The women's road race of the 2004 UCI Road World Championships

2004 UCI Road World Championships

The 2004 UCI Road World Championships took place in Verona, Italy, between September 27 and October 3, 2004. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.- Events summary :...

 cycling event took place on 2 October in Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. Starting at 13:30 CEST, the race was 132.75 km long, which constituted of 9 laps of a circuit around Torricelle, including the 3.4 km Torricelle climb, with an average gradient of approximately 4%, 7% at the steepest point. The course was almost identical to the one used for the 1999 UCI Road World Championships

1999 UCI Road World Championships

The 1999 UCI Road World Championships took place in Treviso and Verona, Italy, between October 3 and October 10, 1999. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.- Events summary :...

 when Edita Pučinskaitė

Edita Pucinskaite

Edita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on...

 won the women's championship.

The race was won by the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 rider Judith Arndt

Judith Arndt

Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...

.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
		03h 44'38"
		at 10"
		at 12"
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.
11		s.t.
12		s.t.
13		at 41"
14		s.t.
15		s.t.
16		s.t.
17		s.t.
18		s.t.
19		s.t.
20		s.t.
21		at 1'07"
22		s.t.
23		s.t.
24		s.t.
25		s.t.
26		at 1'11"
27		at 2'08"
28		at 2'36"
29		at 3'30"
30		s.t.
31		at 3'38"
32		s.t.
33		at 6'09"
34		s.t.
35		s.t.
36		s.t.
37		s.t.
38		s.t.
39		s.t.
40		s.t.
41		s.t.
42		s.t.
43		s.t.
44		s.t.
45		s.t.
46		s.t.
47		s.t.
48		s.t.
49		s.t.
50		s.t.
51		s.t.
52		s.t.
53		s.t.
54		s.t.
55		s.t.
56		s.t.
57		s.t.
58		at 6'13"
59		at 11'12"
60		s.t.
61		at 11'23"
62		s.t.
63		s.t.
64		at 12'14"
65		at 20'52"
66		at 21'21"
67		s.t.
68		at 21'23"
69		at 22'51"
70		s.t.
71		s.t.
72		s.t.
73		s.t.
74		at 23'32"
75		at 28'08"
DID NOT FINISH