In a perfect day for the cycling contest, the Barcelona Kiko Galván has culminated with his victory in the streets of Alcantarilla a great job of the Navarre team LIZARTE throughout the day, exercising a great work of control.
The Lizarte runner gets the first victory of the season in the Guerrita Trophy in this second round of the Spanish Road Cup in the elite and sub-23 categories, winning the Colombian Daniel Daniel Avellaneda with a time of 04: 02: 51. , from the Biscayan team EISER-HIRUMET and Alejandro Ropero from the Madrid team of KOMETA CYCLING TEAM.
The first Murcian was the garbage man Miguel Angel Ballesteros in the twelfth place, he entered with the 24 cyclists that the sprint was disputed the first place in this 28th Guerrita Trophy.
The presentation of the equipment was made with great expectation in Adolfo Suárez square and there already the mayor of Alcantarilla, Joaquín Buendía and the councilor for Sports and Youth, Antonio Martínez Griñán, kept in touch with the two cyclists sewer who participated in this 28 ° Guerrita Memorial Trophy Juan Romero and Diego Sánchez, in the ranks of Valverde Team-Terra Fecundis, Miguel Angel Ballesteros and David Espejo, whom I wish you good luck for the dispute of the race.
After the tape cut, the test began with a frenetic pace with the dispute of the flying goals in laps 2, 4 and 6. Quick start on the first points of the day, the first flying goal was carried by Linarez (kuota) in a tight sprint on Yacine (Ulb) and Mora Ginestar.
From this step would take prominence what would be the longest escape of the day, with the jump of 5 cyclists, Hervás (Escribano), Sánchez (Mutua de Levante), Gómez (Ginestar) and the English Johnston and Robinson (Zappi).
The second flying goal was pointed Hervás ahead of Johnston and Sanchez.
The 5 were well understood, "flying" over the streets of Alcantarilla, again leading the way in the third flying goal Hervás ahead of Sánchez and Robinson.
Hervás (Escribano) was the virtual winner of this classification as long as the test ended.
After completing the 6 laps of the urban circuit, the race took direction Sangonera to approach the vicinity of Sierra Espuña, the escape was consolidated with the "permission" of the squad where no team took command, reaching up to 6 minutes on the Big group.
Near the town of Cañarico there was the jump of several cyclists in pursuit of the head: Echaide (Pemoy), Rodriguez and Mallo (Aluminios Cortizo), Gómiz (Mutua Levante), Rouland (Eiser), Tapia (Broccoli), Espejo ( Valverde Team) and Toro (Cartagena).
This group came close to 2:30 of the head.
When passing by Alhama Gomur was put to pull the group, looking for good placement for Fuentes and Pons, who finally did not have a good day, later ceded in the rises to La Perdiz.
With the beginning of the port, new this year with 2 climbs, Lizarte would begin its "monologue", strong and constant pace to go approaching each time more head.
Zappì cyclists took charge, remaining both alone in the first climb to the Partridge, crowning Robinson alone after giving up his teammate with a 2 minute lead over a small main squad that had already absorbed both the pursuer and the rest of the leak.
After the descent and the start of the second climb, Lizarte was still putting "marcheta" in the group, which jumped one of the great protagonists of the day, Eusebio Pascual (Caja Rural) and Moya (Rias Baixas) that reached the cyclist Zappi, both were left alone in the lead after yielding English, measured the rise Moya could not follow the great pace of Pascual, who crowned this second climb alone, taking the classification of the mountain.
We entered the last 50 kilometers, after a fast descent we arrived at Alhama with Pascual in the lead with 1:15 of advantage, trying the heroic way of Sewer, on a small platoon, formed by the following cyclists: Rico and Blasco (Mutua de Levante), Ballesteros (Valverde), Fuentes (Ginestar), Martín, Bueno, Nicolau and Urbano (Caja Rural), Avellaneda (Eiser), James (Zappi), Armstrong (Kuota), Ropero, García, Pérez-Landaluce and Martín ( Kometa), Moreno, Bouzas, Galván, Adriá, Parra and Elosegui (Lizarte), Jiménez and Cobos (Extremadura), Hernández (Scribe), Armillas (Compak), Blanco and Cobos (Rias Baixas).
After the work of Lizarte and with the help of Kometa, the difference of Pascual was gradually reduced until being hunted in the absence of 25 kilometers.
From here, attempts by Kometa, Caja Rural, Armstrong ... but Lizarte continued with his monologue and did not allow any skirmish.
With a great approximation of Elosegui we arrived at Alcantarilla for the sprint dispute between the small group of favorites, where Galván, finished the job all day of the "roses" to take the victory and with the leadership of the Copa de Spain after clearly overcoming Avellaneda and Ropero.
Pascual took the mountain, Johnston the flying goals despite finishing 4th in this classification, but none of the 3 predecessors finished the test, Ballesteros was the first regional after finishing 12th despite a bad placement in the final sprint and Lizarte rounded out his great day with team triumph.
The Spanish Cup continues with a frantic month with the dispute of 5 more tests in coming weeks.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla