World Championships: Junior women's road race highlights - Video

Laura Stigger with her gold medal

Laura Stigger with her gold medal (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images Sport)

Laura Stigger gave the UCI Road World Championships host country of Austria its first gold medal, winning the junior women's road race in a reduced sprint over Marie Le Net (France) and Canadian Simone Boilard.

Fresh from a world title in the mountain bike cross country race, Stigger claimed the victory in only the second road race of her young career.

Catch the highlights of the 71.7km race in the video above.

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