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Bogotá February 8, 2023. Tunja is celebrating for the Tour Colombia. The streets vibrated with the multicolored platoon, which graced the streets of the capital of Boyacá. Hullabaloo, happiness and cheers accompanied the constant pedaling of the 137 runners who started in the third stage, which Alejandro Osorio won after a powerful sprint. Open arms and joy.
Photo: Alejandro Osorio took the victory in the third stage of the Tour Colombia.
Alejandro Osorio returned to heaven
The cyclist of the Colombia Potencia de la Vida team, César Guavita, remains the leader of the young people, beating the 19-year-old runner, Diego Pescador, by 23 seconds.
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Bogotá February 8, 2023. Tunja is celebrating for the Tour Colombia. The streets vibrated with the multicolored platoon, which graced the streets of the capital of Boyacá. Hullabaloo, happiness and cheers accompanied the constant pedaling of the 137 runners who started in the third stage, which Alejandro Osorio won after a powerful sprint. Open arms and joy.
The circuit in Tunja, 12.9 km per lap, for a total of 141.9, was a route that demanded everything from the cyclists, but only eight of them managed to fight for the stage victory: Alejandro Osorio, Rodrigo Contreras, Rigoberto Urán, Jonathan Caicedo, Egan Bernal, Iván Ramiro Sosa, Adrián Bustamante and Edgar Cadena. But it was Osorio, who gave him power in the last 200 meters, to surpass Contreras at the finish line.
“I really enjoy these types of circuits, they suit my conditions very well and today it was demonstrated,” Osorio highlighted with a smile, who took advantage of the moment to thank the team for its work. “My teammates are always ready for me,” recognized the rider, who in January had also celebrated the victory in the Road Nationals in Tunja.
Guavita, the best sub-23
Among the hubbub and joy of the citizens of Tunja, within the peloton the presence of César David Guavita stands out, who after this Thursday’s stage established himself as the best sub-23 of the competition, beating Diego Pescador by 23 seconds and for 38 to the Mexican José Ramón Muñiz.
Guavita entered with the second lot, which lost 11 seconds at the finish line with the winner, a position that keeps it in fifth place in the general classification that is now led by Rodrigo Contreras, from the Nu Colombia team, with a time of 10: 33:58. Harold Tejada, six seconds away; Óscar Sevilla, seven, and Andrea Piccolo, 11, are in second to fourth position, respectively.
The Colombia Tour arrives in Cundinamarca
This Friday, the Tour Colombia says goodbye to the land of Boyacá and arrives at Zipaquirá, home of Egan Bernal, champion of the 2019 Tour de France. A 181.8 km route, which starts in Paipa and will have two fourth category prizes, in Alto Moral and Alto del Sisga, and one of the third, in Alto de Ventaquemada.
The Paipa-Zipaquirá fraction is known in the Tour Colombia, this route was held in 2020, on that occasion of 180.5 km. Test that was contested by the sprinters of said race and left Juan Sebastián Molano as the winner, who surpassed Álvaro Hodeg and Jhonatan Restrepo at the finish line.