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UCI Road Worlds: Great Britain's Lucy Garner retains the rainbow jersey

Leicester rider gets leadout from Elinor Barker, winner of the time trial world championship earlier this week

Great Britain's Lucy Garner has retained her world title in the women's junior road race in the Netherlands today. The Leicester rider, who turned 18 just yesterday, got a leadout from Elinor Barker, winner of the junior time trial championship earlier this week to win the rainbow jersey in Valkenburg, 12 months after her victory in Copenhagen. Norway's Eline Gleditsch Brustad finished second, with Anna Zita Maria Stricker of Italy third.

With the tempo increasing throughout the five lap, 65 kilometre race, the climbs including the Cauberg, crested 1.7 kilometres from the finish line, thinned the field out until there was a front group left of around 25 riders at the bell.

On the final ascent of the climb that is the signature feature of Ardennes Classic the Amstel Gold Race, the field, originally comprising more than 80 women, splintered further with around ten riders getting clear, but some riders managed to get back on, the group doubling in size as the race headed towards the closing kilometre.

With the road flattening out for that run-in to the finish, Barker produced what was described as a stunning lead out for Garner to complete what had been a strong team ride by all five British women in the race, the others being Emily Kay, Jessie Walker and Molly Weaver.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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drain | 12 years ago
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Great going!  1

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antonio | 12 years ago
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A great pity the BBC coverage missed this one, should be red faces there.

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Hypoglycaemic | 12 years ago
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Bloody brilliant!

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Dutchie | 12 years ago
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The Amstel Gold Race an Ardennes Classic? They must have recently moved the Dutch province of Limburg into Belgium then?

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Simon_MacMichael replied to Dutchie | 12 years ago
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Dutchie wrote:

The Amstel Gold Race an Ardennes Classic? They must have recently moved the Dutch province of Limburg into Belgium then?

Not geographically in the Ardennes, admittedly, but it's certainly considered one of the three 'Ardennes' classics these days.

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captain_slog | 12 years ago
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Fantastic. Good to see this getting some deserved prominence.

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Simon E | 12 years ago
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Photos in CW gallery here.

Women's cycle sport, in this country and in general, is struggling for sponsors and airtime so this is fantastic news. Well done GB junior girls!

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davebinks | 12 years ago
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Fantastic news that just shows that last year was no fluke.
And remember that, as reigning World Champion, she would have been heavily marked.

Our Leicestershire Road Club clubruns will just get even harder when she comes out with us.

I'm truly delighted for her,

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notfastenough | 12 years ago
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Get in!

I always think the rainbow jersey is THE most coveted prize, what a great result.

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timbola | 12 years ago
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Magic !

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JonSP | 12 years ago
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Brilliant riding by Elinor and Lucy. The future's bright...

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Some Fella | 12 years ago
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Awesome.
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