World Championships: Amalie Dideriksen wins a tactical Junior
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27, 2013  World Championships: Amalie Dideriksen wins a tactical
Junior Women’s Road Race  by Ben Atkins at 7:40 AM EST  
comments Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships 17-year-
old Dane takes title from a four-rider break  amalie
dideriksenAmalie Dideriksen of Denmark won the first road race
title of the 2013 World Championships, as she took victory in a
tactical Junior Women’s race in Florence, Italy. The 17-year-old
bided her time in a breakaway group of five, before striking at
the finish to take victory over Anastasiia Iakovenko of Russia
and Olena Demydova of the Ukraine.  Jessenia Meneses Gonzalez of
Colombia was the fourth member of the breakaway group, but was
left behind by the other three after she punctured on the final
lap, and finished 18 seconds back in fourth place. The sprint
for fifth was taken by Mi