The Canadian cyclist prevailed in the sprint and is the bearer of the first yellow jersey of the 38th edition of the national round.
Confusion at goal entry; However, the emotionality of the Canadian Jean Michel Lachance (VIE13 Factory Team) did not change his moment of glory by raising his arms and be awarded the first stage of the 38th edition of the Cycling Tour of Ecuador, which opened the day in Guayaquil and closed in Villamil Playas.
The layout comprised 113.5 kilometers, but in closing the The group at the head of the race was not well directed and this altered the work of the pointers, which yielded to Lachance, the first stage winner and bearer of the yellow jersey as the general leader of the national round.
Contrary to arrival, the exit was controlled when the platoon left Guayaquil to take the road to the coast towards Villamil Playas.
The mishaps appeared early: multiple punctures and a fall they marked the first kilometers of the initial fraction of the Ecuadorian round.
Best PC was the team that put people forward, three elements with Erick Caiza, Sebastián Novoa and Pablo Caicedo to control the competition.
Lenín Montenegro (Movistar) and Forest Howard (Factory Team) entered to fight at the tip, part of a batch of eight escapees who imposed a difference of 1 minute 20 seconds, a constant in the group, who looked for the points in the flying goal of El Consuelo.
Novoa, Montenegro and Anderson Paredes (Best PC) took the first points in the dispute for the green jersey, with the peloton distant, three minutes away.
Novoa repeated scoring in the second section, in Cerecita; while in the interchange to Playas, Segundo Navarrete (Movistar) took first place, at the end of the day with Novoa as the first holder of the green jersey of the points classification.
In the leading lot, some name changes during the tour, but from the same teams that remained in dispute.
With a group defined in tip, Navarrete assumed the leadership for the entrance to Playas. The most experienced of the telephones took the group to the final meters, when a error in the delimitation of the route led to confusion of the lot: the Movistar and Best PC riders took another exit and Lachance took advantage of the moment for a sprint That put him on top of the podium.
“A tough stage due to the heat; Where I come from, it is with freezing temperatures, with a lot of snow in recent weeks. But we worked well, we looked for the escape and the victory was achieved”, Commented Lachance, who delivered the first international victory for his squad, in the debut away from home of the squad of American origin.
The Canadian took first place with time of 2 hours 52 minutes, followed by Paredes (Best PC) and Navarrete (Movistar), who completed the podium.
The first day left as first t-shirt bearers to Lachance, stage winner and overall leader, Novoa as leader of flying goals (points), and how best U23 phone Lenin Montenegro.
The second stage it will run this Thursday between Salinas and Manta (10:00), the longest stage of the event, with a route of 226 kilometers. (D)
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