Lucy Garner, member of its women’s’ Pro Cycling team secured Great Britain’s first gold medal of the 2011 UCI World Championships in Copenhagen in the junior women’s road race.

Lucy, 16, from Leicestershire, is one of cycling’s rising stars and has excelled for Motorpoint this season along with the rest of the team who have all been in fine form.

As well as representing the UK in the UCI World Championships, Lucy was also selected to be part of the Great Britain team at the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Isle of Man, where she also won gold for the road race and her team-mate, Hannah Barnes, also a Motorpoint rider, won bronze.

Lucy, who came back in the UCI World Championships to secure the gold medal for the UK and be crowned 2011 Junior World Champion by several bike lengths after crashing earlier in the race, described her win as “amazing” and showed her patriotism by reportedly competing with her nails painted with the Union Jack flag.

The talented young rider is also part of the Olympic Development Programme, along with other members of the Motorpoint team, Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen, meaning her star is sure to continue rising in the future.

Phil Griffiths, Team Owner, said; “It is an unbelievable win for Lucy, but in the same way, it is believable because she’s done it and we are so pleased with her success! It’s been great having Lucy on the team this year, as well as other young talent such as Hannah Barnes. We are immensely proud of Lucy’s achievement in becoming Junior World Champion!”

 

 

This entry was posted on Monday, September 26th, 2011 at 12:07 pm and is filed under News.

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