2008 in women's road cycling

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UCI Road World Rankings

Main article:
2008 UCI Women's Road Rankings
Top-ranked individual[1] Second-ranked individual Third-ranked individual Top-ranked team Top-ranked nation
 
Team DSB Bank
  
Team Columbia Women
  
Team Columbia Women
Team Columbia Women
  Germany

World Championships

Main article: 2008 UCI Road World Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
World Championship Time Trial September  Amber Neben (USA)  Christiane Soeder (AUT)  Judith Arndt (GER)
World Championship Road Race September  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Judith Arndt (GER)

Olympic Games

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Race Date Winner Second Third
Olympic Games Road Race
 August 10  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)
International Olympic Committee Olympic Games Time Trial August 13  Kristin Armstrong (USA)  Emma Pooley (GBR)  Karin Thürig (SUI)

UCI World Cup

Main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup
Date Race Country Winner Team
#1 24 February
Geelong World Cup
  Australia  Katheryn Mattis (USA)
Webcor Builders Cycling Team
#2 24 March Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio  Italy  Emma Pooley (GBR) Team Specialized Designs for Women
#3 6 April Tour of Flanders for Women  Belgium  Judith Arndt (GER) Team High Road Women
#4 12 April Ronde van Drenthe  Netherlands  Chantal Beltman (NED) Team High Road Women
#5 23 April La Flèche Wallonne Féminine  Belgium  Marianne Vos (NED) DSB Bank
#6 4 May Tour de Berne  Switzerland  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
Menikini–Selle Italia
#7 31 May Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal  Canada  Judith Arndt (GER) Team High Road Women
#8 30 July Open de Suède Vårgårda  Sweden  
Kori Kelley Seehafer
 (USA)
Menikini–Selle Italia
#9 1 August
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
  Sweden  Priska Doppmann (SUI)
 Karin Thürig (SUI)
 Christiane Soeder (AUT)
 Carla Ryan (AUS) 		Cervélo–Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team
#10 24 August
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
  France  Fabiana Luperini (ITA)
Menikini–Selle Italia
#11 16 September Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt  Germany  Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women

Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

Race Date Cat.
Brazil Copa América de Ciclismo January 6 1.2
Switzerland Gran Premio Brissag Lago Maggiore March 8 1.2
Italy GP Comune di Cornaredo March 9 1.2
Omloop Het Volk / Circuit Het Volk
 March 16 1.2
Italy GP Cosat Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Montescudaio-Riparbella March 29 1.2
Poland Klasyczny-Naleczow March 30 1.2
Italy GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Castellina M.MA-Santa Luce March 30 1.2
Belgium Grand Prix de Dottignies April 7 1.2
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
 April 10 1.1
Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
 April 13 1.1
Netherlands Ronde van Gelderland April 19 1.2
Spain Trofeo Ciudad de Sevilla April 20 1.2
Tour of Chongming Island Time Trial
 April 25 1.2
Italy GP Liberazione April 25 1.2
Netherlands Omloop van Borsele April 26 1.2
Luxembourg Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs April 26 1.2
Belgium GP Stad Roeselare April 27 1.2
Switzerland Grand Prix de Suisse / Souvenir Magali Pache May 2 1.1
Poland Majowy Wyscig Klasyczny - Lublin May 3 1.2
Venezuela Clasico Aniversario de la Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo May 3 1.2
Venezuela Copa Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo, Corre Por La Vida May 4 1.2
El Salvador Grand Prix de Santa Ana May 15 1.1
United States Tour de Leelanau May 25 1.2
Netherlands Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland June 7 1.2
Netherlands Therme kasseienomloop June 8 1.2
United States Commerce Bank Liberty Classic June 8 1.1
Italy GP Carnevale d'Europa July 19 1.2
Sparkassen Giro
 August 3 1.1
Netherlands Holland Hills Classic August 10 1.2
Switzerland Züri-Metzgete September 7 1.1
Memorial Davide Fardelli - Cronometro Individuale
 September 7 1.2
France Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen September 14 1.1
Grand Prix de France
 September 28 1.2
Chrono des Nations Les Herbiers Vendée
 October 19 1.1

Source[2]

Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

Race Date Cat.
Australia Geelong Tour February 21–22 2.2
New Zealand Women's Tour of New Zealand February 27 – March 2 2.2
Poland Wyscig Etapowy – Zamosc April 11–13 2.2
China Tour of Chongming Island April 26–29 2.2
Czech Republic Gracia–Orlová May 1–4 2.2
United States Mt. Hood Cycling Classic May 13–18 2.2
France Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin May 16-25 2.2
Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a El Salvador
 May 16-21 2.2
Poland Tour de Pologne Feminin May 22–24 2.2
El Salvador Vuelta a Occidente May 23–25 2.2
Canada Tour du Grand Montréal June 2–5 2.1
Canada Tour de Pei June 8–12 2.2
Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
 June 12–15 2.1
France Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale June 17–22 2.2
Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
 June 19–21 2.2
Italy Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol June 20–22 2.1
Giro d'Italia Femminile
 July 5–13 2.1
Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa
 July 10–13 2.2
Tour de Bretagne Féminin
 July 17–20 2.2
International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
 July 22–27 2.1
France Tour Féminin en Limousin July 24–27 2.2
Route de France Féminine
 August 10–17 2.1
Germany Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen August 22–24 2.2
France Trophée d'Or Féminin August 26–30 2.2
Netherlands Holland Ladies Tour September 2–7 2.2
France Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche September 9–13 2.2
Italy Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini September 16–21 2.1

Source[2]

Continental Championships

African Championship

Race Date Winner Second Third
Individual time trial[3] November 9, 2007  Lynette Burger (RSA)  Yolandi Du Toit (RSA)  Aurelie Halbwachs (MRI)
Road race[4] November 11, 2007  
Marissa van der Merwe
 (RSA) 		 Lynette Burger (RSA)  Yolandi Du Toit (RSA)

Asian Championships

Main article: 2008 Asian Cycling Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Individual time trial September 14  Li Meifang (CHN)  Liu Yongli (CHN)  Mayuko Hagiwara (JPN)
Road race September 15  Gao Min (CHN)  Miho Oki (JPN)  Choi Hye-Kyeong (KOR)

European Championships (under-23)

Main article: 2008 European Road Championships
Race Date Winner Second Third
Time trial (under-23)[5] July 3  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Svitlana Halyuk (UKR)  Lesya Kalytovska (UKR)
Road race (under-23)[5] July 5  Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)  Lesya Kalytovska (UKR)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)

Oceania Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third
Individual time trial[6] 14 November 2007  Bridie O'Donnell (AUS)  Dale Tye (NZL)  Rachel Mercer (NZL)
Road race[7] 18 November 2007  Rochelle Gilmore (AUS)  
Joanne Kiesanowski
 (NZL) 		 Emma Crum (NZL)

Pan-American Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third
Individual time trial[8] May 9  
Ana Paola Madriñan Villegas
 (COL) 		 
Giuseppina Grassi Herrera
 (MEX) 		 Kori Kelley-Seehafer (USA)
Road race[9] May 11  Yumari González (CUB)  Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes (VEN)  
Belem Guerrero Méndez
 (MEX)

National Championships

Main article: 2008 national road cycling championships

UCI teams

Main article:
2008 List of UCI Women's Teams

References

  1. ^ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2008 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Results - Cycling - Road 2008 Women Elite". UCI. Archived from the original on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ Champ. d'Afrique CLM / African continental champ. TT (WE)[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Champ. d'Afrique en ligne / African Continental Champ. RR (WE)[permanent dead link]
  5. ^
    European Cycling Union. 2009-09-04. Archived from the original
    on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  6. ^ "Oceania Cycling Championships - c.l.m. ind. / ind. TT - WE". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  7. ^ "Oceania Cycling Championships - en ligne / ind. road race - WE". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  8. ^ "Champ. Panaméricain c.l.m. ind. / Panamerican Champ. ind. TT- WE". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  9. ^ "Champ. Panaméricain-en ligne / Panamerican Champ. ind. RR- WE". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

See also

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