The Women's U23 road race at the
2006 World University Cycling Championship took place on 23 March 2006. The Championships were hosted by the Belgian city of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
. The race consisted of 2 laps on a 6.8 km long circuit (13.4 km). In the race participated 23 athletes from 13 countries representing 3 continents.
The Dutch women's
Loes Gunnewijk
Loes Gunnewijk (born 27 November 1980 in Groenlo) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015.
Gunnewijk was a member of the Dutch national team together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Anne ...
and
Ellen van Dijk
Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...
won gold and silver in the time trial leaving the silver to
Verena Jooss from Germany.
Final classification
DNF = did not finish
See also
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References
External links
International University Sports Federation – Cycling
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 World University Cycling Championship - Women's road race
World University Cycling Championships
2006 in women's road cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...