# 2022 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The women's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 16 August 2022.

### 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 | 11 | 7 | Netherlands Italy France United States Belgium |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 6–15 | 9 | 6 | Switzerland Poland Denmark Germany Australia United Kingdom Spain South Africa New Zealand Cuba |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 16–20 | 8 | 5 | Canada Colombia Sweden Norway Hungary |
| UCI World Ranking by Individuals (if not already qualified) | 1–200 | 3 | 3 | — |

### Continental champions

| Name | Country | Reason |
| Elisa Balsamo | Italy | Incumbent World Champion |
| Ebtissam Mohamed | Egypt | African Champion |
| Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | Panamerican Champion |
| Nguyễn Thị Thật | Vietnam | Asian Champion |
| Josie Talbot | Australia | Oceanian Champion |

## Final classification

Of the race's 126 entrants, 78 riders completed the full distance of 164.3-kilometre (102.1 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | 4h 24' 25" |
| 2 | Lotte Kopecky | Belgium | + 1" |
| 3 | Silvia Persico | Italy | + 1" |
| 4 | Liane Lippert | Germany | + 1" |
| 5 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | + 1" |
| 6 | Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | + 1" |
| 7 | Juliette Labous | France | + 1" |
| 8 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | + 1" |
| 9 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | + 1" |
| 10 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | + 1" |
| 11 | Ashleigh Moolman Pasio | South Africa | + 1" |
| 12 | Niamh Fisher-Black | New Zealand | + 1" |
| 13 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | +11" |
| 14 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | + 13" |
| 15 | Alexandra Manly | Australia | + 13" |
| 16 | Pfeiffer Georgi | Great Britain | + 13" |
| 17 | Sofia Bertizzolo | Italy | + 13" |
| 18 | Alison Jackson | Canada | + 13" |
| 19 | Justine Ghekiere | Belgium | + 13" |
| 20 | Ricarda Bauernfeind | Germany | + 13" |
| 21 | Brodie Chapman | Australia | + 13" |
| 22 | Simone Boilard | Canada | + 13" |
| 23 | Veronica Ewers | United States | + 13" |
| 24 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | + 13" |
| 25 | Margarita Victoria García | Spain | + 13" |
| 26 | Anna Shackley | Great Britain | + 13" |
| 27 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | + 1'25" |
| 28 | Paula Patiño | Colombia | + 4'50" |
| 29 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | + 4'50" |
| 30 | Ane Santesteban | Spain | + 4'50" |
| 31 | Silvia Zanardi | Italy | + 4'57" |
| 32 | Noemi Rüegg | Switzerland | + 4'57" |
| 33 | Carina Schrempf | Austria | + 4'57" |
| 34 | Julie de Wilde | Belgium | + 4'57" |
| 35 | Grace Brown | Australia | + 4'57" |
| 36 | Floortje Mackaij | Netherlands | + 4'57" |
| 37 | Olivia Baril | Canada | + 4'57" |
| 38 | Leah Thomas | United States | + 4'57" |
| 39 | Mari Hole Mohr | Norway | + 4'57" |
| 40 | Ella Wyllie | New Zealand | + 4'57" |
| 41 | Évita Muzic | France | + 4'57" |
| 42 | Urška Pintar | Slovenia | + 4'57" |
| 43 | Julie van de Velde | Belgium | + 5'01" |
| 44 | Olga Zabelinskaya | Uzbekistan | + 7'37" |
| 45 | Dominika Wlodarczyk | Poland | + 7'37" |
| 46 | Leah Kirchmann | Canada | + 7'37" |
| 47 | Riejanne Markus | Netherlands | + 7'39" |
| 48 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | + 7'39" |
| 49 | Elisa Balsamo | Italy | + 7'39" |
| 50 | Anna Henderson | Great Britain | + 7'39" |
| 51 | Shirin van Anrooij | Netherlands | + 7'39" |
| 52 | Jelena Erić | Serbia | + 7'39" |
| 53 | Marie Le Net | France | + 7'39" |
| 54 | Omer Shapira | Israel | + 9'30" |
| 55 | Anne Dorthe Ysland | Norway | + 9'32" |
| 56 | Eugenia Bujak | Slovenia | + 9'32" |
| 57 | Romy Kasper | Germany | + 9'32" |
| 58 | Sarah Roy | Australia | + 9'54" |
| 59 | Rasa Leleivytė | Lithuania | + 9'58" |
| 60 | Marta Jaskulska | Poland | + 12'07" |
| 61 | Kristen Faulkner | United States | + 12'07" |
| 62 | Julia Borgström | Sweden | + 12'07" |
| 63 | Elena Hartmann | Switzerland | + 12'23" |
| 64 | Agnieszka Skalniak | Poland | + 12'42" |
| 65 | Špela Kern | Slovenia | + 12'42" |
| 66 | Lina Hernández | Colombia | + 12'42" |
| 67 | Ingvild Gaskjenn | Norway | + 12'42" |
| 68 | Coralie Demay | France | + 12'42" |
| 69 | Diana Peñuela | Colombia | + 12'42" |
| 70 | Elizabeth Holden | Great Britain | + 12'42" |
| 71 | Marta Bastianelli | Italy | + 12'42" |
| 72 | Franziska Koch | Germany | + 15'51" |
| 73 | Nina Berton | Luxembourg | + 15'51" |
| 74 | Hayley Preen | South Africa | + 15'51" |
| 75 | Heidi Franz | United States | + 15'51" |
| 76 | Nathalie Eklund | Sweden | + 15'51" |
| 77 | Julie Leth | Denmark | + 15'51" |
| 78 | Kateřina Nash | Czech Republic | + 15'51" |
| Rider | Country | Time |
| Jade Wiel | France | DNF |
| Vittoria Guazzini | Italy | DNF |
| Elynor Bäckstedt | Great Britain | DNF |
| Skylar Schneider | United States | DNF |
| Gladys Verhulst | France | DNF |
| Sara Martín | Spain | DNF |
| Lourdes Oyarbide | Spain | DNF |
| Aude Biannic | France | DNF |
| Alice Towers | Great Britain | DNF |
| Josie Talbot | Australia | DNF |
| Nicole Koller | Switzerland | DNF |
| Yanina Kuskova | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Lea Lin Teutenberg | Germany | DNF |
| Caroline Andersson | Sweden | DNF |
| Emma Cecilie Bjerg | Denmark | DNF |
| Katrine Aalerud | Norway | DNF |
| Emma Langley | United States | DNF |
| Mikayla Harvey | New Zealand | DNF |
| Karolina Kumięga | Poland | DNF |
| Nora Jenčušová | Slovakia | DNF |
| Maryna Vernyk | Ukraine | DNF |
| Jesse Vandenbulcke | Belgium | DNF |
| Georgia Baker | Australia | DNF |
| Leung Wing-yee | Hong Kong | DNF |
| Hanna Nilsson | Sweden | DNF |
| Maude Elaine Le Roux | South Africa | DNF |
| Marta Lach | Poland | DNF |
| Phetdarin Somrat | Thailand | DNF |
| Tereza Neumanová | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Magdeleine Vallieres | Canada | DNF |
| Sandra Alonso | Spain | DNF |
| Natalia Franco | Colombia | DNF |
| Idoia Eraso | Spain | DNF |
| Courteney Webb | South Africa | DNF |
| Henrietta Christie | New Zealand | DNF |
| Valentine Nzayisenga | Rwanda | DNF |
| Mieke Kröger | Germany | DNF |
| Daryna Nahuliak | Ukraine | DNF |
| Rebecca Koerner | Denmark | DNF |
| Luciana Roland | Argentina | DNF |
| Marte Berg Edseth | Norway | DNF |
| Lauren Stephens | United States | DNF |
| Valerie Demey | Belgium | DNF |
| Ana Vitória Magalhães | Brazil | DNF |
| Nesrine Houili | Algeria | DNF |
| Danait Tekeste | Eritrea | DNF |
| Chaniporn Batriya | Thailand | DNF |
| Safia Al Sayegh | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| Christina Schweinberger | Austria | DNS |
| Kathrin Schweinberger | Austria | DNS |
| Demi Vollering | Netherlands | DNS |