GB's Ferguson wins World junior road race title

Great Britain's Cat Ferguson won nan inferior roadworthy title successful challenging conditions astatine nan UCI Road and para-Road Cycling World Championships.

The 18-year-old hit Paula Ostiz of Spain successful Switzerland's superior Zurich to declare nan golden badge and coveted rainbow jersey.

"Paula is ace good, but I felt I had nan separator connected her," said Ferguson aft crossing nan line.

"I'm an only child, it's conscionable maine and my mum and dad. They've been location done everything. They're nan first group I spot erstwhile I transverse nan decorativeness statement - it made maine cry."

Slovakia's Viktoria Chladonova was 3rd pinch Britain's Imogen Wolff sixth, 1 infinitesimal 26 seconds down Ferguson pursuing an earlier crash.

Ferguson is highly rated successful nan increasing Women's World Tour and rides for 1 of nan athletics biggest team's successful Spain's Movistar.

She added: "The roadworthy title is nan 1 I've ever wanted - 100% my favourite discipline. I was 2nd astatine Glasgow and it really hurt. It's truthful bully to deterioration nan jersey now.

"It was a very tactical race; I made judge connected nan climbs I was ever successful a position to get successful nan moves. I knew erstwhile nan 3 of america sewage distant connected nan last climb it would spell each nan measurement to nan finish."

Elsewhere GB's Archie Atkinson is competing successful nan men's para-cycling C4-5 roadworthy race, and Fin Graham and Ben Watson are successful nan men's para C3 event.

Oliver Dawson, Seb Grindley and Elliot Rowe are hoping for occurrence successful nan men's inferior roadworthy race.