Euskaraz irakurri: Castroviejo, Espainiako erlojupeko txapeldun eta Lazkano bigarren; Unai Aznar, nagusi 23 urtez azpiko mailan

the basque cyclist Jontahan Castroviejo was proclaimed Spanish time trial champion elite category this Friday June 23 in Madrid. In addition, he is also Basque Oier Lazkano was second. To round off the great day of Basque cycling, in the sub’23 category Unai Aznar has prevailed in the test against the stopwatchhis brother Hugo Aznar was second and Javier Ibanez third.

in the highest category Castroviejo (INEOS Grenadiers) completed the 32-kilometer course that started and finished in Sevilla la Nueva with a time of 36 minutes and 44 seconds. Thus, he managed to win the title for the sixth time in his career. After the arrival of the cyclist from Getxo (Bizkaia) he entered the finish line Oier Lazkano (Movistar), but the one from Vitoria-Gasteiz could not beat Castroviejo’s time and finished second to 3 seconds. The podium completed it Lluís Mas (Movistar), third, 6 seconds behind the champion. It is also worth noting the good performance of Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi) who was fifth 35 seconds behind Jontahan Castroviejo.

Castroviejo once again celebrated a victory in an individual time trial four years after doing so for the last time in 2019.

Besides, in the sub’23 category the podium was totally Basque. The Navarrese Unai Aznar (Finisher) donned the Spanish time trial champion jersey after being the best with a time of 38 minutes and 59 seconds. His brother Hugo Aznar was second at 9 seconds and the alavés Javier Ibañez (Caja Rural-Alea) finished third, 21 seconds behind of the winner.

Elite category classification:

1 – CASTROVIEJO Jonathan (INEOS) 0:36:44

2 – LAZKANO Oier (Movistar) +0:03

3 – MORE Lluís (Movistar) +0:06

4 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) +0:08

5 – AZPARREN Xabier Mikel (Euskaltel) +0:35

6 – BERRADE Urko (Kern Pharma) +0:40

7 – FROM THE PART Víctor (TotalEnergies) +0:41

8 – IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) +0:54

9 – CASTRILLO Pablo (Kern Pharma) +0:55

10 – GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl (Kern Pharma) +1:16

Source: Eitb

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