the andalusian runner david valeroleader of the mountain bike (MTB) world ranking finished in seventh place at the World Cup event held in Val di Sole (Italy), where the Swiss prevailed Nino Schurterwho became the cyclist with the most wins in this competition in history, 35.
Valero He started very far from the top positions, due to his careful classification on Friday, but from less to more he managed to climb to seventh place, allowing him to continue to ninth overall in the World Cup, which has already ended. his first part and now almost two months, during which the world championship will be held.
Career is marked by ability Schuterwho also did not start at the front, to return soon and put himself in the leading group almost from the start.
His strength caused some of the riders who tried to keep up with him to fall in the first laps, such as the German. Luca Schwarzbauer, that he tried to hold on and ended up in 11th place; the same happened to the French Jordan Sarrou (finished eighth), in Latvian Martin Blooms (10), among others.
The reverse race is, in particular, of two runners, the Romanian vlad dascaluEuropean champion from last week, and the Spanish david valero.
The Romanian, based in La Rioja, found himself in 28th place in the first lap, with a lot of “traffic” ahead, but he showed that he is in exceptional shape, especially in the second half of the race , set a pace where he gradually overtook the cyclists, until he reached third place, just behind the two Swiss, Schurter and Mathias Fluckiger.
And the Spaniard from BH Coloma Team was also one of the strongest in the second part of the race, where he went from 21st to seventh place, although he has no room for improvement, something he can achieve due to speed
BAD DAY FOR THE REMAINING SPANISH
Finally Schuteralone for a large part of the test, the Italian completed the race in a time of 1.20:22, where he added his 35th World Cup victory, sixth on this circuit, where he also won of two. world championships.
fluckiger It became second to 26 seconds and dascalu finished third through 38; After they learn French Joshua Dubau, also at 38 seconds; the south africa Alan Hatherley at 52; the French Maxime Marotte, a minute away; and Valerowhich came in at 1.15.
It wasn’t a good day for the rest of the Spaniards in the race, as next up was Valero’s BH Coloma Team teammate, Jofre Cullelin 53rd place, seven minutes from the winner; David Fieldsfrom Orbea, and Pablo Rodríguezof BH, not finished yet.
With these results and the points of the short quiz on Friday Schuter is the World Cup leader (848 points), ahead of Frenchman Jordan Sarrou (726) and South African Alan Hatherley (721) while Valero he remains ninth with 494 points.
In addition to maintaining his position, Valero is also in a position to hold first place in the world rankings, with Schurter on the lookout, although with a greater advantage over Italian Luca Braidot, who was second until now, who has now finished in the 13th position.
Source: La Verdad
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