Euskaraz irakurri: Manuel Merillas and Daniela Oemus, 2023ko Zegama-Aizkorriko irabazleak

Manuel Merillas won the Zegama-Aizkorri mountain marathon in the men’s category this Sunday, May 14, while in the women’s, the German Daniela Oemus won the victory.

The weather made the route, already hard in itself, even more difficult. rain and mud They were the main protagonists together with all the participants.

Merillas, winner of the men’s event

In the men’s category Remi Bonnet soon took the lead. Kenyan Robert Pkemoi gave chase for a moment, but Remi Bonnet held on, moving back to lead.

At the top of Aizkorri Bonnet led Pkemoi by 19 seconds, Albon by 44 and Elazzaoui by 46. On the descent, there were changes in the classification and the British Jonatahan Albon was at the head of the race. In Urbia, Albon led Elazzaoui by one second, Pkemoi by 9, Merillas by 39 and Bonnet by 1’08”.

In Moano, at kilometer 34.2 of the race, Merillas was at the head of the race. At that point, the man from León gained an advantage of 13 seconds over Elhousine Elazzaoui and 1’56” over Jontahan Albon.

On the other hand, in Oazaurtza (kilometre 37.8), Elazzaoui came within four seconds of Merillas. Therefore, the emotion was maintained until the end.

In the last two kilometers Merillas extended his advantage and won the victory with a time of 3:42.01. Elazzaoui was second at 27 seconds and Albon third to 3 minutes.

Haritz Egea has been the best Basque. The man from Urretxu (Gipuzkoa) crossed the finish line with a time of 4 hours, 5 minutes and 1 second. Three seconds later, Boja Zubizarreta, also from the Basque Country, crossed the finish line.

Oemus wins the women’s event

In the women’s category, L’hirondel Blandine led the race during the first stage, but in the second hour the Chinese Yao Miao took the lead after overtaking the French woman.

However, on the climb to Aizkorri there were changes in the classification. The German Daniela Oemus was the first at the top and led Miao by 1’14”, Blandine by 3’18”, Fielder by 3’21” and Leboeuf by 4’44”.

On the descent the German remained in the lead. In addition, little by little, Oemus was expanding her advantage and in Urbia she already had a 4-minute advantage over the second classified Caitlin Fielder.

Little by little, the New Zealander decreased her disadvantage compared to Oemus, but she did not give her the opportunity to hunt down the German.Oemus managed his advantage well in the final stretch and did not miss the win. The winner crossed the finish line with a time of 4:31.54. the new zealand Fielder was second at 2 minutes and 7 seconds and the French Theres Leboeuf finished third at 5 minutes and 47 seconds of the winner

The first Basque at the finish line has been Oihana Kortazar with a time of 4 hours, 37 minutes and 41 seconds.

Male category classification:

1. Manuel Merillas 3:42.1

2. Elhousine Elazzaoui +0:27

3. Jonathan Albon +3:00

Female category classification:

1. Daniela Oemus 4:31.54

2. Caitlin Fielder +2:07

3. Theres Leboeuf +5:47

Source: Eitb

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