Who will be riding the Paris Olympic Games women's road race?

This weekend sees both the men's and women's road races at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Starting and finishing in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero, both men's and women's courses head south-west out of the city to take on a demanding series of hills, before heading back for the bright lights of the city of love.

The men's and women's races, held on Saturday and Sunday respectively, will see much smaller fields than many competitors will be used to in the WorldTour, with just 95 women lining up on Sunday.

The teams are small too, with a maximum four riders as opposed to seven in Grand Tours such as the Tour de France Femmes. This means the race is going to that much harder to control, even for ultra-strong nations such as the Netherlands and Belgium, who will be fielding multiple current and former world champions between them.

The fact that there are no race radios will only add to the lack of predictability, and played a huge part in the result at Tokyo, won solo by Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer – she was followed in by Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands), who celebrated as she crossed the line, not knowing Kiesenhofer had already won.

Van Vleuten is now retired, but Kiesenhofer is back to defend her title at Paris. She is likely to meet a strong challenge from Belgium's Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering of the Netherlands. 

The two-rider US team features Chloe Dygert, who won time trial bronze last weekend, plus Vuelta Femenina stage winner Kristen Faulkner.

A strong Great Britain team features Anna Henderson, who has already won time trial silver, plus 2012 road race silver medallist Lizzie Deignan and fast-finishing all-rounder Pfeiffer Georgi.

Paris Olympic Games 2024 women's road race start list

Belgium
VANPACHTENBEKE Margot
VAN DE VELDE Julie
GHEKIERE Justine
KOPECKY Lotte

Netherlands
WIEBES Lorena
VAN DIJK Ellen
VOLLERING Demi
VOS Marianne

Italy
PERSICO Silvia
BALSAMO Elisa
CECCHINI Elena
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa

Switzerland
ZANETTI Linda
RÜEGG Noemi
CHABBEY Elise

Great Britain
MORRIS Anna
HENDERSON Anna
GEORGI Pfeiffer
DEIGNAN Elizabeth

Poland
LACH Marta
NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
SKALNIAK-SÓJKA Agnieszka

Australia
BROWN Grace
ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby
HANSON Lauretta

France
LABOUS Juliette
CORDON-RAGOT Audrey
BERTEAU Victoire

Germany
LIPPERT Liane
NIEDERMAIER Antonia
KOCH Franziska

Canada
BARIL Olivia
JACKSON Alison

Denmark
KOERNER Rebecca
LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup
NORSGAARD Emma

United States
FAULKNER Kristen
DYGERT Chloe

Austria
SCHWEINBERGER Christina
KIESENHOFER Anna

New Zealand
CADZOW Kim
FISHER-BLACK Niamh

Spain
GARCÍA Mavi
BENITO Mireia

South Africa
MOOLMAN Ashleigh
KEEP Tiffany

Uzbekistan
KUSKOVA Yanina
ZABELINSKAYA Olga

Norway
BERG EDSETH Marte
GÅSKJENN Ingvild

Slovenia
BUJAK Eugenia
PINTAR Urška

China
TANG Xin

Individual Neutral Athletes
IVANCHENKO Alena
TSERAKH Hanna
DRONOVA-BALABOLINA Tamara

Finland
AHTOSALO Anniina

Ukraine
BIRIUKOVA Yuliia

Thailand
SOMRAT Phetdarin

Luxembourg
MAJERUS Christine

Colombia
PATIÑO Paula

Czech Republic
KOPECKÝ Julia

Hong Kong
LEE Sze Wing

Cuba
SIERRA Arlenis

South Korea
SONG Minji

Rwanda
INGABIRE Diane
UMWAMIKAZI Djazilla

Ireland
ARMITAGE Megan

Serbia
ERIĆ Jelena

Slovakia
JENČUŠOVÁ Nora

Mauritius
HALBWACHS Aurelie
(LE COURT) PIENAAR Kimberley

Brazil
MAGALHÃES Ana Vitória

Chile
SOTO Catalina Anais

Algeria
HOUILI Nesrine

Namibia
LOOSER Vera

Cyprus
CHRISTOFOROU Antri

Japan
YONAMINE Eri 

Portugal
CAMPOS Daniela

Hungary
VAS Blanka

Latvia
CARBONARI Anastasia

Nigeria
UKPESERAYE Ese Lovina 

Burkina Faso
BAMOGO Awa

Malaysia
MOHAMAD ZUBIR Nur Aisyah

Vietnam
NGUYỄN Thị Thật 

Mexico
PRIETO Marcela Elizabeth

Costa Rica
MENA Milagro

United Arab Emirates
AL SAYEGH Safia

Lithuania
LELEIVYTĖ Rasa

Israel
GAFINOVITZ Rotem

Sweden
ANDERSSON Caroline

Afghanistan
HASHIMI Yulduz
HASHIMI Fariba

Refugee Olympic Team
GEBRU Eyeru Tesfoam