2024-05-06 09:49:51
Triumph for Ecuador! The Guarani cyclist Jonathan Caicedo was crowned champion Vuelta Bantrab 2024 after traveling more than 600 kilometers in five stages, and gave victory to the Mexican team Petrolike.
After touring the queen stage that came to Quetzaltenango and it was won by the Colombian Robinson Lopezthe Ecuadorian managed to protect the leader jersey despite the attacks of the cyclists rivals. Below we will tell you how the fifth stage went and how the classifications were. What a chilero!
Vuelta Bantrab 2024 Champion: Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo
The closing of the return was a great show for fans of cycling who enjoyed the passage of the pedalistaswho faced the high temperatures on the flat terrain that was taken advantage of by a group of escapees who brought the excitement, led by the Colombian Sergio Henao from the NU Colombia team.
After having left Retalhuleu, the ascend It began to take its toll on the cyclists, who began to separate due to the difficulties of the mountain. It was the Colombian Robinson Lopez of GW Erco, who took the lead to face the awards of mountainfollowed by Alex Julajúhe best Guatemalanwho showed that he was made for the mountains, until he stood at the top in search of Saint Mary of Jesustop notch.
López detached himself from the leading group in search of the meta finaland although the difference with the leading peloton decreased, the escapees did not want to let the stage be taken away from them, and that is how Robinson López achieved victory for the GW Erco team.
The best Guatemalan was Alex Julajú of the Red Hook Guatemala team, who was the protagonist in the queen stage and finished in fifth position in the general ranking. What a chilero!
Who is the champion Caicedo?
For Jonathan Caicedo His most recent success, before Guatemala, had been winning the Vuelta al Táchira in Venezuela in January 2024. In 2015 he won the Time Trial Championship in Ecuador and was champion panamerican route one year later. Also in 2018 he was the champion of the Vuelta to Colombia, in 2020 he won a stage in the Giro from Italy and has been protagonists in the road championships of his country.
From the second stage he took control of the turn to the country and when his team couldn’t keep up, he was only able to maintain his lead until he was crowned in Quetzaltenango. What a chilero!
Final results of the last stage
This is how the positions remained in stage 5 of the Vuelta Bantrab 2024.
Stage 5
- Robinson López (GW Erco Shimano) 3:31.44
- Wilmar Paredes (Team Medellín) at 1:01 minutes
- Daniel Bonilla (Costa Rica) at 1:09 minutes
- Rodrigo Contreras (NU Colombia) MT
- Jonathan Caicedo (Petrolike) MT
- Javier Jamaica (Team Medellín) MT
- Victor Tuiz (Hino One La Red) MT
- Mordoqueo Vásquez (Hino One La Red) MT
- Alex Julajú (Red Hook Guatemala) MT
- Cristian Bustos (Castelli) MT
General ranking
- Jonathan Caicedo (Petrolike) 15h29m41s
- Daniel Méndez (NU Colombia) at 35 seconds
- Javier Jamaica (Team Medellín) at 2:43 minutes
- Rodrigo Contreras (NU Colombia) at 2:44 min.
- Robinson López (GW Erco Shimano) at 4:27
- Alex Julajú (Red Hook Guatemala) a 4:30 min.
- Sergio Henao (NU Colombia) at 4:55 min.
- Mordoqueo Vásquez (Hino One La Red) 6:27 min.
- John Carlos Lopez (GW Erco Shimano) at 6:35 min.
- Cristian Bustos (Castelli) a 8:29 min.}
General Mountain
- Jonathan Caicedo (ECU) 27 points
- Javier Jamaica (COL) 20 points
- Robinson López (COL) 15 points
General Goals Flyers
- Franklin Archibold (PAN) 23 puntos
- Julio Padilla (GUA) 16 points
- Daniel Arroyave (COL) 14 points
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