1982 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

The 1982 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race took place on the 4th of september 1982[1] around Goodwood, Sussex in the United Kingdom. It was 61 km in length.[2]

Women's road race
1982 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates4 September 1982
Stages1 in United Kingdom Goodwood (GBR)
Distance61 km (37.90 mi)
Winning time1h 31' 00"
Medalists
   Gold United Kingdom Mandy Jones (GBR)
   Silver Italy Maria Canins (ITA)
   Bronze Belgium Gerda Sierens (BEL)

Mandy Jones broke clear of the field to win by 10 seconds. She was the first British woman to win a world championship for 15 years.[3] She said:

"I won by accident. It was just plain daft. We were going downhill and I just rode past them. Then I looked back, saw I had a gap and kept going. I was praying my legs wouldn't collapse. But with around half a lap to go, I started thinking 'Hey, I could win this!"[4]

Final classification
RankRiderCountryTime
1 Mandy Jones United Kingdom 1h31'00"[5]
1 Maria Canins Italy at 0'10"
1 Gerda Sierens Belgium
4 Sandra Schumacher West Germany at 0'26"
5 Connie Carpenter-Phinney United States at 0'42"
6 Rebecca Twigg United States
7 Ute Enzenauer West Germany
8 Karen Ann Strong-Hearth Canada
9 Emanuela Menuzzo Italy
10 Kathrine Lundström Sweden
11 Tuulikki Jahre Sweden
12 Helle Sørensen Denmark
13 Marianne Berglund Sweden
14 Tamara Poliakova Ukraine
15 Leontine van der Lienden Netherlands
16 Nina Søbye Norway
17 Rosemarie Kurz  Switzerland
18 Anna Callebaut Belgium
19 Ines Varenkamp West Germany
20 Thea Van Rijnsoever Netherlands at 0'57"
21 Beate Habetz West Germany
22 Nadezhda Kibardina Soviet Union
23 Anna-Karin Johansson Sweden
24 Josiane Vanhuysse Belgium at 1'02"
25 Irina Kolesnikova Soviet Union
26 Annelies Josefsson Sweden
27 Marie-Jeanne Thijs Belgium
28 Connie Meyer Netherlands
29 Alla Lukutina Soviet Union
30 Francesca Galli Italy
31 Galina Tsareva Soviet Union
32 Petra Weigenand West Germany
33 Luisa Seghezzi Italy
34 Barbara Ganz  Switzerland
35 Isabelle Gautheron France
36 Birgit Förstl West Germany
37 Anne Guillemin France
38 Wakako Abe Japan
39 Cynthia Olavarri United States
40 Maria Johnsson Sweden
41 Jenny De Smet Belgium
42 Béatrice Labarthe France at 1'14"
43 Hennie Top Netherlands
44 Els Gottschal[6][7] Netherlands
45 Li Yanmei China
46 Mieke Havik Netherlands
47 Rebecca Daughton United States
48 Adalberta Marcuccetti Italy
49 Nina Johnsen Norway
50 Valentina Tverdokhlebe Soviet Union
51 Geneviève Brunet Canada at 3'11"
52 Hanni Weiss  Switzerland at 3'32"
53 Jolanda Kalt  Switzerland
54 Geneviève Gauthier Canada
55 Margaret Swinnerton United Kingdom
56 Anne-Catherine Andersen Norway
57 Rosanna Piantoni Italy
58 Julie Earnshaw United Kingdom
59 Isabelle Nicoloso-Verger France
60 C Baril Canada
61 Pauline Strong United Kingdom
62 Verna Buhler Canada at 5'15"
63 Claudine Vierstraete Belgium at 5'32"
64 Gabi Habetz West Germany at 10'13"
65 Sun Jinngin China at 10'33"
66 Unni Larsen Norway at 11'38"
67 Gu Li China at 12'20"
68 Zlatuše Hrnčířová[8] Czechoslovakia at 12'51"
69 Stefania Carmine  Switzerland

References
  1. Cycling - World Championships - 1982 on TheSports.org
  2. "World Championships – Road Race – Elite Women – History". Cyclingnews. 2004.
  3. Golden Book of Cycling
  4. Woodland, Les (2005), This Island Race, Mousehold Press, UK
  5. Cycling - World Championships - 1982 on TheSports.org
  6. Els Gottschal's name was cited in the article "Heerschappij Hennie Top staat nu wel vast", about the Dutch Championships in the newspaper Leidsch Dagblad, 28 juni 1982.
  7. Els Gottschal (Groningen), cited in "Uitslagen Criteriums", Dames, Ochten, in the Dutch newspaper De Stem, 19 juli 1982, page: Sport/Tour '82
  8. Zlatuše Hrnčířová on on procyclingstats.com
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