2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
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Winner Ellen van Dijk
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| Dates | 24 September 2013 | |||||||||
| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 22.05 km (13.70 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 27' 48.18" | |||||||||
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 Gold
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 Ellen van Dijk (NED)
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 Silver
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 Linda Villumsen (NZL)
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 Bronze
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 Carmen Small (USA)
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2013 UCI Road World Championships_pictogram.svg) Participating nations |
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| Elite events | ||||
| Elite road race | men | women | ||
| Elite time trial | men | women | ||
| Elite team time trial | men | women | ||
| Under-23 events | ||||
| Under-23 road race | men | |||
| Under-23 time trial | men | |||
| Junior events | ||||
| Junior road race | men | women | ||
| Junior time trial | men | women | ||
| Qualification | ||||
The Women's time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place on 24 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy. The course of the race was 22.05 km from Parco delle Cascine to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.
Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands lived up her expectations as main favourite and won the time trial by dominating the race, beating perennial podium finisher Linda Villumsen and the surprising American Carmen Small.
All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start. Besides of that, the outgoing World Champion and the continental champions may take part in addition to this number.
32 nations participated in the women's time trial.
Ellen van Dijk, the Dutch National time trial Champion and the number 5 in the time trial at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was the absolute favourite. She won many time trials in the 2013 women's road season. Of the 10 time trials she rode she won eight of them including the time trial at the prestigious Giro d'Italia Femminile and a week before the championships the Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen. Van Dijk did not win two time trials, Emma Johansson from Sweden beat her in the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and Shara Gillow from Australia in the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen. Ganna Solovey, a Ukrainian track cyslint, won the time trial at the European Road Championships, the only race she rode before the World Championships. With an average speed of over 47 km/h it was the fastest average speed in a time trial of the season. Linda Villumsen, who was on the podium in the last four editions, and Evelyn Stevens were other podium candidates.
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