Teenage British sensation Cat Ferguson dominated the women's junior time trial at the World Championships on Tuesday morning to take her first rainbow jersey on the road.
The 18-year-old was fastest at the first time check and extended her lead at the finish to 34 seconds over second-placed Viktória Chladoňová of Slovakia, with GB's Imogen Wolff in third, a further two seconds back. The pair took home GB's first medals of the Road Worlds, although Dame Sarah Storey has already secured a rainbow jersey in Zürich.
"It’s incredible," she said on TV post-race. "The disappointment I’ve had before makes this jersey even more special. To put the ride in, the process that went into this… it’s incredible. I’ve got so many people to thank. I don’t have the words right now but I’m incredibly grateful to them all.
"It was helpful to have my coach in my ear guiding me through the the whole race, that’s so nice. Having someone there to support you, back you. I had my ride, stuck to my plan. It was windier than I thought it would be, so I just kept my head down."
The rider from Yorkshire joined Movistar this year, and finished second at her first ever race for the team, La Choralis Fourmies Féminine, earlier this month.
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