The Women's junior road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 26 September 2014. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Ponferrada.
In a sprint finish of some eighteen riders, defending champion Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark was able to retain her title, repeating the feat of Great Britain pair Nicole Cooke in 2000 and 2001, and Lucy Garner in 2011 and 2012. Dideriksen out-sprinted Italy's Sofia Bertizzolo, the European champion, for the gold medal, with Agnieszka Skalniak of Poland taking the bronze medal.
Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter eight riders for the race, with a maximum of four riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.
Champion Name Outgoing World Champion African Champion Pan American Champion Asian Champion European Champion Oceanian
Course The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of four laps. The circuit was long and included two hills. The total climbing was per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.
The first were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after at a 16% negative gradient.
The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of , at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.
Schedule All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1). Date Time Event26 September 2014 09:00–11:10 Women's junior road race26 September 2014 11:30 Victory ceremony
Participating nations 93 cyclists from 35 nations took part in the women's junior road race. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
Australia (3) Austria (2) Belgium (4) Brazil (2) Canada (4) Colombia (2) Czech Republic (2) Denmark (2) Egypt (2) Estonia (1) France (4) Germany (4) Great Britain (4) Ireland (1) Italy (5) Japan (2) Kazakhstan (4) Latvia (1) Lithuania (3) Mauritius (1) Mexico (3) Netherlands (4) Poland (4) Romania (1) Russia (4) Serbia (1) Slovakia (1) Slovenia (1) South Africa (3) Spain (4) (host) Sweden (3) Switzerland (3) Turkey (3) United States (4) Uzbekistan (1)
Prize money The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €3,450. Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total Amount €1,533 €1,150 €767 €3,450
Final classification Of the race's 93 entrants, 85 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Amalie Dideriksen 2 Sofia Bertizzolo 3 Agnieszka Skalniak s.t. 4 Nikola Nosková s.t. 5 Lisa Klein s.t. 6 Gréta Richioud s.t. 7 Jeanne Korevaar s.t. 8 Jelena Erić s.t. 9 Saartje Vandenbroucke s.t. 10 Mathilde Cartal s.t. 11 Alexandra Manly s.t. 12 Daria Pikulik s.t. 13 Kiyoka Sakaguchi s.t. 14 Inga Rodieck s.t. 15 Sina Frei s.t. 16 Lenny Druyts s.t. 17 Janelle Cole s.t. 18 Yumi Kajihara s.t. 19 Liah Harvie + 3" 20 Katia Ragusa + 3" 21 Svetlana Ryabova + 6" 22 Faina Potapova + 11" 23 Paula Patiño + 11" 24 Sofia Beggin + 13" 25 Soline Lamboley + 15" 26 Maria Calderón + 15" 27 Pernille Mathiesen + 15" 28 Dafne Theroux-Izquierdo + 15" 29 Angela Adelsberger + 15" 30 Camila Valbuena + 15" 31 Cristina Martínez + 15" 32 Nikola Zdráhalová + 15" 33 Laurence Dumais + 15" 34 Nikol Płosaj + 15" 35 Macey Stewart + 20" 36 Emma White + 28" 37 Mel Lowther + 28" 38 Yarely Salazar + 28" 39 Jip van den Bos + 30" 40 Endija Rutule + 1' 32" 41 Bethany Hayward + 1' 42" 42 Sara Wackermann + 2' 18" 43 Maria Kantsyber + 2' 19" 44 Rocío García + 2' 19" 45 Madeleine Boutet + 4' 10" 46 Hannah Swan + 4' 10" 47 Julia Scheidegger + 6' 27" 48 Eva Maria Palm + 7' 40" 49 Aline Seitz + 7' 49" 50 Milda Aužbikavičiūtė + 7' 49" 51 Megan Barker + 7' 49" 52 Anna-Leeza Hull + 7' 53" 53 Ellinor Huusko + 9' 43" 54 Chanella Stougje + 9' 43" 55 Wiebke Rodieck + 9' 43" 56 Fanny Zambon + 9' 43" 57 Ema Manikaitė + 9' 43" 58 Marta Łach + 9' 43" 59 Katja Jeretina + 9' 43" 60 Brenda Santoyo + 9' 43" 61 Viktoria Popova + 9' 43" 62 Karen Flores + 9' 43" 63 Ernesta Strainytė + 9' 43" 64 Christina Schweinberger + 9' 43" 65 Anastasiia Pliaskina + 9' 43" 66 Sara Poidevin + 9' 43" 67 Coral Casado + 9' 43" 68 Jacqueline Dietrich + 9' 43" 69 Catherine Colyn + 9' 43" 70 Daria Egorova + 9' 48" 71 Kimberley Le Court + 10' 22" 72 Nicole Nesti + 10' 37" 73 Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed + 11' 18" 74 Aafke Soet + 12' 06" 75 Ana Paula Casetta + 14' 16" 76 Linda Halleröd + 15' 03" 77 Yekaterina Yuraitis + 16' 17" 78 Nadezhda Geneleva + 16' 21" 79 Mari-Liis Mõttus + 16' 21" 80 Michelle Benson + 16' 21" 81 Renata da Silva Lopes + 16' 21" 82 Marike Tache + 16' 21" 83 Ayşe Çakır + 16' 21" 84 Ekaterina Knebeleva + 16' 21" 85 Monique Gerber + 16' 34" Grace Garner Menatalla Essam Ragab DNF Gamze Kıyas DNF Julia Karlsson DNF Josie Knight DNF Fien Delbaere DNF Zeynep Ezgi Tekinoğlu DNF Tereza Medveďová DNF
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