Aragon He says goodbye to the Tour of Female Spain after two exciting days. After what has lived on Tuesday by Oscense territory, this Wednesday was the turn of Zaragoza province. Pedrola housed the exit, at 14.10, and Borja vibrated with the arrival of Anna van der Breggen, exceeded 17.15 and between enormous expectation in the town, after flying in a decrease from the neighborhood of the Sanctuary of Mercy in which the controversial Ecce Homo is located.
In that area a good number of spectators were concentrated, on a pleasant afternoon in which the thermometer marked about 20ºC and barely blew wind, which also led to the borjanos – and also cycling fans of the entire region – were distributed by the urban area to see ‘in situ’ the best bikes in the world.
Wednesday’s tour consisted of 116 kilometers, with two mountain ports (El Alto del Moncayo, second category, and the buste He escaped from the rest and won again 1,407 days later, leaving four seconds to assault the red leader jersey.
Borja has not lasted excessively in the world of cycling of the highest level, but whenever he has done it has been to proclaim victors with a successful career and well known for his brilliant palmraés. In addition, this Wednesday has confirmed that the rainbow male is especially good for the Borjana goal.
Idilio with the rainbow
The triumph of the Dutch Anna Van Der Breggen (SD Worx) and the second place of her compatriot Mariane Vos (Visma-Liease to Bike), both several times world champions, has confirmed it. All stage winners in Borja throughout history have been carriers of the rainbow jersey, except for the Italian Alessandro Petacchi, but his 149 triumphs as a professional also place him among the greatest.
The last time was the return in Borja, on September 2, 2014, the very particular restoration made by Cecilia Giménez in the Ecce Homo of the Sanctuary of Mercy, a place where the squad has circulated in the absence of 7 kilometers from the end, was at its maximum peak.
Before the wines of the Do Campo de Borja, mainly from Garnacha, and then Cecilia Giménez placed the Zaragoza city on the world map.
These few appearances as the end point of a cycling testin the return to Spain only the 2014 stage appears, on different occasions it has been seen almost always by the N-122 and three times in the return to Aragon, they have been with triumphs of great names.
Toni Martín, last winner
The last to succeed in Borja was the German Tony Martin wearing the archiris jersey of the world champion of the specialty, with which he certified that this city cannot register its name. Today Van der Breggen has ratified it.
In the missing return to Aragon, in its forty -four editions, Borja only made an act of appearance as a stage final three times, the first one in 1996, and in two as a departure.
The times that the Aragonese round stopped in ancient Borsou, which dates back to the 5th century before Christ and that gives name to one of his best known broths, the arrival was always destined to the show of the fastest and the best world specialists were those who registered his name as winners.
