Great Britain's Erin Boothman placed fifth in the women's junior time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on Tuesday, after her shoe unclipped from her pedal on the tough, final ascent to the line.
The Brit had, until then been in the hunt for a medal. The last out of the start gate, she began her effort as one of the race favourites, and went through the only time check at 13.7km third fastest, and just two seconds behind the winner, Megan Arens (Netherlands). Second-place Oda Aune Gissinger (Norway) was just six hundredths of a second faster than the Brit at the same point.
