Bittersweet World Championship silver for Britain's junior favourite Cat Ferguson

2023 Cycling World Championships: Great Britain's Cat Ferguson comes second in the Women's Junior Road Race in Glasgow
2023 Cycling World Championships: Great Britain's Cat Ferguson comes second in the Women's Junior Road Race in Glasgow (Image credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

The UCI Road World Championships started on Saturday with the home country's team one of the main favourites for the Junior Women's road race in Glasgow, but a perfectly timed attack from France's Julie Bego had the team racing for silver.

Cat Ferguson, winner of the junior Tour of Flanders, Trofeo Alfredo Binda and a stage in the recent Bizkaikoloreak Nations Cup stage race claimed the medal from a small group behind the lone leader but was left feeling slightly frustrated with the lack of cohesion in the chasing group. 

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