World Championships elite women's road race highlights - Video
Watch as Dideriksen sprints to the rainbow jersey in Doha
Doha World Championship course a dream for Chloe Hosking
Rivera: Team USA is going to have to come together to beat the favourites at Worlds
World Championships: Barnes ready to draw a line after tough 2016
Bronzini out of Worlds due to illness
World Championships: Dideriksen wins women's world title in Doha
Amalie Dideriksen, 20, of Denmark won the elite women’s road race at the World Championships in a bunch sprint, beating favourite Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) and third place Lotta Lepisto from Finland.
The women raced for nearly 135km along seven 15.2km circuits on The Pearl of Qatar. The route was considered both technical and tactical, and suited to the pure sprinters.
Despite several strong breakaways, the field was all together in the closing kilometres with the Dutch team of Wild and Marianne Vos putting forth the strongest lead-out train. Wild started her sprint slightly too early for the false flat uphill to the finish line.
Dideriksen timed her sprint to perfection, jumping off of the Dutchwoman's wheel just before the line to take the world title.
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*
Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets
After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59
Join now for unlimited access
Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1