Rosariense Alcides Espinel said goodbye to the leadership of the Tour to Táchira

Roniel Campos (Center) in force champion of the return to Táchira.

As expected the sixth stage of version 57 of the Tour of Táchira 2022, run this Friday, it was going to be decisive for the interests of Colombian cycling.

Especially for the leader of the race, the Nortesantandereano Alcides Espinel (JB-Calzado Power-Arroz Zulia), who could not defend the first place of the general classification, losing eight minutes in the stage that had arrived at the Alto la Casaof the father, fraction that was won by the Venezuelan Roniel Campos (Deportivo Táchira), with time of 3 hours 27 minutes and 37 seconds.

In the second place, the Boyacense Jahir Pérez (Team Saavedra-Arroz Gélvez) arrived at 3one and third was also the Colombian Dididier Merchán (Drone Hope) to 35 seconds, followed by Marco Suesca with the same time.

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Thus, Campos, current champion of the return, seized the yellow shirt that Rosariense Alcides Espinel wore and enjoyed for two days, giving that shampoo the yellow jersey of the most important stages of Venezuela and that Colombian cycling does notIt was put since 2007, when Santandereano Hernán Bue.

After the stage and two days after completing the race, Espinel is located in box one5 of the general, at 7:24 of the new leader Roniel Campos.

The fight is hard

The stage, as usual when the mountain appears, had a quick rhythm with the constant attacks, where Colombian beetles fighting for a new victory in Andean territory.

But fields that know the land, was the most powerful in the last three kilometers, leaving Colombians who did not have enough strength to sustain the passage of the current champion of the Tachirense turn and arriving at the Alto de la Casa del Father with a good difference of seconds, enough and thus be able to snatch the shirt to the Nortesantandeano and start dreaming of the third consecutive title.

The beneficiaries of the sixth day were those of the Cucuteño Team Saavedra-Arroz Gélvez team, when getting between the ten of the general classification and with the possibility of fighting for the title.

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Jhair Pérez is third to 42 seconds and the Venezuelan Luis Mora at one:57.

“Today (yesterday) we did second place in the stage with Jhair Pérez and we have a chance to fight the race.Tomorrow's stage (today's) is hard, initially with a circuit in Ureña, a sector that has lowered champions of the Táchira passes through La Mulara.From there he goes to Cerro del Cristo, ”said the sports director of Team Saavedra.

He added: “Jahir is walking very well, I am not saying that it will be easy, but our runners are going well.Luis Mora also has how to respond, anyway you have to wait ”.

Saavedra indicated that it is the best presentation in the last years of Colombian cycling, which arrived to fight the race and has demonstrated it with the Paisa Pride team, JB Sports-Calcado Power and the Team Saavedra.

Today the penultimate stage of oneone7 kilometers between Ureña and the Cerro de Cristo Rey will be played, will feature two second category awards, the first at kilometer 93.5 and the second on arrival to Christ King, on kilometer oneone5, a queen stage that sentenced the return and in which the 2022 champion will be known and on Sunday it will close with a circuit through the main roads of San Cristóbal.

General

one. Roniel Campos (Deportivo Táchira) one9H0:30

2.Didier Merchán (Drone Hopper) at 0:40

3.Jahir Pérez (Team Saavedra -Arroz Gélvez) at 0:42

4.Marco Tulio Suesca (Paisa Pride) at 0:57

5.Eduin Becerra (Fundación Ángeles) at 0:59

6. Jorge Abreu (Venezuela País de Futuro) a one:one4

7. Kevin Cano (Orgullo Paisa) a one:46

8. Luis Mora (Team Saavedra-Arroz Gélvez) a one:57

9. Diego Alba (Drone Hopper) a 2:one3

one0. Anderson Paredes (Fundación Ángeles) a 2:one7

one5.ALCIDES ESPINEL (JB-CALZADO POWER) at 7:24

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