2016 European Road Championships – Women's time trial
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The podium of the event
(from left to right): Anna van der Breggen, Ellen van Dijk and Olga Zabelinskaya |
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| Dates | 15 September 2016 Plumelec, France |
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| Stages | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance | 25.40 km (15.78 mi) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 36' 41.07" | |||||||||
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| Winner |
 Ellen van Dijk (NED)
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Anna van der Breggen (NED)
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| Third |
 Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
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| European Road Championships – Women's under-23 time trial | ||||||||||
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Podium of the under-23 classification
(from left to right): Ksenyia Tuhai, Anastasiia Iakovenko and Lisa Klein |
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| Winning time | 39' 35.87" | |||||||||
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| Winner |
Anastasiia Iakovenko (RUS)
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| Second |
 Ksenyia Tuhai (BLR)
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| Third |
 Lisa Klein (GER)
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The Women's time trial at the 2016 European Road Championships took place on 15 September. It was the first time that an elite time trial event for women was contested at the European Road Championships. The start of the time trial was in Josselin, with the finish at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, in Plumelec; in total, the course was 25.4 km (15.8 mi) in length. The event also saw riders under the age of 23 take part, with separated rankings and the UEC European Champion jersey on offer to the fastest rider. In total, 52 riders contested the event.
The elite title was won by Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk, completing the course in a time of 36 minutes, 41.07 seconds. Van Dijk finished 18.40 seconds ahead of her compatriot Anna van der Breggen, with Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya completing the podium, a further 4.99 seconds in arrears of van der Breggen.
In the concurrent under-23 race, Russia's Anastasiia Iakovenko claimed the title in a time of 39 minutes, 35.87 seconds. Second place went to Ksenyia Tuhai of Belarus, 9.62 seconds in arrears of Iakovenko, while the bronze medal was taken by Germany's Lisa Klein, 1.99 seconds behind Tuhai.
The race start was held on the Rue du Canal in Josselin. The finish was at the top of the Côte de Cadoudal, a 1.8 km (1.1 mi), 7.8% average gradient hill in Plumelec.
It was the first time that an elite time trial event was organised at the European Road Championships, although there had been a time trial competition held exclusively for riders under 23 years of age since 1997. Of those competing in Plumelec, five riders had previously won the European under-23 championship; Olga Zabelinskaya (2002),Ellen van Dijk (2007 and 2008), Anna van der Breggen (2012), Hanna Solovey (2013) and Mieke Kröger (2014). The inaugural edition of the European Games, held in 2015, also included an individual time trial, won by van Dijk ahead of Solovey. Previous UCI Road World Championships medallists that participated at the championships were 2013 gold medal winner van Dijk, as well as previous silver medallists Solovey (2014) and van der Breggen (2015).
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