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Frank Elias Rainieri and José; P. Monegro at the time of giving the flag that left inaugurated the 2022 Punta Cana Cycling Grand Prix
Dominican rider Joel García won the Elite category of the first stage of the Punta Cana Grand Prix 2022, which This Friday in this tourist town in the province of La Altagracia.
García, who had a time of 2:20:13, managed a point to point a few meters from the finish line with Elvis Reyes, a Dominican-Puerto Rican who belongs to the team Corratec American Team. The race had a distance of 102 kilometers. The starting and finishing point was the Blue Mall in Punta Cana.
Third place went to Punta Cana. for Colombian Miguel Alfredo Plazas, from the JBROPADE Cycling/CALZADP team, with a time of 2:20:13.
Cyclists from Puerto Rico participate in the fair , Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, Curaçao, Belize, Guatemala, Ukraine, as well as Venezuela. as selections from various cities in the United States and the Dominican Republic.
The Punta Cana Grand Prix is part of the Tour of the Americas, which also includes the Clásica RPC Radio de Panamá, the Tour of South Florida, in Miami, Florida, the Clásica Ecuador and the Clásica de Panamá. sica Puerto Rico.
The second stage of the cycling fair continues this Saturday from eight o’clock in the morning and it is ; scheduled to conclude this Sunday with a closed circuit.
Other winners
In the Master A category, Norton Sánchez conquered the the first place by registering a time of one hour, 47 minutes and two seconds to obtain the first 20 points awarded by the fair for this category.
Second place went to for Ricky Rodríguez, with a time of 1:47:02 and 18 points, followed by Carlos Daniel Estes, with 1:47:02 and 16 points. Both belong to the Las Romana team.
In Master B, the North American cyclist Israel Daniel crossed the goal of first when compiling a time of 1:49:32. He was escorted by Rafael del Sol (1:49:33), from Corratec American Racing Team, and Ramón Moronta (1:49:35), from JHM Cycling Team.
In Master C and with a time of 1:56:23, the cyclist from the United States, Leonardo Pérez, took home the victory. the first place. Second and third place went to Edgar Pimentel (1:56:24), from Pegacol, and Eglis Pérez (1:56:36), respectively.
In the Women’s A category, Gina Elizabeth Figueroa, from the Drink Team, beat her closest competitors by just one second by stopping the clock in 1:38:32. Stephany Contreras, from Hamacan, and Madelyn Canela, from ACT Team, crossed the finish line second and third with a time of 1:38:33.
In Female B, Karelia Machado (1:38:32), from Venezuela, Juana Fernández (1:38:32) and Mayerline García (1:54:28), from the Dominican Republic, were the three best in that category.
In the Beginner Female, Rachel Guerrero won with a time of 1:45:39, followed by the Dominican Katherine Rosario Lora with 1:45:42.
In the Beginner Recreational category, Gabriel Alexander Pérez was the fastest. I ask with the pedals when timing 1:29:07, while Jonathan Saint Hilaire, from RDR Ruteros de la Real, arrived second to the finish line with a time of 1:20:07, and in third place he crossed Pedro Felipe Estévez (1:29:07), from Hilario Cycling Team.
In the Sport Initiated, the Creole Alexis Nú&ñez , from the HCT team, was the best in that competition by compiling a record of 48 minutes and 30 seconds. He was escorted by Randy Reyes (48:36) and Danilo Antonio López (48:39), from La Escuadra BMC, respectively.