The Spanish Albert Torres and Sebastian Mora they could not climb the podium in the Madison test of Europeans track cycling that ended this Sunday in the Swiss town of Grenchenafter finishing in sixth position.
Torres and Mora, who scored a total of 13 points, are nineteen points behind the French Donavan Grondin and Benjamin Thomaswho won the bronze medal with 32 points.
The Spanish cyclists, the European champions of the specialty in the years 2015, 2016 and 2020, are further away from the test winners, the Germans Roger Klüge and Theo Reinhardtwho achieved the gold with a total of 43 points.
Nine more than the Italians Simone Consonni and Michele Scartezzini with a total of 34 points finally had to settle for the silver medal, despite leading the race for many laps.
In fact, the Italian couple came to the final sprint, with double points, in first place in the standings with an advantage of one point over the German duo.
However, Consonni and Scartezzini failed to fight for points in the final sprint, in stark contrast to the Germans Kluge and Reinhardt who prevailed in the final sprint, earning ten points that propelled them to the gold medal.
More exciting was the battle for the bronze medal, which finally went to the side of the French Donavan Grondin and Benjamin Thomas, the current world champions, who seized the third step of the podium from the Portuguese Rui Felipe Oliveira and Iuri a points. Leitao.
Source: La Verdad
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