National Championships - RR
Panama, Chile, Brazil, Argentina
For the first hilly mixed championship, we go to South America. We have some very intriguing duels here, especially for the Argentinian championship between Paez and Sepulveda, and for the Brazilian title between Chiarello and Gaspar, with outside chances for Affonso. On the other hand, Bravo is the big favorite in Chile and Jurado is the bet for the Volcanica battle for Panama.
Startlist
Spoiler
ARG
Paez
Andres
Aramco DP
ARG
Diaz
Daniel Ricardo
HelloFresh
ARG
Contreras
Emiliano
ISA - Hexacta
ARG
Sepulveda
Eduardo
ISA - Hexacta
ARG
Tivani
German Nicolas
McCormick Pro Cycling
ARG
Rosas
Laureano
Minions
ARG
Pereyra
Pedro Pablo
MOL
BRA
Chiarello
William
Evonik - ELKO
BRA
Finkler
Leonardo Henrique
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
BRA
Gaspar
Joao
HelloFresh
BRA
Santos
Emerson
ISA - Hexacta
BRA
Manarelli
Carlos Alexandre
Los Pollos Hermanos
BRA
Affonso
Murilo
Los Pollos Hermanos
CHL
Bravo
Edison
Aker - MOT
CHL
Ferreyra
Diego Agustin
ISA - Hexacta
CHL
Beltran
Guillermo Andres
Los Pollos Hermanos
PAN
Jurado
Cristofer Robin
Volcanica - Fox
PAN
Samudio
Joseph Ivan
Volcanica - Fox
On the penultimate climb, Affonso attacks from a peloton of 27, overtaking the last amateur who was in the breakaway.
On the downhill, Finkler attacks in pursuit. Gaspar, Diaz, Sepulveda and Pereyra are the first in line behind him.
With 6 kilometers to go, Affonso and Finkler have a gap of around 20 seconds. Chiarello now attacks, trying to bring his two compatriots back.
It is Samudio though whose efforts bring the leading duo within reach as they’re about to head into the final climb. On the right, we see Argentinian trio Paez, Sepulveda and Diaz preparing for the finale.
Gaspar is ahead of them, hoping that the leaders will be caught, Chiarello lurks in the middle. Bravo is the Chilean closest to the front, only Ferreyra and Beltran are somewhat close. Jurado also is a bit behind the head of the group and his teammate.
Under the red kite, the sprint is on! Gaspar and Chiarello are in pursuit in the middle of the road, while Bravo and Paez lead their respective races on the far sides of the road.
Finkler still leads and the others aren’t really coming that much closer - this would be a massive upset.
Still no changes and we’re almost there! Further behind, Jurado looks set for the title of Panama.
Finkler celebrates just as Paez is flying by him to take the Argentinian title, but they are in different races after all! It’s a big surprise in the Brazilian championship, no two ways about it. Bravo easily takes the Chilean crown as expected, and so does Jurado for Panama.
Result
1
Andres Paez
Aramco DP
1h17'18
2
Leonardo Henrique Finkler
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
3
Eduardo Sepulveda
ISA - Hexacta
s.t.
4
Murilo Affonso
Los Pollos Hermanos
s.t.
5
Edison Bravo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
6
William Chiarello
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
7
German Nicolas Tivani
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
8
Emerson Santos
ISA - Hexacta
s.t.
9
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
HelloFresh
s.t.
10
Joao Gaspar
HelloFresh
s.t.
11
Diego Agustin Ferreyra
ISA - Hexacta
+ 16
12
Cristofer Robin Jurado
Volcanica - Fox
s.t.
13
Laureano Rosas
Minions
s.t.
14
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Los Pollos Hermanos
s.t.
15
Guillermo Andres Beltran
Los Pollos Hermanos
s.t.
16
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
MOL
+ 39
17
Joseph Ivan Samudio
Volcanica - Fox
s.t.
18
Emiliano Contreras
ISA - Hexacta
+ 3'23
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National Championships - RR
Panama, Chile, Brazil, Argentina
Close battles are expected between Sepulveda and Rosas for the Argentinian championship and Affonso and Chiarello for the Brazilian title. Ferreyra is the big favorite in Chile and Jurado should secure the double fairly comfortably.
Jurado does indeed distance his teammate Samudio by a good 2 minutes.
Chiarello leads Affonso at the second checkpoint by almost 30 seconds - it looks good for him.
Affonso indeed seems to have a rather poor day, he even gets overtaken by old and new Chilean champ Ferreyra, eventhough on paper they have similar capabilities.
In the fight for the Argentinian title, Rosas sets a time of 1h06’09 …
… but that’s not good enough against Sepulveda, who defends his title with a time of 1h05’47.
