Amalie Dideriksen wins junior Worlds title
Iakovenko and Demydova round out podium
Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) claimed the win in the junior women's road race at the world championships in Florence, Italy. The Dane beat Anastasia Iakovenko (Russia) and Olena Demydova (Ukraine) into second and third after a three-up sprint to the line.
The trio broke clear of the peloton in the early stages of the 82 km race with Jessenia Meneses Gonzalez (Colombia) and Anna Knauer (Germany).
The group of five built up a lead of over two minutes after three laps. The peloton began to fracture as they mounted a chase with twenty riders making the selection in the main bunch.
Up ahead and Knauer was the first to lose contact with the leaders as the bunch began to chase and after 55km of racing the peloton had the break pegged back to 1:50.
Knauer, distanced on the climbs, was able to use her descending skill to regain contact on several occasions but on the final lap she had to concede, leaving four riders at the foot of the Salviati for the final climb.
Demydova and Iakovenko looked the more dangerous but there was heartbreak for Gonzalez as she suffered a mechanical at the foot of the climb. The Colombian was never able to regain contact as Dideriksen clung to the coattails of Demydova and Iakovenko.
The bunch by now had the gap down just over a minute with the British team doing much of the chasing. However with too many passengers in the main field and counter attacks from the Italians, the chase was never able to reel in the final trio.
Demydova opened her sprint first but it was Dideriksen who timed her dash for the line to perfection, coming through in the final 100 metres to take the world title.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) | 2:32:23 |
2 | Anastasiia Iakovenko (Russian Federation) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Olena Demydova (Ukraine) | 0:00:03 |
4 | Jessenia Meneses Gonzalez (Colombia) | 0:00:18 |
5 | Milda Jankauskaite (Lithuania) | 0:00:34 |
6 | Tereza Medvedova (Slovakia) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Severine Eraud (France) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Alexandra Manly (Australia) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Kelly Catlin (United States Of America) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Jeanne Korevaar (Netherlands) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Lisa Klein (Germany) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Kseniya Tuhai (Belarus) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Floortje Mackaij (Netherlands) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Valentina Nesterova (Russian Federation) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Corine Van Der Zijden (Netherlands) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Demi De Jong (Netherlands) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Svetlana Vasilieva (Russian Federation) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Anezka Drahotova (Czech Republic) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Bethany Hayward (Great Britain) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Heidi Dalton (South Africa) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Greta Richioud (France) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Ilaria Bonomi (Italy) | 0:00:39 |
24 | Angela Maffeis (Italy) | 0:01:44 |
25 | Anna Christian (Great Britain) | 0:01:59 |
26 | Tatjana Paller (Germany) | 0:02:50 |
27 | Bogumila Dziuba (Poland) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Nicole Dal Santo (Italy) | 0:02:53 |
29 | Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) | 0:03:01 |
30 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) | 0:03:06 |
31 | Jelena Eric (Serbia) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spain) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Zavinta Titenyte (Lithuania) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Belgium) | 0:03:09 |
35 | Demmy Druyts (Belgium) | 0:03:46 |
36 | Kiyoka Sakaguchi (Japan) | 0:03:48 |
37 | Jessica Parra Rojas (Colombia) | 0:04:03 |
38 | Marine Lemarie (France) | 0:05:00 |
39 | Brenda Andrea Santoyo Perez (Mexico) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Arianna Fidanza (Italy) | 0:05:05 |
41 | Lina Maria Duenas Lopez (Colombia) | 0:06:40 |
42 | Julia Karlsson (Sweden) | 0:06:54 |
43 | Laura Perry (France) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Polina Yurieva (Ukraine) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Razan Soboh (Jordan) | 0:07:02 |
46 | Anna Knauer (Germany) | 0:07:30 |
47 | Hannah Swan (United States Of America) | 0:08:54 |
48 | Jurgita Kubiliunaite (Lithuania) | 0:10:07 |
49 | Tessa Pinckston (Canada) | 0:10:39 |
50 | Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya (Belarus) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Kinley Gibson (Canada) | 0:10:44 |
52 | Emily Mcredmond (Australia) | 0:11:49 |
53 | Agata Drozdek (Poland) | 0:11:54 |
54 | Rasa Pocyte (Lithuania) | 0:12:36 |
55 | Yao Pang (Hong Kong, China) | 0:13:30 |
56 | Luisa Kattinger (Germany) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Dafne Theroux-Izquierdo (Canada) | 0:13:32 |
58 | Kärolin Varblane (Estonia) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Solene Vinsot (France) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Frida Viviana Mendez Amaya (Mexico) | 0:13:37 |
DNF | Astrid Gassner (Austria) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elisabeth Riegler (Austria) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikol Plosaj (Poland) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristina Savelyeva (Russian Federation) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandria Nicholls (Australia) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kaat Van Der Meulen (Belgium) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karen Fernanda Sierra Mendez (Mexico) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jaruwan Somrat (Thailand) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Madison Campbell (New Zealand) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Devon Hiley (New Zealand) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maria San Jose Tejerina (Spain) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natalia Nowotarska (Poland) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spain) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Madeline Marshall (Australia) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brenda Villareal Garza (Mexico) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kajsa Persson (Sweden) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marie-Eve Poisson (Canada) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sara Youmans (United States Of America) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Linda Jacobsson (Sweden) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kathrin Schweinberger (Austria) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natasha Jaworski (Argentina) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |

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