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The Independent UK
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Flo Clifford

British teenager Harry Hudson wins junior world road race title

Hudson soloed to victory and had time to celebrate at the end of the gruelling course in the Rwandan capital - (AP)

British cycling has a new world champion: 18-year-old Harry Hudson, who made history as the first-ever male British winner of the junior world road race with a stunning solo ride in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Harrogate-based rider launched an audacious solo attack with a little under three laps to go of the gruelling 119km course and held off his pursuers by just 16 seconds as he claimed a maiden rainbow jersey.

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