2015 Worlds: Deja Vu for American Junior Women

Posted by Kathryn on September 25, 2015

Four laps around Richmond would determine the world champion in the Junior Women’s road race.

The peloton waits to be called to the start line.

Wearing number 1, Denmark’s lone representative, Pernille Mathiesen.

Gold medalist and world champion in the time trial on Monday, Chloe Dygert smiles at the American flag.

Dygert puts on her game face just before the gun.

And they’re off!

Three laps to go and the field is together.

A group of 4–including Dygert and fellow American Emma White, Agnieszka Skalniak of Poland, and a French rider–establishes itself before hitting 2 laps to go.

Less than a minute later, a disorganized chase group follows.

Just 16km later, a solo Dygert sailed through the finish line to the sound of the clanging bell, signifying one remaining lap.

She had gained nearly a minute on her former break away companions.

Groups further back stood no chance of catching the chase, let alone Dygert.

To anyone who watched Dygert take more than a minute from her rivals at the time trial, it will come as no surprise to learn that she smashed the field at the road race and once again earned a rainbow jersey by more than sixty seconds.