2015 World Road Cycling Championships
82nd edition: Sept 20 - Sept 27, 2015
Elite Women's Team Time Trial
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September 20: Elite Women's Team Time Trial, 38.8 km/24.1 miles
Velocio-SRAM riding to a world championship
The race: Velocio-SRAM proved they know how to ride a team time trial. Today they they won their fourth straight world championship in the event.
Wait, here's the race as described by Velocio-SRAM. The team deserves to tell their own story:
Velocio-SRAM won their fourth consecutive team time trial World Championship today in Richmond, USA. The team crossed the line in a time of 47:35 to beat Boels Dolman by 6 seconds and RaboLiv by 56 seconds.
Velocio-SRAM had the fastest time at the first two intermediate time checks, narrowly ahead of Boels Dolman. It became clear it would be between these two teams for the first gold medal on offer at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships. At the third and final intermediate time check, the Dutch team had turned the tables on Velocio-SRAM to lead by just over three seconds. In an amazing team effort, and calculated tactics by Sports Director Ronny Lauke, Velocio-SRAM was able to regain the lead on the final climb to take victory in downtown Richmond.
German rider Trixi Worrack has been part of every winning team time trial World Championship team since the disciplines has returned to the World Championships four years ago in 2012. Matching her feat is Ronny Lauke who has been the Sports Director of the winning team for the last four years. Lauke said “The girls were very impressive today. They rode incredible.”
Defending individual time trial World Champion and now three-time team time trial World Champion Lisa Brennauer said “I’m so excited that we could win this race. We knew our opponents were getting stronger and stronger each year. You saw in Sweden World Cup when we lost and the results were so close. We knew we would have to fight to the finish to win here in Richmond. Our Sports Director Ronny Lauke was giving us the intermediate times throughout the race. In the last 3 kilometres he just kept saying that we have to fight and we have to give everything and that we can win this. My teammates and I are very happy.”
Complete Results:
38.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.925 km/hr
| 1 | VELOCIO-SRAM | 47min 35sec |
| Alena AMIALIUSIK | ||
| Lisa BRENNAUER | ||
| Karol-Ann CANUEL | ||
| Barbara GUARISCHI | ||
| Mieke KROEGER | ||
| Trixi WORRACK | ||
| 2 | BOELS DOLMANS CYCLING TEAM | @ 6sec |
| Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD | ||
| Chantal BLAAK | ||
| Christine MAJERUS | ||
| Katarzyna PAWLOWSKA | ||
| Evelyn STEVENS | ||
| Eleonora VAN DIJK | ||
| 3 | RABO LIV WOMEN CYCLING TEAM | 56 |
| Lucinda BRAND | ||
| Thalita DE JONG | ||
| Shara GILLOW | ||
| Roxane KNETEMANN | ||
| Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA | ||
| Anna VAN DER BREGGEN | ||
| 4 | WIGGLE-HONDA | +1:10 |
| Audrey CORDON | ||
| Jolien D'HOORE | ||
| Annette EDMONDSON | ||
| Emilia FAHLIN | ||
| Dani KING | ||
| Elisa LONGO BORGHINI | ||
| 5 | TWENTY 16 P/B SHO-AIR | +2:05 |
| Allie DRAGOO | ||
| Andrea DVORAK | ||
| Lauren HALL | ||
| Alison JACKSON | ||
| Lauren KOMANSKI | ||
| Leah THOMAS | ||
| 6 | UNITED HEALTHCARE | +2:51 |
| Laura BROWN | ||
| Rushlee BUCHANAN | ||
| Cari HIGGINS | ||
| Lauren TAMAYO | ||
| Linda Melanie VILLUMSEN | ||
| Ruth WINDER | ||
| 7 | ORICA-AIS | +2:54 |
| Gracie ELVIN | ||
| Katrin GARFOOT | ||
| Sarah ROY | ||
| Amanda SPRATT | ||
| Macey STEWART | ||
| Lizzie WILLIAMS | ||
| 8 | BTC CITY LJUBLJANA | +3:03 |
| Polona BATAGELJ | ||
| Eugenia BUJAK | ||
| Corinna LECHNER | ||
| Olena PAVLUKHINA | ||
| Ursa PINTAR | ||
| Martina RITTER | ||
| 9 | OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES | +3:21 |
| Amy CHARITY | ||
| Jasmin GLAESSER | ||
| Maura KINSELLA | ||
| Leah KIRCHMANN | ||
| Alison TETRICK | ||
| Brianna WALLE | ||
| 10 | HITEC PRODUCTS | +3:32 |
| Charlotte BECKER | ||
| Miriam BJØRNSRUD | ||
| Tatiana GUDERZO | ||
| Cecilie Gotaas JOHNSEN | ||
| Lauren KITCHEN | ||
| Emilie MOBERG | ||
| 11 | TEAM TIBCO-SVB | +3:59 |
| Alizee BRIEN | ||
| Emily COLLINS | ||
| Kathrin HAMMES | ||
| Joanne KIESANOWSKI | ||
| Kendall RYAN | ||
| Lauren STEPHENS | ||
| 12 | PEPPER PALACE PRO CYCLING P/B THE HAPPY TOOTH | +5:23 |
| Sarah CARAVELLA | ||
| Lauren DE CRESCENZO | ||
| Julie EMMERMAN | ||
| Tina MAYOLO PIC | ||
| Amy PHILLIPS | ||
| Amber PIERCE | ||
| 13 | BMW P/B HAPPY TOOTH DENTAL | +6:38 |
| Lindsay BAYER | ||
| Kathryn BERTINE | ||
| Robin FARINA | ||
| Breanne NALDER | ||
| Shoshauna ROUTLEY | ||
| Jessica UEBELHART |
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti
Velocio-SRAM showing how it's done
Boels-Dolmans
Rabo-Liv
Orica-AIS
Wiggle-Honda
Pepper Palace
BMW
Twenty-16
BTC
Tibco
Optum
United Healthcare
Hitex
World Champions Velocio-SRAM
The top three places, from left: Boels-Dolmans (2nd), Velocio-SRAM and Rabo-Liv (3rd)
Team time trial map