PREVIEW | WOMEN's World Championships Road Race 2024 - Incoming battle between Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering and Katarzyna Niewiadoma as the main favourites

On the 28th of September the women's peloton has one of it's most important races of the year. The rainbow jersey will be attributed in Zurich; where the World Championships course will favour the climbers and classics specialists. We preview the race ahead.

The race will start in the city of Uster and will feature a total of 154 kilometers; with 2250 meters of climbing. Whilst the first 25 kilometers are flat, the race will be decided in the four-lap circuit that the riders tackle in and around Zurich which features two ascents.

The first is 700 meters long at 8.4% and summits with 23.5 kilometers to go; and after a very small descent comes the main climb of the day which goes into the town of Witikon (1.4Km at 7.2%) which ends with 20 kilometers to go.

What follows is a plateau section for several kilometers where there can be more attacks, or groups uniting to create the difference before eventually descending into Zurich. There will be a small uphill ramp, but it is mostly a downhill into the finish. Only the final 2.5 kilometers will be flat.

*** Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Katarzyna Niewiadoma
** Puck Pieterse, Elisa Longo Borghini, Pauliena Rooijakkers
* Kristen Faulkner, Thalita de Jong, Marianne Vos, Cecillie Uttrup Ludwig, Gaia Realini, Juliette Labous, Evita Muzic, Neve Bradbury, Grace Brown, Mavi Garcia, Lianne Lippert, Blanka Kata Vas, Niamh Fisher-Black

Pick: Lotte Kopecky