the experienced Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) will lead the Colombian team in the World Road Championships to be played in City of Wollongong in Australia between September 17 and 25, this Friday reported the Colombian Cycling Federation.
The 32-year-old runner, winner of 2014 Giro d’Italia and of Spain Tour 2016, return to competition after being disqualified from Tour de France this year for violating the ban on the use of tramadol, a powerful pain reliever that has been banned from competition since March 1, 2019.
After the disqualification, which occurred after the end of the race, Quintana resigned from participating in the Vuelta a España to defend his case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
After the punishment of International Cycling Union (UCI) The Colombian has only ten days to appeal it, which has affected his preparations for the Vuelta.
The rest of the team
In addition to Quintana, the team is also included Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe)current national road champion and current winner of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and runner-up of Back to Switzerland.
The team, trained by Carlos Mario Jaramillowill also have Rodrigo Contreras (EPM-Scott)pan-american champion Tour of San Juan 2022Y Wilson Estiben Peña (Colombia Land of Athletes)as well as the Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) Y Harold Tejada (Astana)participating in the Vuelta a España.
Women’s team
Meanwhile, the women’s team will be its main card Diana Carolina Penuela (DNA Pro Cycling), recent Vuelta a Colombia Femenina 2022 champion and current national road champion.
Will be too Lina Marcela Hernández (Colombia Land of Athletes), Pan American runner-up and national time trial champion; Paula Andrea Patino (Movistar Team), recent women’s Tour de France team champion, and Natalia Franco (WCC Team)which came from running several races in France and Spain.
The road race will take place on Saturday, September 24 for women (164.3 km with 2,433 meters of elevation gain) and on Sunday, September 25 for men (266.9 km with 3,945 meters of elevation gain).
After starting in the northern town of Helensburghboth races travel south to Wollongong, where riders will head west for the main climb, the Mount Keira.
With a maximum height of 473 m, this elevation rises 8.7 km through subtropical forest with an average slope of 5% and a maximum of 15% just over half way.
After a 10km descent, the next challenge is the Wollongong City Circuit with its demanding urban climb up Mount Pleasant, where riders will climb 119m in 1.1km with an average gradient of 7.7% and a maximum of 14 , to be approached 12 times by men. and 6 times by women.
Source: La Verdad
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