Aalia Clay won bronze in the junior womens time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Montral on Tuesday, adding an international podium to a breakthrough season."It means a lot," Clay said. "It was pretty unexpected to me, and its pretty exciting."The British rider completed the 10.7km course in 15:42, 24 seconds down from Polands Maria Okruciska's race-winning time. Belgiums Yana Decruyenaere earned the silver medal, 12 seconds back. Clay beat Switzerlands Anja Grossmann to secure the final podium place by just seven hundredths of a second. This result follows her victory at the British junior time trial championships in July as well as successes on the road. (Image credit: Getty Images)In June, she became the first junior to win the womens Ronde van Wymeswold overall, before adding top-10 finishes at the junior editions of DruivenkoersOverijse and Grand Prix de Plouay.At 17, this is Clay's first season as a junior. It was also her first World Championship appearance. With those results and another season in the junior ranks ahead, Clay already has a target for her return to the World Championships."Hopefully to continue with this form next year and maybe world champion next year - that would be really cool," she told the media after the race. She added that she's uncertain about her chance in "hilly France," but she hopes she'll be selected for them again. "And definitely aim for a jersey."First, though, comes the junior womens road race in Montral. On Friday, Clay will line up alongside Scottish national road race champion Melanie Rowe, Zoe Roche, Peggy Knox, and Gabby McHugh, who is the only member of the British junior womens squad to arrive with previous road world championship experience. The race will take place at 2:15 PM local time / 7:15 PM BST.