Alejandro Gainza and Belén López They have been the Champions of the second stage of the ‘IV Intercontinental race Bike’, which has been held this Saturday in Ceuta.
Accompanying the Tarifeño Alejandro Gainza On the podium After being imposed by 1:39:53 was Fran Vázquez of the Manilva Cycling Club that was done with second place when completing the test at 1:40:22 and Manuel Beltrán who arrived in third position to the finish line located at 1:41:21.
For his part, Belén López of the Women Bike Evolution was made with proclaimed champion with a time of 2:04:16 for the second consecutive day, followed by the mackerel María Bohórquez that was done with the second place with a time of 2:07:50 and Paqui Sabina that ended the tour at 2:14:38.
As for the E-Bike modality, Alfonso BernalDe Mijas Costa was the first to cross the goal with a time of 1:35:00; while Paqui González was the first woman in finishing the test in this modality.
the arrival
After the hour and a half since the ‘IV Intercontinental Race Bike’ started, the first participants began to reach the goal. The Gran Vía waited for the cyclists of all categories with A great atmospherein which the good music or the spirits of the speaker that enlivened the wait for the arrival of the participants was not lacking.
Little by little the first cyclists were arriving, who took the opportunity to regain strength and hydrate after A race that many of them described as much hardercompared to what they carried out this last Friday in Rincón.
As a novelty, for this new edition of the ‘Intercontinental Race Bike’ The organization made available to the participants a book of signatureswhere all the cyclists who were arriving at the finish line left their signature as a memory of their participation in the test.
Ceremony
Subsequently, the Trophy delivery to the champions of the ‘IV Intercontinental Race Bike’.
One by one, the different winners of the different categories were going to the celebration podium, where they were proud to have managed to be among the three best in this second stage of the ‘Intercontinental Race Bike’.
The race
At 10:00 hours the second stage started on the Gran Vía of the ‘Intercontinental Race Bike’ with more than a hundred cyclists from both Ceuta and other countries. Participants who have had to carry out a route of about 35 kilometers and that some have described as much harder than the last day.
Much of the tour has passed through the mount of Garcia Aldave, through the different neomedieval strong and the city swamps. A tour that had its technical part, but that, above all, was designed so that all audiences could participate.
Once the second day ended, the participants took the ship to set up to Tarifa, where the last stage of the test will be played this Sunday.
Unlike other editions, this time the last stage of the test will be taken in rate. In this way, Sunday’s day, with which the end of this edition of the ‘Intercontinental Race Bike’ will take place in the Natural Park of the Strait. A natural place in which participants can appreciate the union of the mountain and the sea in an incomparable beauty frame. ”
With this new tour, the organization of the test continues to maintain its goal of gathering two continents, thus joining Europe and Africa.
Final classification
- Male General: Alejandro Gainza
- female General: Belén López
- Equipment: Cyclo -stages
- Female couple: María and Tamara (the impulsives)
- Male couple: Sergio and Carlos Guzmán (CD San Urbano)
- Mixed couple: Álvaro and María José (your cycling coach)
- Master 60 Male: Juan Manuel Barranco
- Master 50 Male: Manuel Beltrán ‘Triqui’
- Female Master: Pepa Díaz
- Master 40 Female: Belén López
- Master 40 Male: Francisco Manuel Vázquez
- Master 30 Female: Virginia Morandini
- Master 30 Male: José Pérez Berrocal
- Male elite: Alejandro Gainza
- Sub 23 Male: Pablo Pradera
- Junior Male: Brais Ascariz
- E-bike mode: Alfonso Bernal (male) Paqui González (female)
- Adapted Bike: Nabil Mohamed
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