Albert Torres, European silver in scoring

The second day of European Track Cycling Championships in Grenchen (Switzerland) has also left the second medal for the Spanish team. After Eukene Larrarte’s silver in the women’s scratch, one of the team leaders as Albert Torres has repeated metal in the score.

the menorcan became second in this test to bring out his international medal table in the discipline after endless medals in madison and omnium and even a world silver in scratch. It’s his seventh European medalwith the five gold and two silverto reward his insistence on a point where until now he had fought for the podium.

After spending recent times more focused on the road as a member of the Movistar Team, Torres returned to the track through the front door, where he is now an Olympian in the Tokyo Games madison. Thus, he showed that he is still among the elite of his sport with a podium that further extended his record. He has not climbed an international drawer since his European gold in Madison with Sebastián Mora in 2020.

In 51 pointsthe Spaniard was second in the trial won by the Italian Simone Consonni together 54. The brass was hung by the French Donavan Grondin together 48. Consonni thus achieved his first European title after five silver medals.

For his part, towers is not yet satisfied with the decisions of the judges about the lap is won, but even so he managed to stay focused to win silver before facing the scratch this Friday and the madison on Sunday. Midway through the test, the judges indicated a lost lap for him, a decision the Spaniard protested and minutes later overturned. Thus, Torres regained the twenty points that were deducted from him and could continue to fight for several metals successfully ending his silver.