Uijtdebroeks sixth in junior Worlds time trial a week after injury fending off burglar

2021 UCI World Championships - Flanders - Men Junior Time Trial - Knokke Heist - Bruges 23,3 km - 21/09/2021 - Clan Uijtdebroeks (Belgium) - photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2021
Cian Uijtdebroeks (Belgium) during the junior time trial at the Road World Championships (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Cian Uijtdebroeks finished sixth in the junior men's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, though it was an incident that occurred in the run-up to the race that could prove to last longer in the memory than his ride on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old's participation in the race was called into question last week after he injured himself confronting a burglar at his home in Wallonia, spraining a muscle behind his knee in the process.

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