Steven Haro, champion of the Tour of Ecuador | Other Sports | sports

The imbabureño Steven Haro (Team Pichincha) was proclaimed winner of the 38th edition of the Vuelta Ciclística al Ecuador which closed this Wednesday in Quito, a category 2.2 test of the International Cycling Union, disputed in 8 stages.

Haro (23 years) he came out of the fight on the final day, with the continental Best PC team, attacking from the start to try to discount the difference in time, 1 minute 15 seconds than the imbabureño managed to preserve after the “ambush” of the technological in the previous day.

The circuit was run on a 100-kilometer track at a hellish pace, with Anderson Paredes, second overall, in command of a group of escapees, in the first laps without being able to open a gap with the leader, but with heavy wear in the group.

From that lot Lenín Montenegro (Movistar) jumped to seek to recover the white jersey as the best under-23, loaned to Anderson Irua (Saitel) in the seventh stage. The phone tried to escape with Brayan Obando (Eagle Bikes), a pair that got a minute difference with the main lot, in which interests for the final classification were at stake and by categories, only with the mountain category defined in favor of Diego Montalvo (Saitel).

As a leader, Haro relied on the work of his squad, a youth squad, limited to the work of teams such as Movistar or Best PC; However the Former Essax runner from Spain was able to keep up the pace and match forces with his followers in the general, which had hierarchical companions.

Montenegro and Obando shared the flying goals of the day, but the sum of points achieved up to matchday seven was enough for Sebastián Novoa kept the green jersey of this classification.

In the final kilometers the lot pressed to flight, but Montenegro and Obando saved the urge to enter finish line, at the foot of the monument to the Middle of the World, with the Eagle Bikes as the winner of the day, with 2 hours 15 minutes 04 seconds.

The leader’s lot remained compact, Best PC could not discount and Haro was left with the champion crown, With his arms raised he celebrated his second UCI title, after the Vuelta a Miranda (Venezuela) in 2019. The podium was completed by Paredes and Guamá, riders in the technological field.

The imbabureño celebrated in goal with his family, to whom he dedicated the victory. The next season will continue in Ecuador, as part of a continental team that will start in 2022, although it has not yet defined a denomination.

The classifications by categories They were defined with the flying goal title for Sebastián Novoa (Best PC), best youngster Mauricio Irua (Saitel) and best team Movistar.

The 39th edition of the Vuelta al Ecuador is scheduled for October 2022, with the organization of Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha. (D)