Filippo Baroncini triumphant in men's Under-23 road race at World Championships

The Italian star launched a brutal attack late on to take the U23 title

Filippo Baroncini winning the U23 World Championships road race
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Filippo Baroncini used the penultimate climb of the men's under-23 road race at the World Championships to storm to victory in Leuven.

Baroncini (Italy) kicked unbelievably hard with 5km to go with nobody able to follow the 21-year old. He held on solo all the way to the line with an exceptional sprint by the Eritrean Biniam Ghirmay to second taking his nations first ever medal at the World Championships.

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