2024-01-17 16:45:00
EsCiclismo.com Competicin Carretera 01/17/2024
The Ecuadorian cyclist Jonathan Caicedo (Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli) is the new leader of the 59th edition of the Vuelta al Tchira by Bicycle by achieving victory in the fourth stage, a demanding day of 119.5 kilometers held this Wednesday in Venezuela between the towns of Tovar and Mrida.
Caicedo won alone in the arrival at the Plaza Bolvar de Mérida ahead of the Mexican Edgar Cadena (Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli) and the Venezuelan Juan Ruiz (Gobernacin de Trujillo), second and third respectively.
The Venezuelan Fernando Briceo (La Guacamaya), who put on the leader’s jersey after achieving victory in the third stage, could not be with the best and ended up giving up the leader’s jersey.
With the race broken from the first stages, the Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli team began to work together to maximize the options of its leader, the Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo, who ended up in the Mexican squad after his time in the World Tour with EF Education-EasyPost.
After coming back from the main group to the escape group, Caicedo showed his class and made his personal bet with an attack 3 kilometers from the end that turned out to be fruitful as it gave him the chance to win the stage and be the new leader of the race.
“I am very happy for this victory. I have to thank the entire team. We had talked about making the race very hard from the beginning so as to make it difficult and everything turned out well,” said Caicedo after the stage. “We dealt a hard blow today. Now all we can do is defend.”
The Vuelta al Tchira will continue this Thursday with the dispute of its fifth stage, of 134.4 kilometers and which will link the towns of La Tendida and La Grita. Be a new day with prominence for climbers.
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Classifications of the Vuelta al Tchira 2024 – Stage 4 [Clasificaciones completas]
Classification of stage 4:
1. Jonathan Caicedo (ECU/Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli) – 2:41:40
2. Edgar Cadena (MEX/Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli) at 0:33
3. Juan Ruiz (VEN/Trujillo Governorate) at 0:49
4. Luis Pinto (VEN/MU Training) 0:49
5. Edgar A. Pinzn (COL/GW-Erco-Shimano) 0:54
6. Eduin Becerra (VEN/Fund. ngeles Hdez.) at 0:56
7. Nelson Camargo (VEN/Gobernacin de Trujillo) at 0:58
8. Luis Guillermo Mora (VEN/Fund. ngeles Hdez.) at 1:18
9. Yonathan Monsalve (VEN/Sel. from Venezuela) at 1:27
10. Adrin Bustamante (COL/GW-Erco-Shimano) at 1:35
General classification:
1. Jonathan Caicedo (ECU/Forte Petrolike-Androni Giocattoli) – 5.17.30pm
2. Juan Ruiz (VEN/Trujillo Governorate) at 0:41
3. Luis Pinto (VEN/MU Training) 0:46
4. Edgar A. Pinzn (COL/GW-Erco-Shimano) 0:41
5. Eduin Becerra (VEN/Fund. ngeles Hdez.) at 0:53
6. Nelson Camargo (VEN/Gobernacin de Trujillo) at 0:54
7. Luis Guillermo Mora (VEN/Fund. ngeles Hdez.) at 1:14
8. Yonathan Monsalve (VEN/Sel. from Venezuela) at 1:24
9. Adrin Bustamante (COL/GW-Erco-Shimano) at 1:26
10. Pedro Sequera (VEN/Bandes-Gov. of La Guaira) at 1:32
Next stage, 5: La Tendida – La Grita / 134.4 Km.
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