The Cuban Arlene Sierra figure as leader of the multinational team of cycling Movistar Team route for the Vuelta a Andalucía, a race on the women’s world circuit that will take place from this Tuesday in Spain.
“A very pleasant addition to the increasingly rich Spanish women’s professional calendar involves the arrival of the Vuelta a Andalucía,” Movistar, one of the three best road cycling clubs, announced on its official website. run report of the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
Despite its atypical format in three working days, this new Ruta del Sol offers “a more than interesting and colorful route, from east to west, with opportunities for all types of runners,” says the statement reviewed by the media.
The publication indicates that the Cuban Sierra will be supported in the Andalusian test by a formation made up of the Colombian Paula Patiño, the Spanish Sara Martín, the Serbian Jelena Erić, the Norwegian Katrine Aalerud and the Australian Sarah Gigante.
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Winding, irregular, coastal and mountainous sections will characterize the race, an opportunity for the blue team to once again demonstrate its integrity, this time under the command of Arlenis, a 29-year-old manzanillera, multiple Pan American champion and in competitions in Europe and Australia and fifth in 2021 at the World Championship.
Movistar assured that his squad would participate with “all the motivation” in the three-week campaign on the roads of Spain, the club’s host country. It is a team with several cyclists among the best in the world, such as the Dutch Olympic and world champion Annemiek van Vleuten, leader in recent years on the world rankings, the powerful Danish Emma Norsgaard, and the Cuban herself.
In her first season inserted in the ranks of Movistar, Arlenis Sierra has proven to be one of the most competitive riders on the professional circuit, with very good results in several top-level events on the European continent and great aspirations ahead.
On April 24, the manzanillera entered seventh at the finish line of the renowned Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, after working throughout the journey to ensure the victory of her teammate and team leader, the Dutch Van Vleuten.
It had previously ended in fourth place in the Tour of Flandersalso in Belgian territory, a track in which he supported the performance of Van Vleuten, so that she entered second position with the same time as the winner, the local Lotte Kopecky.
arlenis was also ninth in the so-called Through Flanders race, but then she crossed the finish line with the same time as the winner, the Italian Chiara Conssoni, and nine other cyclists who staged a massive sprint final.
He had previously finished in 16th position in the Gent-Wevelgem, another Flanders classic, where he worked for the triumph of the Danish Norsgaard, another of the references of his new team.
The Ruta del Sol Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucía Elite Women will start with a 105-kilometre stage between the towns of Salobreña and Arenas. Its second section will start from Malaga and after 120 kilometers it will have its goal in Mijas, and will end with a segment of 139 kilometers between Fuengirola and Castellar de la Frontera.
