Région Pays de la Loire Tour-Féminin: Amalie Dideriksen ends three-year drought on wins with bunch sprint victory

Amalie Dideriksen
Amalie Dideriksen (Image credit: Getty Images)

Former World Champion Amalie Dideriksen (Cofidis) rolled back the years to claim a bunch sprint victory in the Région Pays de la Loire Tour-Féminin on Wednesday.

Justine Gegu (Mayenne Monbana My Pie) claimed second in the largely flat 129.2 kilometre race between La Garnache and the coastal resort of Les Sables-d'Olonne with Georgen Océane (Vendée Feminine RVC) in third.

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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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