Harry Hudson (cyclist)

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Harry Hudson
Personal information
Born (2007-08-29) 29 August 2007 (age 18)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2024–2025Harrogate Nova Race Team
2025Fensham Howes-MAS Design-CAMS
Professional team
2026 Lidl–Trek Future Racing
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Kigali Junior road race

Harry Hudson (born 29 August 2007) is a British junior road cyclist. At the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Hudson became the first male British rider to win the junior road race. [1] He is scheduled to join Lidl-Trek Future Racing for the 2026 season. [2]

Hudson is a two-time British Hill Climb Champion in the junior category. In 2024, at 17 years old, Hudson's winning time would have placed third in the elite category. [3]

In 2025, Hudson won the junior edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in a controversial finish. On the final climb of Côte de La Redoute, Hudson and Belgian Leander De Gendt were sprinting to the finish line before a police motorbike moved in front of De Gendt, causing him to change his line and lose the sprint. [4] [5] De Gendt's team contested the result, with the jury determining that the Belgian's sprint was disrupted, but the outcome would not change as Hudson was not at fault. [4]

Major results

Sources: [6] [7]

2023
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg National Junior Hill Climb Championships
2024
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg National Junior Hill Climb Championships
2025
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI Road World Junior Championships
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Juniors
1st Junior CiCLE Classic
1st Classic Région Sud U19
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Cantabria

Notes

  1. Moultrie, James (25 September 2025). "Road World Championships: Harry Hudson of Great Britain takes spectacular solo victory in men's junior road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. Becket, Adam. "'It's crazy' – first ever British men's junior road world champion Harry Hudson to join Lidl-Trek Future Racing". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. "Rim brakes, pints of Guinness, and "F*** the UCI" frame graffiti: How to win the British hill climb championships (and prove rim brakes ain't dead!); Mathieu van der Poel races rally driver – and wins; Ineos "in bits", says Wiggins + more on the live blog". Road CC. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 Lamoureux, Lyne (10 May 2025). "Police moto disrupts Liège-Bastogne-Liège Juniors sprint finish". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. Mallon, Ryan (11 May 2025). ""Ban him from all races!" Police motorbike rider swerves and blocks cyclist sprinting for win at chaotic junior Liège-Bastogne-Liège, as furious team slams "shameful" race organisers". Road CC. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. "Harry Hudson". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. "Harry HUDSON (u18)'s results". Roots and Rain. Retrieved 1 July 2025.