It’s been a while since former world champion Amalie Dideriksen took an individual win on the road, but she rectified that by finishing off fine team work to take stage 4 of the Women’s Tour.

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"It was a very fast sprint. The girls did an amazing leadout.”, said Dideriksen who claimed her first international (individual) win of the season. "I am very happy with this victory."

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Stage 4 Review

The race was neutralised early on; a crash after only five kilometres knocked out a number of riders including Jip van den Bos from Boels-Dolman. Charlotte Becker from Hitec Products-Birk Sport was solo, and quickly built a two-minute lead once the race was green-flagged again.

With the German rider up front, the first-category Snowshill climb split the field with a fifteen-rider group going clear. Reaching the summit, Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Wiggle-High5), last year’s Queen of the Mountains, jumped away with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Cervélo-Bigla). In short order, they had got over to Becker and this powerful trio extended their lead towards three minutes.

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— Audrey CORDON-RAGOT (@CordonRagot) June 17, 2018

Another split in the crosswinds, strong winds seemed to blow all day, saw the field again splintering. This prompted the sprinters’ teams to launch a more concerted chase which ate into the escapees’ lead.

Ludwig jumped away with 19 kilometers left but was brought back by her companions; they held off the chase until six kilometres to go. Despite late attempts by Aafke Soet (WNT Rotor) and Virtu Cycling’s Sara Penton, a bunch sprint was inevitable and Boels-Dolmans and Sunweb kept a fearsome pace to the line … Dideriksen won it clearly.

OVO Energy Women’s Tour Stage 4, Evesham – Worcester, 130 kilometers

1 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels-Dolmans                    3hrs 31’ 19”

2 Lotta Lepistö(Fin) Cervélo-Bigla

3 Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals

4 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Alé Cipollini

5 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Virtu Cycling

6 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-PBM

7 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Cervélo-Bigla

8 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Michelton-Scott

9 Neah Evans (Sco) Storey Racing

10 Roxanne Fournier (Fra) FDJ                                        same time

Overall after stage 4

1 Coryn Rivera (USA) Sunweb                                  11hrs 17’ 27”

2 Marianne Vos (Ned) Waowdeals                         + 12”

3 Dani Rowe (GB) Waowdeals                                 + 22”

4 Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels-Dolmans                       + 25”

5 Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels-Dolmans              + 25”

6 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle-High5              + 29”

7Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana                + 30”

8 Eva Buurman (Ned) Trek-Drops                           + 31”

9 Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar-PBM        + 31”

10 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Fra) Canyon-SRAM    + 31”