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For the second time in a row, the Piccolo Trofeo Binda, opener of the junior girls’s Nation’s Cup, was received by a British rider: Imogen Wolff took a solo victory forward of her teammate and 2023 winner Cat Ferguson who received the dash for second place forward of Auke De Buysser (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal U19).
The race was held on the identical course because the Girls’s WorldTour Trofeo Alfredo Binda.
The 74.4-kilometre race consisted of a 25.9km run-in to Cittiglio adopted by two laps of 15.4km that solely included the better decrease a part of the Orino climb and a remaining 17.7-kilometre lap that was the identical as within the elite race.
Wolff attacked within the city of Cittiglio with two laps to go, 33km from the end, and rapidly constructed a 35-second hole. Coming into the ultimate lap, her benefit to a peloton of about 60 riders was all the way down to 11 seconds, however Wolff held on and received the race solo, giving herself an early birthday current 9 days earlier than her 18th birthday.
Ferguson took second place within the bunch dash 19 seconds behind.
“It was actually an excellent race immediately,” Wolff mentioned to Bici.professional. “I am actually comfortable to have gone alone. What’s extra, it is so removed from the end line, nearly 35 kilometres. At first I did not consider it, however then I managed to maintain going till the end line.”
Wolff competed in the identical race final 12 months, ending eleventh in her first 12 months as a junior. The expertise paid off, in response to the rider from Yorkshire.
“Final 12 months I used to be nearly there once I had some issues on the finish, so I undoubtedly had some reminiscences that inspired me to do higher.”
