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Alejandro Osorio from Antioquia won this Sunday in the second stage of the Return to Colombia, and in this way the party of the GW Erco Shimano team in the competition was extended.
The cyclist who was born 26 years ago in El Carmen de Viboral added another victory to his great season after winning the 139.3 kilometer route between Paipa, in Boyacá, and Tocancipá, in Cundinamarca.
Osorio, who between 2019 and 2022 had the opportunity to compete in Europe, but who did not have the opportunity to display all his talent when he arrived that last year at the WorldTour with the Bahrain-Victorious team Due to breach of his contract, he confirms that he still has the level to return to the elite of the meta, which, as he stated in recent days, is one of his goals.
For now, in the national tour, he imposed power and speed to beat the sprint with a time of 3 hours, 16 minutes and 47 seconds.
He surpassed his teammate, the boyacense Adrian Camilo Bustamantewho the previous day, in Chivatá, had also triumphed against his other opponents. Jhonatan Chaves arrived third (NU Colombia).
The general classification continues to be led by the Cundinamarca native Rodrigo Contreras (NU Colombia), who leads Diego Camargo (Petrolike) and Bustamante by 42 and 46 seconds, respectively.
Osorio, who is 14th at 1.26, is making a splash this year. He won the Manizales Fair Circuit; then stage and points classification in the Vuelta al Táchira in Venezuela; later he triumphed in the National road race in Tunja against the worldtour Sergio Henao and Egan Bernal; He also won a fraction in the Tour Colombia; and he won the Rionegro Classic.
This Monday, on the third day of the Vuelta a Colombia, 168.6 kilometers will be raced between Cota and Mariquita, passing through Alto del Vino.
