Marcos Sanchez (Filabres Bikeshop) and Cecilia Sopena (Primaflor-Orbea) were the absolute winners of the XIX edition of the Bike Marathon City of Totana, test organized by the Sports Association Peñas Nine and included in the Challenge MTB long distance FCRM, which took place on Sunday April 17.
Participants could choose between two paths: the traditional marathon bike 61 km away and a shorter route of 32 km for opting for fewer hours of cycling.
Sanchez took the win after more than 2 hours and 45 minutes, after overcoming a closed sprint in the final meters Juan Antonio Garcia (Sport Bike).
The former also got the win between the master 40A and the second between the master 30 A. Meanwhile, Cecilia leads the doublet Primaflor-Orbea to end shortly before his partner Maria Jose Haro.
More than 300 bikers gathered in a test developed almost in full by the Regional Park of Sierra Espuña, which was also attended by a hundred boys and girls Schools program BTT occurred, which became the Municipal Sports on a big mountain biking party during Sunday morning.
The other winners of this race as categories were: Enrique Iniesta (Primaflor-Orbea) in sub 23, Salvador Ayala (Ruiz Re) in master 30 B, Juan José López (Sport Bike) in elite, Miguel Martinez (Team Montoya) in Masters 40b Jose Angel Lopez (CC Moratalla) in cycling, Antonio Rafael Cegarra (Bicis Buru) in master 50 A, Victor Perez (CC Santa Eulalia) in junior, Jose Antonio Bernal (CC Cabezo de Torres) in master 50 B and Ana Isabel Bernardo (Bicis Buru) in females master.
In addition, David Galvan and Raquel Guerrero were the fastest in the short test.
See report and classification:
http://www.totana.com/reportajes/2016/04/xix-bike-maraton-de-btt-ciudad-de-totana/
