Hugo FrancoJerez biker from the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation, This Friday he won silver in the junior category in Olympic cross-country at the World Championships which is disputed in Pal Arinsal (Principality of Andorra).
The current Spanish junior cross-country champion and also seventh in the European Championship held in Cheile Gradistei He was 1’55” away from the gold that went to Danish Albert Philipsen. The 17-year-old from Holte had a final time of 1h 01’59”. The bronze went to Philipsen’s compatriot, Nikolaj Hougs.
This is the second World Championship for the biker from Jerez, from La Nucía BH Coloma Academy, and he gave the Spanish delegation the first medal in the top Mountain bike competition to be held near Spain for the second time.
He took the silver after an exciting sprint beating Hougs. Public support was crucial in the final meters for a ‘biker’ who was also a cadet European runner-up in ‘cross-country’ and a cadet European Eliminator champion.
Galician Álex García finished in sixth position 2’22” from gold, while Sevillian Guillermo Parrado was 62nd.
In the women’s event, Lorena Patiño, Galician biker, was 11th 3’34” from gold, Slovak Viktoria Chladonova.
Source: La Verdad
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