Santiago Rosero, president of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation, said on Monday that the victory of Richard Huera (22 years old), rider of Team Banco Guayaquil, in the road test of the National Championship on Sunday, was “not in the forecasts”. beating tricolor figures Richard Carapaz (2nd) and Jonathan Caicedo (3rd) in the sprint.
“Yesterday there was a race with many team strategies. Each group prepares with their coaches what they have to do. We saw that. It was not in the forecasts that Richard Huera wins, ”Rosero declared on the radio Network.
The winner from Sucumbis set a time of 3 hours 43 minutes 41 seconds 213 thousandths (3:43:41.213) in the 163.2 km (17 laps) of the race in Quito, according to the official record. Carchense Carapaz, from the British Ineos Grenadiers, crossed the finish line 297 thousandths later (3:43:41.510) and Caicedo, from the American EF, did 3:43:42.418.
Huera’s surprise triumph prevented the locomotive won a double in the cycling eventas was his goal, after becoming time trial champion on Friday.
Carapaz will seek the double title in the national cycling
In terms of organization, Rosero said that the Federation has been left with an economic deficit and that there was a delay on the part of public institutions in terms of authorizations for the national championship.
“After this event, the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation is left with an economic deficit, but we can recover it. We need to work more. We know that there are many things to do. Some bureaucratic issues complicated, but in the end it was possible to get the permits. The (commercial) brands asked us for the authorizations of the entities to be able to support us; However, we had them missing five days”, declared the leader.
Rosero clarified that the national cycling championships were in charge of the Pichincha Sports Concentration: “We are going to analyze if we can take charge this year.”
Carapaz, new national champion of the individual time trial
The director also thanked the residents of the capital for their behavior during the competitions: “We had no problems with the people, they respected the circuit.”
Other results
In the route, the ladies’ championship went to Esther Galarza (Bicipartsec) with a time of 3 hours 31 minutes 31 seconds. She beat Michela Molina (Azuay Sports Federation) in the sprint, who scored 3:31:39. Third was Paula Jara (Team Banco Guayaquil), with 3:34:01.
In the under-23 division of the circuit, the men’s podium was occupied by Lenin Montenegro, Jordan Rodríguez and Brayan Obando. In female, Anita Vivar, Carla Masabanda and Marcela Peñafiel. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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