Intensity, 'idiots' and a broken spoke: GB junior men secure top 10 in Worlds road race but residual hunger remains

The young Brits showed themselves well in the Flanders road race, happy with their performance but still left with thoughts of what could have been

Men's junior road race at Flanders 2021
(Image credit: Getty)

The second-place Frenchman Romain Grégoire rolls straight through the mixed zone after the culmination of the junior men's road race at the Flanders World Championships.

Coming to a stop just outside the tent, he promptly bursts into tears. He's got silver but clearly wanted the rainbow jersey that now belongs to the Norwegian Per Strand Hagenes.

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