Britain’s Hudson wins junior road race as UCI retires Furrer’s numberpublished at 10:34 BST 27 September
10:34 BST 27 September
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Britain’s Harry Hudson has won the junior road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda.
Hudson, 18, beat France’s Johan Blanc to the line by 16 seconds, with Jan Michal Jackowiak of Poland in third.
In warm conditions on a hilly 119.3km sequence of laps around the capital Kigali, Hudson – who is known to be a good climber – crossed the line in two hours 55 minutes and 19 seconds, with team-mates Max Hinds and Matthew Peace in fourth and fifth respectively.
Meanwhile, cycling’s world governing body the UCI announced it will retire the number 84 from women’s junior competition at the road worlds.
It was assigned to Muriel Furrer, who died of a head injury following a crash during the women’s junior road race a year ago today in Switzerland.
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