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2008 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

Field	Value
name	Women's time trial
image	Jersey rainbow chrono.svg
image_caption	Rainbow jersey
image_size	150
series	2008 UCI Road World Championships
date	September 24, 2008
stages	1
distance	25.15
unit	km
time	33' 51"
type	medals
first	Amber Neben
first_nat	USA
second	Christiane Soeder
second_nat	AUT
third	Judith Arndt
third_nat	GER
previous	2007
next	2009

The Women's time trial of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Varese, Italy.

After finishing one place out of the medals in last World Championships, Amber Neben became gold medal winner, recording a time 7 seconds quicker than Austria's Christiane Soeder with Germany's Judith Arndt finishing behind Soeder in third.

Route

The course covered 25.2 km.

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Hanka Kupfernagel	Did not participate
African Champion	Lynette Burger
Asian Champion	Li Meifang
European Champion (under-23)	Ellen van Dijk
Oceanian Champion	Bridie O'Donnell
Pan American Champion	Ana Paola Madrinan Villegas	Did not participate

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Amber Neben	33' 51.35"
2	Christiane Soeder	+ 07.56"
3	Judith Arndt	+ 22.77"
4	Tatiana Antoshina	+ 23.39"
5	Kristin Armstrong	+ 25.27"
6	Karin Thurig	+ 30.99"
7	Susanne Ljungskog	+ 57.38"
8	Emma Pooley	+ 57.52"
9	Charlotte Becker	+ 1' 03.32"
10	Linda Villumsen	+ 1' 05.43"
11	Anne Samplonius	+ 1' 08.91"
12	Christine Thorburn	+ 1' 17.16"
13	Jeannie Longo	+ 1' 20.03"
14	Emma Johansson	+ 1' 26.31"
15	Diana Žiliūtė	+ 1' 36.83"
16	Vicki Whitelaw	+ 1' 36.23"
17	Julie Beveridge	+ 1' 53.56"
18	Martina Růžičková	+ 2' 02.24"
19	Sharon Laws	+ 2' 03.06"
20	Ellen van Dijk	+ 2' 11.46"
21	Regina Bruins	+ 2' 14.52"
22	Pascale Schnider	+ 2' 15.64"
23	Bridie O'Donnell	+ 2' 17.73"
24	Alexis Rhodes	+ 2' 21.11"
25	Kirsten Wild	+ 2' 27.84"
26	Edwige Pitel	+ 2' 37.03"
27	Grete Treier	+ 2' 40.05"
28	Jarmila Machačová	+ 2' 46.30"
29	An van Rie	+ 2' 50.22"
30	Marta Vila Josana Andreu	+ 2' 52.06"
31	Trine Schmidt	+ 2' 59.46"
32	Eneritz Iturriaga Echevarria	+ 3' 04.02"
33	Alexandra Burchenkova	+ 3' 15.01"
34	Daiva Tušlaitė	+ 3' 20.07"
35	Mayuko Hagiwara	+ 3' 31.31"
36	Anna Zugno	+ 3' 41.23"
37	Elena Berlato	+ 3' 55.35"
38	Bogumiła Matusiak	+ 4' 22.49"
39	Olivia Dillon	+ 4' 25.06"
40	Hanna Talkanitsa	+ 5' 10.88"
41	Kathryn Bertine	+ 5' 20.61"
42	Heather Wilson	+ 5' 22.56"
43	Polona Batagelj	+ 8' 37.31"

References

"Neben knocks out favourites for gold". cyclingnews.com.
"September 24: Women's time trial, 25.15km". cyclingnews.com.
(September 2016). "Competition Guide Apendixes". UCI.

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