UCI Road World Championships: Cat Ferguson captures second gold in junior women’s road race

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Cat Ferguson (Great Britain) added the junior women’s road race world title to the time trial rainbow jersey she won earlier this week, prevailing in a tense three-woman sprint at the end of the 73.5km race in Zürich.
The 18-year-old, who turns pro with Movistar next season, outsprinted Paula Ortiz (Spain) and Viktória Chladoňová  (Slovakia) inside the final 200 metres after the Spaniard had opened the sprint to draw an end to over a kilometre of poker playing.
“I’m over the moon. The road race is the thing I’ve always wanted. Ever since last year, second place really hurt, so to get gold is incredible,” Ferguson said after the race, referring back to her silver medal in the Glasgow Worlds last summer.
“I was conscious that I didn’t know how big the gap was. I had a good gap of a minute and a half with 5km to go but I knew that we slowed so much because nobody wanted to be on the front. So I kept looking back to check we weren’t going to get caught.
“The race is so different [from the time trial and I focus so much on the road. I love the TT bike, but the road is the one I always wanted. It feels even better than Tuesday, which is insane to say because Tuesday was…