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
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

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Rank Rider Country Time
  Mandy Jones   United Kingdom 1h31'00"[5]
  Maria Canins   Italy at 0'10"
  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 Meijer   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

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  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