The women's road race of the 2006 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 132.6 km long. Anne Samplonius (Canada) and Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) made an early break, attacking on the climb on the second lap, they held a small gap until two laps to go. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) attacked up the steep Gschaiderberg climb on the penultimate lap, this caused huge splits in the main field. Several others riders eventually joined Cooke to form a breakaway group which included the Swiss riders Nicole Brändli, Priska Doppmann and Annette Beutler; German riders Judith Arndt, Theresa Senff and Trixi Worrack; Andrea Graus and Christiane Soeder of Austria, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia), Oenone Wood (Australia) and Amber Neben (United States) and Marianne Vos (The Netherlands). Vos, Cooke and Brändli attacked several times during the final lap, but the race finished with Vos taking the victory in a small bunch sprint. (en)
La course en ligne féminine aux championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route 2006 a lieu le 23 septembre 2006 à Salzbourg en Autriche. Elle est remportée par la néerlandaise Marianne Vos. (fr)
La gara in linea femminile Elite dei Campionati del mondo di ciclismo su strada 2006 fu corsa il 24 settembre 2006 nel territorio circostante Salisburgo, in Austria, per un percorso totale di 132,6 km. Fu vinta dall'olandese Marianne Vos che concluse il circuito in 3h20'26". (it)
La course en ligne féminine aux championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route 2006 a lieu le 23 septembre 2006 à Salzbourg en Autriche. Elle est remportée par la néerlandaise Marianne Vos. (fr)
La gara in linea femminile Elite dei Campionati del mondo di ciclismo su strada 2006 fu corsa il 24 settembre 2006 nel territorio circostante Salisburgo, in Austria, per un percorso totale di 132,6 km. Fu vinta dall'olandese Marianne Vos che concluse il circuito in 3h20'26". (it)
The women's road race of the 2006 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 132.6 km long. Anne Samplonius (Canada) and Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) made an early break, attacking on the climb on the second lap, they held a small gap until two laps to go. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) attacked up the steep Gschaiderberg climb on the penultimate lap, this caused huge splits in the main field. Several others riders eventually joined Cooke to form a breakaway group which included the Swiss riders Nicole Brändli, Priska Doppmann and Annette Beutler; German riders Judith Arndt, Theresa Senff and Trixi Worrack; Andrea Graus and Christiane Soeder of Austria, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia), Oenone Wood (Australia) and Amber Neben (United S (en)