Britain’s Hudson wins junior road race as UCI retires Furrer’s number

At the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, British cyclist Harry Hudson won the junior road race.

Hudson, 18, beaten by France’s Johan Blanc (16 seconds), followed by Poland’s Jan Michal Jackowiak, who was third.

Hudson, a known good climber, completed the 119.3 km circuit in warm weather in two hours, 55 minutes, and 19 seconds, with team-mates Max Hinds and Matthew Peace in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Afterward, Hudson remarked, “I thought I was going to get caught like a lap before or something, I was really suffering on the final climb.”

I believe there was a Frenchman behind [me], but I was able to avoid him.

The UCI, cycling’s world-governing body, announced that the number 84 will be eliminated from the women’s junior road worlds.

Muriel Furrer, who was killed in a head injury in a crash at the women’s junior road race in Switzerland a year ago, was given the award.

Furrer had crashed, but the organizers didn’t realize until a course marshal discovered him about an hour and a half later.

The Zurich Public Prosecutor’s office is still conducting an investigation into Furrer’s death.

The office has been contacted by BBC Sport for comment.

The loss of Muriel Furrer, a promising young rider with a promising future ahead of her, occurred at our UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships last year, leaving a trail of mourning over the event and the cycling community as a whole.

Our thoughts remain with her, her loved ones, and her Federation, Swiss Cycling, one year later to this day.