Garner only second Brit to win junior road race after Cooke

Lucy Garner wins junior women's road race, Road World Championships 2011

Lucy Garner took the gold medal in the World Championships junior road race on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark. In doing so, she became only the second British rider to win a junior road race world title after Nicole Cooke.

"I was just shocked," she said of taking the rainbow jersey. "It did sink in coming over the finish line, all the emotions just came out. I thought, 'I'm world champion, it's just amazing.'"

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