Zierbena wins the Flag of A Coruña and kicks off the Eusko Label League in a big way
Euskaraz irakurri: Zierbenak irabazi du Coruñako Bandera eta bikain hasi du Eusko Label Liga
Zierbena won the VII Bandeira Cidade da Coruña this sunday july 2 and the 2023 season of the Eusko Label League started with a bang. In addition, the Biscayan team is the leader of the general classification.
This year the Flag of A Coruña only had one daythe second, since on July 1 the first one had to be canceled due to strong waves.
In the first batch they rowed: Hondarribia (street 1), Kaiku (street 2), Samertolameu (street 3) and Ondarroa (street 4). Instead, they rowed in the second: Getaria (street 1), Orio (street 2), Lekittarra (street 3) and Zierbena (street 4). Finally, in the third batch it was the turn of: Donostiarra (street 1), Urdaibai (street 2), Cabo (street 3) and Santurtzi (street 4).
In the first round, Hondarribia was the best from start to finish with a time of 21 minutes and 56 seconds.. Ondarroa performed at a high level and was second in his run, 11 seconds behind. Samertolameu finished third, 37 seconds behind Hondarribia, while Kaiku (22’46”) was fourth.
After, in the second round, Zierbena (21’45”) imposed his law. Orio started strong, but the Biscayan drifter was the first in the initial turn, and from that moment no one could keep up with her. So, Zierbena was the winner of his batch and put 10 seconds on Hondarribia. The second of the second round was Getaria, 16 seconds behind Zierbena. Third was Orio at 19 seconds and fourth Lekittarra at 38.
In this way, Zierbena’s time was the reference for the drifters of the third batch. Urdaibai prevailed in that third round, but his time of 22 minutes and 6 seconds was not enough to win the victory final. those of Bermeo needed 21 seconds more than Zierbena to finish the job. With which, Zirbena won the VII Bandeira Cidade da Coruña. Donostiarra (22’17” was second in the third round, Cabo (22’41”) third and Santurtzi (23’08”) fourth.
After the arrival of all the drifters, Zierbena achieved victory, Hondarribia was second to 10 seconds, Getaria third to 16, Orio fourth to 19 and Urdaibai fifth to 20 seconds.
LThe general classification of the Eusko Label League is commanded by Zierbena which adds 12 points. Hondarribia is second with 11 points, Getaria (10 points) third, Orio (9 points) fourth and Urdaibai (8 points) fifth. for the lower part, Kaiku is penultimate with 2 points and Santurtzi last with a single point.
Classification of the VII Bandeira Cidade da Coruña:

Classification of the Flag of A Coruña. Photo: EITB Media
Eusko Label League classification:

Classification of the Eusko Label League. Photo: EITB Media
Source: Eitb

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