2013 UCI World Championships Junior Women’s Road Race: Photo Gallery

The Junior Women battled it out over 82.25kms in Florence this morning over 5 laps of a challenging 16.5 km circuit. The course?featured 2 tough climbs, the first a solid 4km grind averaging 5.2% gradient with the second a savage 600m incline with a maximum gradient of 16%. The race was won by Amalie Pideriksen from Denmark who established an early breakaway with 4 other riders that stayed away from the field for the duration of the race. The Dane crossed the line first in a time of 2:32.23 in a sprint finish ahead of Iakavenko from Russia with Demydova from the Ukraine taking the bronze medal. Below images copyright Bart Hazen.  

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