Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial

The women's individual time trial was one of eighteen cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games. The event started and finished on 10 August at Pontal, a small peninsula and beach area in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The race start and finish were part of the Barra venues cluster and one of seven temporary venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Women's road time trial
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Grumari Circuit - Pontal
VenuePontal, Rio de Janeiro
29.8 km (18.5 mi)
Date10 August 2016
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning time44:26.42
Medalists
Kristin Armstrong  United States
Olga Zabelinskaya  Russia
Anna van der Breggen  Netherlands
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Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Pre-race favourites

American Kristin Armstrong was the 2008 and 2012 gold medalist. However, with the event scheduled one day before her forty-third birthday, Armstrong was not among the betting favorites.

The world champions after the 2012 Summer Olympics were the Dutch Ellen van Dijk (2013), German Lisa Brennauer (2014) and the New Zealand Linda Villumsen (2015). More recently, Ellen van Dijk had won the time trial in the 2016 Energiewacht Tour, beating Villumsen (3rd) and Brennauer (9th).

Course

The women's course was one lap of the 29.8 km (18.5 mi) Grumari circuit. The race start and finish of the course were at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then entering the Grumari circuit (clockwise) to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7 km (6.0 mi) and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2 km (11.9 mi).[3][4]

Start list and result
See also: List of cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wind and rainy weather at the start
Ellen van Dijk crashed and finished fourth

The following 18 NOCs had qualified a total of 25 riders to compete in the road time trial event. The following riders were confirmed by their respective NOCs.[5]

No.[6] Rider Country Pos. Time[7]
1 Kristin Armstrong  United States 44:26.42
5 Olga Zabelinskaya  Russia 44:31.97
3 Anna van der Breggen  Netherlands[8] 44:37.80
7 Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands 4 44:48.74
9 Elisa Longo Borghini  Italy 5 44:51.94
2 Linda Villumsen  New Zealand 6 44:54.71
18 Tara Whitten  Canada 7 45:01.16
4 Lisa Brennauer  Germany 8 45:22.62
11 Katrin Garfoot  Australia 9 45:35.03
6 Evelyn Stevens  United States 10 46:00.08
16 Alena Amialiusik  Belarus 11 46:05.73
10 Ashleigh Moolman  South Africa 12 46:29.11
14 Karol-Ann Canuel  Canada 13 46:30.93
15 Emma Pooley  Great Britain 14 46:31.98
22 Eri Yonamine  Japan 15 46:43.09
12 Trixi Worrack  Germany 16 46:52.77
20 Lotta Lepisto  Finland 17 47:06.52
17 Katarzyna Niewiadoma  Poland 18 47:47.96
25 Anna Plichta  Poland 19 47:59.66
8 Hanna Solovey  Ukraine 20 48:03.35
24 Lotte Kopecky  Belgium 21 48:09.86
23 Christine Majerus  Luxembourg 22 48:16.17
13 Ann-Sophie Duyck  Belgium[9] 23 48:17.60
19 Audrey Cordon  France[10] 24 49:32.87
21 Vita Heine  Norway 25 50:23.39

References
  1. "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. NOCs qualified for Road Cycling men’s events (PDF), UCI, 25 March 2015, p. 2
  3. "Rio 2016 Road Cycling - Men's Time Trial" (PDF). UCI.ch. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. "2016 Rio Olympics road cycling courses confirmed". VeloNews.com.
  5. "Startlist Rio 2016". Cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. "Rio Olympics time trial start lists". Velonews. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. "Women's Individual Time Trial - Standings". Rio2016. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. "Pre-selectie vrouwen Olympische spelen" [Pre-selection of Olympic games women]. KNWU (in Dutch). 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. "Nationale Selecties: Olympische Spelen Rio Weg Dames / MTB / BMX" [National Selections: Olympics Women Rio Road / MTB / BMX] (in Dutch). belgiancycling.be. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  10. "Jeux de Rio. Bresset non, Cordon-Ragot oui" [Rio games. Bresset no. Cordon-Ragot yes] (in French). letelegramme.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

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