Celia Géry sprints to a French victory after attritional first-ever World Championships Under-23 road race

In what the first ever edition of the women’s under-23 World Championships road race, it was Celia Géry of France who took the spoils, powering home in an uphill sprint ahead of second place Slovakia’s Viktória Chladoňová in Kigali.

Third place went to Spain’s Paula Blasi, who caught and outsprinted Géry’s loyal team-mate Marion Bunel, who had turned herself inside-out in support of Géry on the final climb of the Côte de Kimihurura.