[2] As they did in the time trial event, American duo Chloé Dygert and Emma White finished with the gold and silver medals respectively.

Dygert won the race by 83 seconds over White, to become the first rider since Nicole Cooke in 2001 to win both junior titles in the same year.

The outgoing World Champion, Amalie Dideriksen, did not compete as she was no longer eligible to contest junior races.

The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America".

Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail.