My advantage Roberto Bou At the end of the penultimate stage, more than 13 minutes, it was more than enough to keep the distance on the sixth and final day to take his first victory in Skoda Titan Desert Morocco. The last podium has completed it Joseph Betalúwho came exhausted at the great event, and Fran Herrero, who warned before the start that he would be happy if the victory stayed with the team.
The sixth stage does not have much history as it is only 78km apart Merzouga and Maadid. It is true that in the first meters different attacks are contested because the area is so wide that the runners can choose different trajectories, but in the second Check Point there is already a group of 14 all the favorites are riding together.
At the end there was a small tug of war Sergio Mantecon, who won the second stage himself. Bou was definitely second that day 37 seconds from Cantabria while Miguel Muñoz closed the podium.
“Until you cross the finish line, you don’t realize what we have achieved. The rivals are pushing hard and it’s six days of racing that can be very long. To achieve this in this special edition for me, because My grandfather died last week. It gave me a lot of strength because honestly now I felt the feet that I don’t see every day. Thanks to all my relatives and my team, who really are a second family to me,” the man from Teruel explained to the media.
In the end, Bou completed the entire route in a total of 22 hours and 19 minutes. It was over in about 14 minutes Betalú and Fran Herrero closing the podium in just a quarter of an hour.
Tessa won by making history
Tessa Kortekaas was the winner of the female category with great authority after the favorite Vera Looser suffered from stomach problems for the last two days. The Dutch triathlete, in addition, showed a great speed, winning two stages at the start and in the penultimate one he did the same and entered the top ten overall. She was the first woman to do so.
the runner of Kosner-Saltoki, including today it was awarded in four of the six stages completing Titan’s 627 km. “Incredible I have no words. I don’t know what is happening. Yesterday I felt very strong, today too. I really feel prepared if it takes longer. But without a doubt, this is being a surprise.”
Despite Vera Looser’s health problems, the Namibian was second overall. Of course, the difference in the head is more than 34 minutes. Ariadna Rodenaswinner of the 2021 edition, closed the podium almost 50 minutes behind Kortekaas.
Source: La Verdad
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