Cycling: Cuban Arlenis Sierra dominates the first edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía

the cuban cyclist Arlene Sierrawho is a member of the Movistar team, won this Thursday in the first women’s edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía, in Spain. He did it by finishing in the second position of the last section of the turn, according to official media.

This time the 29-year-old manzanillera escorted her teammate, the Serbian Jelena Eric, to the finish line, both with a time of 2:19.58 hours, the same time that was awarded to the German Ricarda Bauernfeind (CSG) in the almost 82 kilometers of route that finally ran this Thursday.

A traffic accident forced to shorten the initial route of 139 kilometers between the towns of Fuengirola and Castelar de la Frontera, as reported the specialized site Hit. This mishap, however, did not prevent the success of the Cuban and her squad.

“The Movistar Team completely dominates the Vuelta a Andalucía, victory in the last stage for Jelena Eric (Serbia), in the general for Arlenis Sierra, second today,” the blue club, one of the best in the world, announced on its official Facebook page. orb in the cycling Route.

“Sensational attitude” of Paula Patiño (Colombia), fourth overall, as well as Sara Martín (Spain), Katrine Aalerud (Norway) and Sarah Gigante (Australia), added Movistar, whose formation was this time led by the Cuban , in the absence of the Dutch multi-laureate Annemiek van Vleuten.

Take note of Hit that two seconds after the leading trio crossed the finish line, the Italian Erica Magnaldi (ADQ of the United Arab Emirates) arrived; the Cypriot Antri Christoforou (Farto-BTC), the German Nadine Gill (Sopela) and the Colombian Paula Patiño (Movistar).

The Spanish Mavi García (ADQ), who up to now had disputed Arlenis for the general classification of the race, passed the judgment line with a difference of 4 seconds with respect to the leaders, accompanied by her compatriot Sara Martín (Movistar) and the British Becky Storrie (CAMS-Basso), details the medium.

“I want to thank God for the strength he has given me and my entire team in general, cyclists and technicians, for their work,” Sierra celebrated in statements provided by the organization of the race, and quoted by the agency europapress.

“The race has been quite hard and in this last stage I had a cold mind to keep control of the situation and finally everything went as planned,” he added.

Regarding the partial triumph of Eric, the Cuban rider was very happy. “We decided before the finish line that we would try to get her to win and I have been cheering her on from behind in the last few metres. This Ruta del Sol is going to be a very nice memory for me and I hope it will be done every year to be able to participate”, said the manzanillera.

??? @JekaaEric: “The calm that Arlenis has transmitted to us all week… She and the team have been fantastic”

??? Arlenis Sierra: “I’m so happy for Jelena. A nice way to close the week”

One-team-show ‘blue’ in the @VCAwomen ??

? @PhotoGomezSport

– Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) May 5, 2022

Arlenis had reached the final segment at the forefront of the classification thanks to the victories achieved in the first two stages of the tour, arriving in the towns of Arenas and Mijas. In addition, she dominated the points classification and finished in sixth place in the ranking of the best climbers, whose award was won by Mavi García.

The victory in the Vuelta a Andalucía represents the first title of the Cuban cyclist since she joined the ranks of the powerful Spanish team Movistar this season. Prior to this success she had achieved good results, including several leading positions, in major European races and had contributed to wins for her club and the Dutch Van Vleuten.