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23 September 2026

Yana Decruyenaere takes junior men's time trial silver, first World Championship medal for Ridley

The eighteen-year-old Belgian Yana Decruyenaere finished second in the World Junior Women's Time Trial in Montreal. She rode the Ridley Dean Fast; for Ridley it is her first World Championship medal.

By the editorial team
Yana Decruyenaere starts in her Ridley Dean Fast at the World Championships time trial in Montreal

The Belgian Yana Decruyenaere (18) has won at the World Championships in Montreal Silver She won the time trial for junior women. Over 10.7 kilometers, she had to let only Polish rider Maria Okrucinska pass her. Decruyenaere rides for the Foca-Dynaplus Pro Cycling U19 Team, a partner of Ridley.

According to Ridley, it is the First World Cup medal for the brand.

The Dean Fast

She drove on the Ridley Dean Fast, The brand's time trial bike, developed in the Bike Valley wind tunnel and using CFD simulations. Tests with Alec Segaert showed according to Ridley 44 watt difference See at 52 km/h compared to the previous Dean.

Our perspective

A beautiful medal for a young Belgian rider, and for Ridley a symbolic first. That 44 watt is a comparison with the own, older time trial bike, but the result in Montréal speaks for itself.

Source: Ridley