The women's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It took place on 15 August 2004, featuring 67 women from 27 countries.
Race The peloton finally split on the penultimate lap, with a small group going clear that contained a number of the favourites, and two Australian cyclists, Sara Carrigan and Oenene Wood. When Carrigan broke from this group on the final lap, only Judith Arndt was able or willing to chase her down, and the pair stayed clear until the end, Carrigan out sprinting Arndt for the line. Russian sprinter Olga Slyusareva won the chase for bronze ahead of Wood and Nicole Cooke of Britain, who had had to work hard to catch up with the chasing group after hitting a barrier on the final lap. The 2000 Olympic champion, Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands clipped another rider and crashed out on the penultimate lap.
Final classification Start: 15:00 +Final resultsRank Name Country Time Sara Carrigan 3:24:24 Judith Arndt 3:24:31 Olga Slyusareva 3:25:034 Oenone Wood 3:25:035 Nicole Cooke 3:25:036 Mirjam Melchers 3:25:067 Joane Somarriba 3:25:068 Kristin Armstrong 3:25:069 Edita Pučinskaitė 3:25:1010 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli 3:25:2311 Susan Palmer-Komar 3:25:3712 Olivia Gollan 3:25:4213 Noemi Cantele 3:25:4214 Anita Valen 3:25:4215 Christine Thorburn 3:25:4216 Deirdre Demet-Barry 3:25:4217 Joanne Kiesanowski 3:25:4218 Priska Doppmann 3:25:4219 Zinaida Stahurskaya 3:25:4220 Miho Oki 3:25:4221 Sharon Vandromme 3:25:4222 Rachel Heal 3:25:4223 Iryna Chuzhynova 3:25:4224 Christiane Soeder 3:25:4225 Trixi Worrack 3:25:4226 Tatiana Guderzo 3:25:4227 Malgorzata Wysocka 3:25:4228 Barbara Heeb 3:25:4229 Rasa Polikevičiūtė 3:25:4230 Manon Jutras 3:25:4231 Jolanta Polikevičiūtė 3:25:4232 Edwige Pitel 3:28:3933 Susanne Ljungskog 3:28:3934 Eneritz Iturriaga Mazaga 3:28:3935 Evelyn García Marroquín 3:28:3936 Nataliya Kachalka 3:28:3937 Giorgia Bronzini 3:28:3938 Nicole Brändli 3:28:3939 Zulfiya Zabirova 3:28:3940 Sonia Huguet 3:30:3041 Miyoko Karami 3:30:3042 Bogumiła Matusiak 3:31:5543 Valentyna Karpenko 3:33:3544 Qian Yunjuan 3:33:3545 Volha Hayeva 3:33:3546 Belem Guerrero Méndez 3:33:3547 Zhang Junying 3:33:3548 Lene Byberg 3:33:3549 Madeleine Lindberg 3:33:3550 Maria Dolores Molina 3:40:4351 Han Songhee 3:40:4352 Martina Růžičková 3:40:4353 Linn Torp 3:40:4354 Janildes Fernandes 3:40:4355 Anriette Schoeman 3:40:4356 Michelle Hyland 3:40:43 — Angela Brodtka DNF Svetlana Bubnenkova DNF Dori Ruano DNF Anouska van der Zee DNF Lyne Bessette DNF Leontien van Moorsel DNF Camilla Larsson DNF Sara Symington DNF Melissa Holt DNF Lada Kozlíková DNF Maaris Meier DNF
References
External links Official Olympic Report