The Australia World Cup was a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Australia from 1998 to 2008 as part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The location of the race varied: in 1998, it was held in Sydney; from 1999 to 2001, it was held in Canberra; in 2002 it was held in the Snowy Mountains and; from 2003 to 2008 it was held in Geelong, Victoria.[1]
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | February |
| Region |
|
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2008) |
| Type | One-day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1998 |
| Editions | 11 |
| Final edition | 2008 |
| First winner |  Dede Barry (USA) |
| Most wins |  Anna Millward (AUS) |
| Final winner | Katheryn Curi (USA) |
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (held from 2015 in Geelong) can be seen as a successor to the Geelong World Cup race.[2]
Past winners
edit| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States |
Dede Barry | |
| 1999 | Australia |
Anna Millward | |
| 2000 | Australia |
Anna Millward | |
| 2001 | Australia |
Anna Millward | |
| 2002 |  Germany |
Petra Rossner | |
| 2003 | Australia |
Sara Carrigan | |
| 2004 | Australia |
Oenone Wood | |
| 2005 | Australia |
Rochelle Gilmore | |
| 2006 | Germany |
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | |
| 2007 |  Great Britain |
Nicole Cooke | |
| 2008 | United States |
Katheryn Curi |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "www.cyclingnews.com presents the 6th Geelong World Cup". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ "UCI reveals the calendars for the 2020 UCI WorldTour and UCI Women's WorldTour". UCI. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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