Fri Jul 18, 4:41 PM

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By The Canadian Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Denise Ramsden of Kingston, Ont., was 16th in the women's time trial at the world junior cycling championships on Friday.

Maria Grandt Petersen of Denmark won the 14.1-kilometre race in 21 minutes 3.11 seconds and was the only rider to average more than 40 km/h. Valeriya Kononenko of Ukraine was second in 21:20.24 and Laura Dittmann of Germany third in 21:52.41.

Ramsden, the runner-up at the junior nationals last month, clocked 22:41.46. Leah Kirchmann of Winnipeg was 25th in 23:22.87.

"I was happy with how I rode and it was an improvement over how the time trial went for me last year," said Ramsden.

In the men's 26.8-kilometre time trial, Michal Kwiatlowski of Poland was the winner in 36:21.21 with Jakon Steigmiller of Germany second in 36:26.54 and American Taylor Phinney third in 36:29.15.

Devon Novakowski of Kingston was 28th in 38:35.72 and Hugo Houle of Drummondville, Que., 38th in 39:08.27.

"I was really pleased with it," Novakowski said. "The course is really rolling and worked well for me. My main focus was keep a nice and steady rhythm."

Competition ends Sunday.