# 2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The women's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 13 August 2023 in Balloch, Great Britain.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 30 June 2023.

### UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.
| Nations | Riders |
| Australia | 7 |
| Belgium | 7 |
| France | 7 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Canada | 6 |
| Denmark | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Great Britain | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Poland | 6 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| Spain | 6 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| United States | 6 |
| Neutral athletes of Russian sporting nationality | 5 |
| Austria | 5 |
| Cuba | 5 |
| Norway | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 |

### Continental champions

| Name | Country | Reason |
| Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | Incumbent World Champion |
| Ese Ukpeseraye | Nigeria | African Champion |
| Skylar Schneider | United States | Panamerican Champion |
| Nguyễn Thị Thật | Vietnam | Asian Champion |

### Participating nations

210 cyclists from 71 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
* Argentina (2)
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (7)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (7)
* Bermuda (1)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (1)
* China (3)
* Colombia (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (6)
* Ecuador (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (7)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (6)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Latvia (2)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Mauritius (3)
* Morocco (1)
* Namibia (2)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (5)
* Nigeria (3)
* Norway (5)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (2)
* Rwanda (3)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (3)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (5)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (6)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (7)
* Uzbekistan (5)
* Venezuela (2)
* Zimbabwe (2)

## Final classification

| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lotte Kopecky | Belgium | 4h 02' 12" |
| 2 | Demi Vollering | Netherlands | + 7" |
| 3 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 7" |
| 4 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | + 12" |
| 5 | Christina Schweinberger | Austria | + 34" |
| 6 | Elizabeth Deignan | Great Britain | + 34" |
| 7 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | + 1' 24" |
| 8 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 2' 48" |
| 9 | Riejanne Markus | Netherlands | + 3' 51" |
| 10 | Mavi García | Spain | + 4' 05" |
| 11 | Kata Blanka Vas | Hungary | + 4' 34" |
| 12 | Silvia Persico | Italy | + 4' 34" |
| 13 | Shirin van Anrooij | Netherlands | + 4' 34" |
| 14 | Agnieszka Skalniak | Poland | + 4' 34" |
| 15 | Ashleigh Moolman Pasio | South Africa | + 4' 34" |
| 16 | Juliette Labous | France | + 4' 34" |
| 17 | Anna Shackley | Great Britain | + 4' 34" |
| 18 | Lauren Stephens | United States | + 4' 34" |
| 19 | Liane Lippert | Germany | + 4' 34" |
| 20 | Chiara Consonni | Italy | + 5' 13" |
| 21 | Marta Lach | Poland | + 8' 11" |
| 22 | Justine Ghekiere | Belgium | + 8' 26" |
| 23 | Lauretta Hanson | Australia | + 8' 26" |
| 24 | Grace Brown | Australia | + 8' 26" |
| 25 | Jelena Erić | Serbia | + 8' 26" |
| 26 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | France | + 8' 26" |
| 27 | Paula Patiño | Colombia | + 8' 26" |
| 28 | Pfeiffer Georgi | Great Britain | + 8' 26" |
| 29 | Elisa Balsamo | Italy | + 8' 26" |
| 30 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 8' 29" |
| 31 | Soraya Paladin | Italy | + 8' 29" |
| 32 | Simone Boilard | Canada | + 9' 11" |
| 33 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 13' 47" |
| 34 | Olivia Baril | Canada | + 13' 47" |
| 35 | Julie de Wilde | Belgium | + 14' 42" |
| 36 | Megan Jastrab | United States | + 14' 49" |
| 37 | Romy Kasper | Germany | + 14' 49" |
| 38 | Kathrin Schweinberger | Austria | + 14' 49" |
| 39 | Anastasia Carbonari | Latvia | + 14' 49" |
| 40 | Marthe Goossens | Belgium | + 14' 49" |
| 41 | Karolina Kumięga | Poland | + 14' 49" |
| 42 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 14' 49" |
| 43 | Dominika Wlodarczyk | Poland | + 14' 49" |
| 44 | Linda Riedmann | Germany | + 14' 49" |
| 45 | Loes Adegeest | Netherlands | + 14' 49" |
| 46 | Sarah van Dam | Canada | + 14' 49" |
| 47 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 14' 49" |
| 48 | Carina Schrempf | Austria | + 14' 49" |
| 49 | Sandra Alonso | Spain | + 14' 15" |
| 50 | Teniel Campbell | Trinidad and Tobago | + 14' 49" |
| 51 | Ella Wyllie | New Zealand | + 14' 49" |
| 52 | Franziska Koch | Poland | + 14' 49" |
| 53 | Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | + 14' 49" |
| 54 | Eugenia Bujak | Slovenia | + 14' 18" |
| 55 | Niamh Fisher-Black | New Zealand | + 14' 18" |
| 56 | Tereza Neumanová | Czech Republic | + 14' 18" |
| 57 | Alexandra Manly | Australia | + 14' 18" |
| 58 | Emilia Fahlin | Sweden | + 14' 18" |
| 57 | Claire Steels | Great Britain | + 14' 49" |
| 57 | Marie Schreiber | Luxembourg | + 14' 49" |
| 57 | Noëlle Rüetschi | Switzerland | + 14' 49" |
| 62 | Eliška Kvasničková | Czech Republic | + 14' 49" |
| 63 | Maggie Coles-Lyster | Australia | + 14' 49" |
| 64 | Kimberley Le Court de Billot | Mauritius | + 14' 49" |
| 65 | Zeng Luyao | China | + 14' 49" |
| 66 | Marthe Truyen | Belgium | + 14' 49" |
| 67 | Ricarda Bauernfeind | Germany | + 14' 49" |
| 68 | Lara Gillespie | Ireland | + 14' 49" |
| 69 | Sanne Cant | Belgium | + 14' 49" |
| 70 | Elena Hartmann | Switzerland | + 14' 58" |
| 71 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | + 14' 58" |
| 72 | Leun Wing Yee | Singapore | + 14' 58" |
| 73 | Léa Curinier | France | + 14' 58" |
| 74 | Antonia Niedermaier | Germany | + 15' 01" |
| 75 | Lilibeth Chacón | Venezuela | + 15' 01" |
| 76 | Amalie Lutro | Norway | + 15' 04" |
| 77 | Yanina Kuskova | Uzbekistan | + 15' 04" |
| 78 | Kim Cadzow | New Zealand | + 15' 05" |
| 79 | Megan Armitage | Ireland | + 15' 05" |
| 80 | Olha Kulynych | Ukraine | + 15' 05" |
| 81 | Diana Peñuela | Colombia | + 15' 05" |
| 82 | Marcela Prieto | Mexico | + 15' 05" |
| 83 | Sara Poidevin | Canada | + 15' 09" |
| 84 | Mischa Bredewold | Netherlands | + 15' 21" |
| 85 | Marte Berg Edseth | Norway | + 19' 46" |
| 86 | Julia Borgström | Sweden | + 19' 46" |
| Rider | Country | Time |
| Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini | Italy | DNF |
| Ingvild Gaskjenn | Norway | DNF |
| Alice Sharpe | Ireland | DNF |
| Ally Wollaston | New Zealand | DNF |
| Nina Berton | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Miryam Núñez | Ecuador | DNF |
| Anna Henderson | Great Britain | DNF |
| Aude Biannic | France | DNF |
| Clara Copponi | France | DNF |
| Amanda Spratt | Australia | DNF |
| Urška Žigart | Slovenia | DNF |
| Tiffany Keep | South Africa | DNF |
| Katrine Aalerud | Norway | DNF |
| Olga Zabelinskaya | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Yuliia Biriukova | Ukraine | DNF |
| Anabel Yapura | Argentina | DNF |
| Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | DNF |
| Linda Zanetti | Switzerland | DNF |
| Julie van de Velde | Belgium | DNF |
| Sara Martín | Spain | DNF |
| Noemi Rüegg | Switzerland | DNF |
| Rebecca Koerner | Denmark | DNF |
| Anniina Ahtosalo | Finland | DNF |
| Solbjørk Minke Anderson | Denmark | DNF |
| Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Daniela Campos | Portugal | DNF |
| Diane Ingabire | Rwanda | DNF |
| Heidi Franz | United States | DNF |
| Agua Marina Espínola | Paraguay | DNF |
| Lily Williams | United States | DNF |
| Alba Teruel | Spain | DNF |
| Nora Jenčušová | Slovakia | DNF |
| Nofar Maoz | Israel | DNF |
| Makhabbat Umutzhanova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Andrea Ramírez | Mexico | DNF |
| Andrea Alzate | Colombia | DNF |
| Tang Xin | China | DNF |
| Selam Amha | Ethiopia | DNF |
| Maude Le Roux | South Africa | DNF |
| Antri Christoforou | Cyprus | DNF |
| Margarita Misyurina | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Caitlin Conyers | Bermuda | DNF |
| Petra Zsankó | Hungary | DNF |
| Malin Eriksen | Norway | DNF |
| Skye Davidson | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| Fariba Hashimi | Afghanistan | DNF |
| Brodie Chapman | Australia | DNF |
| Lorena Wiebes | Netherlands | DNF |
| Akari Kobayashi | Japan | DNS |
| Michaela Drummond | New Zealand | DNF |
| Georgia Baker | Australia | DNF |
| Urška Pintar | Slovenia | DNF |
| Elisa Winter | Austria | DNF |
| Leila Gschwentner | Austria | DNF |
| Catalina Soto | Chile | DNF |
| Barbara Guarischi | Italy | DNF |
| Sarah Roy | Australia | DNF |
| Victoire Berteau | France | DNF |
| Cédrine Kerbaol | France | DNF |
| Lizzie Holden | Great Britain | DNF |
| Marta Jaskulska | Poland | DNF |
| Marita Jensen | Denmark | DNF |
| Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen | Denmark | DNF |
| Coryn Labecki | United States | DNF |
| Skylar Schneider | United States | DNF |
| Sheyla Gutierrez | Spain | DNF |
| Frances Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | DNF |
| Hayley Preen | South Africa | DNF |
| Sofiya Karimova | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Nafosat Kozieva | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Olga Shekel | Ukraine | DNF |
| Kristýna Burlová | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Jazilla Mwamikazi | Rwanda | DNF |
| Xaveline Nirere | Rwanda | DNF |
| Chaniporn Batriya | Thailand | DNF |
| Kamonrada Khaoplot | Thailand | DNF |
| Sun Jiajun | China | DNF |
| Vera Vilaça | Portugal | DNF |
| Aurélie Halbwachs | Mauritius | DNF |
| Raphaëlle Lamusse | Mauritius | DNF |
| Nesrine Houili | Algeria | DNF |
| Monique du Plessis | Namibia | DNF |
| Melissa Hinz | Namibia | DNF |
| Ana Vitória Magalhães | Brazil | DNF |
| Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | DNF |
| Ayustina Delia Priatna | India | DNF |
| Safia Al Sayegh | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| Faina Potapova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Rinata Sultanova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Lee Sze Wing | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Yang Qianyu | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Tombrapa Grikpa | Nigeria | DNF |
| Mary Samuel | Nigeria | DNF |
| Ese Ukpeseraye | Nigeria | DNF |
| Vanessa Santeliz | Venezuela | DNF |
| Dana Rožlapa | Latvia | DNF |
| Raja Chakir | Morocco | DNF |
| Helen Mitchell | Zimbabwe | DNF |
| Aikaterini Eleftheriadou | Greece | DNF |
| Ebtissam Mohamed | Egypt | DNF |
| Yareli Acevedo | Mexico | DNF |
| Faranak Partoazar | Iran | DNF |
| Silja Jóhannesdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| Hafdís Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| Kristin Edda Sveinsdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| Dunja Ivanova | North Macedonia | DNF |
| Elena Petrova | North Macedonia | DNF |
| Yulduz Hashimi | Afghanistan | DNF |
| Zahra Rezayee | Afghanistan | DNF |
| Olympia Maduro Fahie | British Virgin Islands | DNF |
| Luciana Roland | Argentina | DNF |
| Bucumi Beolyne | Burundi | DNF |
| Emmanuella Rukundo | Burundi | DNF |
| Julia Mirigu | Kenya | DNF |
| Florence Nakagwa | Kenya | DNF |
| Fanny Cauchois One | Laos | DNF |
| Awa Bamogo | Burkina Faso | DNF |
| Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | DNS |
| Chloé Dygert | United States | DNS |
| Zanri Rossouw | South Africa | DNS |
| Jenny Rissveds | Sweden | DNS |