Turkey Race repeats the win for the fourth time

Segovia returned to normal on Sunday with one of its most traditional sporting events, which on Christmas Sunday gathered thousands of people in the city center to witness. the Turkey Race for bicycles without chains, which completed 87 editions on a sunny day, with the same win as in the previous threeand the wind and dry stable as protagonists.

This original competition consisted of going as far as possible without pedaling and Sixty athletes of all ages participated, including the winner of the 1988 Tour de France, Pedro Delgadoa regular in the race and which, like the previous editions, was most cheered by the spectators who on both sides of the street enjoyed the other day.

One by one they launched from the highest point of the Aqueduct to cross the Plaza del Azoguejo and begin in inertia the climb up Calle Cervantes, and the runners are already removed as soon as they set foot on the ground.

The existing inequality and the impossibility of pedaling forced the participants to try to move forward only with the strength of their arms moving steering wheels in the narrow corridor that forms the audience.

There were five cyclists who managed to complete the almost 800 meter route, with the last 600 climbs without a break.

They star in the final race to decide who winsbecause the five launched at the same time, there was no danger in the first meters, and they began the climb to the Plaza del Seminario, where the arrival is located.

Hugo Sanz, winner of the three previous editions, started to climb to the last position but was able to come back to winahead of Marcos García and Miguel Martín, who occupied second and third place on the podium.

In the women’s race, one of the favorites also prevailed, Emma Alonso, who also took first place in the 2021 edition.

The winners of the race received as prizes a turkey for the winner, a duck for the second classified, and a poulard for the third.