2008 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

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
	Silver
	Bronze
	← 2007 2009 →

The Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.

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"