Natalya Nikolaevna Melyokhina (russian: Наталья Николаевна Мелёхина; born 5 April 1962) is a

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female road

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. She became World Champion in the women's team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 1987 and finished second in

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. In 1990 she also won stage 5 in

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and finished second in the general classiciation.

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* 1962 births Living people Soviet female cyclists UCI Road World Champions (women) {{USSR-cycling-bio-stub