2024 World Cycling Championships: Ferguson wins gold in the junior women's time trial

With an extremely dominant performance, Great Britain's Cat Ferguson takes victory in the junior women's individual time trial at the 2024 World Cycling Championships in Zurich. The 18-year-old completed the 18.8 kilometres in 23:49 minutes at an average speed of 47 km/h. Ferguson was therefore more than half a minute faster than second-placed Viktoria Chladonova from Slovakia. Bronze went to Ferguson's compatriot Imogen Wolff.

The two German starters made it into the top 20, with Messane Bräutigam finishing eighth 1:09 minutes behind and Amalie Joelle Messemeer 17th 1:36 minutes behind.

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World Cycling Championships 2024 - Results: the top 10 of the junior women's individual time trial

1. Cat Ferguson (Great Britain) 23:49.72
2. Viktoria Chladonova (Slovakia) +0:34.30
3. Imogen Wolff (Great Britain) +0:36.60
4. Fee Knaven (Netherlands) +0:47.69
5. Kamilla Aasebo (Norway) +0:54.96
6. Lauren Bates (Australia) +0:58.43
7. Paula Ostiz Taco (Spain) +1:03:.79
8. Messane Bräutigam (Germany) +1:09.27
9. Megan Arens (Netherlands) +1:09.34
10. Sidney Swierenga (Canada) +1:09.37

Ferguson already attracted attention at the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow when she finished second in the junior road race behind France's Julie Bego. Since August of this year, the Brit has been riding as a stagiaire for Movistar, where she most recently finished seventh in the Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart and Region. From 2025, Ferguson will be a permanent member of the team led by German rider Liane Lippert.