2006 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Women's road race
2006 UCI Road World Championships
	Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	23 September 2006
Stages	1 in Salzburg (AUT)
Distance	132.6 km (82.39 mi)
Winning time	3h 20' 26"
Medalists
	Gold
	Silver
	Bronze
	← 2005 Madrid Stuttgart 2007 →

The women's road race of the 2006 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 132.6 km long.^[1]

Anne Samplonius (Canada) and Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) made an early break, attacking on the climb on the second lap,^[2] they held a small gap until two laps to go. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) attacked up the steep Gschaiderberg climb on the penultimate lap, this caused huge splits in the main field.^[2] Several others riders eventually joined Cooke to form a breakaway group which included the Swiss riders Nicole Brändli, Priska Doppmann and Annette Beutler; German riders Judith Arndt, Theresa Senff and Trixi Worrack; Andrea Graus and Christiane Soeder of Austria, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia), Oenone Wood (Australia) and Amber Neben (United States) and Marianne Vos (The Netherlands). Vos, Cooke and Brändli attacked several times during the final lap, but the race finished with Vos taking the victory in a small bunch sprint.^[1]

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
	Marianne Vos	Netherlands	3h 20'26"
	Trixi Worrack	Germany	s.t.
	Nicole Cooke	Great Britain	s.t.
4	Noemi Cantele	Italy	s.t.
5	Priska Doppmann	Switzerland	s.t.
6	Oenone Wood	Australia	s.t.
7	Annette Beutler	Switzerland	s.t.
8	Nicole Brändli	Switzerland	s.t.
9	Svetlana Bubnenkova	Russia	s.t.
10	Andrea Graus	Austria	s.t.
11	Christiane Soeder	Austria	s.t.
12	Amber Neben	United States	s.t.
13	Chantal Beltman	Netherlands	s.t.
14	Judith Arndt	Germany	s.t.
15	Theresa Senff	Germany	at 6"
16	Giorgia Bronzini	Italy	at 2'07"
17	Mette Fischer Andreasen	Denmark	s.t.
18	Lada Kozlíková	Czech Republic	s.t.
19	Monia Baccaille	Italy	s.t.
20	Grete Treier	Estonia	s.t.
21	Zulfiya Zabirova	Kazakhstan	s.t.
22	Loes Gunnewijk	Netherlands	s.t.
23	Alex Wrubleski	Canada	s.t.
24	Evy Van Damme	Belgium	s.t.
25	Diana Žiliūtė	Lithuania	s.t.
26	Marina Jaunâtre	France	s.t.
27	Yulia Arustamova	Russia	s.t.
28	Clemilda Fernandes	Brazil	s.t.
29	Adrie Visser	Netherlands	s.t.
30	Mayuko Hagiwara	Japan	s.t.
31	Edita Pučinskaitė	Lithuania	s.t.
32	Tetyana Styazhkina	Ukraine	s.t.
33	Linda Villumsen	Denmark	s.t.
34	Christine Thorburn	United States	s.t.
35	Joanne Kiesanowski	New Zealand	s.t.
36	Sophie Creux	France	s.t.
37	Erinne Willock	Canada	s.t.
38	Kristin Armstrong	United States	s.t.
39	Tatiana Guderzo	Italy	s.t.
40	Claudia Häusler	Germany	s.t.
41	Edwige Pitel	France	s.t.
42	Lorenza Morfín	Mexico	s.t.
43	Maryline Salvetat	France	s.t.
44	Susanne Ljungskog	Sweden	s.t.
45	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	at 5'55"
46	Daiva Tušlaitė	Lithuania	s.t.
47	Liu Yongli	China	s.t.

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
48	Rasa Polikevičiūtė	Lithuania	s.t.
49	Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria	Spain	s.t.
50	Daniela Pintarelli	Austria	s.t.
51	Suzanne de Goede	Netherlands	s.t.
52	Lynette Jansen	South Africa	s.t.
53	Anne Samplonius	Canada	s.t.
54	Anke Erlank	South Africa	s.t.
55	Chrissie Viljoen	South Africa	s.t.
56	Paulina Brzeźna	Poland	s.t.
57	Sharon Vandromme	Belgium	s.t.
58	Trine Hansen	Denmark	s.t.
59	Zita Urbonaitė	Lithuania	s.t.
60	Ludivine Henrion	Belgium	s.t.
61	Laure Werner	Belgium	s.t.
62	Yolandi Du Toit	South Africa	s.t.
63	Emma Johansson	Sweden	s.t.
64	Emma Rickards	Australia	s.t.
65	Yevheniya Vysotska	Ukraine	s.t.
66	Siobhan Dervan	Ireland	s.t.
67	Veronica Andrèasson	Sweden	s.t.
68	Tatiana Shishkova	Russia	s.t.
69	Eva Hubená	Czech Republic	s.t.
70	An Van Rie	Belgium	s.t.
71	Anriette Schoeman	South Africa	s.t.
72	Iris Slappendel	Netherlands	s.t.
73	Magali Le Floc'h	France	s.t.
74	Vera Carrara	Italy	s.t.
75	Susan Palmer-Komar	Canada	s.t.
76	Maribel Moreno	Spain	s.t.
77	Fabiana Luperini	Italy	s.t.
78	Monika Schachl	Austria	at 12'26"
79	Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova	Ukraine	s.t.
80	Patricia Schwager	Switzerland	s.t.
81	Lise Christensen	Denmark	s.t.
82	Toni Bradshaw	New Zealand	at 16'58"
83	Li Meifang	China	at 22'57"
84	Bernadette Schober	Austria	s.t.
85	Karolina Konieczna	Poland	s.t.
86	Linn Torp	Norway	at 24'06"
87	Martina Růžičková	Czech Republic	s.t.
88	Uenia Fernandes	Brazil	s.t.
89	Kirsten Wild	Netherlands	s.t.
90	Leigh Hobson	Canada	s.t.
91	Pavla Havliková	Czech Republic	s.t.
92	Yulia Blindyuk	Russia	s.t.
93	Valentina Gavrilova	Russia	s.t.
94	Iosune Murillo	Spain

41 riders failed to finish the race. Giusepina Grassi Herrera of Mexico did not start the race.