# 1998 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The Women's Individual Road Race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Saturday October 10, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 103.2 kilometres (6 x 17.2 km laps). There were a total of 121 starters, with 95 cyclists finishing the race.

## Final classification

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| | Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) | 02:35:35 |
| | Leontien van Moorsel (NED) | — |
| | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | — |
| 4. | Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) | — |
| 5. | Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) | — |
| 6. | Svitlana Hihilyeva (UKR) | — |
| 7. | Linda Jackson (CAN) | — |
| 8. | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) | — |
| 9. | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA) | + 00.01 |
| 10. | Anna Wilson (AUS) | + 00.46 |
| 11. | Zita Urbonaitė (LTU) | — |
| 12. | Yvonne Schnorf (SUI) | — |
| 13. | Alison Sydor (CAN) | — |
| 14. | Jolanta Polikevičiūtė (LTU) | — |
| 15. | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) | — |
| 16. | Catherine Marsal (FRA) | — |
| 17. | Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) | — |
| 18. | Heidi Van De Vijver (BEL) | — |
| 19. | Elisabeth Chevanne (FRA) | — |
| 20. | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) | — |
| 21. | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 00.49 |
| 22. | Monica Valen (NOR) | + 02.07 |
| 23. | Zinajda Stahurskaya (BLR) | — |
| 24. | Marcia Eicher-Vouets (SUI) | — |
| 25. | Bogumiła Matusiak (POL) | — |
| 26. | Mirjam Melchers (NED) | — |
| 27. | Dede Barry (USA) | — |
| 28. | Judith Arndt (GER) | — |
| 29. | Yvonne McGregor (GBR) | — |
| 30. | Rosa María Bravo (ESP) | — |
| 31. | Ingunn Bollerud (NOR) | — |
| 32. | Tracy Gaudry (AUS) | — |
| 33. | Geraldine Loewenguth (FRA) | — |
| 34. | Tatyana Kaverina (RUS) | — |
| 35. | Wenche Stensvold (NOR) | — |
| 36. | Valeria Cappellotto (ITA) | + 02.08 |
| 37. | Leigh Hobson (CAN) | — |
| 38. | Ragnhild Kostøl (NOR) | — |
| 39. | Lucille Hunkeler (SUI) | — |
| 40. | Svetlana Stepanova (RUS) | — |
| 41. | Fany Lecourtois (FRA) | — |
| 42. | Cindy Pieters (BEL) | — |
| 43. | Oksana Saprykina (UKR) | + 2.10 |
| 44. | Severine Desbouys (FRA) | + 2.11 |
| 45. | Jacqueline Brabenetz (GER) | + 2.15 |
| 46. | Mari Holden (USA) | + 2.54 |
| 47. | Roberta Bonanomi (ITA) | + 2.55 |
| 48. | Elsbeth Vink (NED) | — |
| 49. | Daniela Veronesi (SMR) | + 3.03 |
| 50. | Sara Felloni (ITA) | + 3.46 |
| 51. | Barbara Heeb (SUI) | + 4.08 |
| 52. | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | — |
| 53. | Chantal Beltman (NED) | + 4.17 |
| 54. | Sanna Lehtimäki (FIN) | — |
| 55. | Julie Young (USA) | — |
| 56. | Tamara Polyakova (UKR) | + 5.11 |
| 57. | Kerstin Scheitle (GER) | + 6.53 |
| 58. | Nicole Vermast (NED) | — |
| 59. | Jacinta Coleman (NZL) | + 6.54 |
| 60. | Petra Rossner (GER) | — |
| 61. | Ana Martínez (ESP) | — |
| 62. | Jorunn Kvalø (NOR) | — |
| 63. | Marie Høljer (SWE) | + 12.06 |
| 64. | Pia Sundstedt (FIN) | + 12.07 |
| 65. | Anke Erlank (RSA) | — |
| 66. | Yulia Martissova (RUS) | — |
| 67. | Luisiana Pegoraro (ITA) | + 12.39 |
| 68. | Miluse Flasková (CZE) | + 12.40 |
| 69. | Berta Fernández (ESP) | — |
| 70. | Natalya Kychtuk (UKR) | — |
| 71. | Els Pauwels (BEL) | — |
| 72. | Lisbeth Simper (DEN) | — |
| 73. | Sarah Ulmer (NZL) | + 13.47 |
| 74. | Rosalind Reekie-May (NZL) | + 15.22 |
| 75. | Yvonne Brunen (NED) | + 15.23 |
| 76. | Liuda Triabaite (LTU) | — |
| 77. | Joanna Lawn (NZL) | — |
| 78. | Elisabeth Tadich (AUS) | — |
| 79. | Maiken Jørgensen (DEN) | — |
| 80. | Sandra Missbach (GER) | — |
| 81. | Svetlana Potyomkina (RUS) | — |
| 82. | Natalya Yuganyuk (UKR) | — |
| 83. | Pamela Schuster (USA) | + 17.20 |
| 84. | Kristina Obrucová (CZE) | + 22.12 |
| 85. | Malgorzata Wysocka (POL) | + 23.16 |
| 86. | Tuija Kinnunen (FIN) | + 23.17 |
| 87. | Irini Tsouvala (GRE) | — |
| 88. | Ronel Van Wyck (RSA) | — |
| 89. | Monika Kotek (POL) | — |
| 90. | Lotte Schmidt (DEN) | — |
| 91. | Alena Barillová (SVK) | — |
| 92. | Sanne Schmidt (DEN) | — |
| 93. | Rikke Olsen (DEN) | + 23.23 |
| 94. | Lada Kozlíková (CZE) | + 31.54 |
| 95. | Larisa Chuyenka (BLR) | + 36.46 |
| DID NOT FINISH |||
| | Simona Parente (ITA) |
| | Juanita Feldhahn (AUS) |
| | Kathryn Watt (AUS) |
| | Karen Bliss-Livingston (USA) |
| | Emily Robbins (USA) |
| | Kendra Wenzel (USA) |
| | Melina Rasmussen (DEN) |
| | Valentiana Karpenko (UKR) |
| | Lenka Ilavská (SVK) |
| | Montserrat Alonso (ESP) |
| | Rosa Cristina Vega (ESP) |
| | Teodora Ruano (ESP) |
| | Lyne Bessette (CAN) |
| | Susan Palmer (CAN) |
| | Svetlana Samokhvalova (RUS) |
| | Sarka Vichová (CZE) |
| | Sandra Wamplfer (SUI) |
| | Megan Hughes (GBR) |
| | Angela Hunter (GBR) |
| | Louise Jones (GBR) |
| | Maria Lawrence (GBR) |
| | Sara Symington (GBR) |
| | Karin Avenant (RSA) |
| | Magdalena Day (RSA) |
| | Claudia Saintagne (BRA) |
| DID NOT START |||
| | Fatma Galiulina (UZB) |