Fabio Duarte assumed this Friday the leadership of Back to Colombia expulsion of youth Christian David Ricowho surrendered to the attacks of his sports rivals in the eighth round he won Aldemar Reyes.
Kings (Team Medellín EPM), Duarte’s teammate, raised his arms after being the best in the 96.3 -kilometer stretch that led to the caravan between Sopó and Somondoco.
“I was scared because I paid for the effort of the other stages, which was very hard. The truth is I felt good and we reached the goal,” said Duarte, who already won this race in 2019.
The man from Cundinamarca made a comeback that little has been achieved in a cycling career in stages, as he managed to reduce a loss by more than 10 minutes.
The stage and the leadership began to define from the first kilometers where Rico, until then the leader, began to give way the steeper the road.
Despite his own efforts and support he has since tanned Darwin Atapumafailed to keep up with the runners of Team Medellín and lost time and with it the leader’s jersey.
Now Duarte has a profit of 59 seconds relative to Hernando Bohorquez (EPM Scott) and about three minutes included Bernard Suaza (Supergiros-Manizales Mayor’s Office).
the former leader Rich He dropped to seventh place in the individual overall classification with a difference of 4 minutes and 11 seconds.
The ninth stage will take place this Saturday with a trip between Guateque and Santa Rosa de Viterbo, in the Boyacá department, which is 182.3 kilometers.
The successor to José Tito Hernández, last year’s champion, will be announced on Sunday in Tunja, with a 41.9-kilometer test in time to start in Paipa.
– Classification of the eighth stage:
.1. Aldemar Reyes (Team Medellin EPM) 2h09: 45
.dalawa. Fabio Duarte (Team Medellin EPM) mt
.3. Alexander Gil (Paisa Pride) at the age of 18
.4. Óscar Fernández (Boyacá Advances) at age 39
.5. Róbinson Chalapud (Team Banco Guayaquil) at age 57
– Overall ranking:
.1. Fabio Duarte (Team Medellin EPM) 30h09: 55
.dalawa. Hernando Bohorquez (EPM Scott) at age 59
.3. Bernardo Suaza (Supergiro-Alc. Manizales) in 2:54
.4. Julián Cardona (Sistecrédito) at 2:59
.5. Marco Tulio Suesca (Paisa Pride) at 3:15
.6. Alexander Gil (Paisa Pride) at 3:47
.7. Cristian David Rico (Col. Land of Athletes) at 4:11
.8. Ruben Acosta (EBSA) at 5:10
.9. Wilson Peña (Col. Land of Athletes) at 5:25
10. Róbinson Chalapud (Team Banco Guayaquil) in 5:29
Source: La Verdad

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