The Colombian Robinson Chalapud, from the Ecuadorian team Banco Guayaquil, won this Saturday the XXXlX Cycling Tour of Ecuador and local Santiago Montenegro won the eighth stage and concluded the event in which cyclists from eight countries participated.
Chalapud won the third stage and won the Vuelta in a total time of 32 hours, 10 minutes and 10 seconds; in second place is his compatriot Christian Montoya, 1 minute and 1 second away; third is local Santiago Montenegro. in 4 minutes and 50 seconds.
For his part, the winner of this Saturday’s stage, Montenegro, covered 115 kilometers on a circuit in the Middle World, in Quito, in 2 hours, 46 minutes and 22 seconds; followed by Colombians Juan Hoyos and Chalapud.
The overall leader in flight goals is the Ecuadorian Pablo Caicedo; the winner of the mountain awards, Santiago Montenegro and the leader of the Sub’23 category, the Colombian Marlon Castro.
La Vuelta has a route of 1,178 kilometers, and crosses coastal and mountainous provinces, in which 19 teams and cyclists from Colombia, the United States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador participate.
Montenegro, who won the title of the year 2020, besides winning this Saturday, won the fourth and sixth; the Mexican, Ignacio Prado, won the first stage; the Colombian Hoyos the second, Chalapud the third; Ecuadorian Jhon Cotacachi was fifth and Colombian Jaime Chacón was seventh. Last year’s winner was Ecuadorian Steven Haro.
Source: La Verdad
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