Amalie Dideriksen (Boels Dolmans) was the fastest woman in Worcester on Saturday, winning stage 4 of the OVO Energy Women`s Tour ahead of Lotta Lepistö (Cervélo-Bigla) and Marianne Vos (WaowDeals). Dideriksen credits her team with leading her out well in the finale after a challenging day. `Today was a very difficult stage with a lot of wind,` she said. `We knew everyone was going to be a little tired coming into the sprint but with about 30 km to go we decided that it would be me we`d ride for. The final was very technical, and the girls did an amazing lead-out. You have to be patient in the end but still go before everyone else comes from behind.` In the sprint, Dideriksen took the lead early on. She said that she almost expected to be passed from behind. `I knew that we had to go through the last corner in the first few positions. Amy Pieters dropped me off perfectly with two hundred metres to go and then I just went. To my surprise, nobody came around me. I`m really happy I could pull it off.`ADVERTISEMENT Before it came down to the sprint, though, there was a breakaway of three riders that persisted for a long time. Early attacker Charlotte Becker (Hitec Products-Birk Sport) had been joined by Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Wiggle High5) and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Cervélo-Bigla), and the trio was caught only six kilometres from the finish. Ludwig said that she enjoyed being out on the attack. `It was a hard day in the office but it was a lot of fun,` she said. `We tried something today; we didn`t succeed, but it was super cool. And even though we got caught, Lotta Lepistö could finish it off with a podium. The whole team rode so well and day by day we are coming together and uniting as a group.` For Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb), stage 4 was about defending the green jersey as overall race leader. `The girls were great today, working on the front and making sure that I didn`t have to use too much energy. There was a really good stretch of cross tailwind and they di ...
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