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Jastrab shows her class in the Junior Women’s Road Race Championships
Megan Jastrab continued USA’s good form to hold onto a slender lead and take the Junior Women’s Road Race title, despite a last gasp effort from Belgium’s Julie De Wilde and the Netherlands’ Lieke Nooijen, who came second and third respectively.
The 86km race set off from Doncaster with Jastrab one of the clear favourites, alongside Britain’s Elynor Backstedt and European Champion Ilse Pluimers from the Netherlands. The nature of the course meant that the peloton would stay pretty much together for the duration, although this also resulted in a number of crashes.
The first break of the day came from Kazakhstan’s Diana Bukanova whose solo attack lasted for around 25km and saw her get an advantage of nearly a minute over the peloton before she was reeled in with 50km to go. A crash just after Bukanova was caught would see Pluimers’ hopes for a medal dashed, although those involved would later form a group to try and get back on.
This crash coincided with the first of a handful of attempts by Jastrab to split the field, although the next main attack would come from France’s Cedrine Kerbaol, who was quickly followed by the sole Chilean in the race, Catalina Anais Soto Campos. The pair launched their attack with around 25km of the race remaining, and would build up a gap of around 30 seconds which they would retain until around 6km to go when Soto Campos launched a solo attack. Soto Campos would eventually be caught with around 3km to go.
With around 2km remaining, Russian Junior Women’s World Time Trial Champion, Aigul Gareeva and Jastrab launched an attack and with 500m to go, it was touch and go as the duo had around 100m advantage on the peloton although another crash in the final 500m did little to stop De Wilde and Nooijen who made up significant ground to deny Gareeva of a second World Championship medal. Jastrab’s advantage by this point was unassailable and she held on to give USA a third world title in as many days.
Interview – Megan Jastrab Junior Women’s World Champion 2019 by Cycling Shorts
Interview – Megan Jastrab Junior Women’s World Champion 2019. All content ©www.cyclingshorts.cc | www.chrismaher.co.uk
I’ve wanted to win this race for several years now so to have everything come together today is just amazing. It’s incredible how well the USA is doing in these Championships and I am so happy for all the team. We love riding here and I wish I could take two more weeks to enjoy these roads even more, but on Sunday I have to go back to reality, and back to college.
Interview – Junior Women’s World Road Race silver medalist – Julie de Wilde by Cycling Shorts
Julie de Wilde Junior Women’s World Road Race silver medalist talks to the media. All content ©www.cyclingshorts.cc |www.chrismaher.co.uk
It was amazing riding on my home roads today and the crowds were unbelievable. The schoolkids were screaming really loudly and I heard so many people shout my name, which was lovely. It gave me more adrenalin and kept me motivated. There were so many Yorkshire flags on the route as well and I just wanted to grab one of them and wave it whilst I was riding and give the supporters a wave back. Things didn’t go quite as we’d planned today but I’ve loved the whole experience and hope to have more chances in the future.
CyclingShorts.cc grabs few words with Lucy O’Donnell of Team Ireland by Cycling Shorts
Fred grab a few words with Lucy O’Donnell representing team Ireland at the finish of the UCI World Championship Junior Women’s Road Race, they discuss her crash during the race. All content ©www.CyclingShorts.cc | Fred Bamforth
Interview – Junior Worlds Women’s Road race 3rd – Lieke Nooijen -Netherlands by Cycling Shorts
Lieke Nooijen of the Netherlands talks to the media after taking 3rd in the Junior Worlds Women’s Road Race. All content ©www.cyclingshorts.cc | www.chrismaher.co.uk
I have to mention the supporters. I was in Doncaster for the roll out of the women’s race and the riders were blown away by the reception they received, especially from the hundreds of schoolchildren. You have to remember, those athletes are not long out of school themselves and they’d never seen anything like that before. Their race was fantastic as well, and we’re looking forward to a big weekend now. We had a Yorkshire medal today and hopefully we’ll get another one tomorrow with Lizzie Deignan taking part in the Elite Women’s Road Race.
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