Valero disappeared after a short World Cup trial

The cyclist from BH Cafes Templo David Valero drop from the second to fourth position overall in the World Cup after the “short race” of the last round of this competitionwhich takes place in the Italian ski resort of Val di Sole.

Valero, runner-up in the world since last week, will qualify for the World Cup overall if he recovers the difference in points that separates him from the Swiss Nino Schurter, who won the World Cup race from him in Sunday and ruled the cup.

But for this general, the “short races” held every Friday are scoring, that the Spanish cyclist is worse than the usual tests, which are more distant, where you can go from less to more , as he showed in the last long test in the Cup, with a win and a second place.

For this reason, Valero arrived in Italy second overall and knew that he would suffer in Friday’s race, and that was the case, as he had to settle for finishing in 20th place, completing ten laps of short circuit in one hour. of 23 minutes and 7 seconds, during which he added 23 points overall.

Frenchman Titouan Carod won in 22:28, giving him 80 points; South African Alan Hatherly was second, with 22:32 and 65 points; Italian Luca Braidot was third in 22:37 (50) and Nino Schurter was fourth, in 22:40, giving him 40 points for the general classification.

So, on Sunday the final test of the World Cup will start with Schurter in first place, with 1,523 points and victory very close, because the second is Braidot, with 1,393, followed by the South African with 1,385 and Valero will start with fourth position. with 1,381, that’s 142 less than the leader.

In Sunday’s test, 288 points are at stake for first, 250 for second, 180 for third and 175 for fourth.