Live: 2024 Women's World Championships Road Race

Women’s World Championship Road Race 2024 History

The Women’s World Championship Road Race is the pinnacle one-day race of the season. On usually one of the toughest courses of the entire season, the World Championships sees a lot put on the line to win the rainbow jersey. Teams are split into nations rather than the trade teams we see for nearly all of the road season and that brings a whole new level of issues as some teams work better than others and have a clearer definite leader for the race. The Dutch famously struggle in this area, with a host of stars picked, only to then struggle to take on roles they’re not used to. That has helped different riders win in recent years with Lotte Kopecky winning on the streets of Glasgow last year and Elisa Balsamo in Flanders in 2021.

The races so far in the junior and U23 levels have been selective. No big groups have come to the line together with maybe only 2 or 3 riders deciding the races against each other. With more race forecast in Zurich, the race will struggle to stay together again today and only the strongest and most resilient will be contesting the victory for the rainbow stripes in this year’s women’s World Championship road race.