Felicity Wilson-Haffenden won the junior women’s time trial title at the UCI Road World Championships in Stirling on Thursday.
The Australian completed the 13.5km course in 19:31 to beat British rider Izzy Sharp by 16 seconds at the line. Federica Venturelli of Italy rounded out the podium at 29 seconds back to take the bronze medal, seven seconds up on Ireland’s Lucy Benezet Minns.
“As more crossed the line I just gained belief,” Wilson-Haffenden said after the time trial.
“It’s always a surprise, particularly coming from Australia. I haven’t raced these girls all year – I raced them once last year – so you never know how you’re going to stand up. After crashing out of the road race, I also didn’t get my chance to see how I could go against them but yeah, I’m so happy.
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“I really want a WorldTour ride one day and I want to be winning there, so we’ll see how it goes.”
Wilson-Haffenden’s gold is the first for Australia during the elite World Championships, with her early ride withstanding the challenges from all later finishes throughout the early afternoon.The 18-year-old – a national junior champion in the time trial and road race – was the eighth woman to set off to start […]
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