{"id":55724,"date":"2025-09-23T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/megan-arens-claims-gold-in-women-s-junior-time-trial-at-uci-worlds\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:10:51","slug":"megan-arens-claims-gold-in-women-s-junior-time-trial-at-uci-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/megan-arens-claims-gold-in-women-s-junior-time-trial-at-uci-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Arens claims gold in women\u2019s junior time trial at UCI race"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 18-year-old cyclist delivered a stellar performance, completing the 18.3-kilometer course in 25:47.41, securing her spot at the top of the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really hard race. I tried to go a little easier on the first climb and push harder on the last one. This win really means a lot to me. I still can\u2019t believe it just happened,\u201d she remarked after her victory.<\/p>\n

\"Megan<\/figure>\n

Arens\u2019 victory adds to an already impressive season. In 2025, she placed second in both the Ronde van Vlaanderen WJ and Gent-Wevelgem WJ, proving her ability to compete with the best. <\/p>\n

Arens had also won the National Championships Netherlands WJ – ITT in 2024 and finished 9th in last year\u2019s World Championships ITT in Z\u00fcrich, showcasing her consistency at the highest level.<\/p>\n

\"Arens\u2019<\/figure>\n

{{Spanish and Norwegian riders push hard for podium finishes
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In second place, Spain\u2019s Paula Ostiz Taco finished with a time of 26:22.71, 35.30 seconds behind Arens. <\/p>\n

Ostiz Taco, who won the 2024 European Junior Time Trial Championship, had an outstanding season in 2025, securing victories at the Grand Prix Valromey Tour F\u00e9minin and the Watersley Ladies Challenge, as well as finishing as the runner-up in both the Spanish Junior Time Trial Championship and the Ronde van Vlaanderen WJ.<\/p>\n

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Norwegian rider Oda Aune Gissinger, another standout in time trials, took third place with a time of 26:24.95, just 37.54 seconds off Arens’ pace. <\/p>\n

Gissinger, the current European Junior Time Trial Champion, has quickly become one of Norway’s brightest cycling talents. This year, she won the Grand Prix Ceratizit Women Junior and the Norwegian Junior National Championships, among other accolades.<\/p>\n

{{Boothman\u2019s near podium finish derailed by mishap
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The competition was fierce, and one of the most notable stories of the day was the unfortunate mishap of Erin Boothman from Great Britain. <\/p>\n

Boothman, the 2025 European Junior Time Trial Champion, was riding strong and even placed herself in contention for a podium finish, having been very close to Arens at the intermediate point. However, a setback struck as Boothman unclipped her foot from the pedal at the bottom of the climb in Kimihurura, bringing her to a complete stop.<\/p>\n

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Boothman finished in 5th place with a time of 26:36.10, just 48.69 seconds behind Arens. <\/p>\n

{{Women\u2019s Junior Individual Time Trial: Top 10 Results
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1. Megan Arens (Netherlands) \u2013 25:47.41<\/p>\n

2. Paula Ostiz Taco (Spain) \u2013 26:22.71 (+35.30)<\/p>\n

3. Oda Aune Gissinger (Norway) \u2013 26:24.95 (+37.54)<\/p>\n

4. Roos M\u00fcller (Netherlands) \u2013 26:34.92 (+47.51)<\/p>\n

5. Erin Boothman (Great Britain) \u2013 26:36.10 (+48.69)<\/p>\n

6. Sidney Swierenga (Canada) \u2013 26:41.14 (+53.73)<\/p>\n

7. Maria Okrucinska (Poland) \u2013 26:54.25 (+1:06.84)<\/p>\n

8. Abigail Miller (Great Britain) \u2013 27:19.43 (+1:32.02)<\/p>\n

9. Liliana Edwards (USA) \u2013 27:20.17 (+1:32.76)<\/p>\n

10. Laura Five (Belgium) \u2013 27:23.54 (+1:36.13)<\/p>\n

{{Rwandan cyclists show their potential
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Rwandan junior cyclists Masengesho Yvonne and Uwiringiyimana Liliane competed fiercely in the race, completing the course in times of 29:43.04 and 30:58.67, finishing in 33rd and 40th place, respectively. <\/p>\n

\"Rwandan<\/figure>\n
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Megan Arens of the Netherlands clinched the gold medal in the Women\u2019s Junior Individual Time Trial at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships held in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday, September 23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000094985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000094985,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g1h13xwxeaajfzclogo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55724"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55724"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}