Italian Luca Chiesa confirmed his lead as the EPIC Gran Canaria champion this Sunday, with a total time of 2 hours 45 minutes and 1 second, while the Romanian cyclist Manuela Muresan was repeated as the champion of this test again. EPIC Gran Canaria reunites the best international cyclists and a large group of cycling enthusiasts with 500 athletes of 24 nationalities.
The Minister of Tourism of Gran Canaria, Carlos Alamoand the Sports Councilor of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Aridany Romerothey hope to close the details this first half of the year to Maspalomas will be the star of a stage of La Vuelta in 2026. Sport, Romero recalled, “is a tool to sell the island” to “winning pairing” of tourism and sport.
Epic Gran Canaria. Chiesa established himself as the fastest after stealing minutes off the time on Saturday in the first stage, giving him a decisive advantage for victory, putting himself on top of the podium with Romanian cyclist Manuela Muresan , with no opponent in both the first stage and the second, accumulating a total time of 3 hours and 23 minutes.
The third test was faster and more explosive than before, as EPIC Gran Canaria RIU Hotels & Resorts given in this seventh edition an international leapraising the bar among international athletes who pushed the peloton.
Besides, This edition closes the international amateur Gran Fondo World Tour circuit Therefore, the world champions gathered in the first world cycling sports ranking for fans and passionate cyclists from all over the planet, this is the first time that EPIC is part of the international circuit.
Starting at the RIU Palace Maspalomas hotel, EPIC Gran Canaria reunites the best international cyclists and a large group of cycling enthusiasts with 500 athletes of 24 nationalities.
In the men’s category, there is EPIC Gran Canaria RIU Hotels & Resorts crowned Italian Luca Chiesa (2h45’01”)followed by German Simon de Ridder (2h48’14”) and national champion Luis León Sánchez (2h48’18”), in a leading peloton where Marcos Manuel García, Canarian Blas Arturo Felipe and Haimar Zubeldia.
For women, repeat above Romanian cyclist Manuela Muresan (3h23’00”)followed by a great rival, the Swiss Emilie Bottini (3h23’35”) and the German athlete Yasmin Anstruther (3h28’04”), a triad that remained strong and firmly in the lead throughout the race.
In this second stage of 75 kilometers and one time trial of 22, at an altitude of 1,304 meterswith a demanding average slope of 4% with passage through Fataga and in the town of Tunte, winner of 29 grand tours and top 10 Tours, Haimar Zubeldiahas once again shown that no one can outdo him, in a section that he absolutely dominates.
With a time of 49 minutes and 43 seconds (49’43”), the Basque cyclist managed to overtake the Italian champion Luca Chiesa, who crossed the finish line just a few seconds behind (49’45”) and the European champion, Luis León Sánchez (49’47”) in a luxurious head of the race.
Among the women, Swiss cyclist Emilie Bottini with a time in the third trial of 1 hour 3 minutes and 24 seconds managed to overtake champion Manuela Muresan (1h03’25”), followed by German Yasmin Anstruther ( 1h03’26” ), in a very tight finish.
Source: La Verdad
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