Wilmar Paredes (Staff Medellín) gained stage 1 of the Tour of the Gila with a robust push on the ultimate climb of the Mogollon Highway Race p/b Grant County.
Redlands Bicycle Traditional champion Tyler Stites (Challenge Echelon Racing) completed second, with Paredes’ teammate Walter Vargas in third. Staff Medellín had three riders within the high 5, Oscar Sevilla ending simply behind fourth-placed Heiner Para (Canel’s-Java).
Beginning in Silver Metropolis, New Mexico, the professional males confronted 92 miles (148km) to the mountaintop end at Mogollon, a former mining group, way back deserted and left as a ‘ghost’ city.
4 riders acquired away by the mid-point of the race – David Gaona Vázquez (Staff Skyline), Ignacio de Jesus Prado Juarez (Canel’s-Java), Alexis Bouchard (Staff Ecoflo Chronos) and Alexander Marr (Rio Grande Elite) – they usually constructed a spot of 12:50.
A trio remained out entrance, Marr now not linked, as they set off towards the Mogollon climb, a 3.8-mile ascent with pitches as much as 19% close to the highest. CS Velo Racing set a searing tempo on the entrance of the peloton within the chase.
As soon as on the climb, the time hole plummeted, with riders from Staff Medellín and Challenge Echelon Racing placing their leaders on the entrance.
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