South American race thread

[Ruudz0r]

How's Gaviria doing? What a waste to go to Colombia instead of showing up for the Belgian opener.
And hoping Henao holds on!

Gaviria abandoned pretty early in the race.


Henao is the strongest so he should indeed hold on pretty easily, a very nice win and I think the most fun guy to see in the jersey!

[Valv.Piti]

How's Gaviria doing? What a waste to go to Colombia instead of showing up for the Belgian opener.
And hoping Henao holds on!

Gaviria abandoned pretty early in the race.

What a joke. Ffs Nando.

Oh well, will win at least 1 stage in P-N or whatever he chooses to ride.

[DNP-Old]

45 seconds!!

[jaylew]

Sergio! That was some display.

Pantano 2nd, Quiroz passed Atapuma at the end for 3rd.

[gmedina]

good race today!! Henao fell, had a puncture, and still won! Well deserved, specially after the fall in Rio!

[Max Rockatansky]

37,5 km/h in the end.

Almost 6 hours for those 219 kms. Make this 40 kms longer and a WRR.

[DNP-Old]

I'm so, so happy for Checho, he really deserves this. He finally got his gold after Rio. I'm certain he's in for some big things this season, Itzulia and Fleche Wallone could be his this year.

[Max Rockatansky]

Let's hope Sky won't ruin his new jersey.

[DNP-Old]

Let's hope Sky won't ruin his new jersey.

I'm certain they will go with the same design as Kennaugh's a few years back.

[hfer07]

Last 15K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVTMJpyL_rA

[AlexNYC]

This is so great for Henao and for Colombia! It's going to be a pleasure seeing tha jersey all year round.

[coimbrawu]

Congrats to Sergio! He deserves it.
btw, Is it the 1st time a WT team/top team rider wins the Colombian nat road race title?

[Max Rockatansky]

Congrats to Sergio! He deserves it.
btw, Is it the 1st time a WT team/top team rider wins the Colombian nat road race title?

Antonio Londoño rode Le Tour 1986 as national champion, Rubiano was in the Giro 2014 as national champion. That should be it. Fabio Parra was champion in 1985, according to Memoire du Cyclisme he had no special jersey.

[Valv.Piti]

How's Sky's history of making decent NC jerseys?

[Alexandre B.]

How's Sky's history of making decent NC jerseys?

They are good.

Norwegian champion jersey in 2012 was pretty poor though.

[carton]

Really enjoyed that race. Fantastic win for Sergio, absolutely bossed it. But it goes to show that even riders who prove to be a cut above on form need teammates to win, and that was a great job by Sebastian to bring him back twice. It was good to see the moved the original start line up (exactly) 1 km; otherwise that sprint for second would've made for a real test of nerves. Also, I have to add, seeing the riders up close going up the same route you rode through a day earlier is something else.

Thanks for the link Hfer. I enjoyed the knowledgeable but clearly "influenced" Colombian announcers referring to the WorldTour riders (though not the local riders) by their home states much more often than by the team that pay their wages. I'm sure Trek in particular loved that.

[Escarabajo]

For the locals regions are very important in Colombia. Some kind of rivalry over the years. At least that's how I see it.