The Catalan cyclist Mireia Benito MD explained in a previous interview that his team, AG Insurance-Soudal Team, attended the first edition of Women’s Cycling Tour of Catalonia with the highest ambition, with the idea of winning three stages of the race or at least fighting to become heroes. and the race for the Belgian team could not start better, because one of its members, the New Zealander Ally Wollastonachieved victory in the sprint to streets of Manresa.
In a sprint slightly uphill, the top contenders for victory are positioned where they need to be. It’s already in strategy capital of the Bages region the teams Movistar, Visma-Lease a Bike and AG Insurance They took the first positions in a very tight peloton, partly due to a mistake by some cyclists when they took the wrong line on a curve a few kilometers earlier.
AG Insuranceand worked well and Wollaston He goes for the win in the middle. The Cuban from Movistar advanced to the left Arlenis Sierra and on the right the Dutchwoman from Visma and living cycling legend Marianne Vos. It was certainly Vos who most discussed the success of a Wollaston who crossed the Manresa finish line in first position, in the face of the protests of Vos, arm in the air, complaining that he closed it.
This protest, and the subsequent examination by the stewards, of the photographs seen by Vos showing them with his hands what he thought had happened, delayed the decision of the official winner, while Wollaston’s colleagues celebrated a victory that will always remain for them. the story, in a very controversial and beautiful stage, of 100 kilometers with a start and finish in Manresa, with several main characters, such as Catalan cyclist from Maxxi Baxi-Ter Mireia Triasand as the Minister of the Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia Laura Vilagrà will always be remembered. “This first edition of the Women’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya is historic. After 103 editions of the men’s Volta we are celebrating the first women’s. It’s about time. We said it would be the legislature of women’s sport and we invested a lot of money to make it is.”
After this first episode, this Saturday is the second and penultimate episode of Back to the Catalonia girl, the queen’s day of trial, whereand Wollaston will wear the leader’s jersey, which is a high outcome La Molinaclassic final of the men’s Volta.
Source: La Verdad
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