“To win gold at worlds is simply amazing. Every cyclist dreams of pulling on the rainbow jersey and on Friday I got the pleasure of doing so,” said Ritter about his memorable worlds. “The fact that I’m junior kilo world champion still hasn’t fully set in yet. It is truly a remarkable feeling. [In the sprint] I knew I was one of the fastest in terms of raw speed, but I don’t have a lot of tactical experience at this level. For me to follow the kilo win up with bronze in the sprint was huge.”

Explaining his longer term goals, Ritter said he is targeting the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 but that there remains a lot of work to make that dream a reality.

quote obtained from Cycling Magazine, posted on July 25, 2016 by Philippe Tremblay