Amalie Dideriksen
 Dideriksen after winning a silver medal in the women's omnium at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
24 May 1996 Kastrup |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2015- | Boels Dolmans Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 15 August 2016 | |
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Amalie Dideriksen (born 24 May 1996) is a road and track cyclist from Denmark and as of 15 October 2016, the reigning World road race champion. She rides for the Boels Dolmans Cycling Team as well as for the Danish national team. She won the junior women's road race at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as a bronze medal in the scratch race at the 2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships. In both 2014 and 2015, she won the Danish national road race championship and in 2015, she also won silver in the women's omnium at the European Track Championships.[1] Dideriksen participated in the women's omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ranking 9th after the flying lap, she surprised everyone by winning the points race thus elevating her to an overall 5th place.
On 15 October 2016, Dideriksen won the World Championship road race in Doha, Qatar, beating Kirsten Wild and Lotta Lepistö in a bunch sprint. By doing this, she joined a select group riders consisting of Marianne Vos, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Nicole Cooke and Dideriksen's own national coach, Catherine Marsal, who are all former junior world champions who have since become elite world champions.
Major results
- 2013
- 2014
UCI Junior Road World Championships Road Race-
Danish National Road Race Championships - Stage 2, Junior Omloop van Borsele
- Stage 3, Junior Omloop van Borsele
- 2015
- Danish National Road Race Championships
General classification: Lotto–Belisol Belgium Tour
- 1st: Stage 3
- 2016
- UCI Road World Championships Road Race
- Danish National Road Race Championships
- Stage 1 (TTT), Energiewacht Tour (with Ellen van Dijk, Romy Kasper, Nikki Harris and Christine Majerus)
- Stage 1, Holland Ladies Tour[2]
- Stage 2 (TTT), Holland Ladies Tour (with Ellen van Dijk, Lizzie Deignan, Chantal Blaak, Karol-Ann Canuel and Christine Majerus)
See also
References
- ↑ "Amalie Dideriksen". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Dideriksen wins opening stage at Boels Rental Ladies Tour". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
| Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Lizzie Deignan |
World Road Race Champion 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Lucy Garner |
Junior World Road Race Champion 2014-2015 |
Succeeded by Chloe Dygert |