World Championship Quotas - Women

by tgsgirl on Aug 15, 2010 4:53 PM EDT

The fifteenth of August is the deadline for the World Elite World Championships, so the women will know how many compatriots they'll get to take with them. Now, contrary to the men's elite and U23 rules, the women's are refreshingly straightforward:

The 5 first nations in the classification by nation on 15 August of the year of the World Championships will qualify 14 riders of whom 7 to start. The 10 next nations will qualify 12 riders of whom 6 to start. The 5 other nations will qualify 10 riders of whom 5 to start. The other nations and the non ranked nations will have the possibility to qualify 6 riders of whom 3 to start.

YEAH YEAH, JUST GIVE US THE NUMBERS ALREADY

1 (1) NETHERLANDS ........... 7
2 (2) GERMANY ........... 7
3 (3) ITALY ........... 7
4 (5) GREAT BRITAIN ........... 7
5 (4) UNITED STATES ........... 7

6 (6) SWEDEN ........... 6
7 (7) AUSTRALIA ........... 6
8 (8) LITHUANIA ........... 6
9 (9) BELGIUM ........... 6
10 (11) RUSSIA ........... 6
11 (10) NEW ZEALAND ........... 6
12 (12) CANADA ........... 6
13 (13) FRANCE ........... 6
14 (14) SWITZERLAND ........... 6
15 (21) UKRAINE ........... 6

16 (15) SOUTH AFRICA ........... 5
17 (18) CHINA ........... 5
18 (19) KOREA ........... 5
19 (48) ESTONIA ........... 5
20 (23) DENMARK ........... 5

Everyone else who wants to have a go: 3 riders.

SO, WHO RULES THE GIRLS' SCENE?

According to CQ, these 25 do.

1. (1) [NED] VOS Marianne ARC 13/05/1987 1168
2. (2) [NED] WILD Kirsten CWT 15/10/1982 992
3. (4) [GER] TEUTENBERG Ina TCW 28/10/1974 801
4. (9) [GBR] POOLEY Emma CWT 03/10/1982 767
5. (3) [SWE] JOHANSSON Emma RSC 23/09/1983 738
6. (10) [GER] ARNDT Judith TCW 23/07/1976 626
7. (143) [NED] VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek ARC 08/10/1982 527
8. (13) [BEL] VERBEKE Grace LLT 12/11/1984 466
9. (7) [AUS] GILMORE Rochelle LLT 14/12/1981 383
10. (18) [ITA] BRONZINI Giorgia GAU 03/08/1983 367
11. (35) [GER] BECKER Charlotte CWT 19/05/1983 361
12. (17) [ITA] GUDERZO Tatiana VAD 22/08/1984 357
13. (12) [LTU] ZILIUTE Diana - 28/05/1976 356
14. (8) [ITA] CANTELE Noemi TCW 17/07/1981 325
15. (155) [USA] EVANS (OLDS) Shelley PBT 30/09/1980 300
16. (5) [USA] ARMSTRONG Kristin - 11/08/1973 294
17. (26) [USA] ABBOTT Mara PBT 14/11/1985 283
18. (46) [USA] STEVENS Evelyn TCW 09/05/1983 257
19. (32) [ITA] BACCAILLE Monia VAD 10/04/1984 255
20. (20) [AUS] CORSET Ruth TIB 09/05/1977 255
21. (11) [GER] HÄUSLER Claudia CWT 17/11/1985 242
22. (14) [GBR] COOKE Nicole - 13/04/1983 221
23. (6) [GER] WORRACK Trixi NUR 28/09/1981 215
24. (92) [NED] VISSER Adrie TCW 19/10/1983 211
25. (21) [NED] GUNNEWIJK Loes ARC 27/11/1980 198

WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR?

Last year the podium was two thirds Italian, with a Dutchie in between the two as Guderzo took the title. Nineteen seconds behind her the great Marianne Vos outsprinted Cantele and Armstrong (no, not that one) for second place.

1. [ITA] GUDERZO Tatiana MIC 3h33'25"
2. [NED] VOS Marianne DSB 19"
3. [ITA] CANTELE Noemi BCT 19"
4. [USA] ARMSTRONG Kristin CWT 19"
5. [LTU] ZILIUTE Diana SAF 01'07"
6. [GER] ARNDT Judith TCW 01'07"
7. [CAN] WILLOCK Erinne WEB 01'07"
8. [SUI] BRÄNDLI Nicole BCT 01'07"
9. [BEL] VERBEKE Grace LBL 01'07"
10. [NZL] CHEATLEY (SELL) Catherine COL 01'07"

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I can't wait for this race!

by Sarah Connolly on Aug 15, 2010 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

is it me?

or is the girls CW race often better than the men’s? Looking forward to a morning of watching this…

by thebongolian on Aug 16, 2010 4:16 AM EDT reply actions

I think because the girls' races are shorter (the UCI and their stupid rules)

they forego the 100k procession and just go “attaaaaaaack!” from the word go.

by tgsgirl on Aug 16, 2010 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

It is a tad more complicated...

as there is a small twist in that

In all individual specialities, the outgoing World Champion… may take part in addition to the number of starters that the National Federation of such Champions
may enter under the qualification regulations.

In all road… events at the World Championships, the outgoing Continental Champion
may take part in addition to the number of starters that the National Federation of such Champions
may enter under the qualification regulations.

So Italy gets an extra spot in the road race for the out going world champ, Australia, Columbia, South Africa and Korea get an extra spot in the TT… the list goes on (I just haven’t found all the results with a very quick search).

by Creeping Tortoise on Aug 16, 2010 7:20 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, does Aus get an extra rider on the road, too?

Assuming the winner of the Oceania Champs is Australian!*

And does that mean the outgoing champ gets to ride, or can anyoe from the country? eg Kristin Armstrong as ITT champ won’t be there as she’ll be on maternity leave (good luck Kristin!) so ca the USA stick a substitute in?

Should’ve known it looked too simple!

(*Is Oceania the Continental equivalent? I’m so stupidly Euro-centric)

by Sarah Connolly on Aug 16, 2010 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it's only the actual champion that gets the extra spot

European champion on the road (which is actually a U23 event) is Dutchwoman Noortje Tabak (NL Bloeit). She is a medical student in Maastricht.

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by tedvdw on Aug 17, 2010 5:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Because it's not liek the Dutch need extra help!

;-)

by Sarah Connolly on Aug 17, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

That all depends on...

whether you read the UCI rule book (which the UCI doesn’t seem to read ‘cause they certainly don’t stick to it) or look else where.

It seems for the men it is only the defending world champ (though the rules say otherwise) but for the women the continental champs are definitely given a spot as well.

Cycling News has a list of the additional inclusions here.

by Creeping Tortoise on Aug 17, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

The extra position...

is only for the actual champion. So a case in point: because Kristin Armstrong has retired that spot won’t be utilised and the US only gets to nominate/enter their alloted number of riders.

The really interesting thing is that the nation of the champ in question doesn’t have to choose to take them to worlds. There has been at least one instance where a national federation hasn’t nominated a continental champion.

by Creeping Tortoise on Aug 17, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I suspect that'll happen with Drew Ginn, Oceania TT champ

He’s a rower who took advantage of the fact that tier 1 pro cyclists weren’t there.

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by tedvdw on Aug 17, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks!

by Sarah Connolly on Aug 18, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

See, everytime I write one of these things it turns out there's a secret rule somewhere.

That they fail to mention in the original rule article. Fuck you, UCI.

They just put up this though, which helps:
http://www.uci.ch/includes/asp/getTarget.asp?type=FILE&id=NjI5MDY

by tgsgirl on Aug 17, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Interesting

UCI issued this list of quotas [pdf] today, and there the 20 first countries have 5 starters. The 14, 12 and 10 qualified riders are the same. Not that it makes much sense, though, to have 14 riders “enrolled” and only be able to start 5.

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Aug 17, 2010 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

Is it just me

or does anyone else get frustrated when the UCI doesn’t stick with their published rule book and just makes it up as they go along?

by Creeping Tortoise on Aug 17, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I can't imagine they don't follow the rules

Perhaps tgsgirl found an old copy of the rules.

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by tedvdw on Aug 17, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Same rules

As in this document, which they linked to in the press release. I notice that CN have it by the rules in their article, and assume that UCI somehow screwed up.

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Aug 18, 2010 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions