As a special edition, the participation has been very favorable to many international runners, a fact that predicted a very contested day of Sunday. It is difficult to bet on winning times considering the terrain conditions. In the first descent, the classification, the times of most categories are very close, with differences of less than 2 seconds, and even differences of tenths (women and juniors).
Almost every category saw how the final winners differed from those who set the best time in the qualifying round. Finally, the English Jack Piercy (Commençal Les Orres) With a time of 1:54:79 he took the scratch victory of the trial, ahead of the local runner Ferran Jorba (Moto Club Sant Andreu) and the Irishman Greg Callaghan (RED BULL). In a creditable 4th position is local Ignasi Jorba and in 5th position Iago Garay. The locals Ivan Oulego and Adrian Gonzalez They entered the Top 10 scratch in 7th and 8th positions respectively. Among women, the Scottish Ella Connolly (Cannondale)with a time of 2:14.87, beat the Swiss Lisa Baumann (Commençal Les Orres) It’s Italian Gloria Scarsi (Canyon), all three have podiums in world cup events. Also on the podium, the French Nastasia Gimenez and the Italian Alia Marcellini. The local Aina Gonzalez He entered the top 10 scratch in 7th position.
In juniors, Noah Hirst is leading to success Oriol Llaudo and of Mika Rodon.
Victory in the men’s master 30 was for the Canarian runner with a long history in the downhill, Yeray Vargassecond Fabian Ciria and third Victor Lopez. The local runner in the category, Ibai Zúñiga, the race ended with engine problems. In female master’s 30, Elisabeth Guillén is the only representative of the category.
The store Pasqual Canalscurrently in the master 40 category due to his upcoming participation in the masters world championship in Australia in May, took a comfortable victory before the Ivan Blanco and Manel Arasa. Manon Hooijschuur secured the first position in the qualifying round by winning the race earlier Roos Sturm and the local Maria Estevez.
Meritorious participation of 15 runners in the master 50 category and 2 in the master 60. Matthieu Weidner Jose overtook the runners Pascual’s manual and Joan Pratt in the master 50. Anthony Prat surpassed Juan Bulko in the master 60.
In smaller categories, Marcel Barrachina achieved success in the cadet ahead of the local team Ulysses Barrachina and Lluc Hospital. In women, Laura Marquez was preceded by Núria Pineda. In Children, as it is part of the Catalan Cup calendar, good participation shows the good health of the sport. Oriol Alcalà had previously achieved the feat Louca Picton and Charlie Bayliss.
With the good results of this participation, the XXX Grand Prix MAXXIS Sant Andreu de la Barcawhere the icing on the cake was a well-deserved tribute to the local pilot Ivan Oulegor for their participation in all the editions held, as well as the driving team all this time that made reaching the 30th edition a reality: Lluis Oulego, Jaume Serra, Jordi Jorba, Pasqual Canals and Toni Montesfollowing the wake marked by SAnti Moreno.
Source: La Verdad
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