Women's time trial

2008 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	September 24, 2008
Stages	1
Distance	25.15 km (15.63 mi)
Winning time	33' 51"
Medalists
Gold   Amber Neben  (USA)    Silver   Christiane Soeder  (AUT)    Bronze   Judith Arndt  (GER)
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Events at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships
Participating nations Qualification
Elite events
Elite road race	men	women
Elite time trial	men	women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men
Under-23 time trial	men
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The Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.

Contents

• Route
• Qualification
• Final classification
• References

After finishing one place out of the medals in last World Championships, Amber Neben became gold medal winner, recording a time 7 seconds quicker than Austria's Christiane Soeder with Germany's Judith Arndt finishing behind Soeder in third. ^[1]

Route

The course covered 25.2 km. ^[2]

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part. ^[3]

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Hanka Kupfernagel  (GER)	Did not participate
African Champion	Lynette Burger  (RSA)
Asian Champion	Li Meifang  (CHN)
European Champion (under-23)	Ellen van Dijk  (NED)
Oceanian Champion	Bridie O'Donnell  (AUS)
Pan American Champion	Ana Paola Madrinan Villegas  (COL)	Did not participate

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Amber Neben  (USA)	33' 51.35"
2	Christiane Soeder  (AUT)	+ 07.56"
3	Judith Arndt  (GER)	+ 22.77"
4	Tatiana Antoshina  (RUS)	+ 23.39"
5	Kristin Armstrong  (USA)	+ 25.27"
6	Karin Thurig  (SUI)	+ 30.99"
7	Susanne Ljungskog  (SWE)	+ 57.38"
8	Emma Pooley  (GBR)	+ 57.52"
9	Charlotte Becker  (GER)	+ 1' 03.32"
10	Linda Villumsen  (DEN)	+ 1' 05.43"
11	Anne Samplonius  (CAN)	+ 1' 08.91"
12	Christine Thorburn  (USA)	+ 1' 17.16"
13	Jeannie Longo  (FRA)	+ 1' 20.03"
14	Emma Johansson  (SWE)	+ 1' 26.31"
15	Diana Žiliūtė  (LTU)	+ 1' 36.83"
16	Vicki Whitelaw  (AUS)	+ 1' 36.23"
17	Julie Beveridge (CAN)	+ 1' 53.56"
18	Martina Růžičková  (CZE)	+ 2' 02.24"
19	Sharon Laws  (GBR)	+ 2' 03.06"
20	Ellen van Dijk  (NED)	+ 2' 11.46"
21	Regina Bruins  (NED)	+ 2' 14.52"
22	Pascale Schnider  (SUI)	+ 2' 15.64"
23	Bridie O'Donnell  (AUS)	+ 2' 17.73"
24	Alexis Rhodes  (AUS)	+ 2' 21.11"
25	Kirsten Wild  (NED)	+ 2' 27.84"
26	Edwige Pitel  (FRA)	+ 2' 37.03"
27	Grete Treier  (EST)	+ 2' 40.05"
28	Jarmila Machačová  (CZE)	+ 2' 46.30"
29	An van Rie  (BEL)	+ 2' 50.22"
30	Marta Vila Josana Andreu  (ESP)	+ 2' 52.06"
31	Trine Schmidt  (DEN)	+ 2' 59.46"
32	Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria  (ESP)	+ 3' 04.02"
33	Alexandra Burchenkova  (RUS)	+ 3' 15.01"
34	Daiva Tušlaitė  (LTU)	+ 3' 20.07"
35	Mayuko Hagiwara  (JPN)	+ 3' 31.31"
36	Anna Zugno  (ITA)	+ 3' 41.23"
37	Elena Berlato  (ITA)	+ 3' 55.35"
38	Bogumiła Matusiak  (POL)	+ 4' 22.49"
39	Olivia Dillon  (IRL)	+ 4' 25.06"
40	Hanna Talkanitsa  (BLR)	+ 5' 10.88"
41	Kathryn Bertine  (SKN)	+ 5' 20.61"
42	Heather Wilson  (IRL)	+ 5' 22.56"
43	Polona Batagelj  (SLO)	+ 8' 37.31"

References