On the afternoon of Friday, January 13, the Vic (Barcelona) The Spanish Cyclocross Championship 2023, which began with the inaugural test of the team relay, as the team relay test is known. Eight regional teams played for the first title of the three days of competition and spectacle that will take place in the Sports Zone of the capital of Osona, bringing together the best Spanish Specialists in the discipline for three days.
At the start that the Catalan team dreamed of, running home with a team made up of the master Josep Chavarria, the elite Jofre Cullell, the sub23 Nil Solà, the juniors Marta Cano and Carlos Gámez and the cadet Roc Cubí, led by the team. by Carles Torrent achieved the title of champion of Spain, climbing to the top step of the podium against the Galician and Valencian teams.
This is the first title for the Catalan team in the team event of the Spanish Cyclocross Championship, this time Vic is competing for the fourteenth time, making the contention of the Spanish Championship of the winter cycling modality even more special in Catalonia. 34 years after the last occasion (Manresa 1989). The organization of the club Jufré Vic-ETBwith the support of Vic City Council, the Catalan Cycling Federation and the Royal Spanish Cycling Federationhas once again made it possible to hold an event that will live up to the tests that will decide the Spanish champions in all categories from cadet to masters throughout the weekend.
SPANISH CX CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 EXPECTED SCHEDULE
Saturday January 14
9:30 am Master 50 and 60 men
10.45 am Master 40 men
12 noon Master 30 men
3:00 pm Female cadets and masters
3:50 pm male cadet
Sunday, January 15 (live on SportpublicTV: LINK)
9:30 am junior boys
10:30 am U23 boys
11:55 am Elite, sub23 and junior girls
1:10 pm selected men
With the victory, Catalonia took over the selection of Galicia, who took the titles in the last two disputes of the test (2019 and 2022, while it was suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to limiting the number of participants due to restrictions arising from the pandemic). It was precisely the Galician team that dominated the first half of the race, which consisted of six laps around the circuit that the next two days will see races of different categories, but the final relays of the Catalunya team (which have Marta Cano, Carlos Gámez, Nil Solà and Jofre Cullell, who crossed the finish line victorious in the last relay) led them to fight for a long-awaited victory.
The Vic 2023 Spanish Cyclocross Championship will continue this Saturday from 9:30 am with the master and cadet test, closing the day with the women’s race with the women’s masters (3:00 pm) and the men’s race (15:50h. ).
Source: La Verdad
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