The Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra closed this Thursday with good results the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, an individual time trial of 4.8 kilometers that takes place on the island of Sardinia.
«Arlenis Sierra completes the Movistar Team competition in this CRI (individual time trial) in Cagliari with 6’08”, 23” behind Kristen Faulkner’s best time. Like Aude, around the top-20 for the Cuban champion,” tweeted the club’s board, announcing the 6:08 minutes that Sierra clocked and comparing her with the American Faulkner and the French Aude Bianic.
For the Spanish cast, the best in the test was precisely the most outstanding road racer in the world in recent years, the Dutch Olympic and world champion Annemiek van Vleuten, number one in the ranking of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
Cycling: Cuban Arlenis Sierra dominates the first edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía
Van Vleuten finished in sixth place with 5:55 minutes, surrounded by stars like the Dutch Marianne Vos and the Italians Elisa Balsamo and Elisa Longo, in a time trial finally dominated by Faulkner.
Sierra, 29, faces the challenge after winning the Vuelta a Andalucía and the queen event of the Pan American Road Cycling Championships last May.
Giro d’Italia, one of the most important races in this sport, will be 1,004 kilometers in ten days.
