the cuban cyclist Arlene Sierra He finished this Sunday in seventh position in the renowned Liège-Bastogne-Liège race, which was won by his Movistar teammate, the Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten.
Sierra moved within the peloton to support the world and Olympic champion Annemiek Van Vleuten, leader of the Spanish club Movistar, who covered the 142.1-kilometer section starting in Bastogne and closing in the Belgian city of Liège, with a time of 3 :52.32 hours, according to a report from the agency Latin Press (PL).
His performance was also highlighted by international media.
Great performance of the Cuban Arlenis #Mountain range on the #LiègeBastogneLiège: the cyclist #MovistarTeam competed alongside the best in the world and finished in seventh place. ???#ESPNCycling pic.twitter.com/Wq6g6WlBjQ
— ESPN Cycling (@ESPNCiclismo) April 24, 2022
With 43 seconds of difference with respect to the winner, the Australian Grace Brown entered the finish line, while the third position –with the same chrome– corresponded to the also Dutch Demi Vollering.
The one born in the eastern Cuban province of Granma completed 1:58 minutes after the champion, but ahead of stellar runners such as the German Liane Lipper, the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma and the Australian Amanda Spratt, highlights the office of PL.
The agency recalls that with his victory, Van Vleuten succeeds his compatriot Vollering, starter in the last edition of the Belgian classic.
With this new result among the top 10 in one of the most prestigious races in Europe, Sierra confirmed his excellent moment. The Cuban rider has already been the protagonist in several top-level events since she debuted this season with the Movistar team.
On April 3, the 29-year-old cyclist had finished 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.
Days before, Arlenis had finished 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.
She had previously finished in 16th position in the Gent-Wevelgem, another Flanders classic, where she worked for the victory of the Danish Emma Norsgaard, one of the leaders of her new team.
In addition to these results, the Cuban has among the most notable performances of her career the fifth place achieved in the road modality of the last World Cycling Championshipproof that she played on behalf of Cuba and running without teammates.
