The Spanish Albert Torreswho has not competed since the Tokyo 2020 Games, achieved seventh place this Friday in the Points test of the European Track Cycling Championships in Munich, with 58 points, after winning 2 laps and 2 sprints.
The Team Speed trio finished eighth and Tania Bald It became the thirteenth in Scratch.
Albert Torres, who participated in the latter tour de france, is back on track in Munich.
“I felt fairer than I thought. Being back on the track is positive, but lacks the spark I had in previous years where I competed more in the velodrome. Today’s score was very fast and tactical, but those who fought for the victory have one more point than me”, admitted the Balearic cyclist.
“In the first half of the race – he explained – I saw that I could not keep up with them and I rested for 20 or 30 laps to try to rebuild my mind and body to take advantage of the opportunities that arose in The pleasure that was leaving me with test is a bit bitter, but I’m happy to come back, to do the team pursuit, which is a test that I like a lot, and I hope to gradually recover the sensations as the days go by”.
The winner became the world champion of the specialty and Olympic gold in the Omnium, the French Benjamin Thomass, who after adding 135 points was able to hold off his now great rival, the Belgian Rob Ghyswho had to settle for second place with 123 points.
The second day of competition at the European Championship also saw the participation of the men’s Team Speed trio and Tania Calvo in scratch for the Spanish National Team.
Pepe Moreno, Alejandro Martinez and Ekain Jimenez They met in the first round with the British team, who prevailed at the crossroads and earned a pass to the B final, where they won bronze. The Spanish team completed the test in a time of 36″765, which put it in eighth place, once they had fulfilled their great goal yesterday, to access this first round.
Tania Calvo competed in a Scratch test that had not been launched until the last ten laps, where there were several attacks that failed to break the group structure, so the Norwegian Stenberg was able to jump out of it to prevail in the sprint. The cyclist from Vitoria was 13th in that final battle.
Source: La Verdad
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