Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Margin | Bronze | Margin | Distance | Location | Ref. |
1994 | Karen Kurreck (USA) | 38' 22" | Anne Samplonius (CAN) | + 0' 44" | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | + 1' 21" | 30.0 km (18.6 mi) | Agrigento, Italy | [2] |
1995 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 44' 27" | Clara Hughes (CAN) | + 1' 11" | Kathryn Watt (AUS) | + 1' 25" | 26.1 km (16.2 mi) | Duitama, Colombia | [3] |
1996 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 35' 16" | Catherine Marsal (FRA) | + 0' 49" | Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) | + 0' 54" | 26.4 km (16.4 mi) | Lugano, Switzerland | [4] |
1997 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 39' 15" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0"[A] | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 29" | 28.0 km (17.4 mi) | San Sebastián, Spain | [4] |
1998 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) | 31' 51" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0"[B] | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | + 0' 02" | 23.0 km (14.3 mi) | Valkenburg, Netherlands | [5] |
1999 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED) | 32' 31" | Anna Wilson (AUS) | + 0' 04" | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) | + 0' 31" | 25.8 km (16.0 mi) | Verona, Italy | [6] |
2000 | Mari Holden (USA) | 33' 14" | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | + 0' 03" | Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) | + 0' 46" | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) | Plouay, France | [7] |
2001 | Jeannie Longo (FRA) | 29' 08" | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | + 0' 04" | Teodora Ruano (ESP) | + 0' 44" | 19.2 km (11.9 mi) | Lisbon, Portugal | [8] |
2002 | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | 32' 02" | Nicole Brändli (SUI) | + 0' 14" | Karin Thürig (SUI) | + 0' 17" | 23.2 km (14.4 mi) | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | [9] |
2003 | Joane Somarriba (ESP) | 28' 23" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 10" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0' 26" | 20.8 km (12.9 mi) | Hamilton, Canada | [10] |
2004 | Karin Thürig (SUI) | 30' 53" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 51" | Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) | + 0' 56" | 24.0 km (14.9 mi) | Verona, Italy | [11] |
2005 | Karin Thürig (SUI) | 28' 51" | Joane Somarriba (ESP) | + 0' 05" | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | + 0' 39" | 21.9 km (13.6 mi) | Madrid, Spain | [12] |
2006 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | 35' 04" | Karin Thürig (SUI) | + 0' 25" | Christine Thorburn (USA) | + 0' 29" | 26.1 km (16.2 mi) | Salzburg, Austria | [13] |
2007 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | 34' 43" | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | + 0' 23" | Christiane Soeder (AUT) | + 0' 41" | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) | Stuttgart, Germany | [14] |
2008 | Amber Neben (USA) | 33' 51" | Christiane Soeder (AUT) | + 0' 07" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 22" | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) | Varese, Italy | [15] |
2009 | Kristin Armstrong (USA) | 35' 26" | Noemi Cantele (ITA) | + 0' 55" | Linda Villumsen (DEN) | + 0' 58" | 26.8 km (16.7 mi) | Mendrisio, Switzerland | [16] |
2010 | Emma Pooley (GBR) | 32' 48" | Judith Arndt (GER) | + 0' 15" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 15" | 22.8 km (14.2 mi) | Geelong, Australia | [17] |
2011 | Judith Arndt (GER) | 37' 07" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 21" | Emma Pooley (GBR) | + 0' 24" | 27.8 km (17.3 mi) | Copenhagen, Denmark | [18] |
2012 | Judith Arndt (GER) | 32' 26" | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 0' 33" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 40" | 24.3 km (15.1 mi) | Valkenburg, Netherlands | [19] |
2013 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 28' 47" | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | + 0' 24" | Carmen Small (USA) | + 0' 28" | 22.0 km (13.7 mi) | Florence, Italy | [20] |
2014 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | 38' 44" | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | + 0' 18" | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | + 0' 21" | 29.5 km (18.3 mi) | Ponferrada, Spain | [21] |
2015 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | 40' 29" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 02" | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | + 0' 05" | 29.9 km (18.6 mi) | Richmond, Virginia, United States | [22] |
2016 | Amber Neben (USA) | 44' 42" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 0' 05" | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | + 0' 08" | 28.9 km (18.0 mi) | Doha, Qatar | [23] |
2017 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 28' 50" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 12" | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | + 0' 19" | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | Bergen, Norway | [24] |
2018 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 34' 25" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 0' 29" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 1' 25" | 27.7 km (17.2 mi) | Innsbruck, Austria | [25] |
2019 | Chloé Dygert (USA) | 42' 11" | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | + 1' 32" | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 1' 52" | 30.4 km (18.9 mi) | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | [26] |
2020 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 40' 20" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 15" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 0' 31" | 31.7 km (19.7 mi) | Imola, Italy | [27] |
2021 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 36' 05" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 10" | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | + 0' 24" | 30.3 km (18.8 mi) | Brugge, Belgium | [28] |
2022 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 44' 28" | Grace Brown (AUS) | + 0' 13" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 0' 42" | 34.2 km (21.3 mi) | Wollongong, Australia | [29] |
2023 | Chloe Dygert (USA) | 46' 59" | Grace Brown (AUS) | + 0' 06" | Christina Schweinberger (AUT) | + 1' 13" | 36.2 km (22.5 mi) | Stirling, Scotland | [30] |