13" |
| 81 | Sheyla Gutiérrez | Spain | + 9'13" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 82 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | + 9'13" |
| 83 | Katrine Aalerud | Norway | + 9'13" |
| 84 | Alice Barnes | Great Britain | + 9'13" |
| 85 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 9'13" |
| 86 | Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | + 9'13" |
| 87 | Romy Kasper | Germany | + 9'25" |
| 88 | Lea Lin Teutenberg | Germany | + 9'25" |
| 89 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | + 9'30" |
| 90 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | + 9'30" |
| 91 | Niamh Fisher-Black | New Zealand | + 9'30" |
| 92 | Lauretta Hanson | Australia | + 9'30" |
| 93 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | + 9'30" |
| 94 | Vittoria Guazzini | Italy | + 9'30" |
| 95 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 9'30" |
| 96 | Marita Jensen | Denmark | + 13'21" |
| 97 | Karolina Karasiewicz | Poland | + 13'21" |
| 98 | Diana Peñuela | Colombia | + 13'21" |
| 99 | Lizbeth Salazar | Mexico | + 13'21" |
| 100 | Phetdarin Somrat | Thailand | + 13'21" |
| 101 | Julia Borgström | Sweden | + 13'21" |
| 102 | Trine Holmsgaard | Denmark | + 13'21" |
| 103 | Daniela Campos | Portugal | + 13'21" |
| 104 | Christina Schweinberger | Austria | + 13'21" |
| 105 | Caroline Baur | Switzerland | + 13'21" |
| 106 | Lauren Stephens | United States | + 13'21" |
| 107 | Valeriya Kononenko | Ukraine | + 13'21" |
| 108 | Dana Rožlapa | Latvia | + 13'21" |
| 109 | Roxane Fournier | France | + 13'21" |
| 110 | Jelena Erić | Serbia | + 13'21" |
| 111 | Jessica Allen | Australia | + 13'21" |
| 112 | Frances Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | + 18'47 |
| 113 | Yuliia Biriukova | Ukraine | + 18'47 |
| 114 | Yanina Kuskova | Uzbekistan | + 18'47 |
| 115 | Inga Češulienė | Lithuania | + 18'47 |
| 116 | Nina Berton | Luxembourg | + 22'01" |
| 117 | Yeny Lorena Colmenares | Colombia | + 22'01" |
| | Joss Lowden | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Henrietta Christie | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Chloe Hosking | Australia | DNF |
| | Kim de Baat | Belgium | DNF |
| | Kathrin Schweinberger | Austria | DNF |
| | Verena Eberhardt | Austria | DNF |
| | Teniel Campbell | Trinidad and Tobago | DNF |
| | Fernanda Yapura | Argentina | DNF |
| | Urška Žigart | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Maria Martins | Portugal | DNF |
| | Lina Hernández | Colombia | DNF |
| | Erika Botero | Colombia | DNF |
| | Nicole Koller | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Kerry Jonker | South Africa | DNF |
| | Sara Penton | Sweden | DNF |
| | Paola Muñoz | Chile | DNF |
| | Tiffany Keep | South Africa | DNF |
| | Aidi Gerde Tuisk | Estonia | DNF |
| | Valentine Nzayisenga | Rwanda | DNF |
| | Tereza Medveďová | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Chaniporn Batriya | Thailand | DNF |
| | Bríet Kristý Gunnarsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| | Desiet Kidane | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Urška Bravec | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Caroline Andersson | Sweden | DNF |
| | Agua Marina Espínola | Paraguay | DNF |
| | Tamara Dronova | Russian Cycling Federation | DNF |
| | Shaknoza Abdullaeva | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| | Liane Lippert | Germany | DNF |
| | Emilie Moberg | Norway | DNF |
| | Megan Armitage | Ireland | DNF |
| | Rebecca Koerner | Denmark | DNF |
| | Thayná Araújo de Lima | Brazil | DNF |
| | Agusta Edda Bjornsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| | Courteney Webb | South Africa | DNF |
| | Luciana Roland | Argentina | DNF |
| | Bisrat Gebremeskel | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Diane Ingabire | Rwanda | DNF |
| | Kamonrada Khaoplot | Thailand | DNF |
| | Elín Björg Björnsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| | Ayan Khankishiyeva | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| | Anna Kulikova | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| | Lina Svarinska | Latvia | DNF |
| | Stephanie Subercaseaux | Chile | DNF |
| | Adyam Tesfalem | Eritrea | DNF |