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DOHA, Qatar -- Amalie Dideriksen surprised even herself when her late surge edged her ahead of favorite Kirsten Wild and won the womens race at the road cycling world championships on Saturday.Lotta Lepisto of Finland was third with the same time, and defending champion Elizabeth Deignan of Britain fourth.The 20-year-old Dideriksen was the world junior champion in 2013 and 2014, and finished fifth in the omnium at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. But the quality of the field at the road worlds made her consider only a top-10 finish.Winning here is a surprise for me, too, the Dane said. I had such good teammates. I had a small crash and they brought me back.The Netherlands team was in control heading toward the sprint finish, with Marianne Vos in perfect position to win her fourth road race world title as the group entered the final 300 meters. Her compatriot Wild, considered a Doha specialist having won the Ladies Tour of Qatar four times, then took over.But Dideriksen, who was 17th with one lap to go, unleashed an even better finish.The 134-kilometer race started in 35-degree heat, and Japan champion Eri Yonamine was the first to attack.On the second of seven laps of the man-made island Pearl, Wild crashed, got up quickly, and was soon brought back into the peloton.Yonamine was joined by Switzerlands Nicole Hanselmann up front, and the duo was ahead by 40 seconds with 84 kilometers to go.There were relentless attacks by Netherlands, Germany, Britain, and Australia, and the leaders were reeled in around the halfway mark.American Amber Neben attacked with three laps to go, and opened up a gap of 45 seconds with two laps to go, which was brought down to 24 seconds after another lap. 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The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East.LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Signaling a potential radical change in the way Olympic host cities are chosen, IOC President Thomas Bach wants to revise the bidding process because it produces too many losers.He wouldnt rule out the possibility of awarding two games at the same time.Bachs comments came on Thursday, the same day the IOC executive board cleared all three candidate cities for the 2024 Olympics -- Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest, Hungary -- to advance to the next stage of the race.We have to take into consideration that the procedure as it is now produces too many losers, Bach said at a news conference. You can be happy about a strong field in quantity for one day but you start to regret it the next day.It is not the purpose of an Olympic candidate city procedure to produce losers. It is to produce the best possible host for an Olympic Games. We will have to look into this.It was the first time Bach has publicly spoken about further changes to the bidding process, which has suffered in recent years as voters rejected bids in referendums, and cities dropped out because of concerns over the costs of the games.Paris, Los Angeles, and Budapest are in the final nine months of the race for the 2024 Games. The International Olympic Committee is scheduled to vote on the host city in September in Lima, Peru.Paris and Los Angeles are viewed as close favorites, with Budapest as an outsider. Olympic officials in recent months have begun privately discussing the idea of awarding the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously, ensuring that Paris and Los Angeles would get one or the other.Some officials believe that, because both cities are such strong contenders, it would be a mistake for one to lose out. It would seem unlikely that either loser would bid again for 2028.Bach repeated several times that the 2024 bidding is already in full swing and the IOC is happy with that process. However, he was asked twice about the possibility of awarding both games at the Lima meeting, andd he didnt categorically rule it out.dddddddddddd.Let us study this question, which is not an easy one, he said.Bach suggested it is more likely any major change will come for future bidding races.We have to think long term, he said, adding that, for the 2024 race, the IOC advised three unidentified cities during the invitation phase not to submit bids because they failed to meet the requirements.The IOC has been seeking to fix the bidding process for years amid a sharp downturn in interest from potential host cities, many scared off by the $51 billion price tag associated with the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.The bid races for the 2020, 2022 and 2024 Olympics were all hit by withdrawals for political or financial reasons. Six cities pulled out of the contest for the `22 Winter Games, leaving only two finalists, with Beijing defeating Almaty, Kazakhstan.Hamburg pulled out of the 2024 race after local residents rejected the bid in a referendum, and Romes 2024 bid was scrapped after the new mayor rejected the project over costs.Bachs Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms were aimed at making bidding and hosting more flexible and less costly. But Bach acknowledged on Thursday the reforms hadnt solved everything, saying they have been affected by more changes in the decision-making mechanisms in politics.You can see how in many countries, you have populist movements and anti-establishment movements getting stronger and stronger, asking different and new questions, he said.While the IOC has traditionally awarded one Olympics at a time, some other major sports bodies have awarded multiple events at a time.FIFA awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia and 2022 tournament to Qatar in the same bidding process. FIFA leaders say that was a mistake that will not be repeated. Swiss federal prosecutors are still looking into suspicions of wrongdoing during that contest. ' ' '