# 2016 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The Women's road race of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Doha, Qatar on 15 October 2016. The course of the race was 134.1 km (83.3 mi) with the start and finish in Doha. Lizzie Deignan was the defending champion, having won the world title in 2015. Deignan was unable to defend her title, as she finished fourth in the bunch sprint finish.
The gold medal and rainbow jersey went to 20-year-old Danish rider Amalie Dideriksen, who became the youngest rider in a decade to win the title, and only the fifth rider to win both the junior and elite world titles, having won the junior title in 2013 and 2014. She finished ahead of Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands, while the bronze medal went to Finland's Lotta Lepistö.

## Course

The race started at the Qatar Foundation in Education City before the race made its way towards The Pearl Island, with 27.7 kilometres (17.2 miles) being completed before the first passage of the finish line. Thereafter, seven laps of 15.2 kilometres (9.4 miles) were completed before the race's conclusion.

## Schedule

All times are in Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 15 October 2016 | 12:45–16:20 | Women's road race |

## Participating nations

146 cyclists from 46 nations were entered in the women's road race, with 142 riders taking the start. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
* Australia (7)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (6)
* Canada (6)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (3)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (3)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (8)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (3)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kuwait (3)
* Lithuania (2)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Mexico (2)
* Netherlands (8)
* Norway (3)
* Poland (6)
* Russia (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (7)
* Vietnam (1)

## Final classification

Of the race's 146 entrants, 103 riders completed the full distance of 134.1 km (83.3 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | 3h 10' 27" |
| 2 | Kirsten Wild | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 3 | Lotta Lepistö | Finland | s.t. |
| 4 | Lizzie Deignan | Great Britain | s.t. |
| 5 | Marta Bastianelli | Italy | s.t. |
| 6 | Roxane Fournier | France | s.t. |
| 7 | Chloe Hosking | Australia | s.t. |
| 8 | Sheyla Gutiérrez | Spain | s.t. |
| 9 | Joëlle Numainville | Canada | s.t. |
| 10 | Jolien D'Hoore | Belgium | s.t. |
| 11 | Emilie Moberg | Norway | s.t. |
| 12 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | s.t. |
| 13 | Katarzyna Pawłowska | Poland | s.t. |
| 14 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | s.t. |
| 15 | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 16 | Coryn Rivera | United States | s.t. |
| 17 | Sara Mustonen | Sweden | s.t. |
| 18 | Mia Radotić | Croatia | s.t. |
| 19 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | s.t. |
| 20 | Barbara Guarischi | Italy | + 4" |
| 21 | Miho Yoshikawa | Japan | + 4" |
| 22 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 4" |
| 23 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 4" |
| 24 | Jelena Erić | Serbia | + 4" |
| 25 | Barbora Průdková | Czech Republic | + 4" |
| 26 | Ashleigh Moolman | South Africa | + 4" |
| 27 | Megan Guarnier | United States | + 4" |
| 28 | Christina Perchtold | Austria | + 4" |
| 29 | Carmen Small | United States | + 4" |
| 30 | Alexis Ryan | United States | + 4" |
| 31 | Eugenia Bujak | Poland | + 4" |
| 32 | Amy Pieters | Netherlands | + 4" |
| 33 | Polona Batagelj | Slovenia | + 4" |
| 34 | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | + 4" |
| 35 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | + 4" |
| 36 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri | Italy | + 10" |
| 37 | Aude Biannic | France | + 12" |
| 38 | Nicolle Bruderer | Guatemala | + 12" |
| 39 | Katrine Aalerud | Norway | + 12" |
| 40 | Olena Pavlukhina | Azerbaijan | + 12" |
| 41 | Samantha Sanders | South Africa | + 12" |
| 42 | Diana Peñuela | Colombia | + 12" |
| 43 | Hanna Solovey | Ukraine | + 12" |
| 44 | Yusseli Mendivil | Mexico | + 12" |
| 45 | Urša Pintar | Slovenia | + 12" |
| 46 | Alice Barnes | Great Britain | + 12" |
| 47 | Julie Leth | Denmark | + 12" |
| 48 | Tiffany Cromwell | Australia | + 12" |
| 49 | Emma Johansson | Sweden | + 12" |
| 50 | Chantal Blaak | Netherlands | + 12" |
| 51 | Katrin Garfoot | Australia | + 12" |
| 52 | Stephanie Pohl | Germany | + 12" |
| 53 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | + 12" |
| 54 | Natalya Saifutdinova | Kazakhstan | + 16" |
| 55 | Sara Penton | Sweden | + 18" |
| 56 | Dani King | Great Britain | + 18" |
| 57 | Eileen Roe | Great Britain | + 18" |
| 58 | Heidi Dalton | South Africa | + 18" |
| 59 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen | Norway | + 18" |
| 60 | Huang Ting-ying | Chinese Taipei | + 18" |
| 61 | Emilia Fahlin | Sweden | + 18" |
| 62 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 18" |
| 63 | Sarah Rijkes | Austria | + 18" |
| 64 | Yumi Kajihara | Japan | + 18" |
| 65 | Alicia González Blanco | Spain | + 18" |
| 66 | Kaat Van der Meulen | Belgium | + 18" |
| 67 | Chantal Hoffmann | Luxembourg | + 18" |
| 68 | Valerie Demey | Belgium | + 18" |
| 69 | Lauren Kitchen | Australia | + 22" |
| 70 | Romy Kasper | Germany | + 22" |
| 71 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | + 22" |
| 72 | Mieke Kröger | Germany | + 22" |
| 73 | Trixi Worrack | Germany | + 27" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 74 | Tatiana Guderzo | Italy | + 27" |
| 75 | Lotte Kopecky | Belgium | + 30" |
| 76 | Hannah Barnes | Great Britain | + 39" |
| 77 | Olga Shekel | Ukraine | + 39" |
| 78 | Rosa Törmänen | Finland | + 39" |
| 79 | Abby-Mae Parkinson | Great Britain | + 39" |
| 80 | Lisa Klein | Germany | + 39" |
| 81 | Elise Maes | Luxembourg | + 39" |
| 82 | Annasley Park | Great Britain | + 42" |
| 83 | Lauren Stephens | United States | + 42" |
| 84 | Anna Plichta | Poland | + 42" |
| 85 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | + 45" |
| 86 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 45" |
| 87 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | + 1' 00" |
| 88 | Audrey Cordon | France | + 1' 00" |
| 89 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | + 1' 00" |
| 90 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 1' 00" |
| 91 | Sara Bergen | Canada | + 1' 00" |
| 92 | Gracie Elvin | Australia | + 1' 00" |
| 93 | Roxane Knetemann | Netherlands | + 1' 43" |
| 94 | Sofie De Vuyst | Belgium | + 1' 43" |
| 95 | Anisha Vekemans | Belgium | + 2' 30" |
| 96 | Wahazit Kidane | Eritrea | + 3' 42" |
| 97 | Meng Zhaojuan | Hong Kong | + 3' 42" |
| 98 | Amber Neben | United States | + 6' 46" |
| 99 | Sarah Roy | Australia | + 6' 46" |
| 100 | Eugénie Duval | France | + 6' 46" |
| 101 | Nicole Hanselmann | Switzerland | + 10' 31" |
| 102 | Alba Teruel Ribes | Spain | + 10' 31" |
| 103 | Paz Bash | Israel | + 11' 48" |
| | Annie Foreman-Mackey | Canada | DNF |
| | Loren Rowney | Australia | DNF |
| | Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | DNF |
| | Alexandra Nessmar | Sweden | DNF |
| | Varvara Fasoi | Greece | DNF |
| | Allie Dragoo | United States | DNF |
| | Marta Lach | Poland | DNF |
| | Laura Vainionpää | Finland | DNF |
| | Alexandra Chekina | Russia | DNF |
| | Guo Hong | China | DNF |
| | Phetdarin Somrat | Thailand | DNF |
| | Anriette Schoeman | South Africa | DNF |
| | Nguyễn Thị Thật | Vietnam | DNF |
| | Coralie Demay | France | DNF |
| | Laura Massey | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Valeriya Kononenko | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Nikola Nosková | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Anastasiia Iakovenko | Russia | DNF |
| | Svetlana Vasilieva | Russia | DNF |
| | Pascale Jeuland | France | DNF |
| | Margarita Syrodoeva | Russia | DNF |
| | Antonia Gröndahl | Finland | DNF |
| | Makhabbat Umutzhanova | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Wogahta Gebrehiwet | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Ebtissam Mohamed | Egypt | DNF |
| | Mossana Debesai | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Sofía Arreola | Mexico | DNF |
| | Silvija Latožaitė | Lithuania | DNF |
| | Kelly Kalm | Estonia | DNF |
| | Alicja Ratajczak | Poland | DNF |
| | Eden Bekele | Ethiopia | DNF |
| | Carla Oberholzer | South Africa | DNF |
| | Tsega Gebre Beyene | Ethiopia | DNF |
| | Najla Aljeraiwi | Kuwait | DNF |
| | Zanele Tshoko | South Africa | DNF |
| | Sun Jiajun | China | DNF |
| | Noura Alameeri | Kuwait | DNF |
| | Nada Aljeraiwi | Kuwait | DNF |
| | Olga Zabelinskaya | Russia | DSQ |
| | Giorgia Bronzini | Italy | DNS |
| | Yang Qianyu | Hong Kong | DNS |
| | Beatha Ingabire | Rwanda | DNS |
| | Eyeru Tesfoam | Ethiopia | DNS |