The New Zealander Aaron Gate is in charge of breaking Burgos BH’s record wins this season with his victory in the first stage of the New Zealand Classicwhich also allowed him to become the first leader.
Gate (Auckland, 33 years old), former player recently signed by Burgos BH, is the fastest on arrival at Masterton, which is located at the end of a small slope, where he showed his explosiveness against his other rivals. All this on a day where the runner was also nominated for the Halberg awards, which are given to the best athletes of the year in his country.
The runner from the Castilian team won with a time of 3h.31.47, 1 second ahead of his compatriots Bailey O’Donnell and Logan Currie.
Gate already knows what it feels like to win this race, he won stage victories in three editions and the overall victory in 2019. He now leads this classification and will try to defend the yellow jersey until Sunday.
In the next phase, George Jackson, his colleague, may have his chance and choosing this career. The peloton will also leave Masterton and head to Martinborough, where the sprinters will tackle a fast circuit through vineyards, olive groves and farmland, covering nine laps.
“I came into this race with confidence, because I’ve won before and I know what it takes.. The training I do in the summer is very track specific and although the velodrome is flat, it’s pretty similar. One minute of hard work at the finish line, which is what I’ve been training for,” Gate explained.
Source: La Verdad
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