The Catalan Eduard Prades this Sunday conquered the Back to Alentejowhose 41st edition was marked by the dominance of the riders of its team, Caja Rural/Seguros RGA, which won the Portuguese event for the third consecutive year.
Prades He finished the fifth and final stage in sixth position, allowing him to keep the yellow jersey he won on Saturday and win the event in Alentejo, a southern Portuguese region bordering Extremadura and Andalusia (Spain ).
The Catalan – who finished with a time of 20 hours and 23 minutes – succeeded his ally, the Venezuelan, on the throne. Orluis Aularwinner of the last two editions.
In second place overall, with 1 second to go, is Venezuelan Francisco Joel Peñuela (Rádio Popular/Paredes/Boavista, who finished fifth on the stage), while third is Puerto Rican Abner González (Efapel Cycling and th -29 of the day) , in 14 seconds.
The final stage was won by another Caja Rural runner, the Portuguese Iuri Leitão, who covered the 187.9 kilometers between the towns of Nisa and Évora in 4 hours, 15 minutes and 27 seconds.
It is not enough to have a good place in the general classification, but it is enough to win the green jersey (sprinters).
American Scott McGill (Project Echelon Racing) and Portuguese Luís Mendonça (Sabgal/Anicolor) finished the day second and third respectively.
It was also a successful Vuelta al Alentejo for Uruguayan Guillermo Thomas Silva (Caja Rural).
The winner of the first stage finished 13th this Sunday and finished the test in fifth position.
Meanwhile, the revelation of this 41st edition was the young Catalan Sergi Darder, from Illes Balears Arabay Cycling, who closed the day in fourth position and tenth overall in the competition, earning him the white jersey (under-23). .
Source: La Verdad
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